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Grafana 13.1.1 Debian upgrade stalls on plugins dir

Debian upgrade to Grafana 13.1.1 fails because the plugins-bundled directory is not empty, leaving dpkg unconfigured.

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4 public reports · first reported 1 August 2026 · last reported 1 August 2026

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What's going wrong

Users upgrading Grafana 13.1.1 on Debian through apt report that the package fails to configure because the plugins-bundled directory is not empty, which leaves dpkg in an unconfigured state and the upgrade pending.

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