Releasesby GlyphKnowledge Graph Mode in Grafana Assistant
Troubleshoot your entity setup with Knowledge Graph mode Knowledge Graph mode is a new specialist mode in Grafana Assistant that understands how your entity graph is built, end to end, and helps you work with it: ask why it looks the way it does, fix what doesn’t look right, and add what doesn’t ship by default.
Also shipped Jul 1, 2026Grafana Labs in July 2026 →
Fivetran Context Layer is in public preview
Context Layer builds a context layer from documentation sources, systems of record and analytical sources, then connects it to an organization's AI coding and chat tools.
Fivetran sunsets the AVEVA PI and Delighted connectors
New AVEVA PI and Delighted connections are blocked from July 1, 2026. Existing AVEVA PI connections stop syncing July 23, 2026, and Delighted connections are paused after the Delighted API deprecation.
Fivetran Move a Connection REST API endpoint enters beta
A new beta endpoint moves connections from one destination group to another.
Workload identity federation for Snowflake workloads that access external services (General availability)
Snowflake can now act as the OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider when Snowflake workloads authenticate to external services. To use this capability, create a secret of type WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_FEDERATION and share its issuer URL and subject identifier with the external service to establish trust.
Veeva Vault connector (Beta)
The Veeva Vault connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector uses Veeva's Direct Data API to ingest all standard objects, custom objects, system tables, and audit trail tables from your Vault instance into Databricks.
MySQL integrated CDC pipeline is now in Beta
The integrated CDC pipeline for MySQL is now in Beta . An integrated CDC pipeline ingests change data from MySQL into Databricks using a single pipeline, combining extraction and application into one pipeline update. Unlike the standard gateway-based architecture, an integrated CDC pipeline requires no separate ingestion gateway.
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Choose your k6 runtime version when you create tests in Grafana Cloud k6
You can now select which k6 major version your script targets when you create a test in the script editor. New tests default to v1.x (default) . Select v2.x when your script uses the k6 v2.x runtime. Grafana Cloud k6 stores the version on the load test and uses it for future runs, including scheduled runs.
Authenticate securely with Workload Identity Federation for BigQuery and GCM data sources
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.
Grafana Cloud k6: Starred test runs and updated test result retention
You can now star test runs in Grafana Cloud k6 to mark the results that matter and find them again quickly. Starring gives you one consistent way to flag a test run as a reference point, whether you’re tracking a release, validating a performance optimization, or keeping an important run on hand to compare against.
Remote management of OpenTelemetry Collectors is generally available
Grafana Fleet Management now supports OpenTelemetry Collectors , so you can monitor and remotely configure Grafana Alloy instances and upstream OpenTelemetry Collectors from a single control plane. Manage your collector fleet with real-time health monitoring, centralized configuration, and attribute matchers for targeted rollouts.
Create browser tests from plain-language user journeys
Creating browser tests is now faster and easier with the new experimental Agentic testing experience in Grafana Cloud. Describe the user journey you want to test, such as signing in, completing checkout, or submitting a form, and Grafana Cloud helps turn that journey into a runnable browser test you can run, review, and iterate on without manually scripting...
Alerting: Grafana Cloud uses the internal Alertmanager for Grafana-managed alerts by default
In Grafana Cloud, the internal Grafana Alertmanager handles Grafana-managed alerts by default. New stacks use internal routing by default. Sending to an external Alertmanager isn’t enabled by default. Existing stacks move to internal routing by default, plan by plan.
Organize your Synthetic Monitoring checks in folders
Grafana Cloud Synthetic Monitoring now lets you organize your checks into Grafana Folders. As you create more checks or onboard new teams, a single flat list becomes hard to scan. With folders, you can group checks by team, service, or environment so the right checks are always easy to find and act on a whole group at once instead of one check at a time.
Drop rule recommendations for Adaptive Logs
Want more control than our pattern-based recommendations, but not sure where to start? Adaptive Logs now walks you through creating a drop rule tailored to your environment in three guided steps: pick one of your highest-volume services, choose a drop rate, and review a pre-filled rule before any logs are dropped.