Top updates from 2026
October 2026
- Securitygrafana.com
Arbitrary file read via the convert_playwright_script prompt in mcp-k6
Grafana disclosed a vulnerability in mcp-k6 where the convert_playwright_script prompt allows arbitrary file reads via path traversal, including sensitive files like SSH keys and cloud credentials. Th…
- computerweekly.com
What to expect from Grafana ObservabilityCON
Grafana Labs' ObservabilityCON (Oct 19-21, San Francisco) will emphasize AI-powered observability, including Grafana Assistant's expanded capabilities for incident management and anomaly detection. Th…
- Featuregrafana.com
Grafana enables role managers to revoke permissions they do not hold
Grafana Labs introduced a change allowing role managers to revoke permissions in roles or assignments without holding those permissions themselves. This applies to updates/deletions via the /api/acces…
- Eventgrafana.com
Getting started with Grafana dashboard design (APAC Timezone)
Grafana concluded a live webinar on October 1, 2026, focused on dashboard design best practices for its APAC user base. The session covered principles for creating effective, visually appealing dashbo…
- Featuregrafana.com
Grafana Alloy adds clustering for Database Observability on MySQL and PostgreSQL
Grafana Alloy now supports clustering for Database Observability, enabling distributed telemetry collection for MySQL and PostgreSQL across multiple Alloy nodes. The feature ensures high availability …
September 2026
- grafana.com
Explore what's next in agentic operations: Introducing AI Week
Grafana introduced AI Week with daily announcements of new AI capabilities in Grafana Assistant and Grafana Cloud, designed to embed observability into the development lifecycle. Key features include …
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- Featuregrafana.com
Smarter onboarding and planning with Grafana Assistant: How to ensure observability is baked in from the start
Grafana introduced new capabilities in Grafana Assistant to help teams bake observability into software development from the start. The AI agent now supports onboarding existing systems via a Knowledg…
- Featuregrafana.com
Grafana updates Text visualization to support data-driven dashboards
Grafana Labs introduced a major update to its Text visualization panel, transforming it from a static Markdown/HTML tool into a data-driven component. Users can now connect text directly to query resu…
- Featuregrafana.com
Grafana Cloud launches Recommended Usage Alerts in Cost Management
Grafana Labs announced general availability of Recommended Usage Alerts in its Cost Management and Billing App, providing pre-configured cost and usage alerts based on customer usage patterns. The fea…
- Securitygrafana.com
Library panel can be moved into a folder without library panel create permission
Grafana patched a vulnerability where authenticated users with edit permission on one folder could move a library panel into another folder without the required library panel create permission. The is…
- Securitygrafana.com
Paused shared dashboard access tokens still expose data source configuration
Grafana disclosed that pausing a shared dashboard did not revoke its access token, allowing unauthenticated retrieval of data source configurations and stored credentials via the paused dashboard link…
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- Securitygrafana.com
Editor can forge file-provisioning provenance on dashboards via the dashboard API
Grafana disclosed CVE-2026-13720 where an Editor could forge file-provisioning metadata (annotations) via the dashboard API without authorization checks. This causes dashboards to appear file-provisio…
- Securitygrafana.com
Alert rules in restricted folders disclosed via the alert rules list API
Grafana disclosed a vulnerability (CVE-2026-13719) where authenticated users could list alert rules in folders they lacked permission to access via the alert rules list API. The issue allowed full exp…
- Featuregrafana.com
Grafana Labs adds approx_count_distinct to LogQL for Loki
Grafana Labs introduced approx_count_distinct in LogQL to estimate distinct values in logs without hitting series limits or timeouts. The function avoids the performance pitfalls of exact counts (e.g.…
- Featuregrafana.com
Grafana integrates Synthetic Monitoring checks with SLOs for automated reliability tracking
Grafana Labs now allows Synthetic Monitoring checks to directly link to Grafana SLOs, using reachability data to measure service reliability without manual PromQL queries. The feature auto-generates a…
- Featuregrafana.com
Grafana Cloud Knowledge Graph maps observability solutions automatically
Grafana Cloud now automatically maps entities and relationships from activated observability solutions (Application Observability, Kubernetes Monitoring, Host Monitoring) into its Knowledge Graph with…
- Featuregrafana.com
Grafana adds dynamic error icons and notices UI in panel inspector
Grafana Labs introduced a dynamic panel errors icon that reflects the highest severity notice, a hover tooltip listing all errors sorted by severity, and a new Errors and notices tab in the panel insp…
- grafana.com
Reflections on AI Week, and the future of solving problems with observability and AI
Grafana Labs reflected on AI Week, highlighting new AI-driven observability tools now generally available, including agentic operations, automated dashboard migrations, and deeper telemetry integratio…
- Eventgrafana.com
Watch the GrafanaCON 2026 keynote!
Grafana Labs CEO Raj Dutt and creator Torkel Ödegaard opened GrafanaCON 2026 by celebrating the project’s 10th anniversary and announcing Grafana’s shift toward an 'Agentic Observability Cloud' paradi…
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