# Grafana v8.5.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Grafana (https://grafana.com)
- **Version:** v8.5.0
- **Released:** Apr 21, 2022
- **Impact Score:** 7/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/grafana/updates/v8.5.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v8.5.0. Source highlight: Download page

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- Breaking changes 

## New Features
- **Alerting:** Add contact points provisioning API. #47197, @JohnnyQQQQ
- **Alerting:** Add resolved count to notification title when both firing and resolved present. #46697, @JacobsonMT
- **Alerting:** Alert rule should wait For duration when execution error state is Alerting. #47052, @grobinson-grafana
- **Alerting:** Classic conditions can now display multiple values. #46971, @gotjosh
- **Alerting:** Display query from grafana-managed alert rules on `/api/v1/rules`. #45969, @gotjosh
- **Alerting:** Enhance support for arbitrary group names in managed alerts. #47785, @gillesdemey

## Bug Fixes
- **Azure Monitor:** Bug Fix for incorrect variable cascading for template variables. #47478, @jcolladokuri
- **CloudWatch:** List all metrics properly in SQL autocomplete. #45898, @sunker
- **CloudWatch:** Run query on blur in logs query field. #47454, @fridgepoet
- **Dashboard:** Template variables are now correctly persisted when clicking breadcrumb links. #46790, @ashharrison90
- **DashboardPage:** Remember scroll position when coming back panel edit / view panel. #47639, @torkelo
- **Panel Edit:** Options search now works correctly when a logarithmic scale option is set. #47927, @ashharrison90