Release Notes

Stay informed about the Business News data source’s development with these release notes, covering new features, enhancements, fixes, and breaking changes across all versions.

Version 4

4.4.0 (2025-07-12)

Announcement

We are announcing the retirement of the Business News data source, effective immediately, as part of our ongoing effort to streamline and modernize our Grafana plugin ecosystem. To ensure uninterrupted access to news and data feeds, we strongly recommend migrating to the Infinity data source, a robust and versatile replacement designed to meet your monitoring and visualization needs.

Why This Change?

The retirement aligns with industry trends toward more integrated and scalable data solutions, addressing the complexities of managing fragmented data sources. The Infinity data source offers enhanced flexibility, supporting a wide range of data formats and real-time updates, making it an ideal choice for business analytics and dashboards.

4.3.0 (2024-12-23)

Focused on improving testing and compatibility with the latest Grafana version.

4.2.0 (2024-09-17)

Optimized testing workflows and updated to the latest Grafana version.

4.1.0 (2024-06-07)

Added new features and updated compatibility with Grafana 11.0.

4.0.0 (2024-05-09)

Breaking Changes

• Rebranded to Business News Data Source
• Requires Grafana 10 or 11

Major rebranding and compatibility update for Grafana 10 and 11.

Version 3

3.1.0 (2024-02-12)

Enhanced headers and updated to Grafana 10.3.1.

3.0.1 (2023-08-02)

Fixed a URL-related bug introduced during migration.

3.0.0 (2023-07-26)

Breaking Changes

Requires Grafana 9 or 10

Major update for Grafana 9 and 10 compatibility with testing improvements.

Version 2

2.4.0 (2023-04-08)

Updated compatibility and enhanced CI workflows.

URL parameters, variables, and Grafana compatibility updates in Business News 2.4.0

2.3.0 (2022-11-16)

Focused on compatibility updates and CI improvements.

2.2.0 (2022-08-25)

Enhanced documentation and rebuilt for Grafana 9.1.1.

2.1.0 (2022-06-23)

Improved YouTube data parsing.

2.0.0 (2022-06-17)

Breaking Changes

Requires Grafana 8.5+ or 9.0+

Major compatibility update for Grafana 8.5+ and 9.0+.

Version 1

1.7.0 (2022-05-21)

Added support for Feed URL query parameters.

1.6.2 (2022-05-13)

Breaking Changes

Requires Grafana 8.3.0 or newer

Compatibility update requiring Grafana 8.3.0 or newer.

1.6.1 (2022-05-13)

Clarified breaking changes and improved test coverage.

1.6.0 (2022-05-12)

Breaking Changes

Automatic parsing of author.name and media:thumbnail.url fields may break templates; replace with author and media:thumbnail (thanks to @vfauth for testing)

Compatibility update and bug fixes for feed parsing.

1.5.0 (2022-04-25)

Added RSS 1.0 support and updated compatibility.

1.4.0 (2022-02-18)

Enhanced time range selection and compatibility updates.

1.3.1 (2022-02-02)

Fixed parsing issues for specific feeds.

1.3.0 (2022-01-24)

Updated documentation and compatibility.

1.2.0 (2022-01-11)

Achieved community plugin status.

1.1.0 (2021-12-27)

Enhanced field extraction and dashboard improvements.

1.0.0 (2021-12-26)

Initial release of the data source plugin.