# Grafana 13.1, observability as code updates, and more! Canonical: https://brew.new/templates/grafana/grafana-13-1-observability-as-code-updates-and-more Brand: grafana.com Category: newsletter ![Preview of Grafana 13.1, observability as code updates, and more!](https://cdn.brew.new/email-preview-14c6129d0e4438cb-tracking_r57mfecepg0dmy6hva1agx6qcx8dtp07-1793128920790.png) ## Email content Hi there, Here's a roundup of the latest news at Grafana Labs this month, including the Grafana 13.1 release, which adds new observability as code features, extends Grafana Assistant across more of your data, and more. If you're ready to try some of these and other new features yourself, the easiest way to get started is to sign up for the Grafana Cloud free tier, which includes free forever access to 10k metrics, 50GB logs, 50GB traces, and more. Grafana 13.1 is here! Grafana 131 release Grafana 13.1 builds on the foundation laid by Grafana 13 earlier this year, streamlining the day-to-day workflows teams rely on to visualize, analyze, and act on their data. Here are some of the highlights: Grafana Assistant across more data sources: Our AI assistant now supports eight additional data sources—Snowflake, Oracle, Elasticsearch, Dynatrace, Honeycomb, Zabbix, Jira, and MongoDB—making it easier to investigate issues across your observability stack using natural language. Section-level variables: By applying unique variables to each row or tab in a dashboard, you can reduce clutter and improve the overall organization of your dashboards. A revamped query editor: New bulk actions and a stacked view make it easier to build, edit, and manage complex queries. Read more about Grafana 13.1 → Managing dashboards as code: what's new in Git Sync Git Sync in Grafana In Grafana 13.1, Git Sync—a feature that brings native GitOps workflows into your Grafana instance—added several features to give teams more flexibility and control when managing their dashboards as code. These include: Verified (signed) commits: Git Sync can now sign commits with GPG, SSH, or S/MIME keys, enabling compatibility with repositories that require verified commits. Import into a provisioned folder: Import dashboard JSON directly into a Git Sync-provisioned folder, choosing the file path, branch, commit message, and workflow. Folderless sync: Sync dashboards at the root level, without a containing folder, so provisioned dashboards can live alongside your non-provisioned ones. Inline folder README.md: Git Sync–provisioned folders now render their README.md inline by default, so the context for a folder travels with it. To see a demo of these features, check out our Git Sync video. Explore the latest in Git Sync → Unprompted, by Grafana Labs: Explore our new Medium publication Unprompted by Grafana Labs on Medium Community and engineering have always been at the heart of Grafana Labs. That's why we launched Unprompted, a Medium publication that features stories from engineers and community members who are building, troubleshooting, and sharing what they've learned along the way. Here are a few recent stories to get you started: Building the ultimate FIFA World Cup dashboard: Learn how to track your favorite teams, matches, and tournament data, all in Grafana Cloud. How Grafana Assistant investigates incidents: Go behind the scenes to see how the team designed Grafana Assistant Investigations to perform evidence-driven root cause analysis. When IT speaks business: Explore how a real-time public service dashboard helped bridge the gap between IT and business leaders. Follow Unprompted on Medium → Save the date for ObservabilityCON 2026! ObservabilityCON 2026 ObservabilityCON 2026 is heading to San Francisco from October 19–21! Join us at our flagship observability event, where we'll bring together the latest innovations, thought leaders, and experts to help you navigate the AI era. Registration isn't open just yet, but you can sign up now for early access to be first in line for tickets and discount pricing. Can't make it to San Francisco? No worries. ObservabilityCON on the Road, our one-day version of the event, is coming to four cities this fall: São Paulo, London, Madrid, and Bengaluru. Learn more about ObservabilityCON 2026 → Upcoming live demo webinars Join us live for our demo webinars, or sign up now to get links to the on-demand recordings sent straight to your inbox. Upcoming topics include: Getting started with Grafana dashboard design (AMER, July 15) Mastering OpenTelemetry instrumentation and Grafana (AMER, July 22) How to get started with logging using Grafana Loki (EMEA, July 24) View all webinars and videos → From the community Join us at one of the upcoming meetups listed below! You can find your local Grafana & Friends meetup group here. EMEA July 11, Lagos: Grafana & Friends Nigeria: The Production Observability Playbook APAC July 18, Delhi (Noida): Grafana Delhi July 2026 Meetup: Observability, Insights & Impact AMER July 22, Colatina, Brazil: Grafana & Friends Espírito Santo: Observabilidade e IA We're also looking for community members to speak at upcoming meetups! Whether it's a short lightning talk about your Grafana use case or a deep dive into an open source observability topic, we'd love to hear from you. 🧡 Bonus: all meetup speakers receive a community t-shirt. Submit your meetup talk today → Grafana Labs in the news Software Engineering Daily podcast: Grafana's Approach to AI-Native Observability IT Brief: Grafana wins AI customers as observability shifts cloud Kubernetes Bytes podcast: Building Grafana Labs and the Future If you have any questions or if there is anything else we can help provide, just let us know. Until next time, The Grafana Labs Team This email was sent to you@example.com. You may unsubscribe at any time. [Open and remix this design](https://brew.new/templates/grafana/grafana-13-1-observability-as-code-updates-and-more) [Browse email designs](https://brew.new/browse/templates)