Grafana Version History

5 active, 21 end-of-life. 26 versions tracked.

Grafana releases a new major version annually (usually in April) and minor versions roughly monthly. The project offers three tiers: Grafana OSS (free), Grafana Enterprise (paid features), and Grafana Cloud (managed SaaS).

Recommendation

For new deployments, use Grafana 12.x (latest is 12.4). It includes the Scenes-based dashboard framework and improved alerting.

Version Released End of Life Latest Patch Status
Grafana 12.4 February 24, 2026 May 24, 2027 12.4.0 Active
Grafana 12.3 November 19, 2025 August 19, 2026 12.3.4 Security Only
Grafana 12.2 September 23, 2025 June 23, 2026 12.2.6 Security Only
Grafana 12.1 July 22, 2025 April 22, 2026 12.1.8 Security Only
Grafana 12.0 May 5, 2025 February 5, 2026 12.0.10 End of Life
Grafana 11.6 March 25, 2025 June 25, 2026 11.6.12 Security Only
Grafana 11.5 January 28, 2025 October 28, 2025 11.5.10 End of Life
Grafana 11.4 December 5, 2024 September 5, 2025 11.4.8 End of Life
Grafana 11.3 October 22, 2024 July 22, 2025 11.3.9 End of Life
Grafana 11.2 August 27, 2024 May 27, 2025 11.2.10+security-01 End of Life
Grafana 11.1 June 25, 2024 April 23, 2025 11.1.13 End of Life
Grafana 11.0 May 14, 2024 February 14, 2025 11.0.11 End of Life
Grafana 10.4 March 5, 2024 June 5, 2025 10.4.19+security-01 End of Life
Grafana 10.3 January 23, 2024 October 23, 2024 10.3.12 End of Life
Grafana 10.2 October 24, 2023 July 24, 2024 10.2.9 End of Life
Grafana 10.1 August 23, 2023 January 23, 2024 10.1.10 End of Life
Grafana 10.0 June 9, 2023 October 24, 2023 10.0.13 End of Life
Grafana 9.5 April 6, 2023 May 14, 2024 9.5.21 End of Life
Grafana 9.4 February 27, 2023 June 9, 2023 9.4.17 End of Life
Grafana 9.3 November 29, 2022 April 6, 2023 9.3.16 End of Life
Grafana 9.2 October 11, 2022 February 27, 2023 9.2.20 End of Life
Grafana 9.1 August 16, 2022 November 29, 2022 9.1.8 End of Life
Grafana 9.0 June 13, 2022 October 11, 2022 9.0.9 End of Life
Grafana 8 June 8, 2021 June 9, 2023 8.5.27 End of Life
Grafana 7 May 15, 2020 June 14, 2022 7.5.17 End of Life
Grafana 6 February 25, 2019 June 8, 2021 6.7.6 End of Life
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Grafana Support Policy

Grafana supports the current and previous major version with security patches. Each minor version is supported until the next minor ships (roughly monthly). Enterprise and Cloud customers get extended support options.

What You Need to Know

Grafana 10 removed Angular-based panels. If you have old community plugins that use Angular, they won't work in Grafana 11.

Grafana 11 introduced a new Scenes-based dashboard framework, replacing the legacy dashboard architecture.

Grafana Alerting (unified alerting) fully replaced legacy alerting in Grafana 10+. Migrate your alert rules if you haven't.

Grafana Cloud includes a generous free tier: 10K metrics, 50GB logs, 50GB traces.

Frequently Asked Questions

How often does Grafana release new versions?
Grafana ships a new major version annually (usually in April) and minor versions roughly monthly. Patch releases come out as needed for security and critical bug fixes.
How do I upgrade Grafana?
Grafana supports upgrading one major version at a time. Back up your grafana.db and configuration before upgrading. The biggest risk is plugin compatibility, especially community plugins that depend on Angular (removed in Grafana 10+).
What is the difference between Grafana OSS and Enterprise?
OSS is fully functional for dashboarding, alerting, and data source integration. Enterprise adds features like RBAC, enhanced LDAP/SAML, white-labeling, and reporting. Most teams start with OSS and upgrade to Enterprise when they need fine-grained access control.

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