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Application Observability (Classic)
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1.60
Grafana Cloud
Observe and act
Monitor applications
Application Observability (Classic)
Release notes
1.60Grafana Cloud
Release notes for Application Observability plugin 1.60
1.60.0
Released on 2025-08-04.
- Enable explicit activation of Application Observability. We no longer bill customers for Application Observability if they are sending the host info metric, but have not opted into Application Observability in Grafana Cloud.
1.60.1
Released on 2025-08-12.
- Fix infinite loading state in the configuration view when adaptive metrics is enabled for
traces_target_infoortarget_infometrics - Plugin assets are now hosted on CDN, which improves load times and reliability
1.60.2
Released on 2025-08-13.
- Improve how labels are fetched from
target_infoin the configuration view - Add confirmation dialog when users deactivate Application Observability
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