June 2026 monthly summary for grafana/grafana: Focused on strengthening stability and security through targeted dependency upgrades. The work delivered two key feature updates via dependency management: schemads upgraded to v0.2.2 and upgrades to go-mysql-server and vitess. No user-facing features announced this month; changes reduce risk and position the project for upcoming capabilities.

May 2026 monthly summary for grafana/grafana focused on feature delivery that increases observability and reduces time-to-insight for Loki logs. Delivered Grafana SQL support for Loki, including flattened tabular data and SQL-like querying, and added the necessary backend schemas to enable efficient querying and reporting over Loki logs. This work establishes a foundation for scalable log analytics within Grafana dashboards and enables ad-hoc analytics across Loki data sources.

April 2026 focused on delivering structured data access, robust query capabilities, and streamlined CloudWatch integrations across Grafana products. The month combined foundational backend enhancements with concrete UX improvements, aligning engineering deliverables with business value and reliability goals.

March 2026 focused on stabilizing the Grafana data source ecosystem by upgrading toolchains, adding development/testing scaffolding, and addressing correctness issues to improve reliability and maintainability. Deliveries span three data-source repos, aligning plugin readiness with Go toolchains and adding tests to prevent regressions.

February 2026 – Performance-focused delivery across Grafana core and the IoT SiteWise datasource. Delivered GA readiness for CloudWatch batch queries, improved integration reliability via HTTP proxy support, and advanced anomaly analysis for asset properties. Standardized terminology to Application Signals and upgraded test tooling to boost quality. Highlights align with business value: faster, more reliable dashboards; clearer product messaging; and stronger data insights. Key features delivered: - Cloudwatch integration proxy configuration: Adds HTTP proxy support and updates AWS SDK dependencies to improve routing and compatibility (commit 00581b850e95573b36d8e0626d09525b85531ab2). - CloudWatch Batch Queries: General Availability launch: GA for cloudwatchBatchQueries with updated docs and feature registry to enable batch metric queries (commit f44e0169167a9bdf7be7d25622b87e4b4139c6c8). - Grafana X-Ray terminology renamed to Application Signals: Documentation and code updates to reflect new terminology (commit 7dd80e973f450e222fe5cfe485537420a813be24). - Anomaly-aware JSON property query parsing (IoT SiteWise datasource): Parses JSON in property queries to extract anomaly-related fields for better data representation (commit 5b97fa0e8aebe025a010e7aa8c70210da6fccce6). - E2E testing plugins upgrade (IoT SiteWise): Upgraded end-to-end testing plugins to latest versions for improved testing capabilities (commit 3d0aaa9e1e56c67e1d6fd3777f4c9c6c9d0de4bc).

January 2026 — Delivered cross-repo AWS SDK upgrades, stability improvements, and release readiness across Grafana data sources. Focused on business value through improved AWS compatibility, enhanced error handling, and robust CI/CD readiness. Notable outcomes include security patches, performance improvements, and expanded observability via new cache metrics.

December 2025 monthly summary for grafana/grafana-aws-sdk focusing on delivering business value and technical achievements. Key outcomes include enabling enterprise connectivity through HTTP proxy support in the AWS authentication module and stabilizing the CI pipeline to speed up delivery and onboarding of contributors.

November 2025 performance summary focused on delivering a robust, cross-repo publishing workflow for Grafana plugins, with emphasis on multi-environment deployments (dev, ops, prod) and clear Cloud vs On-Prem promotion guidance. The work enhanced deployment flexibility, reduced risk of misconfiguration, and laid the foundation for faster time-to-market across eight repos. Additionally, a new network configuration option was introduced for Grafana AWS datasources to improve operational flexibility.

September 2025 performance focused on accelerating Private Data Source Connect (PDC) adoption through targeted documentation improvements, cross-repo alignment on CI practices, and clarifications to guide secure, scalable deployments. The work reduced onboarding friction, stabilized CI, and strengthened AWS authentication guidance for private data sources across Grafana’s data-source ecosystems.

Monthly summary for 2025-08 focusing on delivering reliability, compatibility, and release readiness across Grafana platforms. Key outcomes include robust data source error handling, migration-ready CloudWatch integration, explicit AWS FIPS endpoint management, and proactive release prep for v2.29.1. These efforts reduce error surfaces, improve cross-service compatibility, and accelerate time-to-market for critical features.

Concise monthly summary of delivery across Grafana data sources and AWS SDK integrations for 2025-07, focusing on business value, reliability, and developer productivity. Delivered a major plugin rebrand to AWS Application Signals with documentation and UI consistency, improved data fidelity through dimension formatting refactor, and automated CI improvements. Also advanced observability features with Application Signals metrics, and UI/UX/data filtering enhancements to support enterprise usage.

June 2025 performance summary for grafana/x-ray-datasource. Key feature delivery focused on enhancing the X-Ray datasource templating and variable handling, paired with a data model refactor to improve compatibility with templating and variable interpolation. The work enables dynamic queries and scalable dashboards across regions, groups, accounts, services, and operations, reducing manual configuration and accelerating dashboard setup in multi-account environments.

May 2025 progress focused on strengthening authentication reliability, expanding data-source capabilities, and tightening release processes across Grafana's AWS-related plugins. Achievements span robust multi-tenant authentication, improved CloudWatch integration, X-Ray operation visibility, Athena authentication fixes, and release integrity improvements across the AmazonPrometheus datasource.

April 2025 delivered tangible business value by tightening configurability and security across Grafana’s AWS-related data sources, while improving CI/CD reliability and maintaining cross-project consistency. Key work spanned feature enhancements, AWS SDK upgrades, release-note preparation, and substantial CI/CD hardening across multiple repos, enabling safer multi-tenant deployments and faster, more predictable releases.

March 2025: Delivered targeted improvements across Grafana data sources and AWS SDK, with emphasis on onboarding clarity, data accuracy, and multi-tenant credentials. Key outcomes include documentation updates for AWS Datasources (Assume Role early access clarified and unnecessary flags removed); CloudWatch Logs grouping fields are now parsed as strings in data-frame conversions for accurate log data; TracesSize casing fixed in OpenSearch trace queries to ensure correct parameter parsing; and multi-tenant temporary credentials support was added to the AWS authentication provider with GetConfig updates and file-based credential loading, accompanied by release notes for v0.35.0. Business impact includes faster onboarding, more reliable log and trace data, and stronger security posture for multi-tenant deployments. Technologies demonstrated include AWS IAM/AssumeRole workflows, data-frame type handling, JSON field naming normalization, and release-note readiness for SDK enhancements.

February 2025 monthly summary: Delivered critical reliability improvements for the OpenSearch data source and enhanced query customization in Elasticsearch ad hoc filters, driving better observability and more flexible data querying in Grafana. Key business value: reduced serialization/logging defects, improved log visibility for faster troubleshooting, and expanded user control over query behavior, contributing to more reliable dashboards and faster incident response.

January 2025: Delivered key performance and usability improvements across Grafana Core and OpenSearch datasource, focusing on faster, more accurate dashboards and improved query configurability. Implemented CloudWatch batch querying with optimized dimensions, refined Elasticsearch numeric handling and free-text size input, ensured numeric ad-hoc filters in OpenSearch are represented correctly, and added a configurable TracesSize for OpenSearch traces with a sensible default. These changes reduce latency, improve data correctness, and enhance user experience for dashboards and traces.

December 2024: Delivered impactful features and reliability fixes across Grafana core, AWS SDK integration, and data-source extensions. Focused on cross-cluster data querying, resilient health checks, and streamlined dependency maintenance, driving improved reliability, observability, and release readiness.

November 2024: Delivered critical data-source enhancements across Grafana repos, strengthening Elasticsearch/OpenSearch integrations, improving error reporting, expanding AWS plugin coverage, and stabilizing dependencies. These improvements translate to more reliable dashboards, quicker issue resolution, and broader platform support. Technologies demonstrated include Go, Grafana plugin-sdk-go, robust SQL generation, comprehensive testing, and CI/CD hygiene.

Concise monthly summary for 2024-10 highlighting business value and technical achievements across grafana/grafana and grafana/opensearch-datasource. Focused on stability, scalability, and secure access updates that enable enterprise adoption. No major bugs fixed this cycle; the month emphasized backend improvements, cross-repo feature delivery, and readiness for future releases.