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# Release notes for Grafana 8.1.0

### Features and enhancements

- **Alerting:** Deduplicate receivers during migration. [#36812](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36812), [@codesome](https://github.com/codesome)
- **ColorPicker:** Display colors as RGBA. [#37231](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37231), [@nikki-kiga](https://github.com/nikki-kiga)
- **Encryption:** Add support for multiple encryption algorithms (aes-gcm). (Enterprise)
- **Select:** Make portalling the menu opt-in, but opt-in _everywhere_. [#37501](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37501), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90)
- **TeamSync:** Batch team synchronization. (Enterprise)
- **TimeRangePicker:** Improve accessibility. [#36912](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/36912), [@tskarhed](https://github.com/tskarhed)

### Bug fixes

- **Annotations:** Correct annotations that are displayed upon page refresh. [#37496](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37496), [@axelavargas](https://github.com/axelavargas)
- **Annotations:** Fix **Enabled** button that disappeared from Grafana v8.0.6. [#37454](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37454), [@axelavargas](https://github.com/axelavargas)
- **Annotations:** Fix data source template variable that was not available for annotations. [#37506](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37506), [@axelavargas](https://github.com/axelavargas)
- **AzureMonitor:** Fix annotations query editor that does not load. [#37476](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37476), [@torkelo](https://github.com/torkelo)
- **Geomap:** Fix scale calculations. [#37375](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37375), [@ryantxu](https://github.com/ryantxu)
- **GraphNG:** Fix y-axis autosizing. [#37464](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37464), [@leeoniya](https://github.com/leeoniya)
- **Live:** Display stream rate and fix duplicate channels in list response. [#37365](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37365), [@FZambia](https://github.com/FZambia)
- **Loki:** Update labels in log browser when time range changes. [#37520](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37520), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
- **Loki:** Update labels in log browser when time range changes in dashboard. [#37541](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37541), [@ivanahuckova](https://github.com/ivanahuckova)
- **NGAlert:** Send resolve signal to alertmanager on alerting -> Normal. [#37363](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37363), [@kylebrandt](https://github.com/kylebrandt)
- **PasswordField:** Prevent a password from being displayed when you click the Enter button. [#37444](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37444), [@tskarhed](https://github.com/tskarhed)
- **Renderer:** Remove debug.log file when Grafana is stopped. [#37367](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37367), [@AgnesToulet](https://github.com/AgnesToulet)
- **Security:** Update dependencies to fix CVE-2021-36222. [#37546](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/37546), [@ying-jeanne](https://github.com/ying-jeanne)