PanelChrome: Enable new panel padding by default (#114492)

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

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Most [generally available](https://grafana.com/docs/release-life-cycle/#general-
 | `azureResourcePickerUpdates`      | Enables the updated Azure Monitor resource picker                                                      |
 | `newVizSuggestions`               | Enable new visualization suggestions                                                                   |
 | `preventPanelChromeOverflow`      | Restrict PanelChrome contents with overflow: hidden;                                                   |
+| `newPanelPadding`                 | Increases panel padding globally                                                                       |
 | `transformationsEmptyPlaceholder` | Show transformation quick-start cards in empty transformations state                                   |
 
 ## Development feature toggles

packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts

@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   pluginStoreServiceLoading?: boolean;
   /**
   * Increases panel padding globally
-  * @default false
+  * @default true
   */
   newPanelPadding?: boolean;
   /**

pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go

@@ -1895,10 +1895,10 @@ var (
 		{
 			Name:         "newPanelPadding",
 			Description:  "Increases panel padding globally",
-			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
-			FrontendOnly: false,
+			Stage:        FeatureStagePublicPreview,
+			FrontendOnly: true,
 			Owner:        grafanaDashboardsSquad,
-			Expression:   "false",
+			Expression:   "true",
 		},
 		{
 			Name:         "onlyStoreActionSets",

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ newVizSuggestions,preview,@grafana/dataviz-squad,false,false,true
 preventPanelChromeOverflow,preview,@grafana/grafana-frontend-platform,false,false,true
 jaegerEnableGrpcEndpoint,experimental,@grafana/oss-big-tent,false,false,false
 pluginStoreServiceLoading,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,false
-newPanelPadding,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,false
+newPanelPadding,preview,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true
 onlyStoreActionSets,GA,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,false
 panelTimeSettings,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,false
 kubernetesAnnotations,experimental,@grafana/grafana-backend-services-squad,false,false,false

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go

@@ -742,10 +742,6 @@ const (
 	// Load plugins on store service startup instead of wire provider, and call RegisterFixedRoles after all plugins are loaded
 	FlagPluginStoreServiceLoading = "pluginStoreServiceLoading"
 
-	// FlagNewPanelPadding
-	// Increases panel padding globally
-	FlagNewPanelPadding = "newPanelPadding"
-
 	// FlagOnlyStoreActionSets
 	// When storing dashboard and folder resource permissions, only store action sets and not the full list of underlying permission
 	FlagOnlyStoreActionSets = "onlyStoreActionSets"

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json

@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@
         "description": "Enables the UI to use rules backend-side filters 100% compatible with the frontend filters",
         "stage": "experimental",
         "codeowner": "@grafana/alerting-squad",
-        "hideFromAdminPage": true,
         "hideFromDocs": true
       }
     },
@@ -565,7 +564,6 @@
         "description": "Enables the UI to use rules backend-side filters 100% compatible with the frontend filters",
         "stage": "experimental",
         "codeowner": "@grafana/alerting-squad",
-        "hideFromAdminPage": true,
         "hideFromDocs": true
       }
     },
@@ -2361,14 +2359,18 @@
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "newPanelPadding",
-        "resourceVersion": "1763734583253",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2025-11-12T15:40:46Z"
+        "resourceVersion": "1764168915089",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-11-12T15:40:46Z",
+        "annotations": {
+          "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2025-11-26 14:55:15.089551 +0000 UTC"
+        }
       },
       "spec": {
         "description": "Increases panel padding globally",
-        "stage": "experimental",
+        "stage": "preview",
         "codeowner": "@grafana/dashboards-squad",
-        "expression": "false"
+        "frontend": true,
+        "expression": "true"
       }
     },
     {