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# Release notes for Grafana 8.4.5
### Features and enhancements
- **Instrumentation:** Make backend plugin metrics endpoints available with optional authentication. [#46467](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46467), [@marefr](https://github.com/marefr)
- **Table panel:** Show datalinks for cell display modes JSON View and Gauge derivates. [#46020](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46020), [@mdvictor](https://github.com/mdvictor)
### Bug fixes
- **Azure Monitor:** Small bug fixes for Resource Picker. [#46665](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46665), [@sarahzinger](https://github.com/sarahzinger)
- **Logger:** Use specified format for file logger. [#46970](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46970), [@sakjur](https://github.com/sakjur)
- **Logs:** Handle missing fields in dataframes better. [#46963](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46963), [@gabor](https://github.com/gabor)
- **ManageDashboards:** Fix error when deleting all dashboards from folder view. [#46877](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/46877), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt)
