grafana/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md

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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]({{< relref "../_index.md#feature_toggles" >}}). 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 name	Description	Enabled by default
disableEnvelopeEncryption	Disable 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
featureHighlights	Highlight Grafana Enterprise features
correlations	Correlations page
exploreContentOutline	Content outline sidebar	Yes
returnToPrevious	Enables the return to previous context functionality	Yes
cloudWatchCrossAccountQuerying	Enables cross-account querying in CloudWatch datasources	Yes
nestedFolders	Enable folder nesting	Yes
nestedFolderPicker	Enables the new folder picker to work with nested folders. Requires the nestedFolders feature toggle	Yes
logsContextDatasourceUi	Allow datasource to provide custom UI for context view	Yes
lokiQuerySplitting	Split large interval queries into subqueries with smaller time intervals	Yes
prometheusMetricEncyclopedia	Adds the metrics explorer component to the Prometheus query builder as an option in metric select	Yes
influxdbBackendMigration	Query InfluxDB InfluxQL without the proxy	Yes
prometheusDataplane	Changes 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
lokiMetricDataplane	Changes metric responses from Loki to be compliant with the dataplane specification.	Yes
dataplaneFrontendFallback	Support dataplane contract field name change for transformations and field name matchers where the name is different	Yes
enableElasticsearchBackendQuerying	Enable the processing of queries and responses in the Elasticsearch data source through backend	Yes
recordedQueriesMulti	Enables writing multiple items from a single query within Recorded Queries	Yes
logsExploreTableVisualisation	A table visualisation for logs in Explore	Yes
transformationsRedesign	Enables the transformations redesign	Yes
traceQLStreaming	Enables response streaming of TraceQL queries of the Tempo data source
awsAsyncQueryCaching	Enable caching for async queries for Redshift and Athena. Requires that the datasource has caching and async query support enabled	Yes
prometheusConfigOverhaulAuth	Update the Prometheus configuration page with the new auth component	Yes
alertingNoDataErrorExecution	Changes how Alerting state manager handles execution of NoData/Error	Yes
angularDeprecationUI	Display Angular warnings in dashboards and panels	Yes
dashgpt	Enable AI powered features in dashboards	Yes
alertingInsights	Show the new alerting insights landing page	Yes
panelMonitoring	Enables panel monitoring through logs and measurements	Yes
kubernetesPlaylists	Use the kubernetes API in the frontend for playlists, and route /api/playlist requests to k8s	Yes
recoveryThreshold	Enables feature recovery threshold (aka hysteresis) for threshold server-side expression	Yes
lokiStructuredMetadata	Enables the loki data source to request structured metadata from the Loki server	Yes
managedPluginsInstall	Install managed plugins directly from plugins catalog	Yes
annotationPermissionUpdate	Change the way annotation permissions work by scoping them to folders and dashboards.	Yes
ssoSettingsApi	Enables the SSO settings API and the OAuth configuration UIs in Grafana	Yes
exploreMetrics	Enables the new Explore Metrics core app	Yes
alertingSimplifiedRouting	Enables users to easily configure alert notifications by specifying a contact point directly when editing or creating an alert rule	Yes
logRowsPopoverMenu	Enable filtering menu displayed when text of a log line is selected	Yes
lokiQueryHints	Enables query hints for Loki	Yes
alertingQueryOptimization	Optimizes eligible queries in order to reduce load on datasources
betterPageScrolling	Removes CustomScrollbar from the UI, relying on native browser scrollbars	Yes
cloudWatchNewLabelParsing	Updates CloudWatch label parsing to be more accurate	Yes

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 name	Description
panelTitleSearch	Search for dashboards using panel title
autoMigrateOldPanels	Migrate old angular panels to supported versions (graph, table-old, worldmap, etc)
autoMigrateGraphPanel	Migrate old graph panel to supported time series panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigrateTablePanel	Migrate old table panel to supported table panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigratePiechartPanel	Migrate old piechart panel to supported piechart panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigrateWorldmapPanel	Migrate old worldmap panel to supported geomap panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigrateStatPanel	Migrate old stat panel to supported stat panel - broken out from autoMigrateOldPanels to enable granular tracking
autoMigrateXYChartPanel	Migrate old XYChart panel to new XYChart2 model
disableAngular	Dynamic 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.
grpcServer	Run the GRPC server
accessControlOnCall	Access control primitives for OnCall
alertingNoNormalState	Stop maintaining state of alerts that are not firing
renderAuthJWT	Uses JWT-based auth for rendering instead of relying on remote cache
refactorVariablesTimeRange	Refactor time range variables flow to reduce number of API calls made when query variables are chained
faroDatasourceSelector	Enable the data source selector within the Frontend Apps section of the Frontend Observability
enableDatagridEditing	Enables the edit functionality in the datagrid panel
sqlDatasourceDatabaseSelection	Enables previous SQL data source dataset dropdown behavior
reportingRetries	Enables rendering retries for the reporting feature
externalServiceAccounts	Automatic service account and token setup for plugins
formatString	Enable format string transformer
transformationsVariableSupport	Allows using variables in transformations
cloudWatchBatchQueries	Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches
teamHttpHeaders	Enables Team LBAC for datasources to apply team headers to the client requests
awsDatasourcesNewFormStyling	Applies new form styling for configuration and query editors in AWS plugins
addFieldFromCalculationStatFunctions	Add cumulative and window functions to the add field from calculation transformation
pdfTables	Enables generating table data as PDF in reporting
canvasPanelPanZoom	Allow pan and zoom in canvas panel
regressionTransformation	Enables regression analysis transformation
groupToNestedTableTransformation	Enables the group to nested table transformation
newPDFRendering	New 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 name	Description
live-service-web-worker	This will use a webworker thread to processes events rather than the main thread
queryOverLive	Use Grafana Live WebSocket to execute backend queries
publicDashboardsScene	Enables public dashboard rendering using scenes
lokiExperimentalStreaming	Support new streaming approach for loki (prototype, needs special loki build)
storage	Configurable storage for dashboards, datasources, and resources
datasourceQueryMultiStatus	Introduce HTTP 207 Multi Status for api/ds/query
canvasPanelNesting	Allow elements nesting
scenes	Experimental framework to build interactive dashboards
disableSecretsCompatibility	Disable duplicated secret storage in legacy tables
logRequestsInstrumentedAsUnknown	Logs the path for requests that are instrumented as unknown
unifiedStorage	SQL-based k8s storage
showDashboardValidationWarnings	Show warnings when dashboards do not validate against the schema
mysqlAnsiQuotes	Use double quotes to escape keyword in a MySQL query
alertingBacktesting	Rule backtesting API for alerting
editPanelCSVDragAndDrop	Enables drag and drop for CSV and Excel files
lokiQuerySplittingConfig	Give users the option to configure split durations for Loki queries
individualCookiePreferences	Support overriding cookie preferences per user
influxqlStreamingParser	Enable streaming JSON parser for InfluxDB datasource InfluxQL query language
lokiLogsDataplane	Changes logs responses from Loki to be compliant with the dataplane specification.
disableSSEDataplane	Disables dataplane specific processing in server side expressions.
alertStateHistoryLokiSecondary	Enable Grafana to write alert state history to an external Loki instance in addition to Grafana annotations.
alertStateHistoryLokiPrimary	Enable a remote Loki instance as the primary source for state history reads.
alertStateHistoryLokiOnly	Disable Grafana alerts from emitting annotations when a remote Loki instance is available.
unifiedRequestLog	Writes error logs to the request logger
extraThemes	Enables extra themes
lokiPredefinedOperations	Adds predefined query operations to Loki query editor
pluginsFrontendSandbox	Enables the plugins frontend sandbox
frontendSandboxMonitorOnly	Enables monitor only in the plugin frontend sandbox (if enabled)
lokiFormatQuery	Enables the ability to format Loki queries
vizAndWidgetSplit	Split panels between visualizations and widgets
prometheusIncrementalQueryInstrumentation	Adds RudderStack events to incremental queries
awsDatasourcesTempCredentials	Support temporary security credentials in AWS plugins for Grafana Cloud customers
mlExpressions	Enable support for Machine Learning in server-side expressions
metricsSummary	Enables metrics summary queries in the Tempo data source
permissionsFilterRemoveSubquery	Alternative permission filter implementation that does not use subqueries for fetching the dashboard folder
aiGeneratedDashboardChanges	Enable AI powered features for dashboards to auto-summary changes when saving
sseGroupByDatasource	Send 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.
libraryPanelRBAC	Enables RBAC support for library panels
wargamesTesting	Placeholder feature flag for internal testing
externalCorePlugins	Allow core plugins to be loaded as external
pluginsAPIMetrics	Sends metrics of public grafana packages usage by plugins
idForwarding	Generate signed id token for identity that can be forwarded to plugins and external services
enableNativeHTTPHistogram	Enables native HTTP Histograms
kubernetesSnapshots	Routes snapshot requests from /api to the /apis endpoint
queryService	Register /apis/query.grafana.app/ -- will eventually replace /api/ds/query
queryServiceRewrite	Rewrite requests targeting /ds/query to the query service
queryServiceFromUI	Routes requests to the new query service
cachingOptimizeSerializationMemoryUsage	If 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.
prometheusPromQAIL	Prometheus and AI/ML to assist users in creating a query
prometheusCodeModeMetricNamesSearch	Enables search for metric names in Code Mode, to improve performance when working with an enormous number of metric names
alertmanagerRemoteSecondary	Enable Grafana to sync configuration and state with a remote Alertmanager.
alertmanagerRemotePrimary	Enable Grafana to have a remote Alertmanager instance as the primary Alertmanager.
alertmanagerRemoteOnly	Disable the internal Alertmanager and only use the external one defined.
extractFieldsNameDeduplication	Make sure extracted field names are unique in the dataframe
dashboardSceneForViewers	Enables dashboard rendering using Scenes for viewer roles
dashboardSceneSolo	Enables rendering dashboards using scenes for solo panels
dashboardScene	Enables dashboard rendering using scenes for all roles
logsInfiniteScrolling	Enables infinite scrolling for the Logs panel in Explore and Dashboards
flameGraphItemCollapsing	Allow collapsing of flame graph items
pluginsSkipHostEnvVars	Disables passing host environment variable to plugin processes
tableSharedCrosshair	Enables shared crosshair in table panel
kubernetesFeatureToggles	Use the kubernetes API for feature toggle management in the frontend
newFolderPicker	Enables the nested folder picker without having nested folders enabled
onPremToCloudMigrations	In-development feature that will allow users to easily migrate their on-prem Grafana instances to Grafana Cloud.
promQLScope	In-development feature that will allow injection of labels into prometheus queries.
sqlExpressions	Enables using SQL and DuckDB functions as Expressions.
nodeGraphDotLayout	Changed the layout algorithm for the node graph
kubernetesAggregator	Enable grafana aggregator
expressionParser	Enable new expression parser
accessActionSets	Introduces action sets for resource permissions
disableNumericMetricsSortingInExpressions	In server-side expressions, disable the sorting of numeric-kind metrics by their metric name or labels.
queryLibrary	Enables Query Library feature in Explore
autofixDSUID	Automatically migrates invalid datasource UIDs
logsExploreTableDefaultVisualization	Sets the logs table as default visualisation in logs explore
newDashboardSharingComponent	Enables the new sharing drawer design
notificationBanner	Enables the notification banner UI and API

Development feature toggles

The following toggles require explicitly setting Grafana's [app mode]({{< relref "../_index.md#app_mode" >}}) to 'development' before you can enable this feature toggle. These features tend to be experimental.

Feature toggle name	Description
grafanaAPIServerWithExperimentalAPIs	Register experimental APIs with the k8s API server
grafanaAPIServerEnsureKubectlAccess	Start an additional https handler and write kubectl options
panelTitleSearchInV1	Enable searching for dashboards using panel title in search v1