Grafana v8.5.5stable Released Jun 07, 2022
Impact Score: 5/10

Grafana: 8.5.5 (2022-06-06)

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Grafana v8.5.5. Source highlight: Download page

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.

๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.

โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.

โœจ 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

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (2)

  • **Alerting:** Do not overwrite existing alert rule condition. #49920, @gillesdemey
  • **Alerting:** Remove double quotes from matchers. #50044, @alexweav
๐Ÿ“„ 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)