Grafana Labs Unveils Major Updates: Rebuilt Logs Panel with AI Features and Enhanced Trace Sampling
Summary
Grafana Labs launches Grafana 12.3 with a rebuilt logs panel featuring AI-powered Interactive Learning and enhanced search capabilities, alongside Tempo 2.9 that introduces experimental AI assistant integration for tracing data and improved probabilistic sampling for high-volume environments.
Key Points
- Grafana Labs releases major updates with Grafana 12.3 featuring a rebuilt logs panel with color highlighting, flexible search and filtering, and an Interactive Learning feature that provides context-aware guidance
- Grafana Tempo 2.9 introduces experimental Model Context Protocol server support allowing AI assistants to access tracing data with TraceQL queries and adds probabilistic sampling hints for improved performance in high-volume environments
- Both releases enhance observability capabilities with Grafana 12.3 focusing on improved log exploration and usability while Tempo 2.9 delivers better trace sampling and AI-driven contextual access