Authenticate securely with Workload Identity Federation for BigQuery and GCM data sources
UpdateUnverifiedAdded Sep 24, 2026
Storing a service account JSON key file to connect Grafana Cloud to Google Cloud is a persistent security liability. Keys get embedded in config files, shared across teams, or quietly forgotten , all while remaining valid for years. When one leaks, there’s no automatic expiry and no limited blast radius.
Topics: SQL, Security, BI, Observability
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| Jul 1 | Knowledge Graph Mode in Grafana Assistantunverified Update | Update |
| Jul 2 | Choose your k6 runtime version when you create tests in Grafana Cloud k6unverified Update | Update |
| Jun 25 | Grafana Cloud k6: Starred test runs and updated test result retentionunverified Preview | Preview |
| Jun 24 | Create browser tests from plain-language user journeysunverified Update | Update |
| Jun 24 | Alerting: Grafana Cloud uses the internal Alertmanager for Grafana-managed alerts by defaultunverified Update | Update |
| Jun 23 | Organize your Synthetic Monitoring checks in foldersunverified Update | Update |
| Jun 23 | Drop rule recommendations for Adaptive Logsunverified Update | Update |
| Jun 23 | Grafana Assistant is now pre-installed in Grafana Enterpriseunverified Update | Update |
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