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[/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/] Learn about feature toggles, which you can enable or disable. Configure feature toggles 150

Configure feature toggles

You use feature toggles, also known as feature flags, to enable or disable features in Grafana. You can turn on feature toggles to try out new functionality in development or test environments.

This page contains a list of available feature toggles. To learn how to turn on feature toggles, refer to our [Configure Grafana documentation]({{< relref "../_index.md#feature_toggles" >}}). Feature toggles are also available to Grafana Cloud Advanced customers. If you use Grafana Cloud Advanced, you can open a support ticket and specify the feature toggles and stack for which you want them enabled.

Feature toggles

Some features are enabled by default. You can disable these feature by setting the feature flag to "false" in the configuration.

Feature toggle name Description Enabled by default
disableEnvelopeEncryption Disable envelope encryption (emergency only)
publicDashboards [Deprecated] Public dashboards are now enabled by default; to disable them, use the configuration setting. This feature toggle will be removed in the next major version. Yes
featureHighlights Highlight Grafana Enterprise features
exploreContentOutline Content outline sidebar Yes
dataConnectionsConsole Enables a new top-level page called Connections. This page is an experiment that provides a better experience when you install and configure data sources and other plugins. Yes
cloudWatchCrossAccountQuerying Enables cross-account querying in CloudWatch datasources Yes
redshiftAsyncQueryDataSupport Enable async query data support for Redshift Yes
athenaAsyncQueryDataSupport Enable async query data support for Athena Yes
cloudwatchNewRegionsHandler Refactor of /regions endpoint, no user-facing changes Yes
nestedFolderPicker Enables the new folder picker to work with nested folders. Requires the nestedFolders feature toggle Yes
emptyDashboardPage Enable the redesigned user interface of a dashboard page that includes no panels Yes
disablePrometheusExemplarSampling Disable Prometheus exemplar sampling
logsContextDatasourceUi Allow datasource to provide custom UI for context view Yes
lokiQuerySplitting Split large interval queries into subqueries with smaller time intervals Yes
prometheusMetricEncyclopedia Adds the metrics explorer component to the Prometheus query builder as an option in metric select Yes
influxdbBackendMigration Query InfluxDB InfluxQL without the proxy Yes
clientTokenRotation Replaces the current in-request token rotation so that the client initiates the rotation Yes
prometheusDataplane Changes responses to from Prometheus to be compliant with the dataplane specification. In particular, when this feature toggle is active, the numeric Field.Name is set from 'Value' to the value of the __name__ label. Yes
lokiMetricDataplane Changes metric responses from Loki to be compliant with the dataplane specification. Yes
dataplaneFrontendFallback Support dataplane contract field name change for transformations and field name matchers where the name is different Yes
enableElasticsearchBackendQuerying Enable the processing of queries and responses in the Elasticsearch data source through backend Yes
advancedDataSourcePicker Enable a new data source picker with contextual information, recently used order and advanced mode Yes
cloudWatchLogsMonacoEditor Enables the Monaco editor for CloudWatch Logs queries Yes
recordedQueriesMulti Enables writing multiple items from a single query within Recorded Queries Yes
transformationsRedesign Enables the transformations redesign Yes
grafanaAPIServer Enable Kubernetes API Server for Grafana resources Yes
awsAsyncQueryCaching Enable caching for async queries for Redshift and Athena. Requires that the datasource has caching and async query support enabled Yes
splitScopes Support faster dashboard and folder search by splitting permission scopes into parts Yes
prometheusConfigOverhaulAuth Update the Prometheus configuration page with the new auth component Yes
influxdbSqlSupport Enable InfluxDB SQL query language support with new querying UI Yes
alertingNoDataErrorExecution Changes how Alerting state manager handles execution of NoData/Error Yes
alertingInsights Show the new alerting insights landing page Yes
cloudWatchWildCardDimensionValues Fetches dimension values from CloudWatch to correctly label wildcard dimensions Yes
recoveryThreshold Enables feature recovery threshold (aka hysteresis) for threshold server-side expression Yes
logRowsPopoverMenu Enable filtering menu displayed when text of a log line is selected Yes
displayAnonymousStats Enables anonymous stats to be shown in the UI for Grafana Yes
lokiQueryHints Enables query hints for Loki Yes
alertingQueryOptimization Optimizes eligible queries in order to reduce load on datasources

Preview feature toggles

Feature toggle name Description
panelTitleSearch Search for dashboards using panel title
migrationLocking Lock database during migrations
correlations Correlations page
autoMigrateOldPanels Migrate old angular panels to supported versions (graph, table-old, worldmap, etc)
disableAngular Dynamic flag to disable angular at runtime. The preferred method is to set angular_support_enabled to false in the [security] settings, which allows you to change the state at runtime.
newVizTooltips New visualizations tooltips UX
grpcServer Run the GRPC server
accessControlOnCall Access control primitives for OnCall
nestedFolders Enable folder nesting
alertingNoNormalState Stop maintaining state of alerts that are not firing
renderAuthJWT Uses JWT-based auth for rendering instead of relying on remote cache
refactorVariablesTimeRange Refactor time range variables flow to reduce number of API calls made when query variables are chained
faroDatasourceSelector Enable the data source selector within the Frontend Apps section of the Frontend Observability
enableDatagridEditing Enables the edit functionality in the datagrid panel
sqlDatasourceDatabaseSelection Enables previous SQL data source dataset dropdown behavior
dashgpt Enable AI powered features in dashboards
reportingRetries Enables rendering retries for the reporting feature
formatString Enable format string transformer
transformationsVariableSupport Allows using variables in transformations
cloudWatchBatchQueries Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches
addFieldFromCalculationStatFunctions Add cumulative and window functions to the add field from calculation transformation
pdfTables Enables generating table data as PDF in reporting
canvasPanelPanZoom Allow pan and zoom in canvas panel
regressionTransformation Enables regression analysis transformation

Experimental feature toggles

These features are early in their development lifecycle and so are not yet supported in Grafana Cloud. Experimental features might be changed or removed without prior notice.

Feature toggle name Description
live-service-web-worker This will use a webworker thread to processes events rather than the main thread
queryOverLive Use Grafana Live WebSocket to execute backend queries
lokiExperimentalStreaming Support new streaming approach for loki (prototype, needs special loki build)
storage Configurable storage for dashboards, datasources, and resources
datasourceQueryMultiStatus Introduce HTTP 207 Multi Status for api/ds/query
traceToMetrics Enable trace to metrics links
canvasPanelNesting Allow elements nesting
scenes Experimental framework to build interactive dashboards
disableSecretsCompatibility Disable duplicated secret storage in legacy tables
logRequestsInstrumentedAsUnknown Logs the path for requests that are instrumented as unknown
dockedMegaMenu Enable support for a persistent (docked) navigation menu
showDashboardValidationWarnings Show warnings when dashboards do not validate against the schema
mysqlAnsiQuotes Use double quotes to escape keyword in a MySQL query
alertingBacktesting Rule backtesting API for alerting
editPanelCSVDragAndDrop Enables drag and drop for CSV and Excel files
lokiQuerySplittingConfig Give users the option to configure split durations for Loki queries
individualCookiePreferences Support overriding cookie preferences per user
influxqlStreamingParser Enable streaming JSON parser for InfluxDB datasource InfluxQL query language
lokiLogsDataplane Changes logs responses from Loki to be compliant with the dataplane specification.
disableSSEDataplane Disables dataplane specific processing in server side expressions.
alertStateHistoryLokiSecondary Enable Grafana to write alert state history to an external Loki instance in addition to Grafana annotations.
alertStateHistoryLokiPrimary Enable a remote Loki instance as the primary source for state history reads.
alertStateHistoryLokiOnly Disable Grafana alerts from emitting annotations when a remote Loki instance is available.
unifiedRequestLog Writes error logs to the request logger
extraThemes Enables extra themes
lokiPredefinedOperations Adds predefined query operations to Loki query editor
pluginsFrontendSandbox Enables the plugins frontend sandbox
dashboardEmbed Allow embedding dashboard for external use in Code editors
frontendSandboxMonitorOnly Enables monitor only in the plugin frontend sandbox (if enabled)
lokiFormatQuery Enables the ability to format Loki queries
exploreScrollableLogsContainer Improves the scrolling behavior of logs in Explore
pluginsDynamicAngularDetectionPatterns Enables fetching Angular detection patterns for plugins from GCOM and fallback to hardcoded ones
vizAndWidgetSplit Split panels between visualizations and widgets
prometheusIncrementalQueryInstrumentation Adds RudderStack events to incremental queries
logsExploreTableVisualisation A table visualisation for logs in Explore
awsDatasourcesTempCredentials Support temporary security credentials in AWS plugins for Grafana Cloud customers
mlExpressions Enable support for Machine Learning in server-side expressions
traceQLStreaming Enables response streaming of TraceQL queries of the Tempo data source
metricsSummary Enables metrics summary queries in the Tempo data source
featureToggleAdminPage Enable admin page for managing feature toggles from the Grafana front-end
traceToProfiles Enables linking between traces and profiles
tracesEmbeddedFlameGraph Enables embedding a flame graph in traces
permissionsFilterRemoveSubquery Alternative permission filter implementation that does not use subqueries for fetching the dashboard folder
angularDeprecationUI Display new Angular deprecation-related UI features
sseGroupByDatasource Send query to the same datasource in a single request when using server side expressions
requestInstrumentationStatusSource Include a status source label for request metrics and logs
libraryPanelRBAC Enables RBAC support for library panels
wargamesTesting Placeholder feature flag for internal testing
externalCorePlugins Allow core plugins to be loaded as external
pluginsAPIMetrics Sends metrics of public grafana packages usage by plugins
httpSLOLevels Adds SLO level to http request metrics
idForwarding Generate signed id token for identity that can be forwarded to plugins and external services
panelMonitoring Enables panel monitoring through logs and measurements
enableNativeHTTPHistogram Enables native HTTP Histograms
kubernetesPlaylists Use the kubernetes API in the frontend for playlists, and route /api/playlist requests to k8s
kubernetesSnapshots Use the kubernetes API in the frontend to support playlists
lokiStructuredMetadata Enables the loki data source to request structured metadata from the Loki server
teamHttpHeaders Enables datasources to apply team headers to the client requests
awsDatasourcesNewFormStyling Applies new form styling for configuration and query editors in AWS plugins
cachingOptimizeSerializationMemoryUsage If enabled, the caching backend gradually serializes query responses for the cache, comparing against the configured [caching]max_value_mb value as it goes. This can can help prevent Grafana from running out of memory while attempting to cache very large query responses.
pluginsInstrumentationStatusSource Include a status source label for plugin request metrics and logs
managedPluginsInstall Install managed plugins directly from plugins catalog
prometheusPromQAIL Prometheus and AI/ML to assist users in creating a query
alertmanagerRemoteSecondary Enable Grafana to sync configuration and state with a remote Alertmanager.
alertmanagerRemotePrimary Enable Grafana to have a remote Alertmanager instance as the primary Alertmanager.
alertmanagerRemoteOnly Disable the internal Alertmanager and only use the external one defined.
annotationPermissionUpdate Separate annotation permissions from dashboard permissions to allow for more granular control.
extractFieldsNameDeduplication Make sure extracted field names are unique in the dataframe
dashboardSceneForViewers Enables dashboard rendering using Scenes for viewer roles
dashboardScene Enables dashboard rendering using scenes for all roles
logsInfiniteScrolling Enables infinite scrolling for the Logs panel in Explore and Dashboards
flameGraphItemCollapsing Allow collapsing of flame graph items
pluginsSkipHostEnvVars Disables passing host environment variable to plugin processes
tableSharedCrosshair Enables shared crosshair in table panel
enablePluginsTracingByDefault Enable plugin tracing for all external plugins
newFolderPicker Enables the nested folder picker without having nested folders enabled

Development feature toggles

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

Feature toggle name Description
unifiedStorage SQL-based k8s storage
externalServiceAuth Starts an OAuth2 authentication provider for external services
grafanaAPIServerWithExperimentalAPIs Register experimental APIs with the k8s API server
grafanaAPIServerEnsureKubectlAccess Start an additional https handler and write kubectl options
panelTitleSearchInV1 Enable searching for dashboards using panel title in search v1
ssoSettingsApi Enables the SSO settings API