Cloudwatch: make cloudwatchBatchQueries GA

* fix warning for VizRepeater styles

* Gauge: Update test dashboard to round two of the segment panels to whole numbers

* Gauge: E2E tests

* add test for sparklines

* Gauge: Change inner glow to be friendlier to our a11y tests

* remove unused CODEOWNER declaration

* expose text mode so that old displayName usage is somewhat preserved

* update migrations to use the value_and_text mode if displayName has a non-empty value

* more test cases

* update unit tests for fixture updates

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ i18next.config.ts @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
 /e2e-playwright/various-suite/filter-annotations.spec.ts @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /e2e-playwright/various-suite/frontend-sandbox-app.spec.ts @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend
 /e2e-playwright/various-suite/frontend-sandbox-datasource.spec.ts @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend
-/e2e-playwright/various-suite/gauge.spec.ts @grafana/dataviz-squad
 /e2e-playwright/various-suite/grafana-datasource-random-walk.spec.ts @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
 /e2e-playwright/various-suite/graph-auto-migrate.spec.ts @grafana/dataviz-squad
 /e2e-playwright/various-suite/inspect-drawer.spec.ts @grafana/dashboards-squad

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/conversion_data_loss_detection.go

@@ -180,12 +180,15 @@ func countAnnotationsV0V1(spec map[string]interface{}) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 
-	annotationList, ok := annotations["list"].([]interface{})
-	if !ok {
-		return 0
+	// Handle both []interface{} (from JSON unmarshaling) and []map[string]interface{} (from programmatic creation)
+	if annotationList, ok := annotations["list"].([]interface{}); ok {
+		return len(annotationList)
+	}
+	if annotationList, ok := annotations["list"].([]map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		return len(annotationList)
 	}
 
-	return len(annotationList)
+	return 0
 }
 
 // countLinksV0V1 counts dashboard links in v0alpha1 or v1beta1 dashboard spec
@@ -194,12 +197,15 @@ func countLinksV0V1(spec map[string]interface{}) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 
-	links, ok := spec["links"].([]interface{})
-	if !ok {
-		return 0
+	// Handle both []interface{} (from JSON unmarshaling) and []map[string]interface{} (from programmatic creation)
+	if links, ok := spec["links"].([]interface{}); ok {
+		return len(links)
+	}
+	if links, ok := spec["links"].([]map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		return len(links)
 	}
 
-	return len(links)
+	return 0
 }
 
 // countVariablesV0V1 counts template variables in v0alpha1 or v1beta1 dashboard spec
@@ -213,12 +219,15 @@ func countVariablesV0V1(spec map[string]interface{}) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 
-	variableList, ok := templating["list"].([]interface{})
-	if !ok {
-		return 0
+	// Handle both []interface{} (from JSON unmarshaling) and []map[string]interface{} (from programmatic creation)
+	if variableList, ok := templating["list"].([]interface{}); ok {
+		return len(variableList)
+	}
+	if variableList, ok := templating["list"].([]map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		return len(variableList)
 	}
 
-	return len(variableList)
+	return 0
 }
 
 // collectStatsV0V1 collects statistics from v0alpha1 or v1beta1 dashboard

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/input/v1beta1.bom-in-links.json

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+{
+  "kind": "Dashboard",
+  "apiVersion": "dashboard.grafana.app/v1beta1",
+  "metadata": {
+    "name": "bom-in-links-test",
+    "namespace": "org-1",
+    "labels": {
+      "test": "bom-stripping"
+    }
+  },
+  "spec": {
+    "title": "BOM Stripping Test Dashboard",
+    "description": "Testing that BOM characters are stripped from URLs during conversion",
+    "schemaVersion": 42,
+    "tags": ["test", "bom"],
+    "editable": true,
+    "links": [
+      {
+        "title": "Dashboard link with BOM",
+        "type": "link",
+        "url": "http://example.com?var=${datasource}&other=value",
+        "targetBlank": true,
+        "icon": "external link"
+      }
+    ],
+    "panels": [
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "type": "table",
+        "title": "Panel with BOM in field config override links",
+        "gridPos": {
+          "h": 8,
+          "w": 12,
+          "x": 0,
+          "y": 0
+        },
+        "fieldConfig": {
+          "defaults": {
+            "custom": {},
+            "mappings": [],
+            "thresholds": {
+              "mode": "absolute",
+              "steps": [
+                {"color": "green"},
+                {"color": "red", "value": 80}
+              ]
+            }
+          },
+          "overrides": [
+            {
+              "matcher": {
+                "id": "byName",
+                "options": "server"
+              },
+              "properties": [
+                {
+                  "id": "links",
+                  "value": [
+                    {
+                      "title": "Override link with BOM",
+                      "url": "http://localhost:3000/d/test?var-datacenter=${__data.fields[datacenter]}&var-server=${__value.raw}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "links": [
+          {
+            "title": "Panel data link with BOM",
+            "url": "http://example.com/${__data.fields.cluster}&var=value",
+            "targetBlank": true
+          }
+        ],
+        "targets": [
+          {
+            "refId": "A",
+            "datasource": {
+              "type": "prometheus",
+              "uid": "test-ds"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 2,
+        "type": "timeseries",
+        "title": "Panel with BOM in options dataLinks",
+        "gridPos": {
+          "h": 8,
+          "w": 12,
+          "x": 12,
+          "y": 0
+        },
+        "options": {
+          "legend": {
+            "showLegend": true,
+            "displayMode": "list",
+            "placement": "bottom"
+          },
+          "dataLinks": [
+            {
+              "title": "Options data link with BOM",
+              "url": "http://example.com?series=${__series.name}&time=${__value.time}",
+              "targetBlank": true
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "fieldConfig": {
+          "defaults": {
+            "links": [
+              {
+                "title": "Field config default link with BOM",
+                "url": "http://example.com?field=${__field.name}&value=${__value.raw}",
+                "targetBlank": false
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "overrides": []
+        },
+        "targets": [
+          {
+            "refId": "A",
+            "datasource": {
+              "type": "prometheus",
+              "uid": "test-ds"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "time": {
+      "from": "now-6h",
+      "to": "now"
+    },
+    "timepicker": {
+      "refresh_intervals": ["5s", "10s", "30s", "1m", "5m"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/migrated_dev_dashboards/feature-templating/v0alpha1.testdata-nested-variables.v42.v2alpha1.json

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
                         "value": [
                           {
                             "title": "filter",
-                            "url": "http://localhost:3000/d/-Y-tnEDWk/templating-nested-template-variables?var-datacenter=${__data.fields[datacenter]}\u0026var-server=${__value.raw}"
+                            "url": "http://localhost:3000/d/-Y-tnEDWk/templating-nested-template-variables?var-datacenter=${__data.fields[datacenter]}\u0026var-server=${__value.raw}"
                           }
                         ]
                       }

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/migrated_dev_dashboards/feature-templating/v0alpha1.testdata-nested-variables.v42.v2beta1.json

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
                         "value": [
                           {
                             "title": "filter",
-                            "url": "http://localhost:3000/d/-Y-tnEDWk/templating-nested-template-variables?var-datacenter=${__data.fields[datacenter]}\u0026var-server=${__value.raw}"
+                            "url": "http://localhost:3000/d/-Y-tnEDWk/templating-nested-template-variables?var-datacenter=${__data.fields[datacenter]}\u0026var-server=${__value.raw}"
                           }
                         ]
                       }

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/migrated_dev_dashboards/panel-gauge/v0alpha1.gauge_tests_new.v42.v1beta1.json

@@ -2051,4 +2051,4 @@
       "storedVersion": "v0alpha1"
     }
   }
-}
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/migrated_dev_dashboards/panel-gauge/v0alpha1.gauge_tests_new.v42.v2alpha1.json

@@ -2691,4 +2691,4 @@
       "storedVersion": "v0alpha1"
     }
   }
-}
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/migrated_dev_dashboards/panel-gauge/v0alpha1.gauge_tests_new.v42.v2beta1.json

@@ -2764,4 +2764,4 @@
       "storedVersion": "v0alpha1"
     }
   }
-}
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/migrated_dev_dashboards/panel-gauge/v0alpha1.gauge_tests_old_to_new.v42.v1beta1.json

@@ -1173,4 +1173,4 @@
       "storedVersion": "v0alpha1"
     }
   }
-}
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/migrated_dev_dashboards/panel-gauge/v0alpha1.gauge_tests_old_to_new.v42.v2alpha1.json

@@ -1618,4 +1618,4 @@
       "storedVersion": "v0alpha1"
     }
   }
-}
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/migrated_dev_dashboards/panel-gauge/v0alpha1.gauge_tests_old_to_new.v42.v2beta1.json

@@ -1670,4 +1670,4 @@
       "storedVersion": "v0alpha1"
     }
   }
-}
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/v1beta1.bom-in-links.v0alpha1.json

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+{
+  "kind": "Dashboard",
+  "apiVersion": "dashboard.grafana.app/v0alpha1",
+  "metadata": {
+    "name": "bom-in-links-test",
+    "namespace": "org-1",
+    "labels": {
+      "test": "bom-stripping"
+    }
+  },
+  "spec": {
+    "description": "Testing that BOM characters are stripped from URLs during conversion",
+    "editable": true,
+    "links": [
+      {
+        "icon": "external link",
+        "targetBlank": true,
+        "title": "Dashboard link with BOM",
+        "type": "link",
+        "url": "http://example.com?var=${datasource}\u0026other=value"
+      }
+    ],
+    "panels": [
+      {
+        "fieldConfig": {
+          "defaults": {
+            "custom": {},
+            "mappings": [],
+            "thresholds": {
+              "mode": "absolute",
+              "steps": [
+                {
+                  "color": "green"
+                },
+                {
+                  "color": "red",
+                  "value": 80
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          },
+          "overrides": [
+            {
+              "matcher": {
+                "id": "byName",
+                "options": "server"
+              },
+              "properties": [
+                {
+                  "id": "links",
+                  "value": [
+                    {
+                      "title": "Override link with BOM",
+                      "url": "http://localhost:3000/d/test?var-datacenter=${__data.fields[datacenter]}\u0026var-server=${__value.raw}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "gridPos": {
+          "h": 8,
+          "w": 12,
+          "x": 0,
+          "y": 0
+        },
+        "id": 1,
+        "links": [
+          {
+            "targetBlank": true,
+            "title": "Panel data link with BOM",
+            "url": "http://example.com/${__data.fields.cluster}\u0026var=value"
+          }
+        ],
+        "targets": [
+          {
+            "datasource": {
+              "type": "prometheus",
+              "uid": "test-ds"
+            },
+            "refId": "A"
+          }
+        ],
+        "title": "Panel with BOM in field config override links",
+        "type": "table"
+      },
+      {
+        "fieldConfig": {
+          "defaults": {
+            "links": [
+              {
+                "targetBlank": false,
+                "title": "Field config default link with BOM",
+                "url": "http://example.com?field=${__field.name}\u0026value=${__value.raw}"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "overrides": []
+        },
+        "gridPos": {
+          "h": 8,
+          "w": 12,
+          "x": 12,
+          "y": 0
+        },
+        "id": 2,
+        "options": {
+          "dataLinks": [
+            {
+              "targetBlank": true,
+              "title": "Options data link with BOM",
+              "url": "http://example.com?series=${__series.name}\u0026time=${__value.time}"
+            }
+          ],
+          "legend": {
+            "displayMode": "list",
+            "placement": "bottom",
+            "showLegend": true
+          }
+        },
+        "targets": [
+          {
+            "datasource": {
+              "type": "prometheus",
+              "uid": "test-ds"
+            },
+            "refId": "A"
+          }
+        ],
+        "title": "Panel with BOM in options dataLinks",
+        "type": "timeseries"
+      }
+    ],
+    "schemaVersion": 42,
+    "tags": [
+      "test",
+      "bom"
+    ],
+    "time": {
+      "from": "now-6h",
+      "to": "now"
+    },
+    "timepicker": {
+      "refresh_intervals": [
+        "5s",
+        "10s",
+        "30s",
+        "1m",
+        "5m"
+      ]
+    },
+    "title": "BOM Stripping Test Dashboard"
+  },
+  "status": {
+    "conversion": {
+      "failed": false,
+      "storedVersion": "v1beta1"
+    }
+  }
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/v1beta1.bom-in-links.v2alpha1.json

@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+{
+  "kind": "Dashboard",
+  "apiVersion": "dashboard.grafana.app/v2alpha1",
+  "metadata": {
+    "name": "bom-in-links-test",
+    "namespace": "org-1",
+    "labels": {
+      "test": "bom-stripping"
+    }
+  },
+  "spec": {
+    "annotations": [],
+    "cursorSync": "Off",
+    "description": "Testing that BOM characters are stripped from URLs during conversion",
+    "editable": true,
+    "elements": {
+      "panel-1": {
+        "kind": "Panel",
+        "spec": {
+          "id": 1,
+          "title": "Panel with BOM in field config override links",
+          "description": "",
+          "links": [
+            {
+              "title": "Panel data link with BOM",
+              "url": "http://example.com/${__data.fields.cluster}\u0026var=value",
+              "targetBlank": true
+            }
+          ],
+          "data": {
+            "kind": "QueryGroup",
+            "spec": {
+              "queries": [
+                {
+                  "kind": "PanelQuery",
+                  "spec": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "kind": "prometheus",
+                      "spec": {}
+                    },
+                    "datasource": {
+                      "type": "prometheus",
+                      "uid": "test-ds"
+                    },
+                    "refId": "A",
+                    "hidden": false
+                  }
+                }
+              ],
+              "transformations": [],
+              "queryOptions": {}
+            }
+          },
+          "vizConfig": {
+            "kind": "table",
+            "spec": {
+              "pluginVersion": "",
+              "options": {},
+              "fieldConfig": {
+                "defaults": {
+                  "thresholds": {
+                    "mode": "absolute",
+                    "steps": [
+                      {
+                        "value": null,
+                        "color": "green"
+                      },
+                      {
+                        "value": 80,
+                        "color": "red"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                },
+                "overrides": [
+                  {
+                    "matcher": {
+                      "id": "byName",
+                      "options": "server"
+                    },
+                    "properties": [
+                      {
+                        "id": "links",
+                        "value": [
+                          {
+                            "title": "Override link with BOM",
+                            "url": "http://localhost:3000/d/test?var-datacenter=${__data.fields[datacenter]}\u0026var-server=${__value.raw}"
+                          }
+                        ]
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "panel-2": {
+        "kind": "Panel",
+        "spec": {
+          "id": 2,
+          "title": "Panel with BOM in options dataLinks",
+          "description": "",
+          "links": [],
+          "data": {
+            "kind": "QueryGroup",
+            "spec": {
+              "queries": [
+                {
+                  "kind": "PanelQuery",
+                  "spec": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "kind": "prometheus",
+                      "spec": {}
+                    },
+                    "datasource": {
+                      "type": "prometheus",
+                      "uid": "test-ds"
+                    },
+                    "refId": "A",
+                    "hidden": false
+                  }
+                }
+              ],
+              "transformations": [],
+              "queryOptions": {}
+            }
+          },
+          "vizConfig": {
+            "kind": "timeseries",
+            "spec": {
+              "pluginVersion": "",
+              "options": {
+                "dataLinks": [
+                  {
+                    "targetBlank": true,
+                    "title": "Options data link with BOM",
+                    "url": "http://example.com?series=${__series.name}\u0026time=${__value.time}"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "legend": {
+                  "displayMode": "list",
+                  "placement": "bottom",
+                  "showLegend": true
+                }
+              },
+              "fieldConfig": {
+                "defaults": {
+                  "links": [
+                    {
+                      "targetBlank": false,
+                      "title": "Field config default link with BOM",
+                      "url": "http://example.com?field=${__field.name}\u0026value=${__value.raw}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                },
+                "overrides": []
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "layout": {
+      "kind": "GridLayout",
+      "spec": {
+        "items": [
+          {
+            "kind": "GridLayoutItem",
+            "spec": {
+              "x": 0,
+              "y": 0,
+              "width": 12,
+              "height": 8,
+              "element": {
+                "kind": "ElementReference",
+                "name": "panel-1"
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "kind": "GridLayoutItem",
+            "spec": {
+              "x": 12,
+              "y": 0,
+              "width": 12,
+              "height": 8,
+              "element": {
+                "kind": "ElementReference",
+                "name": "panel-2"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "links": [
+      {
+        "title": "Dashboard link with BOM",
+        "type": "link",
+        "icon": "external link",
+        "tooltip": "",
+        "url": "http://example.com?var=${datasource}\u0026other=value",
+        "tags": [],
+        "asDropdown": false,
+        "targetBlank": true,
+        "includeVars": false,
+        "keepTime": false
+      }
+    ],
+    "liveNow": false,
+    "preload": false,
+    "tags": [
+      "test",
+      "bom"
+    ],
+    "timeSettings": {
+      "timezone": "browser",
+      "from": "now-6h",
+      "to": "now",
+      "autoRefresh": "",
+      "autoRefreshIntervals": [
+        "5s",
+        "10s",
+        "30s",
+        "1m",
+        "5m"
+      ],
+      "hideTimepicker": false,
+      "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0
+    },
+    "title": "BOM Stripping Test Dashboard",
+    "variables": []
+  },
+  "status": {
+    "conversion": {
+      "failed": false,
+      "storedVersion": "v1beta1"
+    }
+  }
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/testdata/output/v1beta1.bom-in-links.v2beta1.json

@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+{
+  "kind": "Dashboard",
+  "apiVersion": "dashboard.grafana.app/v2beta1",
+  "metadata": {
+    "name": "bom-in-links-test",
+    "namespace": "org-1",
+    "labels": {
+      "test": "bom-stripping"
+    }
+  },
+  "spec": {
+    "annotations": [],
+    "cursorSync": "Off",
+    "description": "Testing that BOM characters are stripped from URLs during conversion",
+    "editable": true,
+    "elements": {
+      "panel-1": {
+        "kind": "Panel",
+        "spec": {
+          "id": 1,
+          "title": "Panel with BOM in field config override links",
+          "description": "",
+          "links": [
+            {
+              "title": "Panel data link with BOM",
+              "url": "http://example.com/${__data.fields.cluster}\u0026var=value",
+              "targetBlank": true
+            }
+          ],
+          "data": {
+            "kind": "QueryGroup",
+            "spec": {
+              "queries": [
+                {
+                  "kind": "PanelQuery",
+                  "spec": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "kind": "DataQuery",
+                      "group": "prometheus",
+                      "version": "v0",
+                      "datasource": {
+                        "name": "test-ds"
+                      },
+                      "spec": {}
+                    },
+                    "refId": "A",
+                    "hidden": false
+                  }
+                }
+              ],
+              "transformations": [],
+              "queryOptions": {}
+            }
+          },
+          "vizConfig": {
+            "kind": "VizConfig",
+            "group": "table",
+            "version": "",
+            "spec": {
+              "options": {},
+              "fieldConfig": {
+                "defaults": {
+                  "thresholds": {
+                    "mode": "absolute",
+                    "steps": [
+                      {
+                        "value": null,
+                        "color": "green"
+                      },
+                      {
+                        "value": 80,
+                        "color": "red"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                },
+                "overrides": [
+                  {
+                    "matcher": {
+                      "id": "byName",
+                      "options": "server"
+                    },
+                    "properties": [
+                      {
+                        "id": "links",
+                        "value": [
+                          {
+                            "title": "Override link with BOM",
+                            "url": "http://localhost:3000/d/test?var-datacenter=${__data.fields[datacenter]}\u0026var-server=${__value.raw}"
+                          }
+                        ]
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "panel-2": {
+        "kind": "Panel",
+        "spec": {
+          "id": 2,
+          "title": "Panel with BOM in options dataLinks",
+          "description": "",
+          "links": [],
+          "data": {
+            "kind": "QueryGroup",
+            "spec": {
+              "queries": [
+                {
+                  "kind": "PanelQuery",
+                  "spec": {
+                    "query": {
+                      "kind": "DataQuery",
+                      "group": "prometheus",
+                      "version": "v0",
+                      "datasource": {
+                        "name": "test-ds"
+                      },
+                      "spec": {}
+                    },
+                    "refId": "A",
+                    "hidden": false
+                  }
+                }
+              ],
+              "transformations": [],
+              "queryOptions": {}
+            }
+          },
+          "vizConfig": {
+            "kind": "VizConfig",
+            "group": "timeseries",
+            "version": "",
+            "spec": {
+              "options": {
+                "dataLinks": [
+                  {
+                    "targetBlank": true,
+                    "title": "Options data link with BOM",
+                    "url": "http://example.com?series=${__series.name}\u0026time=${__value.time}"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "legend": {
+                  "displayMode": "list",
+                  "placement": "bottom",
+                  "showLegend": true
+                }
+              },
+              "fieldConfig": {
+                "defaults": {
+                  "links": [
+                    {
+                      "targetBlank": false,
+                      "title": "Field config default link with BOM",
+                      "url": "http://example.com?field=${__field.name}\u0026value=${__value.raw}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                },
+                "overrides": []
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "layout": {
+      "kind": "GridLayout",
+      "spec": {
+        "items": [
+          {
+            "kind": "GridLayoutItem",
+            "spec": {
+              "x": 0,
+              "y": 0,
+              "width": 12,
+              "height": 8,
+              "element": {
+                "kind": "ElementReference",
+                "name": "panel-1"
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "kind": "GridLayoutItem",
+            "spec": {
+              "x": 12,
+              "y": 0,
+              "width": 12,
+              "height": 8,
+              "element": {
+                "kind": "ElementReference",
+                "name": "panel-2"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "links": [
+      {
+        "title": "Dashboard link with BOM",
+        "type": "link",
+        "icon": "external link",
+        "tooltip": "",
+        "url": "http://example.com?var=${datasource}\u0026other=value",
+        "tags": [],
+        "asDropdown": false,
+        "targetBlank": true,
+        "includeVars": false,
+        "keepTime": false
+      }
+    ],
+    "liveNow": false,
+    "preload": false,
+    "tags": [
+      "test",
+      "bom"
+    ],
+    "timeSettings": {
+      "timezone": "browser",
+      "from": "now-6h",
+      "to": "now",
+      "autoRefresh": "",
+      "autoRefreshIntervals": [
+        "5s",
+        "10s",
+        "30s",
+        "1m",
+        "5m"
+      ],
+      "hideTimepicker": false,
+      "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0
+    },
+    "title": "BOM Stripping Test Dashboard",
+    "variables": []
+  },
+  "status": {
+    "conversion": {
+      "failed": false,
+      "storedVersion": "v1beta1"
+    }
+  }
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/v1beta1_to_v2alpha1.go

@@ -229,6 +229,36 @@ func getBoolField(m map[string]interface{}, key string, defaultValue bool) bool
 	return defaultValue
 }
 
+// stripBOM removes Byte Order Mark (BOM) characters from a string.
+// BOMs (U+FEFF) can be introduced through copy/paste from certain editors
+// and cause CUE validation errors ("illegal byte order mark").
+func stripBOM(s string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\ufeff", "")
+}
+
+// stripBOMFromInterface recursively strips BOM characters from all strings
+// in an interface{} value (map, slice, or string).
+func stripBOMFromInterface(v interface{}) interface{} {
+	switch val := v.(type) {
+	case string:
+		return stripBOM(val)
+	case map[string]interface{}:
+		result := make(map[string]interface{}, len(val))
+		for k, v := range val {
+			result[k] = stripBOMFromInterface(v)
+		}
+		return result
+	case []interface{}:
+		result := make([]interface{}, len(val))
+		for i, item := range val {
+			result[i] = stripBOMFromInterface(item)
+		}
+		return result
+	default:
+		return v
+	}
+}
+
 func getUnionField[T ~string](m map[string]interface{}, key string) *T {
 	if val, ok := m[key]; ok {
 		if str, ok := val.(string); ok && str != "" {
@@ -393,7 +423,8 @@ func transformLinks(dashboard map[string]interface{}) []dashv2alpha1.DashboardDa
 				// Optional field - only set if present
 				if url, exists := linkMap["url"]; exists {
 					if urlStr, ok := url.(string); ok {
-						dashLink.Url = &urlStr
+						cleanUrl := stripBOM(urlStr)
+						dashLink.Url = &cleanUrl
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -2239,7 +2270,7 @@ func transformDataLinks(panelMap map[string]interface{}) []dashv2alpha1.Dashboar
 		if linkMap, ok := link.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
 			dataLink := dashv2alpha1.DashboardDataLink{
 				Title: schemaversion.GetStringValue(linkMap, "title"),
-				Url:   schemaversion.GetStringValue(linkMap, "url"),
+				Url:   stripBOM(schemaversion.GetStringValue(linkMap, "url")),
 			}
 			if _, exists := linkMap["targetBlank"]; exists {
 				targetBlank := getBoolField(linkMap, "targetBlank", false)
@@ -2331,6 +2362,12 @@ func buildVizConfig(panelMap map[string]interface{}) dashv2alpha1.DashboardVizCo
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Strip BOMs from options (may contain dataLinks with URLs that have BOMs)
+	cleanedOptions := stripBOMFromInterface(options)
+	if cleanedMap, ok := cleanedOptions.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		options = cleanedMap
+	}
+
 	// Build field config by mapping each field individually
 	fieldConfigSource := extractFieldConfigSource(fieldConfig)
 
@@ -2474,9 +2511,14 @@ func extractFieldConfigDefaults(defaults map[string]interface{}) dashv2alpha1.Da
 		hasDefaults = true
 	}
 
-	// Extract array field
+	// Extract array field - strip BOMs from link URLs
 	if linksArray, ok := extractArrayField(defaults, "links"); ok {
-		fieldConfigDefaults.Links = linksArray
+		cleanedLinks := stripBOMFromInterface(linksArray)
+		if cleanedArray, ok := cleanedLinks.([]interface{}); ok {
+			fieldConfigDefaults.Links = cleanedArray
+		} else {
+			fieldConfigDefaults.Links = linksArray
+		}
 		hasDefaults = true
 	}
 
@@ -2762,9 +2804,11 @@ func extractFieldConfigOverrides(fieldConfig map[string]interface{}) []dashv2alp
 				fieldOverride.Properties = make([]dashv2alpha1.DashboardDynamicConfigValue, 0, len(propertiesArray))
 				for _, property := range propertiesArray {
 					if propertyMap, ok := property.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+						// Strip BOMs from property values (may contain links with URLs)
+						cleanedValue := stripBOMFromInterface(propertyMap["value"])
 						fieldOverride.Properties = append(fieldOverride.Properties, dashv2alpha1.DashboardDynamicConfigValue{
 							Id:    schemaversion.GetStringValue(propertyMap, "id"),
-							Value: propertyMap["value"],
+							Value: cleanedValue,
 						})
 					}
 				}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/testdata/dev-dashboards-output/panel-gauge/gauge_tests.v42.json

@@ -628,6 +628,20 @@
         }
       ],
       "title": "Only nulls and no user set min \u0026 max",
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "convertFieldType",
+          "options":  {
+            "conversions": [
+              {
+                "destinationType": "number",
+                "targetField": "A-series"
+              }
+            ],
+            "fields": {}
+          }
+        }
+      ],
       "type": "gauge"
     },
     {
@@ -1179,4 +1193,4 @@
   "title": "Panel Tests - Gauge",
   "uid": "_5rDmaQiz",
   "weekStart": ""
-}
+}

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/testdata/dev-dashboards-output/panel-gauge/gauge_tests_new.v42.json

@@ -1760,6 +1760,22 @@
           "startValue": 0
         }
       ],
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "calculateField",
+          "options": {
+            "mode": "unary",
+            "reduce": {
+              "reducer": "sum"
+            },
+            "replaceFields": true,
+            "unary": {
+              "operator": "round",
+              "fieldName": "A-series"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
       "title": "Active gateways",
       "type": "radialbar"
     },
@@ -1843,6 +1859,22 @@
           "startValue": 0
         }
       ],
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "calculateField",
+          "options": {
+            "mode": "unary",
+            "reduce": {
+              "reducer": "sum"
+            },
+            "replaceFields": true,
+            "unary": {
+              "operator": "round",
+              "fieldName": "A-series"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
       "title": "Active pods",
       "type": "radialbar"
     },

apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/testdata/dev-dashboards-output/panel-gauge/gauge_tests_old_to_new.v42.json

@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@
       },
       "id": 12,
       "options": {
+        "displayName": "My gauge",
         "minVizHeight": 75,
         "minVizWidth": 75,
         "orientation": "auto",

apps/plugins/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Plugins App
+
+API documentation is available at http://localhost:3000/swagger?api=plugins.grafana.app-v0alpha1
+
+## Codegen
+
+- Go: `make generate`
+- Frontend: Follow instructions in this [README](../..//packages/grafana-api-clients/README.md)
+
+## Plugin sync
+
+The plugin sync pushes the plugins loaded from disk to the plugins API.
+
+To enable, add these feature toggles in your `custom.ini`:
+
+```ini
+[feature_toggles]
+pluginInstallAPISync = true
+pluginStoreServiceLoading = true
+```

devenv/dev-dashboards/panel-gauge/gauge_tests.json

@@ -600,6 +600,20 @@
           "stringInput": "null,null"
         }
       ],
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "convertFieldType",
+          "options": {
+            "fields": {},
+            "conversions": [
+              {
+                "targetField": "A-series",
+                "destinationType": "number"
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ],
       "title": "Only nulls and no user set min & max",
       "type": "gauge"
     },

devenv/dev-dashboards/panel-gauge/gauge_tests_new.json

@@ -1718,6 +1718,22 @@
           "startValue": 0
         }
       ],
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "calculateField",
+          "options": {
+            "mode": "unary",
+            "reduce": {
+              "reducer": "sum"
+            },
+            "replaceFields": true,
+            "unary": {
+              "operator": "round",
+              "fieldName": "A-series"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
       "title": "Active gateways",
       "type": "radialbar"
     },
@@ -1799,6 +1815,22 @@
           "startValue": 0
         }
       ],
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "calculateField",
+          "options": {
+            "mode": "unary",
+            "reduce": {
+              "reducer": "sum"
+            },
+            "replaceFields": true,
+            "unary": {
+              "operator": "round",
+              "fieldName": "A-series"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
       "title": "Active pods",
       "type": "radialbar"
     },

devenv/dev-dashboards/panel-gauge/gauge_tests_old_to_new.json

@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@
       },
       "id": 12,
       "options": {
+        "displayName": "My gauge",
         "minVizHeight": 75,
         "minVizWidth": 75,
         "orientation": "auto",

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

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Most [generally available](https://grafana.com/docs/release-life-cycle/#general-
 | `awsAsyncQueryCaching`                | Enable caching for async queries for Redshift and Athena. Requires that the datasource has caching and async query support enabled                            | Yes                |
 | `dashgpt`                             | Enable AI powered features in dashboards                                                                                                                      | Yes                |
 | `kubernetesDashboards`                | Use the kubernetes API in the frontend for dashboards                                                                                                         | Yes                |
+| `cloudWatchBatchQueries`              | Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches                                                                                                           | Yes                |
 | `annotationPermissionUpdate`          | Change the way annotation permissions work by scoping them to folders and dashboards.                                                                         | Yes                |
 | `dashboardSceneForViewers`            | Enables dashboard rendering using Scenes for viewer roles                                                                                                     | Yes                |
 | `dashboardSceneSolo`                  | Enables rendering dashboards using scenes for solo panels                                                                                                     | Yes                |
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ Most [generally available](https://grafana.com/docs/release-life-cycle/#general-
 | `enableDatagridEditing`           | Enables the edit functionality in the datagrid panel                                                   |
 | `reportingRetries`                | Enables rendering retries for the reporting feature                                                    |
 | `externalServiceAccounts`         | Automatic service account and token setup for plugins                                                  |
-| `cloudWatchBatchQueries`          | Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches                                                    |
 | `pdfTables`                       | Enables generating table data as PDF in reporting                                                      |
 | `canvasPanelPanZoom`              | Allow pan and zoom in canvas panel                                                                     |
 | `alertingSaveStateCompressed`     | Enables the compressed protobuf-based alert state storage. Default is enabled.                         |

docs/sources/visualizations/dashboards/share-dashboards-panels/_index.md

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ You can share dashboards in the following ways:
 - [As a report](#schedule-a-report)
 - [As a snapshot](#share-a-snapshot)
 - [As a PDF export](#export-a-dashboard-as-pdf)
-- [As a JSON file export](#export-a-dashboard-as-json)
+- [As a JSON file export](#export-a-dashboard-as-code)
 - [As an image export](#export-a-dashboard-as-an-image)
 
 When you share a dashboard externally as a link or by email, those dashboards are included in a list of your shared dashboards. To view the list and manage these dashboards, navigate to **Dashboards > Shared dashboards**.

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-browse-nested.spec.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const NUM_NESTED_DASHBOARDS = 60;
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-browse.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import testDashboard from '../dashboards/TestDashboard.json';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-export-image.spec.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test.use({
     scenes: true,
     sharingDashboardImage: true, // Enable the export image feature
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-export-json.spec.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-keybindings.spec.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-links-without-slug.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import testDashboard from '../dashboards/DataLinkWithoutSlugTest.json';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-live-streaming.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import testDashboard from '../dashboards/DashboardLiveTest.json';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-public-create.spec.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
     dashboardScene: false, // this test is for the old sharing modal only used when scenes is turned off
   },
 });

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-public-templating.spec.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
     dashboardScene: false, // this test is for the old sharing modal only used when scenes is turned off
   },
 });

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-share-externally-create.spec.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     scenes: true,
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-share-internally.spec.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     scenes: true,
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-share-snapshot-create.spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     scenes: true,
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-templating.spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test.use({
   timezoneId: 'Pacific/Easter',
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-time-zone.spec.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const TIMEZONE_DASHBOARD_UID = 'd41dbaa2-a39e-4536-ab2b-caca52f1a9c8';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/dashboard-timepicker.spec.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ test.use({
   },
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/embedded-dashboard.spec.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/general-dashboards.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const PAGE_UNDER_TEST = 'edediimbjhdz4b/a-tall-dashboard';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/import-dashboard.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import testDashboard from '../dashboards/TestDashboard.json';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/load-options-from-url.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const PAGE_UNDER_TEST = '-Y-tnEDWk/templating-nested-template-variables';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/new-constant-variable.spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const DASHBOARD_NAME = 'Test variable output';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/new-custom-variable.spec.ts

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async function assertPreviewValues(
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/new-datasource-variable.spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const DASHBOARD_NAME = 'Test variable output';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/new-interval-variable.spec.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ async function assertPreviewValues(
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/new-query-variable.spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const DASHBOARD_NAME = 'Templating - Nested Template Variables';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/new-text-box-variable.spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const DASHBOARD_NAME = 'Test variable output';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/repeating-a-panel-horizontally.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const PAGE_UNDER_TEST = 'WVpf2jp7z/repeating-a-panel-horizontally';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/repeating-a-panel-vertically.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const PAGE_UNDER_TEST = 'OY8Ghjt7k/repeating-a-panel-vertically';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/repeating-an-empty-row.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const PAGE_UNDER_TEST = 'dtpl2Ctnk/repeating-an-empty-row';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/set-options-from-ui.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const PAGE_UNDER_TEST = '-Y-tnEDWk/templating-nested-template-variables';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/snapshot-create.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const DASHBOARD_UID = 'ZqZnVvFZz';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
     dashboardScene: false, // this test is for the old sharing modal only used when scenes is turned off
   },
 });

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/templating-dashboard-links-and-variables.spec.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const DASHBOARD_UID = 'yBCC3aKGk';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/dashboards-suite/textbox-variables.spec.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const PAGE_UNDER_TEST = 'AejrN1AMz';
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     kubernetesDashboards: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
-    kubernetesDashboardsV2: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
+    dashboardNewLayouts: process.env.FORCE_V2_DASHBOARDS_API === 'true',
   },
 });
 

e2e-playwright/panels-suite/canvas-scene.spec.ts

@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@ import { Locator } from '@playwright/test';
 
 import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
 
-import { setVisualization } from './vizpicker-utils';
-
 test.use({
   featureToggles: {
     canvasPanelPanZoom: true,
   },
 });
 test.describe('Canvas Panel - Scene Tests', () => {
-  test.beforeEach(async ({ page, gotoDashboardPage, selectors }) => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page, gotoDashboardPage }) => {
     const dashboardPage = await gotoDashboardPage({});
     const panelEditPage = await dashboardPage.addPanel();
-    await setVisualization(panelEditPage, 'Canvas', selectors);
+    await panelEditPage.setVisualization('Canvas');
 
     // Wait for canvas panel to load
     await page.waitForSelector('[data-testid="canvas-scene-pan-zoom"]', { timeout: 10000 });

e2e-playwright/panels-suite/gauge.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
+
+// this test requires a larger viewport so all gauge panels load properly
+test.use({
+  featureToggles: { newGauge: true },
+  viewport: { width: 1280, height: 3000 },
+});
+
+const OLD_GAUGES_DASHBOARD_UID = '_5rDmaQiz';
+const NEW_GAUGES_DASHBOARD_UID = 'panel-tests-gauge-new';
+
+test.describe(
+  'Gauge Panel',
+  {
+    tag: ['@panels', '@gauge'],
+  },
+  () => {
+    test('successfully migrates all gauge panels', async ({ gotoDashboardPage, selectors }) => {
+      const dashboardPage = await gotoDashboardPage({ uid: OLD_GAUGES_DASHBOARD_UID });
+
+      // check that gauges are rendered
+      const gaugeElements = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(
+        selectors.components.Panels.Visualization.Gauge.Container
+      );
+      await expect(gaugeElements).toHaveCount(16);
+
+      // check that no panel errors exist
+      const errorInfo = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.Panels.Panel.headerCornerInfo('error'));
+      await expect(errorInfo).toBeHidden();
+    });
+
+    test('renders new gauge panels', async ({ gotoDashboardPage, selectors }) => {
+      // open Panel Tests - Gauge
+      const dashboardPage = await gotoDashboardPage({ uid: NEW_GAUGES_DASHBOARD_UID });
+
+      // check that gauges are rendered
+      const gaugeElements = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(
+        selectors.components.Panels.Visualization.Gauge.Container
+      );
+      await expect(gaugeElements).toHaveCount(32);
+
+      // check that no panel errors exist
+      const errorInfo = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.Panels.Panel.headerCornerInfo('error'));
+      await expect(errorInfo).toBeHidden();
+    });
+
+    test('renders sparklines in gauge panels', async ({ gotoDashboardPage, page }) => {
+      await gotoDashboardPage({
+        uid: NEW_GAUGES_DASHBOARD_UID,
+        queryParams: new URLSearchParams({ editPanel: '11' }),
+      });
+
+      await expect(page.locator('.uplot')).toHaveCount(5);
+    });
+
+    test('"no data"', async ({ gotoDashboardPage, selectors }) => {
+      const dashboardPage = await gotoDashboardPage({
+        uid: NEW_GAUGES_DASHBOARD_UID,
+        queryParams: new URLSearchParams({ editPanel: '36' }),
+      });
+
+      await expect(
+        dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.Panels.Visualization.Gauge.Container),
+        'that the gauge does not appear'
+      ).toBeHidden();
+
+      await expect(
+        dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.Panels.Panel.PanelDataErrorMessage),
+        'that the empty text appears'
+      ).toHaveText('No data');
+
+      // update the "No value" option and see if the panel updates
+      const noValueOption = dashboardPage
+        .getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.PanelEditor.OptionsPane.fieldLabel('Standard options No value'))
+        .locator('input');
+
+      await noValueOption.fill('My empty value');
+      await noValueOption.blur();
+      await expect(
+        dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.Panels.Visualization.Gauge.Container),
+        'that the empty text shows up in an empty gauge'
+      ).toHaveText('My empty value');
+
+      // test the "no numeric fields" message on the next panel
+      const dashboardPage2 = await gotoDashboardPage({
+        uid: NEW_GAUGES_DASHBOARD_UID,
+        queryParams: new URLSearchParams({ editPanel: '37' }),
+      });
+
+      await expect(
+        dashboardPage2.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.Panels.Visualization.Gauge.Container),
+        'that the gauge does not appear'
+      ).toBeHidden();
+
+      await expect(
+        dashboardPage2.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.Panels.Panel.PanelDataErrorMessage),
+        'that the empty text appears'
+      ).toHaveText('Data is missing a number field');
+    });
+  }
+);

e2e-playwright/panels-suite/vizpicker-utils.ts

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import { expect, E2ESelectorGroups, PanelEditPage } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
-
-// this replaces the panelEditPage.setVisualization method used previously in tests, since it
-// does not know how to use the updated 12.4 viz picker UI to set the visualization
-export const setVisualization = async (panelEditPage: PanelEditPage, vizName: string, selectors: E2ESelectorGroups) => {
-  const vizPicker = panelEditPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.PanelEditor.toggleVizPicker);
-  await expect(vizPicker, '"Change" button should be visible').toBeVisible();
-  await vizPicker.click();
-
-  const allVizTabBtn = panelEditPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.Tab.title('All visualizations'));
-  await expect(allVizTabBtn, '"All visualiations" button should be visible').toBeVisible();
-  await allVizTabBtn.click();
-
-  const vizItem = panelEditPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.PluginVisualization.item(vizName));
-  await expect(vizItem, `"${vizName}" item should be visible`).toBeVisible();
-  await vizItem.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
-  await vizItem.click();
-
-  await expect(vizPicker, '"Change" button should be visible again').toBeVisible();
-  await expect(
-    panelEditPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.PanelEditor.OptionsPane.header),
-    'Panel header should have the new viz type name'
-  ).toHaveText(vizName);
-};

e2e-playwright/plugin-e2e/plugin-e2e-api-tests/as-admin-user/panelDataAssertion.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
 
-import { setVisualization } from '../../../panels-suite/vizpicker-utils';
 import { formatExpectError } from '../errors';
 import { successfulDataQuery } from '../mocks/queries';
 
@@ -25,10 +24,10 @@ test.describe(
         ).toContainText(['Field', 'Max', 'Mean', 'Last']);
       });
 
-      test('table panel data assertions', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
+      test('table panel data assertions', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
         await panelEditPage.mockQueryDataResponse(successfulDataQuery, 200);
         await panelEditPage.datasource.set('gdev-testdata');
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, 'Table', selectors);
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization('Table');
         await panelEditPage.refreshPanel();
         await expect(
           panelEditPage.panel.locator,
@@ -44,10 +43,10 @@ test.describe(
         ).toContainText(['val1', 'val2', 'val3', 'val4']);
       });
 
-      test('timeseries panel - table view assertions', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
+      test('timeseries panel - table view assertions', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
         await panelEditPage.mockQueryDataResponse(successfulDataQuery, 200);
         await panelEditPage.datasource.set('gdev-testdata');
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, 'Time series', selectors);
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization('Time series');
         await panelEditPage.refreshPanel();
         await panelEditPage.toggleTableView();
         await expect(

e2e-playwright/plugin-e2e/plugin-e2e-api-tests/as-admin-user/panelEditPage.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
 
-import { setVisualization } from '../../../panels-suite/vizpicker-utils';
 import { formatExpectError } from '../errors';
 import { successfulDataQuery } from '../mocks/queries';
 import { scenarios } from '../mocks/resources';
@@ -54,10 +53,10 @@ test.describe(
         ).toHaveText(scenarios.map((s) => s.name));
       });
 
-      test('mocked query data response', async ({ panelEditPage, page, selectors }) => {
+      test('mocked query data response', async ({ panelEditPage, page }) => {
         await panelEditPage.mockQueryDataResponse(successfulDataQuery, 200);
         await panelEditPage.datasource.set('gdev-testdata');
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TABLE_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TABLE_VIZ_NAME);
         await panelEditPage.refreshPanel();
         await expect(
           panelEditPage.panel.getErrorIcon(),
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ test.describe(
         selectors,
         page,
       }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TABLE_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TABLE_VIZ_NAME);
         await expect(
           panelEditPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.PanelEditor.OptionsPane.header),
           formatExpectError('Expected panel visualization to be set to table')
@@ -93,8 +92,8 @@ test.describe(
         ).toBeVisible();
       });
 
-      test('Select time zone in timezone picker', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('Select time zone in timezone picker', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const axisOptions = await panelEditPage.getCustomOptions('Axis');
         const timeZonePicker = axisOptions.getSelect('Time zone');
 
@@ -102,8 +101,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(timeZonePicker).toHaveSelected('Europe/Stockholm');
       });
 
-      test('select unit in unit picker', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('select unit in unit picker', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const standardOptions = panelEditPage.getStandardOptions();
         const unitPicker = standardOptions.getUnitPicker('Unit');
 
@@ -112,8 +111,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(unitPicker).toHaveSelected('Pixels');
       });
 
-      test('enter value in number input', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('enter value in number input', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const axisOptions = panelEditPage.getCustomOptions('Axis');
         const lineWith = axisOptions.getNumberInput('Soft min');
 
@@ -122,8 +121,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(lineWith).toHaveValue('10');
       });
 
-      test('enter value in slider', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('enter value in slider', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const graphOptions = panelEditPage.getCustomOptions('Graph styles');
         const lineWidth = graphOptions.getSliderInput('Line width');
 
@@ -132,8 +131,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(lineWidth).toHaveValue('10');
       });
 
-      test('select value in single value select', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('select value in single value select', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const standardOptions = panelEditPage.getStandardOptions();
         const colorSchemeSelect = standardOptions.getSelect('Color scheme');
 
@@ -141,8 +140,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(colorSchemeSelect).toHaveSelected('Classic palette');
       });
 
-      test('clear input', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('clear input', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const panelOptions = panelEditPage.getPanelOptions();
         const title = panelOptions.getTextInput('Title');
 
@@ -151,8 +150,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(title).toHaveValue('');
       });
 
-      test('enter value in input', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('enter value in input', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const panelOptions = panelEditPage.getPanelOptions();
         const description = panelOptions.getTextInput('Description');
 
@@ -161,8 +160,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(description).toHaveValue('This is a panel');
       });
 
-      test('unchecking switch', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('unchecking switch', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const axisOptions = panelEditPage.getCustomOptions('Axis');
         const showBorder = axisOptions.getSwitch('Show border');
 
@@ -174,8 +173,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(showBorder).toBeChecked({ checked: false });
       });
 
-      test('checking switch', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('checking switch', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const axisOptions = panelEditPage.getCustomOptions('Axis');
         const showBorder = axisOptions.getSwitch('Show border');
 
@@ -184,8 +183,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(showBorder).toBeChecked();
       });
 
-      test('re-selecting value in radio button group', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('re-selecting value in radio button group', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const axisOptions = panelEditPage.getCustomOptions('Axis');
         const placement = axisOptions.getRadioGroup('Placement');
 
@@ -196,8 +195,8 @@ test.describe(
         await expect(placement).toHaveChecked('Auto');
       });
 
-      test('selecting value in radio button group', async ({ panelEditPage, selectors }) => {
-        await setVisualization(panelEditPage, TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME, selectors);
+      test('selecting value in radio button group', async ({ panelEditPage }) => {
+        await panelEditPage.setVisualization(TIME_SERIES_VIZ_NAME);
         const axisOptions = panelEditPage.getCustomOptions('Axis');
         const placement = axisOptions.getRadioGroup('Placement');
 

e2e-playwright/various-suite/gauge.spec.ts

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
-
-// this test requires a larger viewport so all gauge panels load properly
-test.use({
-  viewport: { width: 1280, height: 1080 },
-});
-
-test.describe(
-  'Gauge Panel',
-  {
-    tag: ['@various'],
-  },
-  () => {
-    test('Gauge rendering e2e tests', async ({ gotoDashboardPage, selectors, page }) => {
-      // open Panel Tests - Gauge
-      const dashboardPage = await gotoDashboardPage({ uid: '_5rDmaQiz' });
-
-      // check that gauges are rendered
-      const gaugeElements = page.locator('.flot-base');
-      await expect(gaugeElements).toHaveCount(16);
-
-      // check that no panel errors exist
-      const errorInfo = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.Panels.Panel.headerCornerInfo('error'));
-      await expect(errorInfo).toBeHidden();
-    });
-  }
-);

packages/grafana-api-clients/src/clients/rtkq/dashboard/v0alpha1/endpoints.gen.ts

@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ const injectedRtkApi = api
         query: (queryArg) => ({ url: `/snapshots/delete/${queryArg.deleteKey}`, method: 'DELETE' }),
         invalidatesTags: ['Snapshot'],
       }),
+      getSnapshotSettings: build.query<GetSnapshotSettingsApiResponse, GetSnapshotSettingsApiArg>({
+        query: () => ({ url: `/snapshots/settings` }),
+        providesTags: ['Snapshot'],
+      }),
       getSnapshot: build.query<GetSnapshotApiResponse, GetSnapshotApiArg>({
         query: (queryArg) => ({
           url: `/snapshots/${queryArg.name}`,
@@ -742,6 +746,8 @@ export type DeleteWithKeyApiArg = {
   /** unique key returned in create */
   deleteKey: string;
 };
+export type GetSnapshotSettingsApiResponse = /** status 200 undefined */ any;
+export type GetSnapshotSettingsApiArg = void;
 export type GetSnapshotApiResponse = /** status 200 OK */ Snapshot;
 export type GetSnapshotApiArg = {
   /** name of the Snapshot */
@@ -1273,6 +1279,8 @@ export const {
   useLazyListSnapshotQuery,
   useCreateSnapshotMutation,
   useDeleteWithKeyMutation,
+  useGetSnapshotSettingsQuery,
+  useLazyGetSnapshotSettingsQuery,
   useGetSnapshotQuery,
   useLazyGetSnapshotQuery,
   useDeleteSnapshotMutation,

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

@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   queryServiceFromUI?: boolean;
   /**
   * Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches
+  * @default true
   */
   cloudWatchBatchQueries?: boolean;
   /**
@@ -356,10 +357,6 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   */
   dashboardNewLayouts?: boolean;
   /**
-  * Use the v2 kubernetes API in the frontend for dashboards
-  */
-  kubernetesDashboardsV2?: boolean;
-  /**
   * Enables undo/redo in dynamic dashboards
   */
   dashboardUndoRedo?: boolean;
@@ -421,6 +418,10 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   */
   jitterAlertRulesWithinGroups?: boolean;
   /**
+  * Enable audit logging with Kubernetes under app platform
+  */
+  auditLoggingAppPlatform?: boolean;
+  /**
   * Enable the secrets management API and services under app platform
   */
   secretsManagementAppPlatform?: boolean;

packages/grafana-e2e-selectors/src/selectors/components.ts

@@ -535,6 +535,11 @@ export const versionedComponents = {
           '12.3.0': 'data-testid viz-tooltip-wrapper',
         },
       },
+      Gauge: {
+        Container: {
+          '12.4.0': 'data-testid gauge container',
+        },
+      },
     },
   },
   VizLegend: {

packages/grafana-prometheus/src/querybuilder/components/metrics-modal/MetricsModal.test.tsx

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe('MetricsModal', () => {
       operations: [],
     };
 
-    setup(query, ['with-labels'], true);
+    setup(query, ['with-labels']);
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(screen.getByText('with-labels')).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ function createDatasource(withLabels?: boolean) {
   // display different results if their labels are selected in the PromVisualQuery
   if (withLabels) {
     languageProvider.queryMetricsMetadata = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      ALERTS: {
+        type: 'gauge',
+        help: 'alerts help text',
+      },
       'with-labels': {
         type: 'with-labels-type',
         help: 'with-labels-help',
@@ -297,7 +301,7 @@ function createProps(query: PromVisualQuery, datasource: PrometheusDatasource, m
   };
 }
 
-function setup(query: PromVisualQuery, metrics: string[], withlabels?: boolean) {
+function setup(query: PromVisualQuery, metrics: string[]) {
   const withLabels: boolean = query.labels.length > 0;
   const datasource = createDatasource(withLabels);
   const props = createProps(query, datasource, metrics);

packages/grafana-prometheus/src/querybuilder/components/metrics-modal/MetricsModal.tsx

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ const MetricsModalContent = (props: MetricsModalProps) => {
 
 export const MetricsModal = (props: MetricsModalProps) => {
   return (
-    <MetricsModalContextProvider languageProvider={props.datasource.languageProvider}>
+    <MetricsModalContextProvider languageProvider={props.datasource.languageProvider} timeRange={props.timeRange}>
       <MetricsModalContent {...props} />
     </MetricsModalContextProvider>
   );

packages/grafana-prometheus/src/querybuilder/components/metrics-modal/MetricsModalContext.test.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { TimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { PrometheusLanguageProviderInterface } from '../../../language_provider';
+import { getMockTimeRange } from '../../../test/mocks/datasource';
 
 import { DEFAULT_RESULTS_PER_PAGE, MetricsModalContextProvider, useMetricsModal } from './MetricsModalContext';
 import { generateMetricData } from './helpers';
@@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ const mockLanguageProvider: PrometheusLanguageProviderInterface = {
 // Helper to create wrapper component
 const createWrapper = (languageProvider = mockLanguageProvider) => {
   return ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => (
-    <MetricsModalContextProvider languageProvider={languageProvider}>{children}</MetricsModalContextProvider>
+    <MetricsModalContextProvider languageProvider={languageProvider} timeRange={getMockTimeRange()}>
+      {children}
+    </MetricsModalContextProvider>
   );
 };
 
@@ -167,6 +170,7 @@ describe('MetricsModalContext', () => {
 
     it('should handle empty metadata response', async () => {
       (mockLanguageProvider.queryMetricsMetadata as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({});
+      (mockLanguageProvider.queryLabelValues as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue(['metric1', 'metric2']);
 
       const { result } = renderHook(() => useMetricsModal(), {
         wrapper: createWrapper(),
@@ -176,7 +180,18 @@ describe('MetricsModalContext', () => {
         expect(result.current.isLoading).toBe(false);
       });
 
-      expect(result.current.filteredMetricsData).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result.current.filteredMetricsData).toEqual([
+        {
+          value: 'metric1',
+          type: 'counter',
+          description: 'Test metric',
+        },
+        {
+          value: 'metric2',
+          type: 'counter',
+          description: 'Test metric',
+        },
+      ]);
     });
 
     it('should handle metadata fetch error', async () => {
@@ -239,6 +254,7 @@ describe('MetricsModalContext', () => {
       }));
 
       (mockLanguageProvider.queryMetricsMetadata as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
+        ALERTS: { type: 'gauge', help: 'Test alerts help' },
         test_metric: { type: 'counter', help: 'Test metric' },
       });
 
@@ -250,7 +266,7 @@ describe('MetricsModalContext', () => {
         expect(result.current.isLoading).toBe(false);
       });
 
-      expect(result.current.filteredMetricsData).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(result.current.filteredMetricsData).toHaveLength(2);
       expect(result.current.selectedTypes).toEqual([]);
     });
 
@@ -318,7 +334,7 @@ describe('MetricsModalContext', () => {
       };
 
       const { getByTestId } = render(
-        <MetricsModalContextProvider languageProvider={mockLanguageProvider}>
+        <MetricsModalContextProvider languageProvider={mockLanguageProvider} timeRange={getMockTimeRange()}>
           <TestComponent />
         </MetricsModalContextProvider>
       );

packages/grafana-prometheus/src/querybuilder/components/metrics-modal/MetricsModalContext.tsx

@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ const MetricsModalContext = createContext<MetricsModalContextValue | undefined>(
 
 type MetricsModalContextProviderProps = {
   languageProvider: PrometheusLanguageProviderInterface;
+  timeRange: TimeRange;
 };
 
 export const MetricsModalContextProvider: FC<PropsWithChildren<MetricsModalContextProviderProps>> = ({
   children,
   languageProvider,
+  timeRange,
 }) => {
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
   const [metricsData, setMetricsData] = useState<MetricsData>([]);
@@ -111,8 +113,16 @@ export const MetricsModalContextProvider: FC<PropsWithChildren<MetricsModalConte
       setIsLoading(true);
       const metadata = await languageProvider.queryMetricsMetadata(PROMETHEUS_QUERY_BUILDER_MAX_RESULTS);
 
-      if (Object.keys(metadata).length === 0) {
-        setMetricsData([]);
+      // We receive ALERTS metadata in any case
+      if (Object.keys(metadata).length <= 1) {
+        const fetchedMetrics = await languageProvider.queryLabelValues(
+          timeRange,
+          METRIC_LABEL,
+          undefined,
+          PROMETHEUS_QUERY_BUILDER_MAX_RESULTS
+        );
+        const processedData = fetchedMetrics.map((m) => generateMetricData(m, languageProvider));
+        setMetricsData(processedData);
       } else {
         const processedData = Object.keys(metadata).map((m) => generateMetricData(m, languageProvider));
         setMetricsData(processedData);
@@ -122,7 +132,7 @@ export const MetricsModalContextProvider: FC<PropsWithChildren<MetricsModalConte
     } finally {
       setIsLoading(false);
     }
-  }, [languageProvider]);
+  }, [languageProvider, timeRange]);
 
   const debouncedBackendSearch = useMemo(
     () =>

packages/grafana-schema/src/raw/composable/newgauge/panelcfg/x/NewGaugePanelCfg_types.gen.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface Options extends common.SingleStatBaseOptions {
   showThresholdLabels: boolean;
   showThresholdMarkers: boolean;
   sparkline?: boolean;
+  textMode?: ('auto' | 'value_and_name' | 'value' | 'name' | 'none');
 }
 
 export const defaultOptions: Partial<Options> = {
@@ -48,4 +49,5 @@ export const defaultOptions: Partial<Options> = {
   showThresholdLabels: false,
   showThresholdMarkers: true,
   sparkline: true,
+  textMode: 'auto',
 };

packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/PanelChrome.tsx

@@ -248,15 +248,17 @@ export function PanelChrome({
 
   const onContentPointerDown = React.useCallback(
     (evt: React.PointerEvent) => {
-      // Ignore clicks inside buttons, links, canvas and svg elments
+      // When selected, ignore clicks inside buttons, links, canvas and svg elments
       // This does prevent a clicks inside a graphs from selecting panel as there is normal div above the canvas element that intercepts the click
-      if (evt.target instanceof Element && evt.target.closest('button,a,canvas,svg')) {
+      if (isSelected && evt.target instanceof Element && evt.target.closest('button,a,canvas,svg')) {
+        // Stop propagation otherwise row config editor will get selected
+        evt.stopPropagation();
         return;
       }
 
       onSelect?.(evt);
     },
-    [onSelect]
+    [isSelected, onSelect]
   );
 
   const headerContent = (

packages/grafana-ui/src/components/RadialGauge/RadialGauge.story.tsx

@@ -32,24 +32,6 @@ const meta: Meta<StoryProps> = {
     controls: {
       exclude: ['theme', 'values', 'vizCount'],
     },
-    a11y: {
-      config: {
-        rules: [
-          {
-            id: 'scrollable-region-focusable',
-            selector: 'body',
-            enabled: false,
-          },
-          // NOTE: this is necessary due to a false positive with the filered svg glow in one of the examples.
-          // The color-contrast in this component should be accessible!
-          {
-            id: 'color-contrast',
-            selector: 'text',
-            enabled: false,
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-    },
   },
   args: {
     barWidthFactor: 0.2,

packages/grafana-ui/src/components/RadialGauge/RadialGauge.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import { useId } from 'react';
 
 import { DisplayValueAlignmentFactors, FALLBACK_COLOR, FieldDisplay, GrafanaTheme2, TimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
+import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 
 import { useStyles2, useTheme2 } from '../../themes/ThemeContext';
@@ -275,7 +276,11 @@ export function RadialGauge(props: RadialGaugeProps) {
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className={styles.vizWrapper} style={{ width, height }}>
+    <div
+      data-testid={selectors.components.Panels.Visualization.Gauge.Container}
+      className={styles.vizWrapper}
+      style={{ width, height }}
+    >
       {body}
     </div>
   );

packages/grafana-ui/src/components/RadialGauge/effects.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { colorManipulator, GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { RadialGaugeDimensions } from './types';
 
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ export function GlowGradient({ id, barWidth }: GlowGradientProps) {
   );
 }
 
-const CENTER_GLOW_OPACITY = 0.15;
+const CENTER_GLOW_OPACITY = 0.25;
 
 export function CenterGlowGradient({ gaugeId, color }: { gaugeId: string; color: string }) {
+  const transparentColor = colorManipulator.alpha(color, CENTER_GLOW_OPACITY);
   return (
     <radialGradient id={`circle-glow-${gaugeId}`} r="50%" fr="0%">
-      <stop offset="0%" stopColor={color} stopOpacity={CENTER_GLOW_OPACITY} />
-      <stop offset="90%" stopColor={color} stopOpacity={0} />
+      <stop offset="0%" stopColor={transparentColor} />
+      <stop offset="90%" stopColor={'#ffffff00'} />
     </radialGradient>
   );
 }
@@ -44,13 +45,14 @@ export interface CenterGlowProps {
 
 export function MiddleCircleGlow({ dimensions, gaugeId, color }: CenterGlowProps) {
   const gradientId = `circle-glow-${gaugeId}`;
+  const transparentColor = color ? colorManipulator.alpha(color, CENTER_GLOW_OPACITY) : color;
 
   return (
     <>
       <defs>
         <radialGradient id={gradientId} r="50%" fr="0%">
-          <stop offset="0%" stopColor={color} stopOpacity={CENTER_GLOW_OPACITY} />
-          <stop offset="90%" stopColor={color} stopOpacity={0} />
+          <stop offset="0%" stopColor={transparentColor} />
+          <stop offset="90%" stopColor="#ffffff00" />
         </radialGradient>
       </defs>
       <g>
@@ -86,9 +88,9 @@ export function SpotlightGradient({
 
   return (
     <linearGradient x1={x1} y1={y1} x2={x2} y2={y2} id={id} gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
-      <stop offset="0%" stopColor={'white'} stopOpacity={0.0} />
-      <stop offset="95%" stopColor={'white'} stopOpacity={0.5} />
-      {roundedBars && <stop offset="100%" stopColor={'white'} stopOpacity={roundedBars ? 0.7 : 1} />}
+      <stop offset="0%" stopColor="#ffffff00" />
+      <stop offset="95%" stopColor="#ffffff88" />
+      {roundedBars && <stop offset="100%" stopColor={roundedBars ? '#ffffffbb' : 'white'} />}
     </linearGradient>
   );
 }

packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx

@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ export interface SparklineProps extends Themeable2 {
   showHighlights?: boolean;
 }
 
-export const SparklineFn: React.FC<SparklineProps> = memo((props) => {
+export const Sparkline: React.FC<SparklineProps> = memo((props) => {
   const { sparkline, config: fieldConfig, theme, width, height, showHighlights } = props;
+
   const { frame: alignedDataFrame, warning } = prepareSeries(sparkline, theme, fieldConfig, showHighlights);
   if (warning) {
     return null;
@@ -30,14 +31,4 @@ export const SparklineFn: React.FC<SparklineProps> = memo((props) => {
   return <UPlotChart data={data} config={configBuilder} width={width} height={height} />;
 });
 
-SparklineFn.displayName = 'Sparkline';
-
-// we converted to function component above, but some apps extend Sparkline, so we need
-// to keep exporting a class component until those apps are all rolled out.
-// see https://github.com/grafana/app-observability-plugin/pull/2079
-// eslint-disable-next-line react-prefer-function-component/react-prefer-function-component
-export class Sparkline extends React.PureComponent<SparklineProps> {
-  render() {
-    return <SparklineFn {...this.props} />;
-  }
-}
+Sparkline.displayName = 'Sparkline';

packages/grafana-ui/src/components/VizRepeater/VizRepeater.tsx

@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ export class VizRepeater<V, D = {}> extends PureComponent<PropsWithDefaults<V, D
 
     const repeaterStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
       display: 'flex',
-      overflow: `${minVizWidth ? 'auto' : 'hidden'} ${minVizHeight ? 'auto' : 'hidden'}`,
+      overflowX: `${minVizWidth ? 'auto' : 'hidden'}`,
+      overflowY: `${minVizHeight ? 'auto' : 'hidden'}`,
     };
 
     let vizHeight = height;

pkg/apiserver/auditing/event.go

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package auditing
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Event struct {
+	// The namespace the action was performed in.
+	Namespace string `json:"namespace"`
+
+	// When it happened.
+	ObservedAt time.Time `json:"-"` // see MarshalJSON for why this is omitted
+
+	// Who/what performed the action.
+	SubjectName string `json:"subjectName"`
+	SubjectUID  string `json:"subjectUID"`
+
+	// What was performed.
+	Verb string `json:"verb"`
+
+	// The object the action was performed on. For verbs like "list" this will be empty.
+	Object string `json:"object,omitempty"`
+
+	// API information.
+	APIGroup   string `json:"apiGroup,omitempty"`
+	APIVersion string `json:"apiVersion,omitempty"`
+	Kind       string `json:"kind,omitempty"`
+
+	// Outcome of the action.
+	Outcome EventOutcome `json:"outcome"`
+
+	// Extra fields to add more context to the event.
+	Extra map[string]string `json:"extra,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (e Event) Time() time.Time {
+	return e.ObservedAt
+}
+
+func (e Event) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	type Alias Event
+	return json.Marshal(&struct {
+		FormattedTimestamp string `json:"observedAt"`
+		Alias
+	}{
+		FormattedTimestamp: e.ObservedAt.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano),
+		Alias:              (Alias)(e),
+	})
+}
+
+func (e Event) KVPairs() []any {
+	args := []any{
+		"audit", true,
+		"namespace", e.Namespace,
+		"observedAt", e.ObservedAt.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano),
+		"subjectName", e.SubjectName,
+		"subjectUID", e.SubjectUID,
+		"verb", e.Verb,
+		"object", e.Object,
+		"apiGroup", e.APIGroup,
+		"apiVersion", e.APIVersion,
+		"kind", e.Kind,
+		"outcome", e.Outcome,
+	}
+
+	if len(e.Extra) > 0 {
+		extraArgs := make([]any, 0, len(e.Extra)*2)
+
+		for k, v := range e.Extra {
+			extraArgs = append(extraArgs, "extra_"+k, v)
+		}
+
+		args = append(args, extraArgs...)
+	}
+
+	return args
+}
+
+type EventOutcome string
+
+const (
+	EventOutcomeUnknown             EventOutcome = "unknown"
+	EventOutcomeSuccess             EventOutcome = "success"
+	EventOutcomeFailureUnauthorized EventOutcome = "failure_unauthorized"
+	EventOutcomeFailureNotFound     EventOutcome = "failure_not_found"
+	EventOutcomeFailureGeneric      EventOutcome = "failure_generic"
+)

pkg/apiserver/auditing/event_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package auditing_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apiserver/auditing"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestEvent_MarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	t.Run("marshals the event", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		now := time.Now()
+
+		event := auditing.Event{
+			ObservedAt: now,
+			Extra:      map[string]string{"k1": "v1", "k2": "v2"},
+		}
+
+		data, err := json.Marshal(event)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		var result map[string]any
+		require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(data, &result))
+
+		require.Equal(t, event.Time().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano), result["observedAt"])
+		require.NotNil(t, result["extra"])
+		require.Len(t, result["extra"], 2)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestEvent_KVPairs(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	t.Run("records extra fields", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		extraFields := 2
+		extra := make(map[string]string, 0)
+		for i := 0; i < extraFields; i++ {
+			extra[strconv.Itoa(i)] = "value"
+		}
+
+		event := auditing.Event{Extra: extra}
+
+		kvPairs := event.KVPairs()
+
+		extraCount := 0
+		for i := 0; i < len(kvPairs); i += 2 {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(kvPairs[i].(string), "extra_") {
+				extraCount++
+			}
+		}
+
+		require.Equal(t, extraCount, extraFields)
+	})
+}

pkg/apiserver/auditing/logger.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package auditing
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Sinkable is a log entry abstraction that can be sent to an audit log sink through the different implementing methods.
+type Sinkable interface {
+	json.Marshaler
+	KVPairs() []any
+	Time() time.Time
+}
+
+// Logger specifies the contract for a specific audit logger.
+type Logger interface {
+	Log(entry Sinkable) error
+	Close() error
+	Type() string
+}
+
+// Implementation inspired by https://github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/blob/main/logging/logger.go
+type loggerContextKey struct{}
+
+var (
+	// DefaultLogger is the default Logger if one hasn't been provided in the context.
+	// You may use this to add arbitrary audit logging outside of an API request lifecycle.
+	DefaultLogger Logger = &NoopLogger{}
+
+	contextKey = loggerContextKey{}
+)
+
+// FromContext returns the Logger set in the context with Context(), or the DefaultLogger if no Logger is set in the context.
+// If DefaultLogger is nil, it returns a *NoopLogger so that the return is always valid to call methods on without nil-checking.
+// You may use this to add arbitrary audit logging outside of an API request lifecycle.
+func FromContext(ctx context.Context) Logger {
+	if l := ctx.Value(contextKey); l != nil {
+		if logger, ok := l.(Logger); ok {
+			return logger
+		}
+	}
+
+	if DefaultLogger != nil {
+		return DefaultLogger
+	}
+
+	return &NoopLogger{}
+}
+
+// Context returns a new context built from the provided context with the provided logger in it.
+// The Logger added with Context() can be retrieved with FromContext()
+func Context(ctx context.Context, logger Logger) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, contextKey, logger)
+}

pkg/apiserver/auditing/noop.go

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ type NoopBackend struct{}
 
 func ProvideNoopBackend() audit.Backend { return &NoopBackend{} }
 
-func (b *NoopBackend) ProcessEvents(k8sEvents ...*auditinternal.Event) bool { return false }
+func (NoopBackend) ProcessEvents(...*auditinternal.Event) bool { return false }
 
-func (NoopBackend) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error { return nil }
+func (NoopBackend) Run(<-chan struct{}) error { return nil }
 
 func (NoopBackend) Shutdown() {}
 
@@ -34,3 +34,14 @@ type NoopPolicyRuleEvaluator struct{}
 func (NoopPolicyRuleEvaluator) EvaluatePolicyRule(authorizer.Attributes) audit.RequestAuditConfig {
 	return audit.RequestAuditConfig{Level: auditinternal.LevelNone}
 }
+
+// NoopLogger is a no-op implementation of Logger
+type NoopLogger struct{}
+
+func ProvideNoopLogger() Logger { return &NoopLogger{} }
+
+func (NoopLogger) Type() string { return "noop" }
+
+func (NoopLogger) Log(Sinkable) error { return nil }
+
+func (NoopLogger) Close() error { return nil }

pkg/apiserver/auditing/policy.go

@@ -46,14 +46,23 @@ func (defaultGrafanaPolicyRuleEvaluator) EvaluatePolicyRule(attrs authorizer.Att
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Logging the response object allows us to get the resource name for create requests.
+	level := auditinternal.LevelMetadata
+	if attrs.GetVerb() == utils.VerbCreate {
+		level = auditinternal.LevelRequestResponse
+	}
+
 	return audit.RequestAuditConfig{
-		Level: auditinternal.LevelMetadata,
+		Level: level,
+
+		// Only log on StageResponseComplete, to avoid noisy logs.
 		OmitStages: []auditinternal.Stage{
-			// Only log on StageResponseComplete
 			auditinternal.StageRequestReceived,
 			auditinternal.StageResponseStarted,
 			auditinternal.StagePanic,
 		},
-		OmitManagedFields: false, // Setting it to true causes extra copying/unmarshalling.
+
+		// Setting it to true causes extra copying/unmarshalling.
+		OmitManagedFields: false,
 	}
 }

pkg/apiserver/auditing/policy_test.go

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestDefaultGrafanaPolicyRuleEvaluator(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, auditinternal.LevelNone, config.Level)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("return audit level metadata for other resource requests", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("return audit level request+response for create requests", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 
 		attrs := authorizer.AttributesRecord{
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ func TestDefaultGrafanaPolicyRuleEvaluator(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
+		config := evaluator.EvaluatePolicyRule(attrs)
+		require.Equal(t, auditinternal.LevelRequestResponse, config.Level)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("return audit level metadata for other resource requests", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		attrs := authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+			ResourceRequest: true,
+			Verb:            utils.VerbGet,
+			User: &user.DefaultInfo{
+				Name:   "test-user",
+				Groups: []string{"test-group"},
+			},
+		}
+
 		config := evaluator.EvaluatePolicyRule(attrs)
 		require.Equal(t, auditinternal.LevelMetadata, config.Level)
 	})

pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/register.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/configprovider"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/quota"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/search/sort"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/legacysql"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/legacysql/dualwrite"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/apistore"
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ type DashboardsAPIBuilder struct {
 }
 
 func RegisterAPIService(
-	cfg *setting.Cfg,
 	features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles,
 	apiregistration builder.APIRegistrar,
 	dashboardService dashboards.DashboardService,
@@ -154,7 +153,14 @@ func RegisterAPIService(
 	publicDashboardService publicdashboards.Service,
 	snapshotService dashboardsnapshots.Service,
 	dashboardActivityChannel live.DashboardActivityChannel,
+	configProvider configprovider.ConfigProvider,
 ) *DashboardsAPIBuilder {
+	cfg, err := configProvider.Get(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		logging.DefaultLogger.Error("failed to load settings configuration instance", "stackId", cfg.StackID, "err", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	dbp := legacysql.NewDatabaseProvider(sql)
 	namespacer := request.GetNamespaceMapper(cfg)
 	legacyDashboardSearcher := legacysearcher.NewDashboardSearchClient(dashStore, sorter)
@@ -237,7 +243,7 @@ func NewAPIService(ac authlib.AccessClient, features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles,
 }
 
 func (b *DashboardsAPIBuilder) GetGroupVersions() []schema.GroupVersion {
-	if featuremgmt.AnyEnabled(b.features, featuremgmt.FlagDashboardNewLayouts, featuremgmt.FlagKubernetesDashboardsV2) {
+	if featuremgmt.AnyEnabled(b.features, featuremgmt.FlagDashboardNewLayouts) {
 		// If dashboards v2 is enabled, we want to use v2beta1 as the default API version.
 		return []schema.GroupVersion{
 			dashv2beta1.DashboardResourceInfo.GroupVersion(),
@@ -747,7 +753,6 @@ func (b *DashboardsAPIBuilder) storageForVersion(
 			ResourceInfo: *snapshots,
 			Service:      b.snapshotService,
 			Namespacer:   b.namespacer,
-			Options:      b.snapshotOptions,
 		}
 		storage[snapshots.StoragePath()] = snapshotLegacyStore
 		storage[snapshots.StoragePath("dashboard")], err = snapshot.NewDashboardREST(dashboards, b.snapshotService)

pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/snapshot/routes.go

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ func GetRoutes(service dashboardsnapshots.Service, options dashv0.SnapshotSharin
 	createCmd := defs["github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apissnapshot/v0alpha1.DashboardCreateCommand"].Schema
 	createExample := `{"dashboard":{"annotations":{"list":[{"name":"Annotations & Alerts","enable":true,"iconColor":"rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)","snapshotData":[],"type":"dashboard","builtIn":1,"hide":true}]},"editable":true,"fiscalYearStartMonth":0,"graphTooltip":0,"id":203,"links":[],"liveNow":false,"panels":[{"datasource":null,"fieldConfig":{"defaults":{"color":{"mode":"palette-classic"},"custom":{"axisBorderShow":false,"axisCenteredZero":false,"axisColorMode":"text","axisLabel":"","axisPlacement":"auto","barAlignment":0,"drawStyle":"line","fillOpacity":43,"gradientMode":"opacity","hideFrom":{"legend":false,"tooltip":false,"viz":false},"insertNulls":false,"lineInterpolation":"smooth","lineWidth":1,"pointSize":5,"scaleDistribution":{"type":"linear"},"showPoints":"auto","spanNulls":false,"stacking":{"group":"A","mode":"none"},"thresholdsStyle":{"mode":"off"}},"mappings":[],"thresholds":{"mode":"absolute","steps":[{"color":"green","value":null},{"color":"red","value":80}]},"unitScale":true},"overrides":[]},"gridPos":{"h":8,"w":12,"x":0,"y":0},"id":1,"options":{"legend":{"calcs":[],"displayMode":"list","placement":"bottom","showLegend":true},"tooltip":{"mode":"single","sort":"none"}},"pluginVersion":"10.4.0-pre","snapshotData":[{"fields":[{"config":{"color":{"mode":"palette-classic"},"custom":{"axisBorderShow":false,"axisCenteredZero":false,"axisColorMode":"text","axisPlacement":"auto","barAlignment":0,"drawStyle":"line","fillOpacity":43,"gradientMode":"opacity","hideFrom":{"legend":false,"tooltip":false,"viz":false},"lineInterpolation":"smooth","lineWidth":1,"pointSize":5,"showPoints":"auto","thresholdsStyle":{"mode":"off"}},"thresholds":{"mode":"absolute","steps":[{"color":"green","value":null},{"color":"red","value":80}]},"unitScale":true},"name":"time","type":"time","values":[1706030536378,1706034856378,1706039176378,1706043496378,1706047816378,1706052136378]},{"config":{"color":{"mode":"palette-classic"},"custom":{"axisBorderShow":false,"axisCenteredZero":false,"axisColorMode":"text","axisLabel":"","axisPlacement":"auto","barAlignment":0,"drawStyle":"line","fillOpacity":43,"gradientMode":"opacity","hideFrom":{"legend":false,"tooltip":false,"viz":false},"insertNulls":false,"lineInterpolation":"smooth","lineWidth":1,"pointSize":5,"scaleDistribution":{"type":"linear"},"showPoints":"auto","spanNulls":false,"stacking":{"group":"A","mode":"none"},"thresholdsStyle":{"mode":"off"}},"mappings":[],"thresholds":{"mode":"absolute","steps":[{"color":"green","value":null},{"color":"red","value":80}]},"unitScale":true},"name":"A-series","type":"number","values":[1,20,90,30,50,0]}],"refId":"A"}],"targets":[],"title":"Simple example","type":"timeseries","links":[]}],"refresh":"","schemaVersion":39,"snapshot":{"timestamp":"2024-01-23T23:22:16.377Z"},"tags":[],"templating":{"list":[]},"time":{"from":"2024-01-23T17:22:20.380Z","to":"2024-01-23T23:22:20.380Z","raw":{"from":"now-6h","to":"now"}},"timepicker":{},"timezone":"","title":"simple and small","uid":"b22ec8db-399b-403b-b6c7-b0fb30ccb2a5","version":1,"weekStart":""},"name":"simple and small","expires":86400}`
 	createRsp := defs["github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apissnapshot/v0alpha1.DashboardCreateResponse"].Schema
+	getSettingsRsp := defs["github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apissnapshot/v0alpha1.SnapshotSharingOptions"].Schema
+	getSettingsRspExample := `{"snapshotsEnabled":true,"externalSnapshotURL":"https://externalurl.com","externalSnapshotName":"external","externalEnabled":true}`
 
 	return &builder.APIRoutes{
 		Namespace: []builder.APIRouteHandler{
@@ -167,5 +169,84 @@ func GetRoutes(service dashboardsnapshots.Service, options dashv0.SnapshotSharin
 					})
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				Path: prefix + "/settings",
+				Spec: &spec3.PathProps{
+					Get: &spec3.Operation{
+						VendorExtensible: spec.VendorExtensible{
+							Extensions: map[string]any{
+								"x-grafana-action": "get",
+								"x-kubernetes-group-version-kind": metav1.GroupVersionKind{
+									Group:   dashv0.GROUP,
+									Version: dashv0.VERSION,
+									Kind:    "SnapshotSharingOptions",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						OperationProps: spec3.OperationProps{
+							Tags:        tags,
+							OperationId: "getSnapshotSettings",
+							Description: "Get Snapshot sharing settings",
+							Parameters: []*spec3.Parameter{
+								{
+									ParameterProps: spec3.ParameterProps{
+										Name:        "namespace",
+										In:          "path",
+										Required:    true,
+										Example:     "default",
+										Description: "workspace",
+										Schema:      spec.StringProperty(),
+									},
+								},
+							},
+							Responses: &spec3.Responses{
+								ResponsesProps: spec3.ResponsesProps{
+									StatusCodeResponses: map[int]*spec3.Response{
+										200: {
+											ResponseProps: spec3.ResponseProps{
+												Content: map[string]*spec3.MediaType{
+													"application/json": {
+														MediaTypeProps: spec3.MediaTypeProps{
+															Schema:  &getSettingsRsp,
+															Example: getSettingsRspExample,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Handler: func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+					user, err := identity.GetRequester(r.Context())
+					if err != nil {
+						errhttp.Write(r.Context(), err, w)
+						return
+					}
+					wrap := &contextmodel.ReqContext{
+						Context: &web.Context{
+							Req:  r,
+							Resp: web.NewResponseWriter(r.Method, w),
+						},
+					}
+
+					vars := mux.Vars(r)
+					info, err := authlib.ParseNamespace(vars["namespace"])
+					if err != nil {
+						wrap.JsonApiErr(http.StatusBadRequest, "expected namespace", nil)
+						return
+					}
+					if info.OrgID != user.GetOrgID() {
+						wrap.JsonApiErr(http.StatusBadRequest,
+							fmt.Sprintf("user orgId does not match namespace (%d != %d)", info.OrgID, user.GetOrgID()), nil)
+						return
+					}
+
+					wrap.JSON(http.StatusOK, options)
+				},
+			},
 		}}
 }

pkg/registry/apis/dashboard/snapshot/snapshot_legacy_store.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package snapshot
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ type SnapshotLegacyStore struct {
 	ResourceInfo utils.ResourceInfo
 	Service      dashboardsnapshots.Service
 	Namespacer   request.NamespaceMapper
-	Options      dashV0.SnapshotSharingOptions
 }
 
 func (s *SnapshotLegacyStore) New() runtime.Object {
@@ -117,15 +115,6 @@ func (s *SnapshotLegacyStore) List(ctx context.Context, options *internalversion
 }
 
 func (s *SnapshotLegacyStore) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options *metav1.GetOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
-	info, err := request.NamespaceInfoFrom(ctx, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	err = s.checkEnabled(info.Value)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	query := dashboardsnapshots.GetDashboardSnapshotQuery{
 		Key: name,
 	}
@@ -140,10 +129,3 @@ func (s *SnapshotLegacyStore) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options *met
 	}
 	return nil, s.ResourceInfo.NewNotFound(name)
 }
-
-func (s *SnapshotLegacyStore) checkEnabled(ns string) error {
-	if !s.Options.SnapshotsEnabled {
-		return fmt.Errorf("snapshots not enabled")
-	}
-	return nil
-}

pkg/server/wire_gen.go

@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ func Initialize(ctx context.Context, cfg *setting.Cfg, opts Options, apiOpts api
 	ldapImpl := service12.ProvideService(cfg, featureToggles, ssosettingsimplService)
 	apiService := api4.ProvideService(cfg, routeRegisterImpl, accessControl, userService, authinfoimplService, ossGroups, identitySynchronizer, orgService, ldapImpl, userAuthTokenService, bundleregistryService)
 	dashboardActivityChannel := live.ProvideDashboardActivityChannel(grafanaLive)
-	dashboardsAPIBuilder := dashboard.RegisterAPIService(cfg, featureToggles, apiserverService, dashboardService, dashboardProvisioningService, service15, dashboardServiceImpl, dashboardPermissionsService, accessControl, accessClient, provisioningServiceImpl, dashboardsStore, registerer, sqlStore, tracingService, resourceClient, dualwriteService, sortService, quotaService, libraryPanelService, eventualRestConfigProvider, userService, libraryElementService, publicDashboardServiceImpl, serviceImpl, dashboardActivityChannel)
+	dashboardsAPIBuilder := dashboard.RegisterAPIService(featureToggles, apiserverService, dashboardService, dashboardProvisioningService, service15, dashboardServiceImpl, dashboardPermissionsService, accessControl, accessClient, provisioningServiceImpl, dashboardsStore, registerer, sqlStore, tracingService, resourceClient, dualwriteService, sortService, quotaService, libraryPanelService, eventualRestConfigProvider, userService, libraryElementService, publicDashboardServiceImpl, serviceImpl, dashboardActivityChannel, configProvider)
 	dataSourceAPIBuilder, err := datasource.RegisterAPIService(featureToggles, apiserverService, middlewareHandler, scopedPluginDatasourceProvider, plugincontextProvider, accessControl, registerer, sourcesService)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ func InitializeForTest(ctx context.Context, t sqlutil.ITestDB, testingT interfac
 	ldapImpl := service12.ProvideService(cfg, featureToggles, ssosettingsimplService)
 	apiService := api4.ProvideService(cfg, routeRegisterImpl, accessControl, userService, authinfoimplService, ossGroups, identitySynchronizer, orgService, ldapImpl, userAuthTokenService, bundleregistryService)
 	dashboardActivityChannel := live.ProvideDashboardActivityChannel(grafanaLive)
-	dashboardsAPIBuilder := dashboard.RegisterAPIService(cfg, featureToggles, apiserverService, dashboardService, dashboardProvisioningService, service15, dashboardServiceImpl, dashboardPermissionsService, accessControl, accessClient, provisioningServiceImpl, dashboardsStore, registerer, sqlStore, tracingService, resourceClient, dualwriteService, sortService, quotaService, libraryPanelService, eventualRestConfigProvider, userService, libraryElementService, publicDashboardServiceImpl, serviceImpl, dashboardActivityChannel)
+	dashboardsAPIBuilder := dashboard.RegisterAPIService(featureToggles, apiserverService, dashboardService, dashboardProvisioningService, service15, dashboardServiceImpl, dashboardPermissionsService, accessControl, accessClient, provisioningServiceImpl, dashboardsStore, registerer, sqlStore, tracingService, resourceClient, dualwriteService, sortService, quotaService, libraryPanelService, eventualRestConfigProvider, userService, libraryElementService, publicDashboardServiceImpl, serviceImpl, dashboardActivityChannel, configProvider)
 	dataSourceAPIBuilder, err := datasource.RegisterAPIService(featureToggles, apiserverService, middlewareHandler, scopedPluginDatasourceProvider, plugincontextProvider, accessControl, registerer, sourcesService)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err

pkg/services/apiserver/auth/authorizer/role.go

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ var _ authorizer.Authorizer = &roleAuthorizer{}
 
 var orgRoleNoneAsViewerAPIGroups = []string{
 	"productactivation.ext.grafana.com",
+	// playlist can be removed after this issue is resolved: https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/115712
+	"playlist.grafana.app",
 }
 
 type roleAuthorizer struct{}

pkg/services/auth/auth.go

@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ const (
 
 // Typed errors
 var (
-	ErrUserTokenNotFound       = errors.New("user token not found")
-	ErrInvalidSessionToken     = usertoken.ErrInvalidSessionToken
-	ErrExternalSessionNotFound = errors.New("external session not found")
+	ErrUserTokenNotFound            = errors.New("user token not found")
+	ErrInvalidSessionToken          = usertoken.ErrInvalidSessionToken
+	ErrExternalSessionNotFound      = errors.New("external session not found")
+	ErrExternalSessionTokenNotFound = errors.New("session token was nil")
 )
 
 type (

pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go

@@ -490,8 +490,9 @@ var (
 		{
 			Name:        "cloudWatchBatchQueries",
 			Description: "Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches",
-			Stage:       FeatureStagePublicPreview,
+			Stage:       FeatureStageGeneralAvailability,
 			Owner:       awsDatasourcesSquad,
+			Expression:  "true",
 		},
 		{
 			Name:         "cachingOptimizeSerializationMemoryUsage",
@@ -572,13 +573,6 @@ var (
 			FrontendOnly: false, // The restore backend feature changes behavior based on this flag
 			Owner:        grafanaDashboardsSquad,
 		},
-		{
-			Name:         "kubernetesDashboardsV2",
-			Description:  "Use the v2 kubernetes API in the frontend for dashboards",
-			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
-			FrontendOnly: false,
-			Owner:        grafanaDashboardsSquad,
-		},
 		{
 			Name:         "dashboardUndoRedo",
 			Description:  "Enables undo/redo in dynamic dashboards",
@@ -688,6 +682,14 @@ var (
 			HideFromDocs:    true,
 			RequiresRestart: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:            "auditLoggingAppPlatform",
+			Description:     "Enable audit logging with Kubernetes under app platform",
+			Stage:           FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:           grafanaOperatorExperienceSquad,
+			HideFromDocs:    true,
+			RequiresRestart: true,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:        "secretsManagementAppPlatform",
 			Description: "Enable the secrets management API and services under app platform",

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ queryService,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,true,
 queryServiceWithConnections,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,true,false
 queryServiceRewrite,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,true,false
 queryServiceFromUI,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,false,true
-cloudWatchBatchQueries,preview,@grafana/aws-datasources,false,false,false
+cloudWatchBatchQueries,GA,@grafana/aws-datasources,false,false,false
 cachingOptimizeSerializationMemoryUsage,experimental,@grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad,false,false,false
 alertmanagerRemoteSecondary,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
 alertingProvenanceLockWrites,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ dashboardSceneForViewers,GA,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true
 dashboardSceneSolo,GA,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true
 dashboardScene,GA,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true
 dashboardNewLayouts,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,false
-kubernetesDashboardsV2,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,false
 dashboardUndoRedo,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true
 unlimitedLayoutsNesting,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true
 drilldownRecommendations,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true
@@ -95,6 +94,7 @@ kubernetesFeatureToggles,experimental,@grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad
 cloudRBACRoles,preview,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,true,false
 alertingQueryOptimization,GA,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
 jitterAlertRulesWithinGroups,preview,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,true,false
+auditLoggingAppPlatform,experimental,@grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad,false,true,false
 secretsManagementAppPlatform,experimental,@grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad,false,false,false
 secretsManagementAppPlatformUI,experimental,@grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad,false,false,false
 alertingSaveStatePeriodic,privatePreview,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go

@@ -259,10 +259,6 @@ const (
 	// Enables experimental new dashboard layouts
 	FlagDashboardNewLayouts = "dashboardNewLayouts"
 
-	// FlagKubernetesDashboardsV2
-	// Use the v2 kubernetes API in the frontend for dashboards
-	FlagKubernetesDashboardsV2 = "kubernetesDashboardsV2"
-
 	// FlagPdfTables
 	// Enables generating table data as PDF in reporting
 	FlagPdfTables = "pdfTables"
@@ -279,6 +275,10 @@ const (
 	// Distributes alert rule evaluations more evenly over time, including spreading out rules within the same group. Disables sequential evaluation if enabled.
 	FlagJitterAlertRulesWithinGroups = "jitterAlertRulesWithinGroups"
 
+	// FlagAuditLoggingAppPlatform
+	// Enable audit logging with Kubernetes under app platform
+	FlagAuditLoggingAppPlatform = "auditLoggingAppPlatform"
+
 	// FlagSecretsManagementAppPlatform
 	// Enable the secrets management API and services under app platform
 	FlagSecretsManagementAppPlatform = "secretsManagementAppPlatform"

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json

@@ -658,6 +658,20 @@
         "frontend": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "auditLoggingAppPlatform",
+        "resourceVersion": "1767013056996",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-12-29T12:57:36Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enable audit logging with Kubernetes under app platform",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad",
+        "requiresRestart": true,
+        "hideFromDocs": true
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "authZGRPCServer",
@@ -860,13 +874,17 @@
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "cloudWatchBatchQueries",
-        "resourceVersion": "1764664939750",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2023-10-20T19:09:41Z"
+        "resourceVersion": "1767124751522",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2023-10-20T19:09:41Z",
+        "annotations": {
+          "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2025-12-30 19:59:11.522773 +0000 UTC"
+        }
       },
       "spec": {
         "description": "Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches",
-        "stage": "preview",
-        "codeowner": "@grafana/aws-datasources"
+        "stage": "GA",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/aws-datasources",
+        "expression": "true"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -2003,8 +2021,9 @@
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "kubernetesDashboardsV2",
-        "resourceVersion": "1764664939750",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2025-12-02T08:42:19Z"
+        "resourceVersion": "1764236054307",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-11-27T09:34:14Z",
+        "deletionTimestamp": "2025-12-05T13:43:57Z"
       },
       "spec": {
         "description": "Use the v2 kubernetes API in the frontend for dashboards",

pkg/services/ngalert/api/api.go

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (api *API) RegisterAPIEndpoints(m *metrics.API) {
 			authz:           ruleAuthzService,
 			evaluator:       api.EvaluatorFactory,
 			cfg:             &api.Cfg.UnifiedAlerting,
-			backtesting:     backtesting.NewEngine(api.AppUrl, api.EvaluatorFactory, api.Tracer),
+			backtesting:     backtesting.NewEngine(api.AppUrl, api.EvaluatorFactory, api.Tracer, api.Cfg.UnifiedAlerting, api.FeatureManager),
 			featureManager:  api.FeatureManager,
 			appUrl:          api.AppUrl,
 			tracer:          api.Tracer,

pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_testing.go

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/state"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/store"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 )
 
 type folderService interface {
@@ -230,54 +229,27 @@ func (srv TestingApiSrv) BacktestAlertRule(c *contextmodel.ReqContext, cmd apimo
 		return ErrResp(http.StatusNotFound, nil, "Backgtesting API is not enabled")
 	}
 
-	if cmd.From.After(cmd.To) {
-		return ErrResp(400, nil, "From cannot be greater than To")
-	}
-
-	noDataState, err := ngmodels.NoDataStateFromString(string(cmd.NoDataState))
-
+	rule, err := apivalidation.ValidateBacktestConfig(c.GetOrgID(), cmd, apivalidation.RuleLimitsFromConfig(srv.cfg, srv.featureManager))
 	if err != nil {
-		return ErrResp(400, err, "")
-	}
-	forInterval := time.Duration(cmd.For)
-	if forInterval < 0 {
-		return ErrResp(400, nil, "Bad For interval")
+		return ErrResp(http.StatusBadRequest, err, "")
 	}
 
-	intervalSeconds, err := apivalidation.ValidateInterval(time.Duration(cmd.Interval), srv.cfg.BaseInterval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ErrResp(400, err, "")
-	}
-
-	queries := AlertQueriesFromApiAlertQueries(cmd.Data)
-	if err := srv.authz.AuthorizeDatasourceAccessForRule(c.Req.Context(), c.SignedInUser, &ngmodels.AlertRule{Data: queries}); err != nil {
+	if err := srv.authz.AuthorizeDatasourceAccessForRule(c.Req.Context(), c.SignedInUser, rule); err != nil {
 		return errorToResponse(err)
 	}
 
-	rule := &ngmodels.AlertRule{
-		// ID:             0,
-		// Updated:        time.Time{},
-		// Version:        0,
-		// NamespaceUID:   "",
-		// DashboardUID:   nil,
-		// PanelID:        nil,
-		// RuleGroup:      "",
-		// RuleGroupIndex: 0,
-		// ExecErrState:   "",
-		Title: cmd.Title,
-		// prefix backtesting- is to distinguish between executions of regular rule and backtesting in logs (like expression engine, evaluator, state manager etc)
-		UID:             "backtesting-" + util.GenerateShortUID(),
-		OrgID:           c.GetOrgID(),
-		Condition:       cmd.Condition,
-		Data:            queries,
-		IntervalSeconds: intervalSeconds,
-		NoDataState:     noDataState,
-		For:             forInterval,
-		Annotations:     cmd.Annotations,
-		Labels:          cmd.Labels,
+	// Fetch folder path for alert labels, fallback to "Backtesting" if not available
+	var folderTitle string
+	if cmd.NamespaceUID != "" {
+		f, err := srv.folderService.GetNamespaceByUID(c.Req.Context(), cmd.NamespaceUID, c.OrgID, c.SignedInUser)
+		if err != nil {
+			srv.log.FromContext(c.Req.Context()).Warn("Failed to fetch folder path for alert labels", "error", err)
+		} else {
+			folderTitle = f.Fullpath
+		}
 	}
 
-	result, err := srv.backtesting.Test(c.Req.Context(), c.SignedInUser, rule, cmd.From, cmd.To)
+	result, err := srv.backtesting.Test(c.Req.Context(), c.SignedInUser, rule, cmd.From, cmd.To, folderTitle)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, backtesting.ErrInvalidInputData) {
 			return ErrResp(400, err, "Failed to evaluate")
@@ -285,9 +257,5 @@ func (srv TestingApiSrv) BacktestAlertRule(c *contextmodel.ReqContext, cmd apimo
 		return ErrResp(500, err, "Failed to evaluate")
 	}
 
-	body, err := data.FrameToJSON(result, data.IncludeAll)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ErrResp(500, err, "Failed to convert frame to JSON")
-	}
-	return response.JSON(http.StatusOK, body)
+	return response.JSONStreaming(http.StatusOK, result)
 }

pkg/services/ngalert/api/authorization.go

@@ -81,9 +81,15 @@ func (api *API) authorize(method, path string) web.Handler {
 		// additional authorization is done in the request handler
 		eval = ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingRuleRead)
 	// Grafana Rules Testing Paths
-	case http.MethodPost + "/api/v1/rule/backtest":
+	case http.MethodPost + "/api/v1/rule/backtest": // TODO (yuri) this should be protected by dedicated permission
 		// additional authorization is done in the request handler
-		eval = ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingRuleRead)
+		eval = ac.EvalAll(
+			ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingRuleRead),
+			ac.EvalAny(
+				ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingRuleUpdate),
+				ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingRuleCreate),
+			),
+		)
 	case http.MethodPost + "/api/v1/eval":
 		// additional authorization is done in the request handler
 		eval = ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionAlertingRuleRead)

pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/definitions/testing.go

@@ -221,15 +221,21 @@ type BacktestConfig struct {
 	To       time.Time      `json:"to"`
 	Interval model.Duration `json:"interval,omitempty"`
 
-	Condition string         `json:"condition"`
-	Data      []AlertQuery   `json:"data"`
-	For       model.Duration `json:"for,omitempty"`
+	Condition     string          `json:"condition"`
+	Data          []AlertQuery    `json:"data"`
+	For           *model.Duration `json:"for,omitempty"`
+	KeepFiringFor *model.Duration `json:"keep_firing_for,omitempty"`
 
-	Title       string            `json:"title"`
-	Labels      map[string]string `json:"labels,omitempty"`
-	Annotations map[string]string `json:"annotations,omitempty"`
+	Title  string            `json:"title"`
+	Labels map[string]string `json:"labels,omitempty"`
 
-	NoDataState NoDataState `json:"no_data_state"`
+	NoDataState                 NoDataState         `json:"no_data_state"`
+	ExecErrState                ExecutionErrorState `json:"exec_err_state"`
+	MissingSeriesEvalsToResolve *int64              `json:"missing_series_evals_to_resolve,omitempty"`
+
+	UID          string `json:"uid,omitempty"`
+	RuleGroup    string `json:"rule_group,omitempty"`
+	NamespaceUID string `json:"namespace_uid,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // swagger:model

pkg/services/ngalert/api/validation/api_ruler_validation.go

@@ -249,6 +249,21 @@ func ValidateCondition(condition string, queries []apimodels.AlertQuery, canPatc
 	return nil
 }
 
+func validateGroupInterval(incoming prommodels.Duration, limits RuleLimits) (time.Duration, error) {
+	interval := time.Duration(incoming)
+	if interval == 0 {
+		// if group interval is 0 (undefined) then we automatically fall back to the default interval
+		interval = limits.DefaultRuleEvaluationInterval
+	}
+
+	if interval < 0 || int64(interval.Seconds())%int64(limits.BaseInterval.Seconds()) != 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("rule evaluation interval (%d second) should be positive number that is multiple of the base interval of %d seconds", int64(interval.Seconds()), int64(limits.BaseInterval.Seconds()))
+	}
+
+	// TODO should we validate that interval is >= cfg.MinInterval? Currently, we allow to save but fix the specified interval if it is < cfg.MinInterval
+	return interval, nil
+}
+
 func ValidateInterval(interval, baseInterval time.Duration) (int64, error) {
 	intervalSeconds := int64(interval.Seconds())
 
@@ -336,18 +351,11 @@ func ValidateRuleGroup(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("rule group name is too long. Max length is %d", store.AlertRuleMaxRuleGroupNameLength)
 	}
 
-	interval := time.Duration(ruleGroupConfig.Interval)
-	if interval == 0 {
-		// if group interval is 0 (undefined) then we automatically fall back to the default interval
-		interval = limits.DefaultRuleEvaluationInterval
+	interval, err := validateGroupInterval(ruleGroupConfig.Interval, limits)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if interval < 0 || int64(interval.Seconds())%int64(limits.BaseInterval.Seconds()) != 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("rule evaluation interval (%d second) should be positive number that is multiple of the base interval of %d seconds", int64(interval.Seconds()), int64(limits.BaseInterval.Seconds()))
-	}
-
-	// TODO should we validate that interval is >= cfg.MinInterval? Currently, we allow to save but fix the specified interval if it is < cfg.MinInterval
-
 	// If the rule group is reserved for no-group rules, we cannot have multiple rules in it.
 	if isNoGroupRuleGroup && len(ruleGroupConfig.Rules) > 1 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("rule group %s is reserved for no-group rules and cannot be used for rule groups with multiple rules", ruleGroupConfig.Name)
@@ -410,3 +418,32 @@ func ValidateNotificationSettings(n *apimodels.AlertRuleNotificationSettings) ([
 		s,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+func ValidateBacktestConfig(orgId int64, config apimodels.BacktestConfig, limits RuleLimits) (*ngmodels.AlertRule, error) {
+	if config.From.After(config.To) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid testing range: from %s must be before to %s", config.From, config.To)
+	}
+
+	interval, err := validateGroupInterval(config.Interval, limits)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return ValidateRuleNode(&apimodels.PostableExtendedRuleNode{
+		ApiRuleNode: &apimodels.ApiRuleNode{
+			For:           config.For,
+			KeepFiringFor: config.KeepFiringFor,
+			Labels:        config.Labels,
+			Annotations:   nil,
+		},
+		GrafanaManagedAlert: &apimodels.PostableGrafanaRule{
+			Title:                       config.Title,
+			Condition:                   config.Condition,
+			Data:                        config.Data,
+			UID:                         config.UID,
+			NoDataState:                 config.NoDataState,
+			ExecErrState:                config.ExecErrState,
+			MissingSeriesEvalsToResolve: config.MissingSeriesEvalsToResolve,
+		},
+	}, config.RuleGroup, interval, orgId, config.NamespaceUID, limits)
+}

pkg/services/ngalert/backtesting/engine.go

@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/eval"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/ticker"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/state"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/state/historian"
+	history_model "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/state/historian/model"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 	backtestingEvaluatorFactory = newBacktestingEvaluator
 )
 
-type callbackFunc = func(evaluationIndex int, now time.Time, results eval.Results) error
+type callbackFunc = func(evaluationIndex int, now time.Time, results eval.Results) (bool, error)
 
 type backtestingEvaluator interface {
 	Eval(ctx context.Context, from time.Time, interval time.Duration, evaluations int, callback callbackFunc) error
@@ -40,11 +46,17 @@ type stateManager interface {
 }
 
 type Engine struct {
-	evalFactory        eval.EvaluatorFactory
-	createStateManager func() stateManager
+	evalFactory          eval.EvaluatorFactory
+	createStateManager   func() stateManager
+	disableGrafanaFolder bool
+	featureToggles       featuremgmt.FeatureToggles
+	minInterval          time.Duration
+	baseInterval         time.Duration
+	jitterStrategy       schedule.JitterStrategy
+	maxEvaluations       int
 }
 
-func NewEngine(appUrl *url.URL, evalFactory eval.EvaluatorFactory, tracer tracing.Tracer) *Engine {
+func NewEngine(appUrl *url.URL, evalFactory eval.EvaluatorFactory, tracer tracing.Tracer, cfg setting.UnifiedAlertingSettings, toggles featuremgmt.FeatureToggles) *Engine {
 	return &Engine{
 		evalFactory: evalFactory,
 		createStateManager: func() stateManager {
@@ -60,74 +72,139 @@ func NewEngine(appUrl *url.URL, evalFactory eval.EvaluatorFactory, tracer tracin
 			}
 			return state.NewManager(cfg, state.NewNoopPersister())
 		},
+		disableGrafanaFolder: false,
+		featureToggles:       toggles,
+		minInterval:          cfg.MinInterval,
+		baseInterval:         cfg.BaseInterval,
+		maxEvaluations:       cfg.BacktestingMaxEvaluations,
+		jitterStrategy:       schedule.JitterStrategyFrom(cfg, toggles),
 	}
 }
 
-func (e *Engine) Test(ctx context.Context, user identity.Requester, rule *models.AlertRule, from, to time.Time) (*data.Frame, error) {
-	ruleCtx := models.WithRuleKey(ctx, rule.GetKey())
-	logger := logger.FromContext(ctx)
-
+func (e *Engine) Test(ctx context.Context, user identity.Requester, rule *models.AlertRule, from, to time.Time, folderTitle string) (res *data.Frame, err error) {
+	if rule == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: rule is not defined", ErrInvalidInputData)
+	}
 	if !from.Before(to) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid interval of the backtesting [%d,%d]", ErrInvalidInputData, from.Unix(), to.Unix())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid interval [%d,%d]", ErrInvalidInputData, from.Unix(), to.Unix())
 	}
-	if to.Sub(from).Seconds() < float64(rule.IntervalSeconds) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: interval of the backtesting [%d,%d] is less than evaluation interval [%ds]", ErrInvalidInputData, from.Unix(), to.Unix(), rule.IntervalSeconds)
+
+	ruleCtx := models.WithRuleKey(ctx, rule.GetKey())
+	logger := logger.FromContext(ruleCtx).New("backtesting", util.GenerateShortUID())
+
+	var warns []string
+	if rule.GetInterval() < e.minInterval {
+		logger.Warn("Interval adjusted to minimal interval", "originalInterval", rule.GetInterval(), "adjustedInterval", e.minInterval)
+		rule = rule.Copy()
+		rule.IntervalSeconds = int64(e.minInterval.Seconds())
+		warns = append(warns, fmt.Sprintf("Interval adjusted to minimal interval %ds", rule.IntervalSeconds))
 	}
-	length := int(to.Sub(from).Seconds()) / int(rule.IntervalSeconds)
 
-	stateManager := e.createStateManager()
+	effectiveStrategy := e.jitterStrategy
+	if e.jitterStrategy == schedule.JitterByGroup && (rule.RuleGroup == "" || rule.NamespaceUID == "") ||
+		e.jitterStrategy == schedule.JitterByRule && rule.UID == "" {
+		logger.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Jitter strategy is set to %s, but rule group or namespace is not set. Ignore jitter", e.jitterStrategy))
+		warns = append(warns, fmt.Sprintf("Jitter strategy is set to %s, but rule group or namespace is not set. Ignore jitter. The results of testing will be different than real evaluations", e.jitterStrategy))
+		effectiveStrategy = schedule.JitterNever
+	}
+	jitterOffset := schedule.JitterOffsetInDuration(rule, e.baseInterval, effectiveStrategy)
+	firstEval, err := getFirstEvaluationTime(from, rule, e.baseInterval, jitterOffset)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrInvalidInputData, err)
+	}
 
-	evaluator, err := backtestingEvaluatorFactory(ruleCtx, e.evalFactory, user, rule.GetEvalCondition().WithSource("backtesting"), &schedule.AlertingResultsFromRuleState{
-		Manager: stateManager,
-		Rule:    rule,
-	})
+	evaluations := calculateNumberOfEvaluations(firstEval, to, rule.GetInterval())
+	if e.maxEvaluations > 0 && evaluations > e.maxEvaluations {
+		logger.Warn("Evaluations adjusted to maximal number", "originalEvaluations", evaluations, "adjustedEvaluations", e.maxEvaluations)
+		warns = append(warns, fmt.Sprintf("Number of evaluations are adjusted to the limit of %d evaluations. Requested: %d", e.maxEvaluations, evaluations))
+		evaluations = e.maxEvaluations
+	}
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		if err == nil {
+			logger.Info("Rule testing finished successfully", "duration", time.Since(start))
+		} else {
+			logger.Error("Rule testing finished with error", "duration", time.Since(start), "error", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	stateMgr := e.createStateManager()
+
+	evaluator, err := backtestingEvaluatorFactory(ruleCtx,
+		e.evalFactory,
+		user,
+		rule.GetEvalCondition().WithSource("backtesting"),
+		&schedule.AlertingResultsFromRuleState{
+			Manager: stateMgr,
+			Rule:    rule,
+		},
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Join(ErrInvalidInputData, err)
 	}
 
-	logger.Info("Start testing alert rule", "from", from, "to", to, "interval", rule.IntervalSeconds, "evaluations", length)
+	logger.Info("Start testing alert rule", "from", from, "to", to, "interval", rule.GetInterval(), "firstTick", firstEval, "evaluations", evaluations, "jitterOffset", jitterOffset, "jitterStrategy", effectiveStrategy)
 
-	start := time.Now()
+	var builder *historian.QueryResultBuilder
 
-	tsField := data.NewField("Time", nil, make([]time.Time, length))
-	valueFields := make(map[data.Fingerprint]*data.Field)
-
-	err = evaluator.Eval(ruleCtx, from, time.Duration(rule.IntervalSeconds)*time.Second, length, func(idx int, currentTime time.Time, results eval.Results) error {
-		if idx >= length {
-			logger.Info("Unexpected evaluation. Skipping", "from", from, "to", to, "interval", rule.IntervalSeconds, "evaluationTime", currentTime, "evaluationIndex", idx, "expectedEvaluations", length)
-			return nil
-		}
-		states := stateManager.ProcessEvalResults(ruleCtx, currentTime, rule, results, nil, nil)
-		tsField.Set(idx, currentTime)
-		for _, s := range states {
-			field, ok := valueFields[s.CacheID]
-			if !ok {
-				field = data.NewField("", s.Labels, make([]*string, length))
-				valueFields[s.CacheID] = field
-			}
-			if s.State.State != eval.NoData { // set nil if NoData
-				value := s.State.State.String()
-				if s.StateReason != "" {
-					value += " (" + s.StateReason + ")"
-				}
-				field.Set(idx, &value)
-				continue
-			}
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-	fields := make([]*data.Field, 0, len(valueFields)+1)
-	fields = append(fields, tsField)
-	for _, f := range valueFields {
-		fields = append(fields, f)
+	ruleMeta := history_model.RuleMeta{
+		ID:           rule.ID,
+		OrgID:        rule.OrgID,
+		UID:          rule.UID,
+		Title:        rule.Title,
+		Group:        rule.RuleGroup,
+		NamespaceUID: rule.NamespaceUID,
+		// DashboardUID: "",
+		// PanelID:      0,
+		Condition: rule.Condition,
 	}
-	result := data.NewFrame("Testing results", fields...)
-
+	labels := map[string]string{
+		historian.OrgIDLabel:     fmt.Sprint(ruleMeta.OrgID),
+		historian.GroupLabel:     fmt.Sprint(ruleMeta.Group),
+		historian.FolderUIDLabel: fmt.Sprint(rule.NamespaceUID),
+	}
+	labelsBytes, err := json.Marshal(labels)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	logger.Info("Rule testing finished successfully", "duration", time.Since(start))
-	return result, nil
+
+	// Ensure fallback if empty string is passed
+	if folderTitle == "" {
+		folderTitle = "Backtesting"
+	}
+	extraLabels := state.GetRuleExtraLabels(logger, rule, folderTitle, !e.disableGrafanaFolder, e.featureToggles)
+
+	processFn := func(idx int, currentTime time.Time, results eval.Results) (bool, error) {
+		// init the builder. Do the best guess for the size of the result
+		if builder == nil {
+			builder = historian.NewQueryResultBuilder(evaluations * len(results))
+			for _, warn := range warns {
+				builder.AddWarn(warn)
+			}
+		}
+		states := stateMgr.ProcessEvalResults(ruleCtx, currentTime, rule, results, extraLabels, nil)
+		for _, s := range states {
+			if !historian.ShouldRecord(s) {
+				continue
+			}
+			entry := historian.StateTransitionToLokiEntry(ruleMeta, s)
+			err := builder.AddRow(currentTime, entry, labelsBytes)
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, err
+			}
+		}
+		return idx <= evaluations, nil
+	}
+
+	err = evaluator.Eval(ruleCtx, firstEval, rule.GetInterval(), evaluations, processFn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if builder == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("no results were produced")
+	}
+	return builder.ToFrame(), nil
 }
 
 func newBacktestingEvaluator(ctx context.Context, evalFactory eval.EvaluatorFactory, user identity.Requester, condition models.Condition, reader eval.AlertingResultsReader) (backtestingEvaluator, error) {
@@ -173,3 +250,53 @@ type NoopImageService struct{}
 func (s *NoopImageService) NewImage(_ context.Context, _ *models.AlertRule) (*models.Image, error) {
 	return &models.Image{}, nil
 }
+
+func getNextEvaluationTime(currentTime time.Time, rule *models.AlertRule, baseInterval time.Duration, jitterOffset time.Duration) (time.Time, error) {
+	if rule.IntervalSeconds%int64(baseInterval.Seconds()) != 0 {
+		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("interval %ds is not divisible by base interval %ds", rule.IntervalSeconds, int64(baseInterval.Seconds()))
+	}
+
+	freq := rule.IntervalSeconds / int64(baseInterval.Seconds())
+
+	firstTickNum := currentTime.Unix() / int64(baseInterval.Seconds())
+
+	jitterOffsetTicks := int64(jitterOffset / baseInterval)
+
+	firstEvalTickNum := firstTickNum + (jitterOffsetTicks-(firstTickNum%freq)+freq)%freq
+
+	return time.Unix(firstEvalTickNum*int64(baseInterval.Seconds()), 0), nil
+}
+
+func getFirstEvaluationTime(from time.Time, rule *models.AlertRule, baseInterval time.Duration, jitterOffset time.Duration) (time.Time, error) {
+	// Now calculate the time of the tick the same way as in the scheduler
+	firstTick := ticker.GetStartTick(from, baseInterval)
+
+	// calculate time of the first evaluation that is at or after the first tick
+	firstEval, err := getNextEvaluationTime(firstTick, rule, baseInterval, jitterOffset)
+	if err != nil {
+		return time.Time{}, err
+	}
+
+	// Ensure firstEval is at or after from
+	// Calculate how many intervals to skip to get past 'from'
+	if firstEval.Before(from) {
+		diff := from.Sub(firstEval)
+		interval := rule.GetInterval()
+		// Ceiling division: how many intervals needed to cover the difference
+		intervalsToAdd := (diff + interval - 1) / interval
+		firstEval = firstEval.Add(interval * intervalsToAdd)
+	}
+
+	return firstEval, nil
+}
+
+func calculateNumberOfEvaluations(firstEval, to time.Time, interval time.Duration) int {
+	var evaluations int
+	if to.After(firstEval) {
+		evaluations = int(to.Sub(firstEval).Seconds()) / int(interval.Seconds())
+	}
+	if evaluations == 0 {
+		evaluations = 1
+	}
+	return evaluations
+}

pkg/services/ngalert/backtesting/engine_test.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -14,9 +13,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/eval"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/eval/eval_mocks"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/state"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 )
@@ -158,16 +159,6 @@ func TestNewBacktestingEvaluator(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEvaluatorTest(t *testing.T) {
-	states := []eval.State{eval.Normal, eval.Alerting, eval.Pending}
-	generateState := func(prefix string) *state.State {
-		labels := models.GenerateAlertLabels(rand.Intn(5)+1, prefix+"-")
-		return &state.State{
-			CacheID: labels.Fingerprint(),
-			Labels:  labels,
-			State:   states[rand.Intn(len(states))],
-		}
-	}
-
 	randomResultCallback := func(now time.Time) (eval.Results, error) {
 		return eval.GenerateResults(rand.Intn(5)+1, eval.ResultGen()), nil
 	}
@@ -189,84 +180,17 @@ func TestEvaluatorTest(t *testing.T) {
 		createStateManager: func() stateManager {
 			return manager
 		},
+		disableGrafanaFolder: false,
+		featureToggles:       featuremgmt.WithFeatures(),
+		minInterval:          1 * time.Second,
+		baseInterval:         1 * time.Second,
+		jitterStrategy:       schedule.JitterNever,
+		maxEvaluations:       10000,
 	}
 	gen := models.RuleGen
 	rule := gen.With(gen.WithInterval(time.Second)).GenerateRef()
 	ruleInterval := time.Duration(rule.IntervalSeconds) * time.Second
 
-	t.Run("should return data frame in specific format", func(t *testing.T) {
-		from := time.Unix(0, 0)
-		to := from.Add(5 * ruleInterval)
-		allStates := [...]eval.State{eval.Normal, eval.Alerting, eval.Pending, eval.NoData, eval.Error}
-
-		var states []state.StateTransition
-
-		for _, s := range allStates {
-			labels := models.GenerateAlertLabels(rand.Intn(5)+1, s.String()+"-")
-			states = append(states, state.StateTransition{
-				State: &state.State{
-					CacheID:     labels.Fingerprint(),
-					Labels:      labels,
-					State:       s,
-					StateReason: util.GenerateShortUID(),
-				},
-			})
-		}
-
-		manager.stateCallback = func(now time.Time) []state.StateTransition {
-			return states
-		}
-
-		frame, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to)
-
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Len(t, frame.Fields, len(states)+1) // +1 - timestamp
-
-		t.Run("should contain field Time", func(t *testing.T) {
-			timestampField, _ := frame.FieldByName("Time")
-			require.NotNil(t, timestampField, "frame does not contain field 'Time'")
-			require.Equal(t, data.FieldTypeTime, timestampField.Type())
-		})
-
-		fieldByState := make(map[data.Fingerprint]*data.Field, len(states))
-
-		t.Run("should contain a field per state", func(t *testing.T) {
-			for _, s := range states {
-				var f *data.Field
-				for _, field := range frame.Fields {
-					if field.Labels.String() == s.Labels.String() {
-						f = field
-						break
-					}
-				}
-				require.NotNilf(t, f, "Cannot find a field by state labels")
-				fieldByState[s.CacheID] = f
-			}
-		})
-
-		t.Run("should be populated with correct values", func(t *testing.T) {
-			timestampField, _ := frame.FieldByName("Time")
-			expectedLength := timestampField.Len()
-			for _, field := range frame.Fields {
-				require.Equalf(t, expectedLength, field.Len(), "Field %s should have the size %d", field.Name, expectedLength)
-			}
-			for i := 0; i < expectedLength; i++ {
-				expectedTime := from.Add(time.Duration(int64(i)*rule.IntervalSeconds) * time.Second)
-				require.Equal(t, expectedTime, timestampField.At(i).(time.Time))
-				for _, s := range states {
-					f := fieldByState[s.CacheID]
-					if s.State.State == eval.NoData {
-						require.Nil(t, f.At(i))
-					} else {
-						v := f.At(i).(*string)
-						require.NotNilf(t, v, "Field [%s] value at index %d should not be nil", s.CacheID, i)
-						require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", s.State.State, s.StateReason), *v)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		})
-	})
-
 	t.Run("should not fail if 'to-from' is not times of interval", func(t *testing.T) {
 		from := time.Unix(0, 0)
 		to := from.Add(5 * ruleInterval)
@@ -287,84 +211,26 @@ func TestEvaluatorTest(t *testing.T) {
 			return states
 		}
 
-		frame, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to)
+		frame, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to, "")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		expectedLen := frame.Rows()
 		for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
 			jitter := time.Duration(rand.Int63n(ruleInterval.Milliseconds())) * time.Millisecond
-			frame, err = engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to.Add(jitter))
+			frame, err = engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to.Add(jitter), "")
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Equalf(t, expectedLen, frame.Rows(), "jitter %v caused result to be different that base-line", jitter)
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("should backfill field with nulls if a new dimension created in the middle", func(t *testing.T) {
-		from := time.Unix(0, 0)
-
-		state1 := state.StateTransition{
-			State: generateState("1"),
-		}
-		state2 := state.StateTransition{
-			State: generateState("2"),
-		}
-		state3 := state.StateTransition{
-			State: generateState("3"),
-		}
-		stateByTime := map[time.Time][]state.StateTransition{
-			from:                       {state1, state2},
-			from.Add(1 * ruleInterval): {state1, state2},
-			from.Add(2 * ruleInterval): {state1, state2},
-			from.Add(3 * ruleInterval): {state1, state2, state3},
-			from.Add(4 * ruleInterval): {state1, state2, state3},
-		}
-		to := from.Add(time.Duration(len(stateByTime)) * ruleInterval)
-
-		manager.stateCallback = func(now time.Time) []state.StateTransition {
-			return stateByTime[now]
-		}
-
-		frame, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		var field3 *data.Field
-		for _, field := range frame.Fields {
-			if field.Labels.String() == state3.Labels.String() {
-				field3 = field
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		require.NotNilf(t, field3, "Result for state 3 was not found")
-		require.Equalf(t, len(stateByTime), field3.Len(), "State3 result has unexpected number of values")
-
-		idx := 0
-		for curTime, states := range stateByTime {
-			value := field3.At(idx).(*string)
-			if len(states) == 2 {
-				require.Nilf(t, value, "The result should be nil if state3 was not available for time %v", curTime)
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
 	t.Run("should fail", func(t *testing.T) {
 		manager.stateCallback = func(now time.Time) []state.StateTransition {
 			return nil
 		}
-
 		t.Run("when interval is not correct", func(t *testing.T) {
 			from := time.Now()
-			t.Run("when from=to", func(t *testing.T) {
-				to := from
-				_, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to)
-				require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrInvalidInputData)
-			})
 			t.Run("when from > to", func(t *testing.T) {
 				to := from.Add(-ruleInterval)
-				_, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to)
-				require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrInvalidInputData)
-			})
-			t.Run("when to-from < interval", func(t *testing.T) {
-				to := from.Add(ruleInterval).Add(-time.Millisecond)
-				_, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to)
+				_, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to, "")
 				require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrInvalidInputData)
 			})
 		})
@@ -376,7 +242,7 @@ func TestEvaluatorTest(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			from := time.Now()
 			to := from.Add(ruleInterval)
-			_, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to)
+			_, err := engine.Test(context.Background(), nil, rule, from, to, "")
 			require.ErrorIs(t, err, expectedError)
 		})
 	})
@@ -404,10 +270,188 @@ func (f *fakeBacktestingEvaluator) Eval(_ context.Context, from time.Time, inter
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		err = callback(idx, now, results)
+		c, err := callback(idx, now, results)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if !c {
+			break
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func TestGetNextEvaluationTime(t *testing.T) {
+	baseInterval := 10 * time.Second
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name             string
+		ruleInterval     int64
+		currentTimestamp int64
+		jitterOffset     time.Duration
+		expectError      bool
+		expectedNext     int64
+	}{
+		{
+			name:             "interval not divisible by base interval",
+			ruleInterval:     15,
+			currentTimestamp: 0,
+			jitterOffset:     0,
+			expectError:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "no jitter - from tick 0",
+			ruleInterval:     20,
+			currentTimestamp: 0,
+			jitterOffset:     0,
+			expectedNext:     0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "no jitter - from tick 1",
+			ruleInterval:     20,
+			currentTimestamp: 10,
+			jitterOffset:     0,
+			expectedNext:     20,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "no jitter - from tick 2",
+			ruleInterval:     20,
+			currentTimestamp: 20,
+			jitterOffset:     0,
+			expectedNext:     20,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "with 20s jitter - from tick 0",
+			ruleInterval:     60,
+			currentTimestamp: 0,
+			jitterOffset:     20 * time.Second,
+			expectedNext:     20,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "with 20s jitter - from tick 2",
+			ruleInterval:     60,
+			currentTimestamp: 20,
+			jitterOffset:     20 * time.Second,
+			expectedNext:     20,
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "with 20s jitter - from tick 3",
+			ruleInterval:     60,
+			currentTimestamp: 30,
+			jitterOffset:     20 * time.Second,
+			expectedNext:     80,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rule := &models.AlertRule{IntervalSeconds: tc.ruleInterval}
+			currentTime := time.Unix(tc.currentTimestamp, 0)
+			result, err := getNextEvaluationTime(currentTime, rule, baseInterval, tc.jitterOffset)
+
+			if tc.expectError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "is not divisible by base interval")
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expectedNext, result.Unix())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFirstEvaluationTime(t *testing.T) {
+	baseInterval := 10 * time.Second
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name         string
+		ruleInterval int64
+		fromUnix     int64
+		jitterOffset time.Duration
+		expectError  bool
+		expectedUnix int64
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "interval not divisible by base interval",
+			ruleInterval: 15,
+			fromUnix:     0,
+			jitterOffset: 0,
+			expectError:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no jitter - from at tick 0",
+			ruleInterval: 20,
+			fromUnix:     0,
+			jitterOffset: 0,
+			expectedUnix: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no jitter - from at tick 1",
+			ruleInterval: 20,
+			fromUnix:     10,
+			jitterOffset: 0,
+			expectedUnix: 20,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no jitter - from before first tick",
+			ruleInterval: 20,
+			fromUnix:     5,
+			jitterOffset: 0,
+			expectedUnix: 20,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no jitter - from after first aligned tick",
+			ruleInterval: 20,
+			fromUnix:     25,
+			jitterOffset: 0,
+			expectedUnix: 40,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no jitter - from at tick boundary",
+			ruleInterval: 10,
+			fromUnix:     10,
+			jitterOffset: 0,
+			expectedUnix: 10,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "with 20s jitter - from epoch",
+			ruleInterval: 60,
+			fromUnix:     0,
+			jitterOffset: 20 * time.Second,
+			expectedUnix: 20,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "with 20s jitter - from 70s",
+			ruleInterval: 60,
+			fromUnix:     70,
+			jitterOffset: 20 * time.Second,
+			expectedUnix: 80,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "with 50s jitter - from 25s",
+			ruleInterval: 60,
+			fromUnix:     25,
+			jitterOffset: 50 * time.Second,
+			expectedUnix: 50,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rule := &models.AlertRule{IntervalSeconds: tc.ruleInterval}
+			from := time.Unix(tc.fromUnix, 0)
+			result, err := getFirstEvaluationTime(from, rule, baseInterval, tc.jitterOffset)
+
+			if tc.expectError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "is not divisible by base interval")
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expectedUnix, result.Unix())
+			require.GreaterOrEqual(t, result.Unix(), from.Unix(), "first eval should be at or after from")
+		})
+	}
+}

pkg/services/ngalert/backtesting/eval_data.go

@@ -85,10 +85,13 @@ func (d *dataEvaluator) Eval(_ context.Context, from time.Time, interval time.Du
 				EvaluatedAt: now,
 			})
 		}
-		err := callback(i, now, result)
+		cont, err := callback(i, now, result)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if !cont {
+			break
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }