Plugin processes no longer receive all host environment variables by default
UpdateUnverifiedAdded Sep 24, 2026
Starting in Grafana v12.4, plugin processes no longer receive all host environment variables by default. This change improves security by limiting plugin access to environment variables from the Grafana host process. Previously, all environment variables from the Grafana process were automatically forwarded to plugin processes.
Topics: Security, Observability
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