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Grafana Labs, January 2026 new features

13 releases · 1 product · 3 Preview · 1 Deprecation

Correlate Frontend issues on a Geographic Map

Teams can now quickly spot geographic patterns in performance and errors and drill into the regions driving issues. The new Geolocation tab turns location data into an interactive investigation experience, making it easy to identify hotspots, compare regions, and understand why users are impacted.

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Revamped gauge visualization

We’ve reimagined the gauge visualization to provide more options and several new variations to make your dashboards more informative and more appealing. The Circular shape has been introduced as an alternative to the existing Arc gauge under the new Style option.

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Datagrid deprecation

The datagrid visualization is deprecated after spending roughly three years in an experimental state. While existing panels that use datagrid will continue to function, it will no longer be available for creating new panels.

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Dynamic dashboards in public preview

Last year, we launched Dynamic dashboards as an experimental feature. Today, we’re pleased to announce that it is now in public preview. This change includes new functionality and a revamped user experience. New functionality Tabs Structure your dashboards horizontally, as well as vertically, to organise the content for different contexts and user groups.

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Enhanced display for OpenTelemetry log lines

Grafana now provides smarter defaults for browsing OpenTelemetry log lines, optimized for the way OpenTelemetry structures log data. What changed OpenTelemetry log producers send less information in the log body and more data as structured metadata, or key–value pairs for resource attributes, log fields, and log attributes.

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Loki Query Limits Policy

Manage your Grafana Cloud Logs costs and performance with the new Loki Query Limit Policies. This feature provides administrators with automated guardrails to prevent large queries that can lead to unexpected billing spikes or system slowdowns. Prevent Bill Shock: Automatically block expensive, inefficient queries before they execute.

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