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AWS grafana documentation change

Service: grafana · 2026-05-16 · Documentation low

File: grafana/latest/userguide/using-prometheus-datasource.md

Summary

Added important note about removal of SigV4 authentication in Core Prometheus plugin starting in version 12

Security assessment

Change documents migration to new plugin without security justification. No mention of vulnerabilities or security improvements.

Diff

diff --git a/grafana/latest/userguide/using-prometheus-datasource.md b/grafana/latest/userguide/using-prometheus-datasource.md
index 43d257c01..12371062e 100644
--- a//grafana/latest/userguide/using-prometheus-datasource.md
+++ b//grafana/latest/userguide/using-prometheus-datasource.md
@@ -10,0 +11,4 @@ Prometheus settingsPrometheus query editorMetrics browserTemplatingAnnotations
+###### Important
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+Starting in Amazon Managed Grafana version 12, SigV4 authentication support in the Core Prometheus plugin has been removed. All Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus data sources that were previously using the Core Prometheus plugin are automatically migrated to the Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus plugin. Any dashboards using these data sources are automatically updated to reflect this change. See [Connect to an Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus data source](./amazon-prometheus-data-source.html).
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