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Configure feature toggles

You use feature toggles, also known as feature flags, to enable or disable features in Grafana. You can turn on feature toggles to try out new functionality in development or test environments.

This page contains a list of available feature toggles. To learn how to turn on feature toggles, refer to our Configure Grafana documentation. Feature toggles are also available to Grafana Cloud Advanced customers. If you use Grafana Cloud Advanced, you can open a support ticket and specify the feature toggles and stack for which you want them enabled.

For more information about feature release stages, refer to Release life cycle for Grafana Labs and Manage feature toggles.

General availability feature toggles

Generally available features are enabled by default. You can disable these feature by setting the feature flag to “false” in the configuration.

Feature toggle nameDescriptionEnabled by default
disableEnvelopeEncryptionDisable envelope encryption (emergency only)
publicDashboards[Deprecated] Public dashboards are now enabled by default; to disable them, use the configuration setting. This feature toggle will be removed in the next major version.Yes
featureHighlightsHighlight Grafana Enterprise features
correlationsCorrelations page
exploreContentOutlineContent outline sidebarYes
returnToPreviousEnables the return to previous context functionalityYes
cloudWatchCrossAccountQueryingEnables cross-account querying in CloudWatch datasourcesYes
nestedFoldersEnable folder nestingYes
nestedFolderPickerEnables the new folder picker to work with nested folders. Requires the nestedFolders feature toggleYes
logsContextDatasourceUiAllow datasource to provide custom UI for context viewYes
lokiQuerySplittingSplit large interval queries into subqueries with smaller time intervalsYes
prometheusMetricEncyclopediaAdds the metrics explorer component to the Prometheus query builder as an option in metric selectYes
influxdbBackendMigrationQuery InfluxDB InfluxQL without the proxyYes
prometheusDataplaneChanges responses to from Prometheus to be compliant with the dataplane specification. In particular, when this feature toggle is active, the numeric Field.Name is set from ‘Value’ to the value of the __name__ label.Yes
lokiMetricDataplaneChanges metric responses from Loki to be compliant with the dataplane specification.Yes
dataplaneFrontendFallbackSupport dataplane contract field name change for transformations and field name matchers where the name is differentYes
enableElasticsearchBackendQueryingEnable the processing of queries and responses in the Elasticsearch data source through backendYes
recordedQueriesMultiEnables writing multiple items from a single query within Recorded QueriesYes
pluginsDynamicAngularDetectionPatternsEnables fetching Angular detection patterns for plugins from GCOM and fallback to hardcoded onesYes
logsExploreTableVisualisationA table visualisation for logs in ExploreYes
transformationsRedesignEnables the transformations redesignYes
traceQLStreamingEnables response streaming of TraceQL queries of the Tempo data source
awsAsyncQueryCachingEnable caching for async queries for Redshift and Athena. Requires that the datasource has caching and async query support enabledYes
prometheusConfigOverhaulAuthUpdate the Prometheus configuration page with the new auth componentYes
influxdbSqlSupportEnable InfluxDB SQL query language support with new querying UIYes
alertingNoDataErrorExecutionChanges how Alerting state manager handles execution of NoData/ErrorYes
angularDeprecationUIDisplay Angular warnings in dashboards and panelsYes
dashgptEnable AI powered features in dashboardsYes
alertingInsightsShow the new alerting insights landing pageYes
panelMonitoringEnables panel monitoring through logs and measurementsYes
recoveryThresholdEnables feature recovery threshold (aka hysteresis) for threshold server-side expressionYes
lokiStructuredMetadataEnables the loki data source to request structured metadata from the Loki serverYes
managedPluginsInstallInstall managed plugins directly from plugins catalogYes
annotationPermissionUpdateChange the way annotation permissions work by scoping them to folders and dashboards.Yes
exploreMetricsEnables the new Explore Metrics core appYes
alertingSimplifiedRoutingEnables users to easily configure alert notifications by specifying a contact point directly when editing or creating an alert ruleYes
logRowsPopoverMenuEnable filtering menu displayed when text of a log line is selectedYes
lokiQueryHintsEnables query hints for LokiYes
enablePluginsTracingByDefaultEnable plugin tracing for all external pluginsYes
alertingQueryOptimizationOptimizes eligible queries in order to reduce load on datasources
betterPageScrollingRemoves CustomScrollbar from the UI, relying on native browser scrollbarsYes

Public preview feature toggles

Public preview features are supported by our Support teams, but might be limited to enablement, configuration, and some troubleshooting.

Feature toggle nameDescription
panelTitleSearchSearch for dashboards using panel title
autoMigrateOldPanelsMigrate old angular panels to supported versions (graph, table-old, worldmap, etc)
autoMigrateGraphPanelMigrate old graph panel to supported time series panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigrateTablePanelMigrate old table panel to supported table panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigratePiechartPanelMigrate old piechart panel to supported piechart panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigrateWorldmapPanelMigrate old worldmap panel to supported geomap panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigrateStatPanelMigrate old stat panel to supported stat panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigrateXYChartPanelMigrate old XYChart panel to new XYChart2 model
disableAngularDynamic flag to disable angular at runtime. The preferred method is to set angular_support_enabled to false in the [security] settings, which allows you to change the state at runtime.
newVizTooltipsNew visualizations tooltips UX
grpcServerRun the GRPC server
accessControlOnCallAccess control primitives for OnCall
alertingNoNormalStateStop maintaining state of alerts that are not firing
renderAuthJWTUses JWT-based auth for rendering instead of relying on remote cache
refactorVariablesTimeRangeRefactor time range variables flow to reduce number of API calls made when query variables are chained
faroDatasourceSelectorEnable the data source selector within the Frontend Apps section of the Frontend Observability
enableDatagridEditingEnables the edit functionality in the datagrid panel
sqlDatasourceDatabaseSelectionEnables previous SQL data source dataset dropdown behavior
reportingRetriesEnables rendering retries for the reporting feature
externalServiceAccountsAutomatic service account and token setup for plugins
formatStringEnable format string transformer
transformationsVariableSupportAllows using variables in transformations
cloudWatchBatchQueriesRuns CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches
teamHttpHeadersEnables Team LBAC for datasources to apply team headers to the client requests
awsDatasourcesNewFormStylingApplies new form styling for configuration and query editors in AWS plugins
addFieldFromCalculationStatFunctionsAdd cumulative and window functions to the add field from calculation transformation
pdfTablesEnables generating table data as PDF in reporting
ssoSettingsApiEnables the SSO settings API and the OAuth configuration UIs in Grafana
canvasPanelPanZoomAllow pan and zoom in canvas panel
regressionTransformationEnables regression analysis transformation
groupToNestedTableTransformationEnables the group to nested table transformation
newPDFRenderingNew implementation for the dashboard-to-PDF rendering

Experimental feature toggles

Experimental features are early in their development lifecycle and so are not yet supported in Grafana Cloud. Experimental features might be changed or removed without prior notice.

Feature toggle nameDescription
live-service-web-workerThis will use a webworker thread to processes events rather than the main thread
queryOverLiveUse Grafana Live WebSocket to execute backend queries
publicDashboardsSceneEnables public dashboard rendering using scenes
lokiExperimentalStreamingSupport new streaming approach for loki (prototype, needs special loki build)
storageConfigurable storage for dashboards, datasources, and resources
datasourceQueryMultiStatusIntroduce HTTP 207 Multi Status for api/ds/query
canvasPanelNestingAllow elements nesting
scenesExperimental framework to build interactive dashboards
disableSecretsCompatibilityDisable duplicated secret storage in legacy tables
logRequestsInstrumentedAsUnknownLogs the path for requests that are instrumented as unknown
showDashboardValidationWarningsShow warnings when dashboards do not validate against the schema
mysqlAnsiQuotesUse double quotes to escape keyword in a MySQL query
alertingBacktestingRule backtesting API for alerting
editPanelCSVDragAndDropEnables drag and drop for CSV and Excel files
lokiQuerySplittingConfigGive users the option to configure split durations for Loki queries
individualCookiePreferencesSupport overriding cookie preferences per user
influxqlStreamingParserEnable streaming JSON parser for InfluxDB datasource InfluxQL query language
lokiLogsDataplaneChanges logs responses from Loki to be compliant with the dataplane specification.
disableSSEDataplaneDisables dataplane specific processing in server side expressions.
alertStateHistoryLokiSecondaryEnable Grafana to write alert state history to an external Loki instance in addition to Grafana annotations.
alertStateHistoryLokiPrimaryEnable a remote Loki instance as the primary source for state history reads.
alertStateHistoryLokiOnlyDisable Grafana alerts from emitting annotations when a remote Loki instance is available.
unifiedRequestLogWrites error logs to the request logger
extraThemesEnables extra themes
lokiPredefinedOperationsAdds predefined query operations to Loki query editor
pluginsFrontendSandboxEnables the plugins frontend sandbox
dashboardEmbedAllow embedding dashboard for external use in Code editors
frontendSandboxMonitorOnlyEnables monitor only in the plugin frontend sandbox (if enabled)
lokiFormatQueryEnables the ability to format Loki queries
vizAndWidgetSplitSplit panels between visualizations and widgets
prometheusIncrementalQueryInstrumentationAdds RudderStack events to incremental queries
awsDatasourcesTempCredentialsSupport temporary security credentials in AWS plugins for Grafana Cloud customers
mlExpressionsEnable support for Machine Learning in server-side expressions
metricsSummaryEnables metrics summary queries in the Tempo data source
featureToggleAdminPageEnable admin page for managing feature toggles from the Grafana front-end
permissionsFilterRemoveSubqueryAlternative permission filter implementation that does not use subqueries for fetching the dashboard folder
aiGeneratedDashboardChangesEnable AI powered features for dashboards to auto-summary changes when saving
sseGroupByDatasourceSend query to the same datasource in a single request when using server side expressions. The cloudWatchBatchQueries feature toggle should be enabled if this used with CloudWatch.
libraryPanelRBACEnables RBAC support for library panels
wargamesTestingPlaceholder feature flag for internal testing
externalCorePluginsAllow core plugins to be loaded as external
pluginsAPIMetricsSends metrics of public grafana packages usage by plugins
idForwardingGenerate signed id token for identity that can be forwarded to plugins and external services
enableNativeHTTPHistogramEnables native HTTP Histograms
kubernetesPlaylistsUse the kubernetes API in the frontend for playlists, and route /api/playlist requests to k8s
kubernetesSnapshotsRoutes snapshot requests from /api to the /apis endpoint
cachingOptimizeSerializationMemoryUsageIf enabled, the caching backend gradually serializes query responses for the cache, comparing against the configured [caching]max_value_mb value as it goes. This can can help prevent Grafana from running out of memory while attempting to cache very large query responses.
prometheusPromQAILPrometheus and AI/ML to assist users in creating a query
alertmanagerRemoteSecondaryEnable Grafana to sync configuration and state with a remote Alertmanager.
alertmanagerRemotePrimaryEnable Grafana to have a remote Alertmanager instance as the primary Alertmanager.
alertmanagerRemoteOnlyDisable the internal Alertmanager and only use the external one defined.
extractFieldsNameDeduplicationMake sure extracted field names are unique in the dataframe
dashboardSceneForViewersEnables dashboard rendering using Scenes for viewer roles
dashboardSceneSoloEnables rendering dashboards using scenes for solo panels
dashboardSceneEnables dashboard rendering using scenes for all roles
logsInfiniteScrollingEnables infinite scrolling for the Logs panel in Explore and Dashboards
flameGraphItemCollapsingAllow collapsing of flame graph items
pluginsSkipHostEnvVarsDisables passing host environment variable to plugin processes
tableSharedCrosshairEnables shared crosshair in table panel
kubernetesFeatureTogglesUse the kubernetes API for feature toggle management in the frontend
newFolderPickerEnables the nested folder picker without having nested folders enabled
onPremToCloudMigrationsIn-development feature that will allow users to easily migrate their on-prem Grafana instances to Grafana Cloud.
promQLScopeIn-development feature that will allow injection of labels into prometheus queries.
sqlExpressionsEnables using SQL and DuckDB functions as Expressions.
nodeGraphDotLayoutChanged the layout algorithm for the node graph
kubernetesAggregatorEnable grafana aggregator
expressionParserEnable new expression parser
usePrometheusFrontendPackageUse the @grafana/prometheus frontend package in core Prometheus.

Development feature toggles

The following toggles require explicitly setting Grafana’s app mode to ‘development’ before you can enable this feature toggle. These features tend to be experimental.

Feature toggle nameDescription
unifiedStorageSQL-based k8s storage
grafanaAPIServerWithExperimentalAPIsRegister experimental APIs with the k8s API server
grafanaAPIServerEnsureKubectlAccessStart an additional https handler and write kubectl options
kubernetesQueryServiceRewriteRewrite requests targeting /ds/query to the query service
panelTitleSearchInV1Enable searching for dashboards using panel title in search v1