Grafana 13.2 Ships Saved Queries, GitHub Enterprise Git Sync, and a New View Panel Sidebar
Grafana 13.2 brings a generally available shared query library, Git Sync support for GitHub Enterprise and webhook-based GitLab/BitBucket sync, and a public-preview view panel sidebar for viewers.
Overview
Grafana Labs released Grafana 13.2 on August 20, 2026, adding a generally available shared query library called saved queries, expanded Git Sync support for GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, and BitBucket, and a new view panel sidebar that lets viewers explore dashboard data without edit permissions, according to Grafana Labs. The release is tagged v13.2.0 on the project’s GitHub repository and includes a fix for CVE-2026-17183, according to the release notes.
What We Know
- Saved queries is “now generally available in Grafana Cloud and Grafana Enterprise,” giving organizations a shared library where users can save a query with a title, description, and tags from dashboard panels, Explore, or annotation queries, according to Grafana Labs.
- Anyone in an organization can browse the library, searching by title, description, data source, or query text, with filters for author and tags and the option to star favorites, according to Grafana Labs. Saved queries also supports role-based access control so teams can choose who curates the library and who reuses from it, per the same post.
- Grafana 13.2 adds two new ways to work with saved queries: pressing Cmd/Ctrl+K to open the library from the command palette anywhere in Grafana Cloud or Enterprise, and provisioning saved queries as code through Terraform, according to Grafana Labs.
- Grafana Assistant, the platform’s AI agent, “now supports over 30 data sources” and can help build a saved-query library through natural-language requests; it remains available in Grafana Cloud’s free tier and, since Grafana 13, in self-managed Grafana as well, according to Grafana Labs.
- The new view panel sidebar, in public preview across all editions of Grafana, lets viewers “adjust supported visualization options such as legends and stacking, or use fanout to split a dense graph into separate graphs by series or label value” without edit permissions or changing the saved dashboard, according to Grafana Labs.
- Git Sync, which lets teams manage dashboards as code, now supports GitHub Enterprise in both Server and Cloud versions, and webhooks for GitLab and BitBucket in Grafana OSS and Enterprise, according to Grafana Labs. Commits made through Git Sync can now include authoring information, which the post says “pairs with commit signing for verified authorship.”
- Other changes include a redesigned query variable editor, multi-select grouping to organize multiple dashboard panels into a row or tab at once, Workload Identity Federation support for connecting to BigQuery and Google Cloud Monitoring with short-lived credentials, and a homepage refresh for Grafana OSS and Enterprise that now surfaces firing alerts alongside recent and starred dashboards, according to Grafana Labs.
- The v13.2.0 release on GitHub lists the CVE-2026-17183 security fix alongside a long list of alerting and provisioning enhancements, including changes to import workflows and notification-template handling, according to the GitHub release notes.
What We Don’t Know
Grafana Labs’ post does not give exact rollout timing for when the view panel sidebar or other public-preview features will reach general availability, nor does it detail the scope or severity of CVE-2026-17183 beyond linking to the advisory.
Background
Grafana 13.2 follows the Grafana 13 launch at GrafanaCon 2026 in May, which introduced Git Sync and dynamic dashboards. This release builds on both features, expanding Git Sync’s provider support and adding a shared query layer on top of the dashboarding tools introduced in the spring.