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Track Grafana releases, OSS vs Enterprise vs Cloud comparison, version feature evolution, dashboard compatibility, and data source support matrix.

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Version Timeline

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Lifecycle Timeline

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Upgrade Paths

Migration guidance between major versions — breaking changes, effort estimates, and tips.

10.x 11.0 Medium Difficulty
Est. 2-4 hours + dashboard migration

Breaking Changes

  • Angular plugin support removed (legacy panels broken)
  • Classic Graph panel fully replaced by Time Series
  • Dashboard JSON schema changes
  • Some API endpoints deprecated or removed
  • Alerting rule format changes
  • Plugin signing requirements tightened

Migration Notes

The 10 to 11 jump removes Angular-based plugins entirely. If you use any legacy panels (old Graph, Singlestat, Table-old), they will not render in Grafana 11. Replace them with their modern equivalents before upgrading. Use the Grafana Angular deprecation checker (available since 10.3) to identify affected dashboards.

11.x (minor) 11.x+1 Low Difficulty
Est. < 30 minutes

Breaking Changes

  • New panel options (non-breaking)
  • Plugin API updates (minor)
  • Performance improvements

Migration Notes

Minor upgrades within Grafana 11 are safe. Update package/image, restart. Database migrations happen automatically. Verify your critical dashboards load correctly. Keep plugin versions updated.

Version Risk Assessment

Evaluate risk factors before choosing a version for production.

Version EOL Risk CVE Risk Ecosystem Cloud Support Overall Recommended Action
Grafana 9.x and older Critical Critical Dead None Critical Multiple CVEs — upgrade to 11.x immediately
Grafana 10.0-10.3 Critical High Unsupported Degrading Critical Past EOL — no patches available
Grafana 10.4 LTS Medium Low LTS Full Medium LTS supported until Jun 2025 — plan 11.x migration
Grafana 11.0-11.2 High Medium Supported Full Medium Update to latest 11.x patch
Grafana 11.4 Low Low Active Full Low Current — recommended

Grafana patches the latest 2 minor versions plus LTS. Older versions get no security fixes. The observability dashboard is a high-value target. Assessed March 2026.

Grafana Version Feature Comparison

Side-by-side feature differences across major versions.

Feature 10.0 10.4 LTS 11.0 11.4
Angular plugin support Deprecated Deprecated Removed Removed
Unified Alerting Stable Enhanced Enhanced Enhanced
Explore Logs/Metrics Stable Enhanced Enhanced Enhanced
Dashboard JSON schema v37 v39 v40 v41
Scenes (new UI framework) Beta Stable Default Default
Subfolders No Beta Stable Stable
Correlations Beta Stable Enhanced Enhanced
Public dashboards Beta Stable Stable Enhanced
AI/LLM features No Experimental Beta Stable
Data source plugins 80+ 90+ 100+ 110+

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Health Status

Overall support health

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EOL Countdown

Next end-of-life date

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Latest Version

Current stable release

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CVE Status

Known vulnerabilities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Grafana releases and lifecycle.

What is the difference between Grafana OSS, Enterprise, and Cloud?
Grafana OSS is fully open-source (AGPL v3) and free. Enterprise adds RBAC, SAML/LDAP auth, reporting, data source caching, and commercial support. Grafana Cloud is a fully managed SaaS that includes Grafana, Mimir (metrics), Loki (logs), and Tempo (traces). OSS covers 90% of use cases. Enterprise is for teams needing fine-grained access control. Cloud is for teams that do not want to manage infrastructure.
How does Grafana versioning work?
Grafana releases a new minor version roughly every 4-6 weeks. Each minor gets patches for about 2-3 months. Major versions (10, 11, 12) come roughly annually and may include breaking changes to APIs, plugins, and dashboard JSON. The latest 2 minor versions are actively patched. Grafana Labs maintains an LTS version (currently Grafana 10.x) with extended support.
Will my dashboards break when I upgrade?
Within a major version (e.g., 11.0 to 11.4), dashboards are backward compatible. Across major versions (10 to 11), some panel plugins may be deprecated or replaced (e.g., the old Graph panel was replaced by Time Series in Grafana 11). Dashboard JSON format is versioned and auto-migrated, but complex dashboards with deprecated panels should be tested. Export and re-import as a safety net.
How many data sources does Grafana support?
Grafana supports 100+ data sources via official and community plugins. Core built-in sources include Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and CloudWatch. The plugin ecosystem adds everything from MongoDB to Snowflake. Data source plugins are versioned independently from Grafana, which is both a strength (flexibility) and a risk (compatibility lag).
What is Grafana Alerting?
Grafana Alerting (unified alerting since Grafana 9) replaces the legacy dashboard alerting system. It evaluates alert rules against any data source, supports multi-dimensional alerts, integrates with Alertmanager, and routes notifications to Slack, PagerDuty, email, OpsGenie, webhooks, etc. It is fully managed as code via provisioning files or Terraform.
How do I upgrade Grafana safely?
Back up your Grafana database (SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL) and grafana.ini before upgrading. Update the package or container image. Grafana handles database migrations automatically on startup. The main risks are: plugin incompatibility (check plugin versions before upgrading), dashboard panels using deprecated plugins, and authentication configuration changes between majors. Always test in staging first for major version upgrades.

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