--- title: "What's new in Grafana v11.5 | Grafana documentation" description: "Feature and improvement highlights for Grafana v11.5" --- > For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt). # What’s new in Grafana v11.5 Welcome to Grafana 11.5! Read on to learn about new sharing, reporting, and export options, cross-cluster search for Elasticsearch, PDC support for several new data sources, and more. The Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant is in public preview and now supports all plugins and Grafana Alerts, in addition to dashboards, folders, and data sources. We’ve also made it more secure to run third-party apps and data sources, and improved user session handling for OAuth 2.0 and SAML. For even more detail about all the changes in this release, refer to the [changelog](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md). For the specific steps we recommend when you upgrade to v11.5, check out our [Upgrade Guide](/docs/grafana/next/upgrade-guide/upgrade-v11.5/). * * * ## Cloud Migration Assistant ### [Migrate your dashboards, data sources, folders, plugins, and alerts to Grafana Cloud](/whats-new/2025-01-13-migrate-your-dashboards--data-sources--folders--plugins--and-alerts-to-grafana-cloud/) Grafana Cloud Available in public preview Open source Enterprise Available in public preview Dashboards and visualizations Data sources Plugins Alerting Migrate your Grafana OSS/Enterprise instance to Grafana Cloud in just a few clicks. The Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant launched in Grafana 11.2 with initial support for dashboards, data sources, and folders. We’re excited to announce support for plugins and Grafana alerts. [Read more](/whats-new/2025-01-13-migrate-your-dashboards--data-sources--folders--plugins--and-alerts-to-grafana-cloud/) * * * ## Dashboards and visualizations ### [Redesigned filters for dashboards](/whats-new/2024-10-28-redesigned-filters-for-dashboards/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Open source Available in public preview Dashboards and visualizations We’ve redesigned dashboard filters for an improved filter creation experience! The redesigned filters are more prominent in the dashboard and filters based on the same ad hoc filter variable are more clearly related. In the new design, you can click anywhere in the filter field to begin creating a one and Grafana automatically detects which part of the filter you’re setting up. It takes fewer clicks to create a filter and the creation process using keyboard strokes is smoother than previously. [Read more](/whats-new/2024-10-28-redesigned-filters-for-dashboards/) * * * ### [New regular expression option for Extract fields transformation](/whats-new/2024-11-19-new-regular-expression-option-for-extract-fields-transformation/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Open source Enterprise Generally Available Dashboards and visualizations We’ve updated the **Extract fields** transformation with an additional **RegExp** format option you can use to perform more advanced parsing of the selected field, such as extracting parts of strings or splitting content into multiple fields using [named capturing groups](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Regular_expressions/Named_capturing_group) like `/(?.*)/`. [Read more](/whats-new/2024-11-19-new-regular-expression-option-for-extract-fields-transformation/) * * * ### [Redesigned sharing experience in Dashboards](/whats-new/2024-09-25-redesigned-sharing-experience-in-dashboards/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Open source Enterprise Generally Available Dashboards and visualizations Introducing a redesigned sharing experience in Dashboards! The redesigned sharing model is leaner, easier to navigate, and more focused on what you want to do. [Read more](/whats-new/2024-09-25-redesigned-sharing-experience-in-dashboards/) * * * ### [Customizable shareable dashboard panel images](/whats-new/2024-12-18-customizable-shareable-dashboard-panel-images/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Open source Enterprise Generally Available Dashboards and visualizations We’ve made some big changes to the panel image sharing experience. When you [share a panel link](/docs/grafana-cloud/visualizations/dashboards/share-dashboards-panels/#share-an-internal-link-1), there’s a new **Panel preview** section where you can: [Read more](/whats-new/2024-12-18-customizable-shareable-dashboard-panel-images/) * * * ## Reporting ### [Reporting theme options](/whats-new/2024-11-14-reporting-theme-options/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Enterprise Generally Available Dashboards and visualizations Choose the light or dark theme for PDF attachments and embedded dashboard images in Reports. The selected theme options are applied to PDFs and embedded images for all reports within your organization. [Read more](/whats-new/2024-11-14-reporting-theme-options/) * * * ### [PDF export improvements in GA](/whats-new/2024-12-03-pdf-export-improvements-in-ga/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Enterprise Generally Available Dashboards and visualizations In May 2024, we announced a [new way of generating PDFs](/docs/grafana-cloud/whats-new/2024-05-12-pdf-export-improvements/) that introduced a major performance improvement for the PDF export feature. It also fixed all [caveats](/docs/grafana/v11.4/dashboards/create-reports/#caveats) related to rendering a report with panels or rows set to repeat by a variable, like rendering repeating panels inside collapsed rows. [Read more](/whats-new/2024-12-03-pdf-export-improvements-in-ga/) * * * ## Alerting ### [RBAC for alerting notifications](/whats-new/2025-01-22-rbac-for-alerting-notifications/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Open source Enterprise Generally Available Alerting The feature flag `alertingApiServer` is now enabled by default. In the UI, administrators have more granular control over which parts of notification settings users have access to. [Read more](/whats-new/2025-01-22-rbac-for-alerting-notifications/) * * * ### [RBAC for notification policies](/whats-new/2025-01-22-rbac-for-notification-policies/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Open source Enterprise Generally Available Alerting Manage notification policies through Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Choose who can create, edit, and read notification policies using fixed roles. You can only grant different access levels to the entire notification policy tree; not to individual notification policies. [Read more](/whats-new/2025-01-22-rbac-for-notification-policies/) * * * ## Data sources ### [Elasticsearch cross-cluster search](/whats-new/2025-01-09-elasticsearch-cross-cluster-search/) Grafana Cloud Available in public preview Open source Enterprise Available in public preview Data sources The Elasticsearch data source plugin now offers support for Elasticsearch’s Cross-cluster Search feature. If you’re a big Elasticsearch user, you might have multiple clusters set up for geographical separation, different teams or departments, compliance, or scaling reasons. Previously, you needed to set up a separate data source in Grafana for each cluster. Now with cross-cluster search, you can query data across all these clusters from a single Grafana data source. This makes it simpler and more convenient to query all of your Elasticsearch logs. You can learn more about this feature in the [Elasticsearch docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-cross-cluster-search.html). [Read more](/whats-new/2025-01-09-elasticsearch-cross-cluster-search/) * * * ### [Private Data Source Connect (PDC) Support for AWS Data Sources](/whats-new/2024-11-15-private-data-source-connect--pdc--support-for-aws-data-sources/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Open source Enterprise Generally Available Data sources [Private Data Source Connect](/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/private-data-source-connect/#pdc-known-limitations) (PDC) is now supported across *more* AWS data source plugins - including: - AWS Athena ([Version 2.19.0](https://github.com/grafana/athena-datasource/releases/tag/v2.19.0)) - AWS Aurora ([Version 0.4.0](/grafana/plugins/grafana-aurora-datasource/?tab=changelog)) - OpenSearch ([Version 2.21.0](https://github.com/grafana/opensearch-datasource/releases/tag/v2.21.0)) - AWS Redshift ([Version 1.20.0](https://github.com/grafana/redshift-datasource/releases/tag/v1.20.0)) - AWS X-Ray ([Version 2.13.0](https://github.com/grafana/x-ray-datasource/releases/tag/v2.13.0)) With PDC, you can establish a private, secured connection between a Grafana Cloud instance, or stack, and data sources secured within a private network. Take advantage of the convenience and power of Grafana Cloud - even if your cluster is hosted in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) or another private network. Find the full list of supported data source plugins [here](/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/private-data-source-connect/#pdc-known-limitations). [Read more](/whats-new/2024-11-15-private-data-source-connect--pdc--support-for-aws-data-sources/) * * * ### [Time series macro support in visual query builder for SQL data sources](/whats-new/2024-11-08-time-series-macro-support-in-visual-query-builder-for-sql-data-sources/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Open source Enterprise Experimental Data sources It is now possible to create time series queries from the query builder in the following data sources. MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL. Use the **Data operations** drop-down to select a macro like `$__timeGroup` or `$__timeGroupAlias`. [Read more](/whats-new/2024-11-08-time-series-macro-support-in-visual-query-builder-for-sql-data-sources/) * * * ## Authentication and authorization ### [OAuth and SAML session handling improvements](/whats-new/2025-01-14-oauth-and-saml-session-handling-improvements/) Grafana Cloud Available in public preview Open source Enterprise Available in public preview Authentication and authorization We’ve improved how Grafana manages external sessions for OAuth and SAML, enhancing compatibility with identity providers that support session management. Grafana can now reliably manage SAML external sessions (Identity Provider sessions) by using the `SessionIndex` attribute in the SAML assertion and the `NameID` attribute in the logout request. Previously, Grafana relied on the `Login` attribute as the `NameID` and did not include the `SessionIndex` in the logout request, which could result in users being logged out of all their applications/IdP sessions when logging out of Grafana. [Read more](/whats-new/2025-01-14-oauth-and-saml-session-handling-improvements/) * * * ## Plugins ### [Plugin Frontend Sandbox](/whats-new/2025-01-14-plugin-frontend-sandbox/) Grafana Cloud Available in private preview Open source Enterprise Available in private preview Plugins Security The Plugin Frontend Sandbox is a security feature that isolates plugin frontend code from the main Grafana application. When enabled, plugins run in a separate JavaScript context, which provides several security benefits: [Read more](/whats-new/2025-01-14-plugin-frontend-sandbox/) * * * ## Public dashboards ### [Public dashboards are now Shared dashboards](/whats-new/2024-09-25-public-dashboards-are-now-shared-dashboards/) Grafana Cloud Generally Available Open source Enterprise Generally Available We’ve renamed the **Public dashboards** feature, **Shared dashboards**. This renaming is part of our overall redesign of dashboard sharing and aims to better align externally shared dashboards with other dashboard sharing options. [Read more](/whats-new/2024-09-25-public-dashboards-are-now-shared-dashboards/)