What Grafana shipped in February 2026

What's new from Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs has introduced several updates across its products and services. The most significant change is the integration of Grafana Assistant into dashboard templates, which helps users customize …

Customize dashboard templates with Grafana Assistant

Grafana has integrated Grafana Assistant into dashboard templates, allowing users to customize templates more efficiently. This feature helps bridge the gap between template metrics and real-world dat…

Support for GitLab, BitBucket and pure Git in Git Sync

Grafana has expanded the functionality of Git Sync in Grafana Cloud by adding support for GitLab, BitBucket, and pure Git integrations. This update was highly requested by users and enables connection…

Label management: a central place for shared labels across alerts, incidents, and SLOs.

Grafana Cloud has introduced a new label management feature that centralizes the creation and management of labels across alerts, incidents, and SLOs. This feature allows users to create labels once a…

Revamped gauge visualization is generally available

Grafana has announced the general availability of its revamped gauge visualization, which was initially released in public preview in January 2026. This update affects users of Grafana who utilize gau…

Automatic storage migration for small instances

Grafana has introduced an automatic storage migration for small instances, which migrates folders and dashboards to Unified Storage. This change is invisible to users but prepares them for upcoming st…

Plugin processes no longer receive all host environment variables by default

Starting in Grafana v12.4, plugin processes no longer receive all host environment variables by default, enhancing security by limiting plugin access to environment variables from the Grafana host pro…

Grafana has introduced an automatic storage migration for small instances, which migrates folders and dashboards to Unified Storage without any visible changes. This migration is part of their ongoing

Unified storage for playlists

Grafana has introduced unified storage for playlists in its self-managed version, starting with Grafana v12.4. This migration system automatically transfers playlists from the legacy SQL database to t…

Segmentation for Adaptive Logs

Grafana has announced the general availability of segmentation for Adaptive Logs, allowing teams to manage logs on a per-team basis. This update includes streamlined features such as viewing recommend…

Role-based access control for saved queries

Grafana has introduced role-based access control (RBAC) for saved queries, replacing the previous per-query sharing checkbox with consistent, role-based permissions. This change affects all users with…

Analyze errors in Frontend Observability with Grafana Assistant

Grafana has introduced a new feature in Grafana Cloud Frontend Observability that allows users to analyze frontend errors more efficiently. By clicking the 'Analyze' button in the Errors drawer, users…

Default columns configuration for Logs Drilldown

Grafana has introduced a new feature that allows administrators to configure default columns for Logs Drilldown directly from the plugin configuration page. This enhancement enables the definition of …

Save and resume log explorations in Logs Drilldown

Grafana has introduced a new feature that allows users to save and resume log explorations in Logs Drilldown. This feature enables users to save their active filters and return to their investigations…