Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 8.5.5 (2022-06-06)
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v8.5.5. Source highlight: Download page
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (3)
- **Azure Monitor:** Include datasource ref when interpolating variables. #49543, @kevinwcyu
- **CloudWatch:** Add multi-value template variable support for log group names in logs query builder. #49737, @kevinwcyu
- **Cloudwatch:** Add template variable query function for listing log groups. #50100, @yaelleC
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (2)
- **Alerting:** Do not overwrite existing alert rule condition. #49920, @gillesdemey
- **Alerting:** Remove double quotes from matchers. #50044, @alexweav
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.5.5)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
- **Azure Monitor:** Include datasource ref when interpolating variables. [#49543](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/49543), [@kevinwcyu](https://github.com/kevinwcyu)
- **CloudWatch:** Add multi-value template variable support for log group names in logs query builder. [#49737](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/49737), [@kevinwcyu](https://github.com/kevinwcyu)
- **Cloudwatch:** Add template variable query function for listing log groups. [#50100](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/50100), [@yaelleC](https://github.com/yaelleC)
### Bug fixes
- **Alerting:** Do not overwrite existing alert rule condition. [#49920](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/49920), [@gillesdemey](https://github.com/gillesdemey)
- **Alerting:** Remove double quotes from matchers. [#50044](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/50044), [@alexweav](https://github.com/alexweav)