Normalize span names with Adaptive Traces semantic conventions
Adaptive Traces can now normalize span names to follow OpenTelemetry semantic conventions during ingestion, collapsing high-cardinality names like /api/users/7f3a into stable forms like GET /api/users/{id} .
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Introducing Replit App Monitoring
Replit introduced App Monitoring for published apps, which notifies users via email if their application goes down. The Replit Agent can also be used to analyze logs and database state to identify the root cause of failures.
Create OpenRouter Accounts via CLI with Stripe Projects
Users can now create an OpenRouter account, generate an API key, and set up Stripe billing directly from the command line using Stripe Projects. This allows for automated account provisioning.
Gateway Authorization Proxy and hosted PAC files are now generally available
The Gateway Authorization Proxy and hosted PAC files are now generally available for all plan types. Authorization proxy endpoints add an identity-aware option alongside the existing source IP proxy endpoints , using Cloudflare Access authentication to verify who a user is before applying Gateway filtering , without installing the Cloudflare One Client .
Seer Agent is in open beta , ask it anything about your app
Seer Agent is now in open beta. Ask anything about what's happening in your application and get answers based on all the connected Sentry telemetry and context.
Google Gemini and Google Vertex AI models available for app building
Live on cloud Self-hosted version 3.383.0 and later Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview) and Gemini 3.5 Flash can now be used to build apps, through both Google and Google Vertex AI. Refer to the AI models reference to see which models support app building.
ClickHouse integration
Live on cloud • All plans Public beta 3.375.0 Edge • All plans Public beta Retool now provides a native integration for ClickHouse , an open-source column-oriented database designed for real-time analytics.
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Time series to table transformation is now generally available
The Time series to table transformation is now generally available. Convert time series query results into table rows containing a trend field, then display them as sparklines with the sparkline cell type, useful for building compact at-a-glance overviews across many series. This transformation has been available and enabled by default since Grafana 10.2.
End-to-end incident response without leaving Slack
The Grafana Cloud app for Slack now supports a more complete incident response workflow, making it easier to declare, manage, and resolve incidents directly in Slack.
More flexibility for maintenance mode in Grafana IRM
Maintenance mode in Grafana IRM now gives you finer control during planned work, with three alert behaviors and any custom end time you need. When you enable Maintenance mode on an integration, choose how IRM handles incoming alerts: Silence escalations. Alerts stay visible in IRM, but escalation chains pause.
Sample every service fairly with Adaptive Traces volumetric sampling
Keep every service represented in your traces, even when a few noisy ones produce most of your traffic. Volumetric sampling automatically distributes your sampling budget across services and request types, so low-volume services aren’t crowded out , and you can often lower sampling_percentage while keeping coverage intact. Learn more in the docs →
Sidebar and toolbar improvements for the new dashboard experience
With the new dashboarding experience now generally available, we’ve introduced a series of UI enhancements that make dashboard creation and editing more discoverable, consistent, and easier to navigate.
What's new: RBAC behavior changes with Grafana 13
Grafana 13 tightens RBAC enforcement for custom roles, Terraform-managed roles, and role provisioning. Most users aren’t affected. If you maintain custom RBAC roles, especially roles with data source permissions scoped to specific UIDs, or roles using legacy annotation scopes, review your role definitions now to prevent errors.
Build custom Alloy pipelines without writing Alloy syntax
We’ve added a Grafana Alloy component editor to Grafana Fleet Management! Now you can build and update Alloy configuration pipelines without writing a single line of Alloy syntax .
Editable working hours for Grafana IRM
You can now define custom working hours so teammates can see when you’re available directly from on-call schedules. We’ve added a Working hours tab to your IRM user settings, so you can customize each day to match your actual schedule.