💨 Grafana Tempo 2.8 is here!

Learn about the latest #TraceQL features and performance improvements in the open source and high-scale distributed tracing backend.

https://grafana.com/blog/2025/06/12/grafana-tempo-2.8-release-memory-improvements-new-traceql-features-and-more/?camp=blog&mdm=social

Announced at #GrafanaCON, Grafana Traces Drilldown is now generally available!

It enables you to quickly investigate and visualize tracing data through a simplified, point-and-click experience — no #TraceQL required.

https://grafana.com/blog/2025/05/08/traces-drilldown-generally-available/?camp=blog&mdm=social

Distributed traces contain a wealth of information. To get the most from that data we created #TraceQL, a query language for traces, new in Grafana #Tempo 2.0. Get to know TraceQL and how you can put it to use today in this guide.
https://grafana.com/blog/2023/02/07/get-to-know-traceql-a-powerful-new-query-language-for-distributed-tracing/?mdm=social

✨ Grafana Tempo 2.0 is finally here! ✨

Among other updates, Tempo 2.0 comes with two important new features; a new Apache Parquet backend storage format, and #TraceQL, a new language designed for discovering traces.
https://grafana.com/blog/2023/02/01/new-in-grafana-tempo-2.0-apache-parquet-as-the-default-storage-format-support-for-traceql/?mdm=social