This article outlines Grafana Labs' key achievements in 2025, including the launch of Grafana 12 and the introduction of the AI-powered Grafana Assistant. It also discusses significant milestones in open source projects and the expansion of Grafana's community efforts, particularly in Japan.

Grafana Alloy, the OpenTelemetry Collector distribution launched a year ago, has seen significant adoption and development, now supporting over 525,000 active instances. The article highlights Alloy's unique capabilities, including native pipelines for both OpenTelemetry and Prometheus, live debugging features, and Fleet Management for centralized control in Grafana Cloud. Future enhancements are focused on aligning with OpenTelemetry standards and improving user experience for debugging and configuration.