diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-enterprise/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-enterprise/action.yml
index e87d3d7bae9..37c09911fc8 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-enterprise/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-enterprise/action.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Retrieve GitHub App secrets
       id: get-secrets
-      uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@get-vault-secrets-v1.0.1
+      uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@get-vault-secrets-v1.0.1 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
       with:
         repo_secrets: |
           APP_ID=${{ inputs.github-app-name }}:app-id
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-grafana-bench/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-grafana-bench/action.yml
index b708d862e2e..f30cc37221d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-grafana-bench/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-grafana-bench/action.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Retrieve GitHub App secrets
       id: get-secrets
-      uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@get-vault-secrets-v1.0.1
+      uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@get-vault-secrets-v1.0.1 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
       with:
         repo_secrets: |
           APP_ID=${{ inputs.github-app-name }}:app-id
diff --git a/.github/actions/test-coverage-processor/action.yml b/.github/actions/test-coverage-processor/action.yml
index c22fd0ccb19..bd2458020c3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test-coverage-processor/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test-coverage-processor/action.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ runs:
         fi
 
     - name: Report coverage to CodeCov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@ad3126e916f78f00edff4ed0317cf185271ccc2d # v5
       if: inputs.codecov-token != ''
       with:
         files: ${{ inputs.coverage-file }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/alerting-swagger-gen.yml b/.github/workflows/alerting-swagger-gen.yml
index 7c3af87837f..2526d924d5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/alerting-swagger-gen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/alerting-swagger-gen.yml
@@ -10,18 +10,19 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set go version
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-go@19bb51245e9c80abacb2e91cc42b33fa478b8639
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
       - name: Build swagger
         run: |
           make -C pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling post.json api.json
       - name: Open Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@4e1beaa7521e8b457b572c090b25bd3db56bf1c5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: "chore: update alerting swagger spec"
@@ -34,4 +35,3 @@ jobs:
           labels: 'area/alerting,type/docs,no-changelog'
           team-reviewers: 'grafana/alerting-backend'
           draft: false
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/alerting-update-module.yml b/.github/workflows/alerting-update-module.yml
index 213b243f9b1..d1646d21718 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/alerting-update-module.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/alerting-update-module.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
-
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Check if update branch exists
         run: |
           if git ls-remote --heads origin update-alerting-module | grep -q 'update-alerting-module'; then
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
           make update-workspace
 
       - id: get-secrets
-        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@28361cdb22223e5f1e34358c86c20908e7248760 # 1.1.0
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           repo_secrets: |
             GITHUB_APP_ID=alerting-team:app-id
diff --git a/.github/workflows/analytics-events-report.yml b/.github/workflows/analytics-events-report.yml
index 9d4d6907256..9c5c6f3ef09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/analytics-events-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/analytics-events-report.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
           cache: 'yarn'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-code-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-code-checks.yml
index 75249775bad..b55c07aed22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-code-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-code-checks.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate Backend Configs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           # Explicitly set Go version to 1.24.1 to ensure consistent OpenAPI spec generation
           # The crypto/x509 package has additional fields in Go 1.24.1 that affect the generated specs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-unit-tests.yml
index f1dccf53779..2c0c238d502 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-unit-tests.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/pull/') }}
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  id-token: write
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   grafana:
@@ -29,11 +27,16 @@ jobs:
     name: Grafana
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     continue-on-error: true
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
       - name: Generate Go code
@@ -46,11 +49,16 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
     name: Grafana Enterprise
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
       - name: Setup Enterprise
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index fca35029cd6..fc65898f652 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
       - closed
       - labeled
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   main:
     if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana'
@@ -14,20 +18,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - name: "Generate token"
-        id: generate_token
-        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@b62528385c34dbc9f38e5f4225ac829252d1ea92
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
-      - run: git config --global user.email '132647405+grafana-delivery-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-      - run: git config --global user.name 'grafana-delivery-bot[bot]'
+      - run: git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+      - run: git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+      - run: git config --local --add --bool push.autoSetupRemote true
       - name: Set remote URL
         env:
-          GIT_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          GIT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           git remote set-url origin "https://grafana-delivery-bot:$GIT_TOKEN@github.com/grafana/grafana.git"
       - name: Run backport
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/backport@d4c452f92ed826d515dccf1f62923e537953acd8 # main
+        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/backport@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
index 5f0b7cf3020..8db9fb1e5c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
@@ -11,33 +11,37 @@ on:
       dry_run:
         default: false
         required: false
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
-  main:
+  bump-version:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Grafana
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Update package.json versions
         uses: ./pkg/build/actions/bump-version
         with:
           version: ${{ inputs.version }}
-      - if: ${{ inputs.push }}
-        name: Generate token
-        id: generate_token
-        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@b62528385c34dbc9f38e5f4225ac829252d1ea92
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
       - if: ${{ inputs.push }}
         name: Push & Create PR
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
+          REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git config --local --add --bool push.autoSetupRemote true
-          git checkout -b "bump-version/${{ github.run_id }}/${{ inputs.version }}"
+          git checkout -b "bump-version/${RUN_ID}/${VERSION}"
           git add .
-          git commit -m "bump version ${{ inputs.version }}"
+          git commit -m "bump version ${VERSION}"
           git push
-          gh pr create --dry-run=${{ inputs.dry_run }} -l "type/ci" -l "no-changelog" -B "${{ github.ref_name }}" --title "Release: Bump version to ${{ inputs.version }}" --body "Updated version to ${{ inputs.version }}"
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          gh pr create --dry-run=$DRY_RUN -l "type/ci" -l "no-changelog" -B "$REF_NAME" --title "Release: Bump version to ${VERSION}" --body "Updated version to ${VERSION}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
index d23ca18e612..094279e0c9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
@@ -51,15 +51,20 @@ on:
         default: false
         type: boolean
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   main:
+    env:
+      RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+      VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      PREVIOUS_VERISON: ${{ inputs.previous_version }}
+      TARGET: ${{ inputs.target }}
+      DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: "Generate token"
         id: generate_token
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
           private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
       - name: "Checkout Grafana repo"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683"
         with:
           ref: main
           sparse-checkout: |
@@ -79,8 +84,9 @@ jobs:
             .prettierrc.js
           fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup nodejs environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version-file: .nvmrc
       - name: "Configure git user"
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git config --local --add --bool push.autoSetupRemote true
       - name: "Create branch"
-        run: git checkout -b "changelog/${{ github.run_id }}/${{ inputs.version }}"
+        run: git checkout -b "changelog/${RUN_ID}/${VERSION}"
       - name: "Generate changelog"
         id: changelog
         uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/changelog
@@ -103,24 +109,24 @@ jobs:
           # Prepare CHANGELOG.md content with version delimiters
           (
             echo
-            echo "# ${{ inputs.version}} ($(date '+%F'))"
+            echo "# ${VERSION} ($(date '+%F'))"
             echo
             cat changelog_items.md
           ) > CHANGELOG.part
 
           # Check if a version exists in the changelog
-          if grep -q "<!-- ${{ inputs.version}} START" CHANGELOG.md ; then
+          if grep -q "<!-- ${VERSION} START" CHANGELOG.md ; then
             # Replace the content between START and END delimiters
-            echo "Version ${{ inputs.version }} is found in the CHANGELOG.md, patching contents..."
-            sed -i -e '/${{ inputs.version }} START/,/${{ inputs.version }} END/{//!d;}' \
-                   -e '/${{ inputs.version }} START/r CHANGELOG.part' CHANGELOG.md
+            echo "Version ${VERSION} is found in the CHANGELOG.md, patching contents..."
+            sed -i -e "/${VERSION} START/,/${VERSION} END/{//!d;}" \
+                   -e "/${VERSION} START/r CHANGELOG.part" CHANGELOG.md
           else
             # Prepend changelog part to the main changelog file
-            echo "Version ${{ inputs.version }} not found in the CHANGELOG.md"
+            echo "Version $VERSION not found in the CHANGELOG.md"
             (
-              echo "<!-- ${{ inputs.version }} START -->"
+              echo "<!-- ${VERSION} START -->"
               cat CHANGELOG.part
-              echo "<!-- ${{ inputs.version }} END -->"
+              echo "<!-- ${VERSION} END -->"
               cat CHANGELOG.md
             ) > CHANGELOG.tmp
             mv CHANGELOG.tmp CHANGELOG.md
@@ -138,11 +144,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Create changelog PR"
         run: >
           gh pr create \
-            --dry-run=${{ inputs.dry_run }} \
+            --dry-run=${DRY_RUN} \
             --label "no-backport" \
             --label "no-changelog" \
-            -B "${{ inputs.target }}" \
-            --title "Release: update changelog for ${{ inputs.version }}" \
-            --body "Changelog changes for release ${{ inputs.version }}"
+            -B "${TARGET}" \
+            --title "Release: update changelog for ${VERSION}" \
+            --body "Changelog changes for release ${VERSION}"
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml b/.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 11613b5fab9..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: Close milestone
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        required: true
-        description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      version_call:
-        description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-jobs:
-  main:
-    if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Actions
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
-          path: ./actions
-          ref: main
-      - name: Install Actions
-        run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
-      - name: "Generate token"
-        id: generate_token
-        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@b62528385c34dbc9f38e5f4225ac829252d1ea92
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
-      - name: Close milestone (manually invoked)
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.version != '' }}
-        uses: ./actions/close-milestone
-        with:
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
-      - name: Close milestone (workflow invoked)
-        if: ${{ inputs.version_call != '' }}
-        uses: ./actions/close-milestone
-        with:
-          version_call: ${{ inputs.version_call }}
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeowners-validator.yml b/.github/workflows/codeowners-validator.yml
index 12184b2f680..f98bee4e213 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeowners-validator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeowners-validator.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository, which is validated in the next step
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: GitHub CODEOWNERS Validator
-        uses: mszostok/codeowners-validator@v0.7.4
+        uses: mszostok/codeowners-validator@7f3f5e28c6d7b8dfae5731e54ce2272ca384592f
         # input parameters
         with:
           # ==== GitHub Auth ====
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index d65cc42baf2..06772bac55c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -40,15 +40,16 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       with:
         # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
         # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
         fetch-depth: 2
+        persist-credentials: false
 
     - if: matrix.language == 'go'
       name: Set go version
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-go@19bb51245e9c80abacb2e91cc42b33fa478b8639
       with:
         go-version-file: go.mod
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/commands.yml b/.github/workflows/commands.yml
index 942ea69d5e3..cf61d859443 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commands.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commands.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ on:
 concurrency:
   group: issue-commands-${{ github.event.issue.number }}
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  id-token: write
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   config:
@@ -34,10 +32,13 @@ jobs:
     needs: config
     if: needs.config.outputs.has-secrets
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: "Get vault secrets"
         id: vault-secrets
-        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           # Secrets placed in the ci/repo/grafana/grafana/plugins_platform_issue_commands_github_bot path in Vault
           repo_secrets: |
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
           path: ./actions
           ref: main
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/community-release.yml b/.github/workflows/community-release.yml
index 86e7703e5c4..73c72749baa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/community-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/community-release.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Run community-release (manually invoked)
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/community-release@main
+        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/community-release@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           version: ${{ inputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/core-plugins-build-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/core-plugins-build-and-release.yml
index e4803a2208f..d2aebbc41e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core-plugins-build-and-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core-plugins-build-and-release.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   build-and-publish:
+    env:
+      PLUGIN_ID: ${{ inputs.plugin_id }}
     name: Build and publish ${{ inputs.plugin_id }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -41,12 +43,14 @@ jobs:
       version: ${{ steps.build_frontend.outputs.version }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Verify inputs
         run: |
-          if [ -z ${{ inputs.plugin_id }} ]; then echo "Missing plugin ID"; exit 1; fi
+          if [ -z $PLUGIN_ID ]; then echo "Missing plugin ID"; exit 1; fi
       - id: get-secrets
-        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           # Secrets placed in the ci/repo/grafana/<repo>/<path> path in Vault
           repo_secrets: |
@@ -54,13 +58,13 @@ jobs:
             PLUGINS_GRAFANA_API_KEY=core-plugins-build-and-release:PLUGINS_GRAFANA_API_KEY
             PLUGINS_GCOM_TOKEN=core-plugins-build-and-release:PLUGINS_GCOM_TOKEN
       - name: 'Authenticate to Google Cloud'
-        uses: 'google-github-actions/auth@v2'
+        uses: 'google-github-actions/auth@6fc4af4b145ae7821d527454aa9bd537d1f2dc5f'
         with:
           credentials_json: '${{ env.PLUGINS_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS }}'
       - name: 'Set up Cloud SDK'
-        uses: 'google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2'
+        uses: 'google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@6189d56e4096ee891640bb02ac264be376592d6a'
       - name: Setup nodejs environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version-file: .nvmrc
           cache: yarn
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           dir=$(dirname \
             $(egrep -lir --include=plugin.json --exclude-dir=dist \
-              '"id": "${{ inputs.plugin_id }}"' \
+              '"id": "${PLUGIN_ID}"' \
               public/app/plugins \
             ) \
           )
@@ -85,19 +89,19 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ steps.get_dir.outputs.dir }}
         run: |
           [ ! -d ./bin ] && mkdir -pv ./bin || true
-          curl -fL -o ./bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v${{ env.GRABPL_VERSION }}/grabpl
+          curl -fL -o ./bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v$GRABPL_VERSION/grabpl
           chmod 0755 ./bin/grabpl
       - name: Check backend
         id: check_backend
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          if egrep -qr --include=main.go 'datasource.Manage\("${{ inputs.plugin_id }}"' pkg/tsdb; then
+          if egrep -qr --include=main.go 'datasource.Manage\("$PLUGIN_ID"' pkg/tsdb; then
             echo "has_backend=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "has_backend=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
       - name: Setup golang environment
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-go@19bb51245e9c80abacb2e91cc42b33fa478b8639
         if: steps.check_backend.outputs.has_backend == 'true'
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
             # Release branch, do not add commit hash to version
             command="plugin:build"
           fi
-          yarn $command --scope="@grafana-plugins/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}"
+          yarn $command --scope="@grafana-plugins/$PLUGIN_ID"
           version=$(cat ${{ steps.get_dir.outputs.dir }}/dist/plugin.json | jq -r .info.version)
           echo "version=${version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: build:backend
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.build_frontend.outputs.version }}  
         run: |
-          make build-plugin-go PLUGIN_ID=${{ inputs.plugin_id }}
+          make build-plugin-go PLUGIN_ID=$PLUGIN_ID
       - name: package
         working-directory: ${{ steps.get_dir.outputs.dir }}
         run: |
@@ -175,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.build_frontend.outputs.version }}  
         run: |
           api_res=$(curl -X 'GET' -H "Authorization: Bearer $GCOM_TOKEN" \
-            '${{ env.GCOM_API}}/api/plugins/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}?version=$VERSION' \
+            '${{ env.GCOM_API}}/api/plugins/$PLUGIN_ID?version=$VERSION' \
             -H 'accept: application/json')
           api_res_code=$(echo $api_res | jq -r .code)
           if [ "$api_res_code" = "NotFound" ]; then
@@ -197,10 +201,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Publish release to Google Cloud Storage:"
           touch ci/packages/windows ci/packages/darwin ci/packages/linux ci/packages/any
-          gsutil -m cp -r ci/packages/*windows* gs://${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/windows
-          gsutil -m cp -r ci/packages/*linux* gs://${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/linux 
-          gsutil -m cp -r ci/packages/*darwin* gs://${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/darwin
-          gsutil -m cp -r ci/packages/*any* gs://${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/any
+          gsutil -m cp -r ci/packages/*windows* gs://${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/windows
+          gsutil -m cp -r ci/packages/*linux* gs://${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/linux 
+          gsutil -m cp -r ci/packages/*darwin* gs://${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/darwin
+          gsutil -m cp -r ci/packages/*any* gs://${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/any
       - name: Publish new plugin version on grafana.com
         if: steps.check_backend.outputs.has_backend == 'true'
         working-directory: ${{ steps.get_dir.outputs.dir }}
@@ -214,27 +218,27 @@ jobs:
             \"url\": \"https://github.com/grafana/grafana/tree/main/${{ steps.get_dir.outputs.dir }}\",
             \"download\": {
               \"linux-amd64\": {
-                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/linux/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}-${VERSION}.linux_amd64.zip\",
+                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/linux/$PLUGIN_ID-${VERSION}.linux_amd64.zip\",
                 \"md5\": \"$(cat ci/packages/info-linux_amd64.json | jq -r .plugin.md5)\"
               },
               \"linux-arm64\": {
-                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/linux/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}-${VERSION}.linux_arm64.zip\",
+                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/linux/$PLUGIN_ID-${VERSION}.linux_arm64.zip\",
                 \"md5\": \"$(cat ci/packages/info-linux_arm64.json | jq -r .plugin.md5)\"
               },
               \"linux-arm\": {
-                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/linux/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}-${VERSION}.linux_arm.zip\",
+                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/linux/$PLUGIN_ID-${VERSION}.linux_arm.zip\",
                 \"md5\": \"$(cat ci/packages/info-linux_arm.json | jq -r .plugin.md5)\"
               },
               \"windows-amd64\": {
-                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/windows/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}-${VERSION}.windows_amd64.zip\",
+                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/windows/$PLUGIN_ID-${VERSION}.windows_amd64.zip\",
                 \"md5\": \"$(cat ci/packages/info-windows_amd64.json | jq -r .plugin.md5)\"
               },
               \"darwin-amd64\": {
-                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/darwin/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}-${VERSION}.darwin_amd64.zip\",
+                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/darwin/$PLUGIN_ID-${VERSION}.darwin_amd64.zip\",
                 \"md5\": \"$(cat ci/packages/info-darwin_amd64.json | jq -r .plugin.md5)\"
               },
               \"darwin-arm64\": {
-                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/darwin/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}-${VERSION}.darwin_arm64.zip\",
+                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/darwin/$PLUGIN_ID-${VERSION}.darwin_arm64.zip\",
                 \"md5\": \"$(cat ci/packages/info-darwin_arm64.json | jq -r .plugin.md5)\"
               }
             }
@@ -257,7 +261,7 @@ jobs:
             \"url\": \"https://github.com/grafana/grafana/tree/main/${{ steps.get_dir.outputs.dir }}\",
             \"download\": {
               \"any\": {
-                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}/release/${VERSION}/any/${{ inputs.plugin_id }}-${VERSION}.any.zip\",
+                \"url\": \"https://storage.googleapis.com/${{ env.GCP_BUCKET }}/$PLUGIN_ID/release/${VERSION}/any/$PLUGIN_ID-${VERSION}.any.zip\",
                 \"md5\": \"$(cat ci/packages/info-any.json | jq -r .plugin.md5)\"
               }
             }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-next-release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/create-next-release-branch.yml
index 8fc01cd442d..1107842a765 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-next-release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-next-release-branch.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
       - name: Create release branch
         id: branch
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/bump-release@main
+        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/bump-release@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           ownerRepo: ${{ inputs.ownerRepo }}
           source: ${{ inputs.source }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-security-patch-from-security-mirror.yml b/.github/workflows/create-security-patch-from-security-mirror.yml
index f85239241ad..7499d925236 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-security-patch-from-security-mirror.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-security-patch-from-security-mirror.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   trigger_downstream_create_security_patch:
     concurrency: create-patch-${{ github.ref_name }}
-    uses: grafana/security-patch-actions/.github/workflows/create-patch.yml@main
+    uses: grafana/security-patch-actions/.github/workflows/create-patch.yml@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
     if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana-security-mirror'
     with:
       repo: "${{ github.repository }}"
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ jobs:
       patch_ref: "${{ github.base_ref }}" # this is the target branch name, Ex: "main"
       patch_repo: "grafana/grafana-security-patches"
       patch_prefix: "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
-    secrets: inherit
-
+    secrets: inherit # zizmor: ignore[secrets-inherit]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dashboards-issue-add-label.yml b/.github/workflows/dashboards-issue-add-label.yml
index c3157a05afb..4072f062fa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dashboards-issue-add-label.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dashboards-issue-add-label.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: "Get vault secrets"
         id: vault-secrets
-        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           # Secrets placed in the ci/repo/grafana/grafana/plugins_platform_issue_commands_github_bot path in Vault
           repo_secrets: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-pr-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-pr-preview.yml
index bfad92ebf73..5c8f4733eeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-pr-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-pr-preview.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   deploy-pr-preview:
     if: "!github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork"
-    uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yml@main
+    uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yml@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
     with:
       branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
       event_number: ${{ github.event.number }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/detect-breaking-changes-levitate.yml b/.github/workflows/detect-breaking-changes-levitate.yml
index 70c823483d9..a2517d5e0a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/detect-breaking-changes-levitate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/detect-breaking-changes-levitate.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  id-token: write
+permissions: {}
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -24,12 +22,16 @@ jobs:
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: './pr'
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           path: './pr'
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version: 22.11.0
 
@@ -67,17 +69,20 @@ jobs:
   buildBase:
     name: Build Base packages artifacts
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: './base'
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           path: './base'
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version: 22.11.0
 
@@ -123,8 +128,8 @@ jobs:
       id-token: 'write'
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version: 22.11.0
 
@@ -145,14 +150,14 @@ jobs:
         run: unzip -j base_built_packages.zip -d ./base && rm base_built_packages.zip
 
       - id: 'auth'
-        uses: 'google-github-actions/auth@v2'
+        uses: 'google-github-actions/auth@6fc4af4b145ae7821d527454aa9bd537d1f2dc5f'
         with:
           workload_identity_provider: ${{ secrets.WIF_PROVIDER }}
           service_account: ${{ secrets.LEVITATE_SA }}
           project_id: 'grafanalabs-global'
 
       - name: 'Set up Cloud SDK'
-        uses: 'google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2'
+        uses: 'google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@6189d56e4096ee891640bb02ac264be376592d6a'
         with:
           version: '>= 363.0.0'
           project_id: 'grafanalabs-global'
@@ -180,6 +185,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Report breaking changes in PR comment
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: ['Detect']
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
 
     steps:
       - name: "Generate token"
@@ -189,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
           app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_PR_AUTOMATION_APP_ID }}
           private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_PR_AUTOMATION_APP_PEM }}
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
 
       - name: 'Download artifact'
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -238,7 +246,7 @@ jobs:
       # Comment on the PR
       - name: Comment on PR
         if: steps.levitate-run.outputs.exit_code == 1
-        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@v2
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@52423e01640425a022ef5fd42c6fb5f633a02728
         with:
           header: levitate-breaking-change-comment
           number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
@@ -255,7 +263,7 @@ jobs:
       # Remove comment from the PR (no more breaking changes)
       - name: Remove comment from PR
         if: steps.levitate-run.outputs.exit_code == 0
-        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@v2
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@52423e01640425a022ef5fd42c6fb5f633a02728
         with:
           header: levitate-breaking-change-comment
           number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation-ci.yml
index d27f16c9298..9b8bc7dc53b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation-ci.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: grafana/vale:latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/vale-action@vale-action/v1
+      - uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/vale-action@vale-action/v1 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           filter: '.Name in ["Grafana.GrafanaCom", "Grafana.WordList", "Grafana.Spelling", "Grafana.ProductPossessives"]'
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ephemeral-instances-pr-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/ephemeral-instances-pr-comment.yml
index be07b7ef6ac..e60eca1bad4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ephemeral-instances-pr-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ephemeral-instances-pr-comment.yml
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ jobs:
           private_key: ${{ secrets.EI_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
       - name: Checkout ephemeral instances repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           repository: grafana/ephemeral-grafana-instances-github-action
           token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           ref: main
           path: ephemeral
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: build and deploy ephemeral instance
         uses: ./ephemeral
diff --git a/.github/workflows/feature-toggles-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/feature-toggles-ci.yml
index a6c9f5c52dc..7aa1dbd0b42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/feature-toggles-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/feature-toggles-ci.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
           cache: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend-lint.yml
index 148838465fa..42533e0127d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-lint.yml
@@ -6,17 +6,20 @@ on:
       - main
       - release-*.*.*
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  id-token: write
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   lint-frontend-verify-i18n:
     name: Verify i18n
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
         cache: 'yarn'
@@ -34,14 +37,17 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
         fi
   lint-frontend-prettier:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     # Run this workflow only for PRs from forks; if it gets merged into `main` or `release-*`,
     # the `lint-frontend-prettier-enterprise` workflow will run instead
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
         cache: 'yarn'
@@ -50,13 +56,16 @@ jobs:
     - run: yarn run prettier:check
     - run: yarn run lint
   lint-frontend-prettier-enterprise:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     # Run this workflow for non-PR events (like pushes to `main` or `release-*`) OR for internal PRs (PRs not from forks)
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
         cache: 'yarn'
@@ -69,14 +78,17 @@ jobs:
     - run: yarn run prettier:check
     - run: yarn run lint
   lint-frontend-typecheck:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     # Run this workflow only for PRs from forks; if it gets merged into `main` or `release-*`,
     # the `lint-frontend-typecheck-enterprise` workflow will run instead
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true
     name: Typecheck
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
         cache: 'yarn'
@@ -84,13 +96,16 @@ jobs:
     - run: yarn install --immutable --check-cache
     - run: yarn run typecheck
   lint-frontend-typecheck-enterprise:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     # Run this workflow for non-PR events (like pushes to `main` or `release-*`) OR for internal PRs (PRs not from forks)
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
     name: Typecheck
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
         cache: 'yarn'
@@ -102,11 +117,14 @@ jobs:
     - run: yarn install --immutable --check-cache
     - run: yarn run typecheck
   lint-frontend-betterer:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     name: Betterer
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
         cache: 'yarn'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
index 8cbe3030ffe..211c9d90fd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Create GitHub release (manually invoked)
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/github-release@main
+        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/github-release@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           version: ${{ inputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/go-lint.yml
index d6ae5ee85ee..0c65982f9c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-lint.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ jobs:
   lint-go:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: ./go.mod
       - run: make gen-go
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v7
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1481404843c368bc19ca9406f87d6e0fc97bdcfd
         with:
           version: v2.0.2
           args: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-create-tasks.yml b/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-create-tasks.yml
index f12ca3ff7a2..dbe2be9a5b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-create-tasks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-create-tasks.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-download.yml b/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-download.yml
index e0c3c50b9bb..d287c7ee06f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-download.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-download.yml
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ jobs:
           app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_PR_AUTOMATION_APP_ID }}
           private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_PR_AUTOMATION_APP_PEM }}
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
           token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Download sources
         id: crowdin-download
-        uses: crowdin/github-action@v2
+        uses: crowdin/github-action@b8012bd5491b8aa8578b73ab5b5f5e7c94aaa6e2
         with:
           upload_sources: false
           upload_translations: false
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Get project board ID
-        uses: octokit/graphql-action@v2.x
+        uses: octokit/graphql-action@51bf543c240dcd14761320e2efc625dc32ec0d32
         id: get-project-id
         if: steps.crowdin-download.outputs.pull_request_url
         with:
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Add to project board
-        uses: octokit/graphql-action@v2.x
+        uses: octokit/graphql-action@51bf543c240dcd14761320e2efc625dc32ec0d32
         if: steps.crowdin-download.outputs.pull_request_url
         with:
           projectid: ${{ fromJson(steps.get-project-id.outputs.data).organization.projectV2.id }}
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Run auto-milestone
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/auto-milestone@main
+        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/auto-milestone@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         if: steps.crowdin-download.outputs.pull_request_url
         with:
           pr: ${{ steps.crowdin-download.outputs.pull_request_number }}
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get vault secrets
         id: vault-secrets
-        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           # Secrets placed in ci/repo/grafana/grafana/grafana-pr-approver
           repo_secrets: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-upload.yml
index 39a89c5aad2..d7d1a130fcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-upload.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Upload sources
-        uses: crowdin/github-action@v2
+        uses: crowdin/github-action@b8012bd5491b8aa8578b73ab5b5f5e7c94aaa6e2
         with:
           upload_sources: true
           upload_sources_args: '--dest=public/locales/en-US/grafana.json'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-opened.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-opened.yml
index b478f9647e7..91767a5310b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-opened.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-opened.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ on:
 concurrency:
   group: issue-opened-${{ github.event.issue.number }}
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  id-token: write
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   main:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana'
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout Actions
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
           path: ./actions
           ref: main
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Get vault secrets"
         id: vault-secrets
-        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           # Secrets placed in the ci/repo/grafana/grafana/plugins_platform_issue_commands_github_bot path in Vault
           repo_secrets: |
@@ -60,13 +62,16 @@ jobs:
 
   auto-triage:
     needs: [main]
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'MEMBER' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'OWNER'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
       - name: "Get vault secrets"
         id: vault-secrets
-        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           # Secrets placed in the ci/repo/grafana/grafana/plugins_platform_issue_triager path in Vault
           repo_secrets: |
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Send issue to the auto triager action
         id: auto_triage
-        uses: grafana/auto-triager@main
+        uses: grafana/auto-triager@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           issue_number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-build-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-build-docs.yml
index ecd6151e228..1477cb2797a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-build-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-build-docs.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version: '22.11.0'
           cache: 'yarn'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/metrics-collector.yml b/.github/workflows/metrics-collector.yml
index 9238b034433..281dc6fb350 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metrics-collector.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metrics-collector.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
           path: ./actions
           ref: main
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
       - name: Run metrics collector
diff --git a/.github/workflows/migrate-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/migrate-prs.yml
index 31bb8f9f9da..c40a34a6ebb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/migrate-prs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/migrate-prs.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
           private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
       - name: Migrate PRs
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/migrate-open-prs@main
+        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/migrate-open-prs@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           ownerRepo: ${{ inputs.ownerRepo }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/milestone.yml b/.github/workflows/milestone.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f686dee7d55..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/milestone.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-name: Close Milestone
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version_input:
-        description: 'The version to be released please respect: major.minor.patch, major.minor.patch-preview or major.minor.patch-preview<number> format. example: 7.4.3, 7.4.3-preview or 7.4.3-preview1'
-        required: true
-jobs:
-  call-remove-milestone:
-    uses: grafana/grafana/.github/workflows/remove-milestone.yml@main
-    with:
-      version_call: ${{ github.event.inputs.version_input }}
-    secrets: inherit
-  call-close-milestone:
-    uses: grafana/grafana/.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml@main
-    with:
-      version_call: ${{ github.event.inputs.version_input }}
-    secrets: inherit
-    needs: call-remove-milestone
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-backend-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-backend-coverage.yml
index b210abcbd91..4d95497e3ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-backend-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-backend-coverage.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
index b3bd63fa0d8..68317f57a0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
           path: ./actions
           ref: main
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
       - name: Run PR Checks
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-codeql-analysis-javascript.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-codeql-analysis-javascript.yml
index d24b7db9671..43457ad4af0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-codeql-analysis-javascript.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-codeql-analysis-javascript.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       with:
         # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
         # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
         fetch-depth: 2
+        persist-credentials: false
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-codeql-analysis-python.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-codeql-analysis-python.yml
index 4e8b1b14747..992a886497d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-codeql-analysis-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-codeql-analysis-python.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       with:
         # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
         # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
         fetch-depth: 2
+        persist-credentials: false
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yml
index f392752ee8e..db93ad7e70b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
           path: ./actions
           ref: main
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
       - name: "Generate token"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-dependabot-update-go-workspace.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-dependabot-update-go-workspace.yml
index 9fd36a20082..48a005ba6f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-dependabot-update-go-workspace.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-dependabot-update-go-workspace.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Retrieve GitHub App secrets
       id: get-secrets
-      uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@get-vault-secrets-v1.0.1
+      uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@get-vault-secrets-v1.0.1 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
       with:
         repo_secrets: |
           APP_ID=grafana-go-workspace-bot:app-id
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@ jobs:
         private-key: ${{ env.PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       with:
         repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
         token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+        persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: Set go version
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-go@19bb51245e9c80abacb2e91cc42b33fa478b8639
       with:
         go-version-file: go.mod
 
@@ -65,4 +66,4 @@ jobs:
           echo "Committing and pushing workspace changes"
           git commit -a -m "update workspace"
           git push origin $BRANCH_NAME
-        fi
\ No newline at end of file
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml
index b7c1f7c8b1b..74e64e5bf38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       artifact: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.artifact }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           repository: 'grafana/grafana-build'
           ref: 'main'
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           path: ./grafana
       - run: echo "GRAFANA_GO_VERSION=$(grep "go 1." grafana/go.work |  cut -d\  -f2)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@8.0.0
+      - uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
           verb: run
           args: go run ./cmd artifacts -a targz:grafana:linux/amd64 --grafana-dir=grafana --go-version=${GRAFANA_GO_VERSION} > out.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-frontend-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-frontend-unit-tests.yml
index beced0ac371..e26e3847f8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-frontend-unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-frontend-unit-tests.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ on:
       - main
       - release-*.*.*
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  id-token: write
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   frontend-unit-tests:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     # Run this workflow only for PRs from forks; if it gets merged into `main` or `release-*`,
     # the `frontend-unit-tests-enterprise` workflow will run instead
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true
@@ -22,8 +23,10 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         chunk: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
         cache: 'yarn'
@@ -36,6 +39,9 @@ jobs:
         TEST_SHARD_TOTAL: 8
 
   frontend-unit-tests-enterprise:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     # Run this workflow for non-PR events (like pushes to `main` or `release-*`) OR for internal PRs (PRs not from forks)
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
@@ -45,8 +51,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         chunk: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
         cache: 'yarn'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-go-workspace-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-go-workspace-check.yml
index f2151dde2fb..d54178f2e35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-go-workspace-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-go-workspace-check.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: Set go version
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-go@19bb51245e9c80abacb2e91cc42b33fa478b8639
       with:
         cache: false
         go-version-file: go.mod
@@ -42,4 +44,4 @@ jobs:
           exit 1
         fi
     - name: Ensure Dockerfile contains submodule COPY commands
-      run: ./scripts/go-workspace/validate-dockerfile.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+      run: ./scripts/go-workspace/validate-dockerfile.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-k8s-codegen-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-k8s-codegen-check.yml
index ae5b6d3893a..9a72f469caa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-k8s-codegen-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-k8s-codegen-check.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: Set go version
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-go@19bb51245e9c80abacb2e91cc42b33fa478b8639
       with:
         go-version-file: go.mod
 
@@ -36,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
           git diff
           echo "Please run './hack/update-codegen.sh' and commit the changes."
           exit 1
-        fi
\ No newline at end of file
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-patch-check-event.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-patch-check-event.yml
index 34f8fa1313c..f7605f033ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-patch-check-event.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-patch-check-event.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ on:
       - "v*.*.*"
       - "release-*"
 
+permissions: {}
+
 # Since this is run on a pull request, we want to apply the patches intended for the
 # target branch onto the source branch, to verify compatibility before merging.
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-test-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-test-integration.yml
index 518e1150531..b49183889d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-test-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-test-integration.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: true
@@ -45,9 +47,9 @@ jobs:
           - 3306:3306
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: true
@@ -70,9 +72,9 @@ jobs:
           - 5432:5432
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-kinds-next.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-kinds-next.yml
index 4aed6cf36c3..ed290abbd2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-kinds-next.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-kinds-next.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout Grafana repo"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: "Setup Go"
-        uses: "actions/setup-go@v4"
+        uses: "actions/setup-go@19bb51245e9c80abacb2e91cc42b33fa478b8639"
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-kinds-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-kinds-release.yml
index 691cdff3867..1e60f72ed79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-kinds-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-kinds-release.yml
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout Grafana repo"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683"
         with:
           # required for the `grafana/grafana-github-actions/has-matching-release-tag` action to work
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: "Setup Go"
-        uses: "actions/setup-go@v4"
+        uses: "actions/setup-go@19bb51245e9c80abacb2e91cc42b33fa478b8639"
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         run: go run .github/workflows/scripts/kinds/verify-kinds.go
 
       - name: "Checkout Actions library"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683"
         with:
           repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
           path: "./actions"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-next.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-next.yml
index 6b2cd7489b3..9d67f1724c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-next.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-next.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/publish-technical-documentation@publish-technical-documentation/v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+      - uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/publish-technical-documentation@publish-technical-documentation/v1 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           website_directory: content/docs/grafana/next
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-release.yml
index 57d779660c5..d5f597686ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-release.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/publish-technical-documentation-release@publish-technical-documentation-release/v2
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/publish-technical-documentation-release@publish-technical-documentation-release/v2 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           release_tag_regexp: "^v(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$"
           release_branch_regexp: "^release-(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-comms.yml b/.github/workflows/release-comms.yml
index 008b6552883..e5532ca12ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-comms.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-comms.yml
@@ -30,18 +30,16 @@ jobs:
       release_branch: ${{ steps.output.outputs.release_branch }}
       dry_run: ${{ steps.output.outputs.dry_run }}
       latest: ${{ steps.output.outputs.latest }}
+    env:
+      HEAD_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+      DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
+      LATEST: ${{ inputs.latest && '1' || '0' }}
+      VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      # The github-release action expects a `LATEST` value of a string of either '1' or '0'
-    - if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-      run: |
-        echo setting up GITHUB_ENV for ${{ github.event_name }}
-        echo "VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "DRY_RUN=${{ inputs.dry_run }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "LATEST=${{ inputs.latest && '1' || '0' }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged == true && startsWith(github.head_ref, 'release/') }}
       run: |
-        echo "VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.head_ref }} | sed -e 's/release\/.*\//v/g')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "VERSION=$(echo ${HEAD_REF} | sed -e 's/release\/.*\//v/g')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "DRY_RUN=${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release/dry-run') }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "LATEST=${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release/latest') && '1' || '0' }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - id: output
@@ -120,7 +118,10 @@ jobs:
   post_on_slack:
     needs: setup
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      DRY_RUN: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.dry_run }}
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.version }}
     steps:
     - run: |
-        echo announce on slack that ${{ needs.setup.outputs.version }} has been released
-        echo dry run: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.dry_run }}
+        echo announce on slack that $VERSION has been released
+        echo dry run: $DRY_RUN
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
index 1234cdc75ef..4d66838b7ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ on:
         default: false
         type: boolean
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   push-changelog-to-main:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     name: Create PR to main to update the changelog
     uses: ./.github/workflows/changelog.yml
     with:
@@ -50,41 +51,44 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
       GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
+
   create-prs:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     name: Create Release PR
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana'
+    env:
+      VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      LATEST: ${{ inputs.latest }}
+      DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
     steps:
-      - name: Generate bot token
-        id: generate_token
-        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@b62528385c34dbc9f38e5f4225ac829252d1ea92
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
       - name: Get release branch
         id: branch
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/latest-release-branch@main
+        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/latest-release-branch@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           ownerRepo: 'grafana/grafana'
           pattern: ${{ inputs.target }}
       - name: Checkout Grafana
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Checkout Grafana (main)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           ref: main
           fetch-depth: '0'
           fetch-tags: 'false'
           path: .grafana-main
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup nodejs environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version-file: .nvmrc
       - name: Configure git user
@@ -94,37 +98,43 @@ jobs:
           git config --local --add --bool push.autoSetupRemote true
 
       - name: Create branch
-        run: git checkout -b "release/${{ github.run_id }}/${{ inputs.version }}"
+        run: git checkout -b "release/${{ github.run_id }}/$VERSION"
+      - name: Generate changelog token
+        id: generate_changelog_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@b62528385c34dbc9f38e5f4225ac829252d1ea92
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
       - name: Generate changelog
         id: changelog
         uses: ./.grafana-main/.github/workflows/actions/changelog
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
-          target: v${{ inputs.version }}
+          github_token: ${{ steps.generate_changelog_token.outputs.token }}
+          target: v${{ env.VERSION }}
           output_file: changelog_items.md
       - name: Patch CHANGELOG.md
         run: |
           # Prepare CHANGELOG.md content with version delimiters
           (
             echo
-            echo "# ${{ inputs.version}} ($(date '+%F'))"
+            echo "# $VERSION ($(date '+%F'))"
             echo
             cat changelog_items.md
           ) > CHANGELOG.part
 
           # Check if a version exists in the changelog
-          if grep -q "<!-- ${{ inputs.version}} START" CHANGELOG.md ; then
+          if grep -q "<!-- $VERSION START" CHANGELOG.md ; then
             # Replace the content between START and END delimiters
-            echo "Version ${{ inputs.version }} is found in the CHANGELOG.md, patching contents..."
-            sed -i -e '/${{ inputs.version }} START/,/${{ inputs.version }} END/{//!d;}' \
-                   -e '/${{ inputs.version }} START/r CHANGELOG.part' CHANGELOG.md
+            echo "Version $VERSION is found in the CHANGELOG.md, patching contents..."
+            sed -i -e "/$VERSION START/,/$VERSION END/{//!d;}" \
+                   -e "/$VERSION START/r CHANGELOG.part" CHANGELOG.md
           else
             # Prepend changelog part to the main changelog file
-            echo "Version ${{ inputs.version }} not found in the CHANGELOG.md"
+            echo "Version $VERSION not found in the CHANGELOG.md"
             (
-              echo "<!-- ${{ inputs.version }} START -->"
+              echo "<!-- $VERSION START -->"
               cat CHANGELOG.part
-              echo "<!-- ${{ inputs.version }} END -->"
+              echo "<!-- $VERSION END -->"
               cat CHANGELOG.md
             ) > CHANGELOG.tmp
             mv CHANGELOG.tmp CHANGELOG.md
@@ -147,35 +157,45 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git add package.json lerna.json yarn.lock packages public
           test -e e2e/test-plugins && git add e2e/test-plugins
-          git commit -m "Update version to ${{ inputs.version }}"
+          git commit -m "Update version to $VERSION"
 
       - name: Git push
         if: ${{ inputs.dry_run }} != true
-        run: git push --set-upstream origin release/${{ github.run_id }}/${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: git push --set-upstream origin "release/${{ github.run_id }}/$VERSION"
 
       - name: Create PR without backports
         if: "${{ inputs.backport == '' }}"
-        run: >
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          BRANCH: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch }}
+        run: |
+          LATEST_FLAG=""
+          if [ "$LATEST" = "true" ]; then
+            LATEST_FLAG='-l "release/latest"'
+          fi
           gh pr create \
-            $( [ "x${{ inputs.latest }}" == "xtrue" ] && printf %s '-l "release/latest"') \
+            $LATEST_FLAG \
             -l "no-changelog" \
-            --dry-run=${{ inputs.dry_run }} \
-            -B "${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch }}" \
-            --title "Release: ${{ inputs.version }}" \
+            --dry-run="$DRY_RUN" \
+            -B "$BRANCH" \
+            --title "Release: $VERSION" \
             --body "These code changes must be merged after a release is complete"
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Create PR with backports
         if: "${{ inputs.backport != '' }}"
-        run: >
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          BRANCH: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch }}
+        run: |
+          LATEST_FLAG=""
+          if [ "$LATEST" = "true" ]; then
+            LATEST_FLAG='-l "release/latest"'
+          fi
           gh pr create \
-            $( [ "x${{ inputs.latest }}" == "xtrue" ] && printf %s '-l "release/latest"') \
+            $LATEST_FLAG \
             -l "product-approved" \
             -l "no-changelog" \
-            --dry-run=${{ inputs.dry_run }} \
-            -B "${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch }}" \
-            --title "Release: ${{ inputs.version }}" \
+            --dry-run="$DRY_RUN" \
+            -B "$BRANCH" \
+            --title "Release: $VERSION" \
             --body "These code changes must be merged after a release is complete"
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/remove-milestone.yml b/.github/workflows/remove-milestone.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d41b63f1f51..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/remove-milestone.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-name: Remove milestone
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        required: true
-        description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      version_call:
-        description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-jobs:
-  config:
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
-    outputs:
-      has-secrets: ${{ steps.check.outputs.has-secrets }}
-    steps:
-      - name: "Check for secrets"
-        id: check
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if [ -n "${{ (secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID != '' && secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM != '') || '' }}" ]; then
-            echo "has-secrets=1" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-
-  main:
-    needs: config
-    if: needs.config.outputs.has-secrets
-    permissions:
-      issues: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Actions
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
-          path: ./actions
-          ref: main
-      - name: Install Actions
-        run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
-      - name: "Generate token"
-        id: generate_token
-        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@b62528385c34dbc9f38e5f4225ac829252d1ea92
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
-      - name: Remove milestone from open issues (manually invoked)
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.version != '' }}
-        uses: ./actions/remove-milestone
-        with:
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
-      - name: Remove milestone from open issues (workflow invoked)
-        if: ${{ inputs.version_call != '' }}
-        uses: ./actions/remove-milestone
-        with:
-          version_call: ${{ inputs.version_call }}
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml
index 5766735a233..7d59bd49fb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ on:
 env:
   ARCH: linux-amd64
 
+permissions: {}
+
 jobs:
   setup:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -18,16 +20,21 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       ini_files: ${{ steps.get_files.outputs.ini_files }}
 
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Pin Go version to mod file
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
           cache: true
       - run: go version
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: 'yarn'
@@ -44,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn install --immutable
       - name: Install Cypress dependencies
         if: steps.cache-node-modules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@108b8684ae52e735ff7891524cbffbcd4be5b19f
         with:
           runTests: false
       - name: Cache Grafana Build and Dependencies
@@ -81,10 +88,13 @@ jobs:
         matrix:
           ini_file: ${{ fromJson(needs.setup.outputs.ini_files) }}
 
+      permissions:
+        contents: read
+        id-token: write
+
       steps:
         - name: Checkout repository
-          uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
+          uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         - name: Restore Cached Node Modules
           uses: actions/cache@v3
           with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-suite.yml
index 8c3c5851325..b99d0ea0b30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-suite.yml
@@ -14,19 +14,26 @@ jobs:
   main:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.package }}
-      - uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@8.0.0
+      - uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         if: inputs.old-arch == false
         with:
           verb: run
           args: go run ./pkg/build/e2e --package=grafana.tar.gz --suite=${{ inputs.suite }}
-      - run: echo "suite=$(echo ${{ inputs.suite }} | sed 's/\//-/g')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Set suite name
+        id: set-suite-name
+        env:
+          SUITE: ${{ inputs.suite }}
+        run: |
+          echo "suite=$(echo $SUITE | sed 's/\//-/g')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: ${{ always() && inputs.old-arch != true }}
         with:
-          name: e2e-${{ env.suite }}-${{github.run_number}}
+          name: e2e-${{ steps.set-suite-name.outputs.suite }}-${{github.run_number}}
           path: videos
           retention-days: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-schema-v2-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/run-schema-v2-e2e.yml
index 8b55aa4c430..62975992acb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-schema-v2-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-schema-v2-e2e.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Pin Go version to mod file
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
         with:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - run: go version
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: 'yarn'
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build grafana
         run: make build
       - name: Install Cypress dependencies
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@108b8684ae52e735ff7891524cbffbcd4be5b19f
         with:
           runTests: false
       - name: Run dashboard scenes e2e
@@ -41,4 +43,4 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: Always succeed # This is a workaround to make the job pass even if the previous step fails
         if: failure()
-        run: exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/skye-add-to-project.yml b/.github/workflows/skye-add-to-project.yml
index 6788db2d95e..321f4c40b2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/skye-add-to-project.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/skye-add-to-project.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: "Get vault secrets"
         id: vault-secrets
-        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           # Vault secret paths:
           # - ci/repo/grafana/grafana/plugins_platform_issue_commands_github_bot
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get node ID for item
         if: steps.check_user.outputs.user_allowed == 'true'
         id: get_node_id
-        uses: octokit/graphql-action@v2.x
+        uses: octokit/graphql-action@51bf543c240dcd14761320e2efc625dc32ec0d32
         with:
           query: |
             query getNodeId($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $number: Int!) {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       # Finally, add the issue/PR to the project board
       - name: Add to project board
         if: steps.check_user.outputs.user_allowed == 'true'
-        uses: octokit/graphql-action@v2.x
+        uses: octokit/graphql-action@51bf543c240dcd14761320e2efc625dc32ec0d32
         with:
           query: |
             mutation addItem($projectid: ID!, $itemid: ID!) {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/storybook-verification.yml b/.github/workflows/storybook-verification.yml
index efab7af6c4c..99f0c6dfe82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/storybook-verification.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/storybook-verification.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ jobs:
     
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
         with:
           node-version-file: 'package.json'
           cache: 'yarn'
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn install --immutable
       
       - name: Run Storybook and E2E tests
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@108b8684ae52e735ff7891524cbffbcd4be5b19f
         with:
           browser: chrome
           start: yarn storybook --quiet
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-mirror-event.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-mirror-event.yml
index b1a1466fdf9..b9387e02069 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-mirror-event.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-mirror-event.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,21 @@ on:
       - "v*.*.*"
       - "release-*"
 
+permissions: {}
+
 # This is run after the pull request has been merged, so we'll run against the target branch
 jobs:
   dispatch-job:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      actions: write
+    env:
+      REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+      SENDER: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}
+      SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+      PR_COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
     steps:
       - name: "Generate token"
         id: generate_token
@@ -28,16 +39,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github-token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           script: |
+            const {HEAD_REF, BASE_REF, REPO, SENDER, SHA} = process.env;
+
             await github.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
                 owner: 'grafana',
                 repo: 'security-patch-actions',
                 workflow_id: 'mirror-branch-and-apply-patches-event.yml',
                 ref: 'main',
                 inputs: {
-                  src_ref: "${{ github.ref_name }}",
-                  src_repo: "${{ github.repository }}",
-                  src_sha: "${{ github.sha }}",
-                  dest_repo: "${{ github.repository }}-security-mirror",
-                  patch_repo: "${{ github.repository }}-security-patches"
+                  src_ref: REF_NAME,
+                  src_repo: REPO,
+                  src_sha: SHA,
+                  dest_repo: REPO + "-security-mirror",
+                  patch_repo: REPO + "-security-patches"
                 }
             })
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
index 25104af8f29..921d25b76ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ jobs:
   trivy-scan:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Install Trivy
-      uses: aquasecurity/setup-trivy@v0.2.2
+      uses: aquasecurity/setup-trivy@9ea583eb67910444b1f64abf338bd2e105a0a93d
       with:
         version: v0.56.2
         cache: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index db22ab1fb96..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-name: Update changelog
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        required: true
-        description: 'Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone. The version to be released please respect: major.minor.patch, major.minor.patch-preview or major.minor.patch-preview<number> format. example: 7.4.3, 7.4.3-preview or 7.4.3-preview1'
-      skip_pr:
-        required: false
-        default: "0"
-      skip_community_post:
-        required: false
-        default: "0"
-jobs:
-  config:
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
-    outputs:
-      has-secrets: ${{ steps.check.outputs.has-secrets }}
-    steps:
-      - name: "Check for secrets"
-        id: check
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if [ -n "${{ (secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID != '' &&
-                        secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM != '' &&
-                        secrets.GRAFANA_MISC_STATS_API_KEY != '' &&
-                        secrets.GRAFANABOT_FORUM_KEY != ''
-                        ) || '' }}" ]; then
-            echo "has-secrets=1" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-
-  main:
-    needs: config
-    if: needs.config.outputs.has-secrets
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: "Generate token"
-        id: generate_token
-        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@b62528385c34dbc9f38e5f4225ac829252d1ea92
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
-      - name: Run update changelog (manually invoked)
-        uses: grafana/grafana-github-actions-go/update-changelog@main
-        with:
-          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
-          version: ${{ inputs.version }}
-          metrics_api_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_MISC_STATS_API_KEY }}
-          community_api_key: ${{ secrets.GRAFANABOT_FORUM_KEY }}
-          community_api_username: grafanabot
-          skip_pr: ${{ inputs.skip_pr }}
-          skip_community_post: ${{ inputs.skip_community_post }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-make-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-make-docs.yml
index 49b64504bd0..7d727f284df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-make-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-make-docs.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/update-make-docs@update-make-docs/v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: grafana/writers-toolkit/update-make-docs@update-make-docs/v1 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
         with:
           pr_options: >
             --label 'backport v10.1.x'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-kinds.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-kinds.yml
index 88b45660d45..ce0a7a00b8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-kinds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-kinds.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout Grafana repo"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: "Setup Go"
-        uses: "actions/setup-go@v4"
+        uses: "actions/setup-go@19bb51245e9c80abacb2e91cc42b33fa478b8639"
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zizmor.yml b/.github/workflows/zizmor.yml
index ff42e451797..7b8321cce14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zizmor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zizmor.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 name: Zizmor GitHub Actions static analysis
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - ".github/**"
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths:
-      - ".github/**"
 
 jobs:
   zizmor:
@@ -24,4 +20,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: grafana/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/reusable-zizmor.yml@main  # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
     with:
       fail-severity: high
-      min-severity: high
\ No newline at end of file
+      min-severity: high
diff --git a/.github/zizmor.yml b/.github/zizmor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fba4a80be24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/zizmor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+rules:
+  unpinned-uses:
+    config:
+      policies:
+        "*": hash-pin
+        actions/*: any
+        github/*: any
+        grafana/*: any
+  forbidden-uses:
+    config:
+      deny:
+        # Policy-banned by our security team due to CVE-2025-30066 & CVE-2025-30154.
+        # https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/18/supply-chain-compromise-third-party-tj-actionschanged-files-cve-2025-30066-and-reviewdogaction
+        # https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2025-30066
+        # https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2025-30154
+        - reviewdog/*
+  cache-poisoning:
+    ignore:
+      - backend-unit-tests.yml
+      - frontend-lint.yml
+      - pr-frontend-unit-tests.yml
+      - pr-test-integration.yml
+      - publish-kinds-release.yml
+  dangerous-triggers:
+    ignore:
+      - auto-milestone.yml
+      - backport.yml
+      - pr-checks.yml
+      - pr-commands.yml
+      - pr-patch-check-event.yml
+      - run-dashboard-search-e2e.yml
diff --git a/pkg/build/actions/bump-version/action.yml b/pkg/build/actions/bump-version/action.yml
index 783145097a2..24ae182daf2 100644
--- a/pkg/build/actions/bump-version/action.yml
+++ b/pkg/build/actions/bump-version/action.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ runs:
       with:
         go-version-file: go.mod
     - name: Bump versions
-      uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@v5
+      uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
       with:
         verb: run
         args: go run ./pkg/build/actions/bump-version -version=${{ inputs.version }}