July 2025 monthly summary for grafana/loki focused on release readiness and documentation improvements for Loki 3.5.0. Delivered precise release notes reflecting Helm charts improvements and SQLite delete requests support. Updated release documentation with a targeted commit to v3-5.md to improve traceability and adoption. No major bug fixes recorded this period; work concentrated on clarity, completeness, and collaboration to enable a smoother release.

June 2025: Focused on documentation alignment for the deprecation of recorded queries and migration to Grafana-managed recording rules, ensuring users are informed ahead of upcoming changes and reducing potential support queries. No major bug fixes were reported this month. The work supports Grafana's roadmap toward managed recording rules and improved documentation hygiene across the Grafana project.

In January 2025, focused on improving documentation around Grafana Tempo's Metrics Generator dry-run mode. Work clarified the mode’s purpose, detailed the metrics_generator.disable_collection override, and refined instructions for estimating active series to improve planning accuracy and reduce user confusion. The changes were anchored by updating the cardinality documentation in Tempo to align with current behavior and usage.