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Block Builder: a new Mimir Component (Mimir Community Call February 2026)

At today’s community call, we will hear from David Grant, one of the engineers who has brought a new component, the Block Builder, into Mimir. Using the Ingest Storage architecture in Mimir 3.0, the Block Builder takes over the block-building responsibility from the Ingester. This feature is experimental in Mimir today, but is rolling out to production inside of Grafana Labs now. This is a great time to introduce the component, discuss the motivation, and show where it fits in the larger architecture.

Grafana Campfire - Back to Basics - (Grafana Community Call - Feb 2026)

Grafana Campfire Community Calls are back. We are starting with *Back to the Basics.* Even though you heard it so many times, but some of you are either new to or not very experienced with terms such as monitoring, observability, metrics, tracing, profiling etc. The good news is that you're not alone, and we've got this!! This will be a perfect learning opportunity to gain understanding during this live call and ask questions if anything is not clear.

The 5 best Jira reporting tools for 2026

Jira is the backbone of project management for thousands of agile teams worldwide. But while Jira excels at tracking issues and sprints, its native reporting can leave teams wanting more — especially when it comes to sharing insights, visualizing trends, and integrating data from across the business. That’s where dedicated Jira reporting tools come in. In this guide, we rank the 5 best Jira reporting tools on the market today.

Building Web API integrations that scale (5 key lessons)

I've used the Web API plugin with a wide range of APIs, and each one taught me something new. But before diving into building, I learned to pause and ask: What am I actually trying to display? Not what data the API can give me, but what would be useful on a dashboard? That shift in thinking — from ‘fetch everything’ to ‘fetch what matters’ — shapes how I approach every integration.

Grafana 12.4 TL;DR - The Final 12.x Release

As the final minor release in the Grafana 12 series, 12.4 builds on our shift toward scalable, as-code workflows and a dramatically improved user experience. From bi-directional Git workflows to smarter dashboard layouts and stronger governance controls, this release is all about helping teams move faster with less friction.

Grafana 12.4 release: faster and easier data visualization, observability as code updates, and more

As we gear up for Grafana 13, the next major release of the open source data visualization platform that we’ll announce at GrafanaCON this April, our engineering team is still shipping some powerful new features along the way. Case in point: Grafana 12.4 is officially here, and there’s a lot to be excited about. The latest minor release includes a ton of updates that help you build and design dashboards faster than ever, as well as manage and scale those dashboards seamlessly over time.

The Grafana Cloud identity blueprint: balancing security and scale

If you've ever rolled out Grafana Cloud to a growing engineering organization, this pattern may sound familiar: Everything feels simple at first. You invite a few teammates, give them access, and dashboards start appearing. Then the team grows. Then the number of stacks grows. Over time, a model that once felt fast and empowering starts to feel risky, difficult to understand, and even harder to undo. This post is about avoiding that moment.