What’s New in InfluxDB 3.9 & Explorer 1.7

What's New with InfluxDB

Newsletter Updates: April 15, 2026

Blog

What's New with the InfluxDB 3 Processing Engine


Since launching the Processing Engine, we’ve been building out both the engine itself and the ecosystem of plugins that run on it. This blog walks you through six new plugins and general improvements to one of InfluxDB 3’s most powerful features.

 
Product

Explorer 1.7 Updates



This release simplifies data management with a new Table UI for viewing and creating tables in-app, InfluxDB import to pull data without custom pipelines, and simplified config for transformation and downsampling plugins — reducing manual overhead as workflows grow.


 
Blog

What’s New in InfluxDB 3.9: More Operational Control and a New Performance Preview


In 3.9, we focused on making InfluxDB more predictable and transparent for operators. This release is packed with a host of quality-of-life improvements and a beta of the key features we have planned for upcoming releases.