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From: "Grot (@grafanabot)" <43478413+grafanabot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:43:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ReleaseNotes: Updated changelog and release notes for 8.4.5
 (#47145)

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 CHANGELOG.md                                  | 17 ++++++++++++++++
 docs/sources/release-notes/_index.md          |  1 +
 .../release-notes/release-notes-8-4-5.md      | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/sources/release-notes/release-notes-8-4-5.md

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f81a4f95ff1..b7f97bec4e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+<!-- 8.4.5 START -->
+
+# 8.4.5 (2022-03-31)
+
+### 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)
+
+<!-- 8.4.5 END -->
 <!-- 8.4.4 START -->
 
 # 8.4.4 (2022-03-16)
diff --git a/docs/sources/release-notes/_index.md b/docs/sources/release-notes/_index.md
index 582d87f6088..7eb143ae827 100644
--- a/docs/sources/release-notes/_index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/release-notes/_index.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ weight = 10000
 Here you can find detailed release notes that list everything that is included in every release as well as notices
 about deprecations, breaking changes as well as changes that relate to plugin development.
 
+- [Release notes for 8.4.5]({{< relref "release-notes-8-4-5" >}})
 - [Release notes for 8.4.4]({{< relref "release-notes-8-4-4" >}})
 - [Release notes for 8.4.3]({{< relref "release-notes-8-4-3" >}})
 - [Release notes for 8.4.2]({{< relref "release-notes-8-4-2" >}})
diff --git a/docs/sources/release-notes/release-notes-8-4-5.md b/docs/sources/release-notes/release-notes-8-4-5.md
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index 00000000000..8b74042a833
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+title = "Release notes for Grafana 8.4.5"
+hide_menu = true
++++
+
+<!-- Auto generated by update changelog github action -->
+
+# 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)