Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 8.5.11 (2022-08-30)
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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 v8.5.11. 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.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)
- **Rendering:** Add support for renderer token (#54425). #54438, @joanlopez
- **[v8.5.x] Alerting:** AlertingProxy to elevate permissions for request forwarded to data proxy when RBAC enabled. #53681, @yuri-tceretian
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.5.11)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
- **Rendering:** Add support for renderer token (#54425). [#54438](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/54438), [@joanlopez](https://github.com/joanlopez)
- **[v8.5.x] Alerting:** AlertingProxy to elevate permissions for request forwarded to data proxy when RBAC enabled. [#53681](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/53681), [@yuri-tceretian](https://github.com/yuri-tceretian)