New AlertRule and RecordingRule APIs for Grafana Managed Alerts
You can now manage Grafana-managed alert rules and recording rules as first-class resources through the Grafana App Platform APIs. The new AlertRule and RecordingRule types in the rules.alerting.grafana.app API group give each rule its own versioned, schema-validated resource, built on the same Kubernetes-style API model as dashboards and folders.
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Trace and evaluate Cursor agents with Langfuse, powered by ClickHouse
Users can now connect Cursor to Langfuse to trace agent turns and analyze model and tool calls, with ClickHouse providing the underlying analytics infrastructure.
The AI.TRANSLATE function is generally available
The AI.TRANSLATE function is now generally available in BigQuery. It supports both standard Neural Machine Translation and Translation LLM capabilities for text string translation.
Replit Monitoring Agent: Your very own software engineering team
Replit Monitoring Agent is an autonomous tool that investigates production alerts, identifies causes, applies fixes, and deploys them to production for internal apps.
Microsoft Entra ID connector is available in Beta
The Microsoft Entra ID connector is now in beta for Databricks Lakeflow Connect. It supports incremental ingestion of users, groups, and audit logs using OAuth machine-to-machine authentication.
You can configure Direct VPC ingress for Cloud Run instances ( Preview )
Direct VPC ingress is now in preview for Cloud Run. This feature allows instances on a VPC network to use ephemeral private IP addresses for communication with other VPC resources.
Gemini Enterprise: Single-user quota limits
Gemini Enterprise administrators can now set single-user quota limits to prevent individual users from consuming the entire subscription quota pool. This feature is generally available.
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Sort by multiple fields in the Sort by transformation
The Sort by transformation in Grafana Cloud now allows sorting by multiple fields, with individual reverse options for each field.
Keep transformation chains stable with static refIds
Users can now assign static refIds to transformations in Grafana Cloud, ensuring transformation pipelines remain stable even when queries change.
Connect Git Sync repositories with an OAuth App
Grafana Cloud now supports connecting Git Sync repositories using an OAuth App, eliminating the need for personal access tokens.
Git Sync folder docs gain tabs and Mermaid diagrams
Git Sync in Grafana Cloud now renders Markdown files as tabs and supports Mermaid diagrams within provisioned folders.
Alloy v1.21
Grafana Alloy v1.21 is available, featuring the OpenTelemetry Engine in public preview and an upgrade to OpenTelemetry Collector v0.162. The release includes new database observability features and several breaking changes.
Private Data Source Connect over Tailscale now in public preview
Private Data Source Connect (PDC) over Tailscale is now available in public preview . Securely query private data sources on your Tailscale network from Grafana Cloud, without needing to deploy and manage a PDC agent or expose endpoints to the public internet. To learn more, refer to the Private data source connect over Tailscale documentation .
Archive Logs with Adaptive Logs
Improve logs economics by routing logs to your own object storage. Perfect for long term retention for logs needed for incidents, compliance, and auditing. Archive Logs gives you the flexibility to route to object storage or dual write to object storage and Grafana Cloud prior to writing, still taking advantage of Adaptive Logs optimization recommendations...
Automate incident response and operations with Grafana Workflows
Grafana Workflows is now in public preview for all Grafana Cloud stacks. Workflows is an automation engine built into Grafana Cloud. You define a series of steps that run when something happens, on a schedule, or on demand. Use it to automate the repetitive parts of incident response and operations, so your team can focus on fixing the problem.