Releasesby GlyphUpdated visualization suggestions now generally available
In January 2026, we announced improvements to visualization suggestions in public preview. These changes included higher quality suggestions leveraging information provided by data sources, as well as minor user interface updates. These improvements are now generally available.
Also shipped Mar 30, 2026Grafana Labs in March 2026 →
AI Image Tools now in FigJam, Slides, & Buzz
AI image tools like Expand, Erase, and Isolate are now in FigJam, Slides, and Buzz (beta), with Vectorize available in Slides and Buzz.
Edit guide and survey positions without leaving Preview mode
What it is: The Guide Preview now includes an Edit button. Click it to adjust form factor options like position and layout, then save to see changes reflected in both the Preview and the Dashboard right away.
Modal 1.4.1
- We're introducing a concept of "readiness probes" for modal.Sandbox. This feature lets you configure a readiness check on a TCP port (modal.Probe.with_tcp()) or by executing a process (modal.Probe.with_exec()).
Streaming: Server-Sent Events (SSE) Streaming responses for Chat Completions (/v1/chat/completions) and...
Streaming: Server-Sent Events (SSE) Streaming responses for Chat Completions (/v1/chat/completions) and Completions (/v1/completions) now emit a standard data: [DONE] SSE event at the end of the stream, following the SSE standard (see the living specification). The [DONE] marker is guaranteed to appear exactly once and is always the last event in the stream.
WAF Release - 2026-03-30
This week's release introduces new detections for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet products (CVE-2025-59718), alongside three new generic detection rules designed to identify and block HTTP Parameter Pollution attempts.
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Configure visualizations faster with panel styles
You can now apply Panel styles to quickly update your panels without adjusting multiple options manually. Panel styles provide a curated set of configurations, such as colors, thresholds and display options, so you can quickly get to a more polished visualization with a single click.
Alertmanager status endpoint requires a new permission
The GET /api/alertmanager/grafana/api/v2/status endpoint previously required the legacy alert.notifications:read permission. It now requires a dedicated alert.notifications.system-status:read permission. This new permission is included in the fixed:alerting.notifications:writer role, which is granted to Admin users by default.
Per-Stack Cost Visibility via CSV
We’ve released an update to the billed usage CSV export that adds per-stack cost visibility You can now see how much each stack contributes to your organization’s monthly bill, alongside the existing usage data Key features include: Cost visibility by stack: Understand how each stack contributes to overall spend Expanded cost data: New columns for Amount...
Revamped query editor experience
We’ve redesigned the query editor to make complex panels easier to build and manage. The new experience provides a unified view of your entire data pipeline, queries, expressions, transformations, and related alerts, with clearer visual feedback and faster access to the settings that matter.
Saved queries: New interface and improved filtering experience
We’ve updated the saved queries experience to improve usability. The Saved queries drawer has been replaced with a dialog box, providing more space for query titles, data source names, and other query details. The individual query cards also have a refreshed design, allowing for easier readability.
Database Observability now Generally Available
Database Observability brings your MySQL and PostgreSQL query performance data directly into Grafana Cloud, right alongside your metrics, logs, and traces. With Database Observability, you can identify slow and failing queries, understand wait events, analyze explain plans, and examine query samples all within Grafana.
Pre-Scenes architecture feature toggle removal
In Grafana v11, we enabled Scenes-powered architecture for dashboards , however the feature could still be disabled. In this release, we’ve removed the the ability to disable Scenes.
Create panels instantly from saved queries and visualization suggestions
We’ve redesigned the panel configuration experience to include the option to use a saved query. When you add a panel to a dashboard, you now have three starting points: an empty panel, a library panel, or a saved query. Select Use saved query to open the Saved queries dialog box and choose a query.