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Important: This documentation is about an older version. It's relevant only to the release noted, many of the features and functions have been updated or replaced. Please view the current version.

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Release notes for Grafana Tempo are in the CHANGELOG for the release and listed here by version number.

Packages are linked in the Assets section for each Tempo release.

  • Version 2.2 release notes
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