Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 8.5.1 (2022-04-27)
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Component: grafana · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v8.5.1. Source highlight: Download page
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **Azure Monitor:** Fix space character encoding for metrics query link to Azure Portal. #48139, @kevinwcyu
- **CloudWatch:** Prevent log groups from being removed on query change. #47994, @asimpson
- **Cloudwatch:** Fix template variables in variable queries. #48140, @iwysiu
- **Explore:** Prevent direct access to explore if disabled via feature toggle. #47714, @Elfo404
- **InfluxDB:** Fixes invalid no data alerts. #48295, @yesoreyeram
- **Navigation:** Prevent navbar briefly showing on login. #47968, @ashharrison90
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.5.1)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Bug fixes
- **Azure Monitor:** Fix space character encoding for metrics query link to Azure Portal. [#48139](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/48139), [@kevinwcyu](https://github.com/kevinwcyu)
- **CloudWatch:** Prevent log groups from being removed on query change. [#47994](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/47994), [@asimpson](https://github.com/asimpson)
- **Cloudwatch:** Fix template variables in variable queries. [#48140](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/48140), [@iwysiu](https://github.com/iwysiu)
- **Explore:** Prevent direct access to explore if disabled via feature toggle. [#47714](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/47714), [@Elfo404](https://github.com/Elfo404)
- **InfluxDB:** Fixes invalid no data alerts. [#48295](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/48295), [@yesoreyeram](https://github.com/yesoreyeram)
- **Navigation:** Prevent navbar briefly showing on login. [#47968](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/47968), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90)
- **Plugins Catalog:** Fix styling of hyperlinks. [#48196](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/48196), [@marefr](https://github.com/marefr)
- **Table:** Fix filter crashes table. [#48258](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/48258), [@zoltanbedi](https://github.com/zoltanbedi)
- **TimeSeries:** Properly stack series with missing datapoints. [#48321](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/48321), [@leeoniya](https://github.com/leeoniya)