# Grafana v8.4.5 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Grafana (https://grafana.com)
- **Version:** v8.4.5
- **Released:** Mar 31, 2022
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/grafana/updates/v8.4.5/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v8.4.5. Source highlight: Download page

## New Features
- **Instrumentation:** Make backend plugin metrics endpoints available with optional authentication. #46467, @marefr
- **Table panel:** Show datalinks for cell display modes JSON View and Gauge derivates. #46020, @mdvictor

## Bug Fixes
- **Azure Monitor:** Small bug fixes for Resource Picker. #46665, @sarahzinger
- **Logger:** Use specified format for file logger. #46970, @sakjur
- **Logs:** Handle missing fields in dataframes better. #46963, @gabor
- **ManageDashboards:** Fix error when deleting all dashboards from folder view. #46877, @joshhunt