# Grafana v8.5.5 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Grafana (https://grafana.com)
- **Version:** v8.5.5
- **Released:** Jun 07, 2022
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/grafana/updates/v8.5.5/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v8.5.5. Source highlight: Download page

## New Features
- **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

## Bug Fixes
- **Alerting:** Do not overwrite existing alert rule condition. #49920, @gillesdemey
- **Alerting:** Remove double quotes from matchers. #50044, @alexweav