Hello, I have a app plugin with the following actions and scopes in IAM section of the plugin: "iam": { "permissions": [ { "action": "dashboards:read", "scope": "folders:uid:*" }, { "action": "annotations:read", "scope": "annotations:type:*" }, { "action": "datasources:query"…

Ahahah never mind, I figured out what the issue is and what the fix was, I actually implemented it: Extsvcacc: Split permission scope main ← gamab/fix/extsvc-permission opened 04:01PM - 23 Sep 25 U…

It is likely the API endpoint changed in v12.

Hello @academo Thanks for the reply and sorry for late response. I was in vacations. Well, the API endpoint works. If I create a service account token using Admin role and make an API request with that token, it works. The API endpoint works as well when I do the request from the browser (using co…

Hey :wave:, Thanks for posting.I tried to reproduce (with v12.0.3) but “bad luck”, it works on my side :confused:. Nothing in the logs to guide us as to what could be missing when you query the dashboard? Are the permissions correctly granted to your service account? You could check that with: c…

Hello @gabrielmabille Really appreciate your effort in testing it. It is really strange that it works for you!! Did you test it using a plugin? I made a reproducer for quick demo. This demo is based off one of the old plugin examples. Here are the instructions to reproduce the bug. git clone http…

Hey, I finally had time to look into this again. I could indeed reproduce this time but only with a fresh install and the issue is gone after a restart. I spent a while debugging without figuring out where the denial happens. Is it ok for you to use a later version? (I couldn’t reproduce with late…

Thanks a lot for coming back @gabrielmabille Yes, I confirm that with the latest main, it works as expected. Thanks for the PR references!!

Cannot access Grafana API using service account in plugins in Grafana 12.x

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gabrielmabille October 22, 2025, 4:59pm 7

Ahahah never mind, I figured out what the issue is and what the fix was, I actually implemented it:

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Cannot access Grafana API using service account in plugins in Grafana 12.x

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