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title: "Release notes for Application Observability plugin 1.77 | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Release notes for Application Observability plugin 1.77"
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# Release notes for Application Observability plugin 1.77

## 1.77.0

Released on 2026-07-08.

- Made New Format (OTLP) the default log query mode
- Added instrumented/uninstrumented filter to Service Map
- Removed duplicate map panel on per-service tab
- Added service.peer.name to peer attributes for newer OTel semconv support
- Added assistant page context
- Enabled inventory sorting by default for new stacks