Merge branch 'main' into nv/10282

* chore: refactored the config builder and added base config builder

* chore: added a common chart wrapper

* chore: tsc fix

* fix: pr review changes

* fix: pr review changes

* chore: added different tooltips

* chore: removed dayjs extention

* feat: added new barpanel component

* fix: added fix for pr review changes

* chore: added support for bar alignment configuration

* chore: updated structure for bar panel

* test: added tests for barpanel hooks + utils

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/VariableItem.test.tsx

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 						order: [],
 						graph: {},
 						parentDependencyGraph: {},
+						transitiveDescendants: {},
 						hasCycle: false,
 					}}
 				/>
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 						order: [],
 						graph: {},
 						parentDependencyGraph: {},
+						transitiveDescendants: {},
 						hasCycle: false,
 					}}
 				/>
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 						order: [],
 						graph: {},
 						parentDependencyGraph: {},
+						transitiveDescendants: {},
 						hasCycle: false,
 					}}
 				/>
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 						order: [],
 						graph: {},
 						parentDependencyGraph: {},
+						transitiveDescendants: {},
 						hasCycle: false,
 					}}
 				/>
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 						order: [],
 						graph: {},
 						parentDependencyGraph: {},
+						transitiveDescendants: {},
 						hasCycle: false,
 					}}
 				/>
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 						order: [],
 						graph: {},
 						parentDependencyGraph: {},
+						transitiveDescendants: {},
 						hasCycle: false,
 					}}
 				/>

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/__test__/VariableItem.defaulting.behavior.test.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const baseDependencyData = {
 	order: [],
 	graph: {},
 	parentDependencyGraph: {},
+	transitiveDescendants: {},
 	hasCycle: false,
 };
 

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/__test__/dashboardVariables.test.tsx

@@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ describe('dashboardVariables - utilities and processors', () => {
 					},
 					hasCycle: false,
 					cycleNodes: undefined,
+					transitiveDescendants: {
+						deployment_environment: ['service_name', 'endpoint', 'http_status_code'],
+						endpoint: ['http_status_code'],
+						environment: [],
+						http_status_code: [],
+						k8s_cluster_name: ['k8s_node_name', 'k8s_namespace_name'],
+						k8s_namespace_name: [],
+						k8s_node_name: ['k8s_namespace_name'],
+						service_name: ['endpoint', 'http_status_code'],
+					},
 				};
 
 				expect(buildDependencyGraph(graph)).toEqual(expected);

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/util.ts

@@ -246,10 +246,26 @@ export const buildDependencyGraph = (
 
 	const hasCycle = topologicalOrder.length !== Object.keys(dependencies)?.length;
 
+	// Pre-compute transitive descendants by walking topological order in reverse.
+	// Each node's transitive descendants = direct children + their transitive descendants.
+	const transitiveDescendants: VariableGraph = {};
+	for (let i = topologicalOrder.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		const node = topologicalOrder[i];
+		const desc = new Set<string>();
+		for (const child of adjList[node] || []) {
+			desc.add(child);
+			for (const d of transitiveDescendants[child] || []) {
+				desc.add(d);
+			}
+		}
+		transitiveDescendants[node] = Array.from(desc);
+	}
+
 	return {
 		order: topologicalOrder,
 		graph: adjList,
 		parentDependencyGraph: buildParentDependencyGraph(adjList),
+		transitiveDescendants,
 		hasCycle,
 		cycleNodes,
 	};

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/visualization/charts/utils/__tests__/stackUtils.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { AlignedData } from 'uplot';
+
+import { getInitialStackedBands, stack } from '../stackUtils';
+
+describe('stackUtils', () => {
+	describe('stack', () => {
+		const neverOmit = (): boolean => false;
+
+		it('preserves time axis as first row', () => {
+			const data: AlignedData = [
+				[100, 200, 300],
+				[1, 2, 3],
+				[4, 5, 6],
+			];
+			const { data: result } = stack(data, neverOmit);
+			expect(result[0]).toEqual([100, 200, 300]);
+		});
+
+		it('stacks value series cumulatively (last = raw, first = total)', () => {
+			// Time, then 3 value series. Stack order: last series stays raw, then we add upward.
+			const data: AlignedData = [
+				[0, 1, 2],
+				[1, 2, 3], // series 1
+				[4, 5, 6], // series 2
+				[7, 8, 9], // series 3
+			];
+			const { data: result } = stack(data, neverOmit);
+			// result[1] = s1+s2+s3, result[2] = s2+s3, result[3] = s3
+			expect(result[1]).toEqual([12, 15, 18]); // 1+4+7, 2+5+8, 3+6+9
+			expect(result[2]).toEqual([11, 13, 15]); // 4+7, 5+8, 6+9
+			expect(result[3]).toEqual([7, 8, 9]);
+		});
+
+		it('treats null values as 0 when stacking', () => {
+			const data: AlignedData = [
+				[0, 1],
+				[1, null],
+				[null, 10],
+			];
+			const { data: result } = stack(data, neverOmit);
+			expect(result[1]).toEqual([1, 10]); // total
+			expect(result[2]).toEqual([0, 10]); // last series with null→0
+		});
+
+		it('copies omitted series as-is without accumulating', () => {
+			// Omit series 2 (index 2); series 1 and 3 are stacked.
+			const data: AlignedData = [
+				[0, 1],
+				[10, 20], // series 1
+				[100, 200], // series 2 - omitted
+				[1, 2], // series 3
+			];
+			const omitSeries2 = (i: number): boolean => i === 2;
+			const { data: result } = stack(data, omitSeries2);
+			// series 3 raw: [1, 2]; series 2 omitted: [100, 200] as-is; series 1 stacked with s3: [11, 22]
+			expect(result[1]).toEqual([11, 22]); // 10+1, 20+2
+			expect(result[2]).toEqual([100, 200]); // copied, not stacked
+			expect(result[3]).toEqual([1, 2]);
+		});
+
+		it('returns bands between consecutive visible series when none omitted', () => {
+			const data: AlignedData = [
+				[0, 1],
+				[1, 2],
+				[3, 4],
+				[5, 6],
+			];
+			const { bands } = stack(data, neverOmit);
+			expect(bands).toEqual([{ series: [1, 2] }, { series: [2, 3] }]);
+		});
+
+		it('returns bands only between visible series when some are omitted', () => {
+			// 4 value series; omit index 2. Visible: 1, 3, 4. Bands: [1,3], [3,4]
+			const data: AlignedData = [[0], [1], [2], [3], [4]];
+			const omitSeries2 = (i: number): boolean => i === 2;
+			const { bands } = stack(data, omitSeries2);
+			expect(bands).toEqual([{ series: [1, 3] }, { series: [3, 4] }]);
+		});
+
+		it('returns empty bands when only one value series', () => {
+			const data: AlignedData = [
+				[0, 1],
+				[1, 2],
+			];
+			const { bands } = stack(data, neverOmit);
+			expect(bands).toEqual([]);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('getInitialStackedBands', () => {
+		it('returns one band between each consecutive pair for seriesCount 3', () => {
+			expect(getInitialStackedBands(3)).toEqual([
+				{ series: [1, 2] },
+				{ series: [2, 3] },
+			]);
+		});
+
+		it('returns empty array for seriesCount 0 or 1', () => {
+			expect(getInitialStackedBands(0)).toEqual([]);
+			expect(getInitialStackedBands(1)).toEqual([]);
+		});
+
+		it('returns single band for seriesCount 2', () => {
+			expect(getInitialStackedBands(2)).toEqual([{ series: [1, 2] }]);
+		});
+
+		it('returns bands [1,2], [2,3], ..., [n-1, n] for seriesCount n', () => {
+			const bands = getInitialStackedBands(5);
+			expect(bands).toEqual([
+				{ series: [1, 2] },
+				{ series: [2, 3] },
+				{ series: [3, 4] },
+				{ series: [4, 5] },
+			]);
+		});
+	});
+});

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/visualization/charts/utils/stackUtils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import uPlot, { AlignedData } from 'uplot';
+
+/**
+ * Stack data cumulatively (top-down: first series = top, last = bottom).
+ * When `omit(seriesIndex)` returns true, that series is excluded from stacking.
+ */
+export function stack(
+	data: AlignedData,
+	omit: (seriesIndex: number) => boolean,
+): { data: AlignedData; bands: uPlot.Band[] } {
+	const timeAxis = data[0];
+	const pointCount = timeAxis.length;
+	const valueSeriesCount = data.length - 1; // exclude time axis
+
+	const stackedSeries = buildStackedSeries({
+		data,
+		valueSeriesCount,
+		pointCount,
+		omit,
+	});
+	const bands = buildFillBands(valueSeriesCount + 1, omit); // +1 for 1-based series indices
+
+	return {
+		data: [timeAxis, ...stackedSeries] as AlignedData,
+		bands,
+	};
+}
+
+interface BuildStackedSeriesParams {
+	data: AlignedData;
+	valueSeriesCount: number;
+	pointCount: number;
+	omit: (seriesIndex: number) => boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Accumulate from last series upward: last series = raw values, first = total.
+ * Omitted series are copied as-is (no accumulation).
+ */
+function buildStackedSeries({
+	data,
+	valueSeriesCount,
+	pointCount,
+	omit,
+}: BuildStackedSeriesParams): (number | null)[][] {
+	const stackedSeries: (number | null)[][] = Array(valueSeriesCount);
+	const cumulativeSums = Array(pointCount).fill(0) as number[];
+
+	for (let seriesIndex = valueSeriesCount; seriesIndex >= 1; seriesIndex--) {
+		const rawValues = data[seriesIndex] as (number | null)[];
+
+		if (omit(seriesIndex)) {
+			stackedSeries[seriesIndex - 1] = rawValues;
+		} else {
+			stackedSeries[seriesIndex - 1] = rawValues.map((rawValue, pointIndex) => {
+				const numericValue = rawValue == null ? 0 : Number(rawValue);
+				return (cumulativeSums[pointIndex] += numericValue);
+			});
+		}
+	}
+
+	return stackedSeries;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Bands define fill between consecutive visible series for stacked appearance.
+ * uPlot format: [upperSeriesIdx, lowerSeriesIdx].
+ */
+function buildFillBands(
+	seriesLength: number,
+	omit: (seriesIndex: number) => boolean,
+): uPlot.Band[] {
+	const bands: uPlot.Band[] = [];
+
+	for (let seriesIndex = 1; seriesIndex < seriesLength; seriesIndex++) {
+		if (omit(seriesIndex)) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		const nextVisibleSeriesIndex = findNextVisibleSeriesIndex(
+			seriesLength,
+			seriesIndex,
+			omit,
+		);
+		if (nextVisibleSeriesIndex !== -1) {
+			bands.push({ series: [seriesIndex, nextVisibleSeriesIndex] });
+		}
+	}
+
+	return bands;
+}
+
+function findNextVisibleSeriesIndex(
+	seriesLength: number,
+	afterIndex: number,
+	omit: (seriesIndex: number) => boolean,
+): number {
+	for (let i = afterIndex + 1; i < seriesLength; i++) {
+		if (!omit(i)) {
+			return i;
+		}
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns band indices for initial stacked state (no series omitted).
+ * Top-down: first series at top, band fills between consecutive series.
+ * uPlot band format: [upperSeriesIdx, lowerSeriesIdx].
+ */
+export function getInitialStackedBands(seriesCount: number): uPlot.Band[] {
+	const bands: uPlot.Band[] = [];
+	for (let seriesIndex = 1; seriesIndex < seriesCount; seriesIndex++) {
+		bands.push({ series: [seriesIndex, seriesIndex + 1] });
+	}
+	return bands;
+}

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/visualization/hooks/__tests__/useBarChartStacking.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
+import uPlot from 'uplot';
+
+import type { UseBarChartStackingParams } from '../useBarChartStacking';
+import { useBarChartStacking } from '../useBarChartStacking';
+
+type MockConfig = { addHook: jest.Mock };
+
+function asConfig(c: MockConfig): UseBarChartStackingParams['config'] {
+	return (c as unknown) as UseBarChartStackingParams['config'];
+}
+
+function createMockConfig(): {
+	config: MockConfig;
+	invokeSetData: (plot: uPlot) => void;
+	invokeSetSeries: (
+		plot: uPlot,
+		seriesIndex: number | null,
+		opts: Partial<uPlot.Series> & { focus?: boolean },
+	) => void;
+	removeSetData: jest.Mock;
+	removeSetSeries: jest.Mock;
+} {
+	let setDataHandler: ((plot: uPlot) => void) | null = null;
+	let setSeriesHandler:
+		| ((plot: uPlot, seriesIndex: number | null, opts: uPlot.Series) => void)
+		| null = null;
+
+	const removeSetData = jest.fn();
+	const removeSetSeries = jest.fn();
+
+	const addHook = jest.fn(
+		(
+			hookName: string,
+			handler: (plot: uPlot, ...args: unknown[]) => void,
+		): (() => void) => {
+			if (hookName === 'setData') {
+				setDataHandler = handler as (plot: uPlot) => void;
+				return removeSetData;
+			}
+			if (hookName === 'setSeries') {
+				setSeriesHandler = handler as (
+					plot: uPlot,
+					seriesIndex: number | null,
+					opts: uPlot.Series,
+				) => void;
+				return removeSetSeries;
+			}
+			return jest.fn();
+		},
+	);
+
+	const config: MockConfig = { addHook };
+
+	const invokeSetData = (plot: uPlot): void => {
+		setDataHandler?.(plot);
+	};
+
+	const invokeSetSeries = (
+		plot: uPlot,
+		seriesIndex: number | null,
+		opts: Partial<uPlot.Series> & { focus?: boolean },
+	): void => {
+		setSeriesHandler?.(plot, seriesIndex, opts as uPlot.Series);
+	};
+
+	return {
+		config,
+		invokeSetData,
+		invokeSetSeries,
+		removeSetData,
+		removeSetSeries,
+	};
+}
+
+function createMockPlot(overrides: Partial<uPlot> = {}): uPlot {
+	return ({
+		data: [
+			[0, 1, 2],
+			[1, 2, 3],
+			[4, 5, 6],
+		],
+		series: [{ show: true }, { show: true }, { show: true }],
+		delBand: jest.fn(),
+		addBand: jest.fn(),
+		setData: jest.fn(),
+		...overrides,
+	} as unknown) as uPlot;
+}
+
+describe('useBarChartStacking', () => {
+	it('returns data as-is when isStackedBarChart is false', () => {
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[100, 200],
+			[1, 2],
+			[3, 4],
+		];
+		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: false,
+				config: null,
+			}),
+		);
+		expect(result.current).toBe(data);
+	});
+
+	it('returns data as-is when config is null and isStackedBarChart is true', () => {
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[0, 1],
+			[1, 2],
+			[4, 5],
+		];
+		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: true,
+				config: null,
+			}),
+		);
+		// Still returns stacked data (computed in useMemo); no hooks registered
+		expect(result.current[0]).toEqual([0, 1]);
+		expect(result.current[1]).toEqual([5, 7]); // stacked
+		expect(result.current[2]).toEqual([4, 5]);
+	});
+
+	it('returns stacked data when isStackedBarChart is true and multiple value series', () => {
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[0, 1, 2],
+			[1, 2, 3],
+			[4, 5, 6],
+			[7, 8, 9],
+		];
+		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: true,
+				config: null,
+			}),
+		);
+		expect(result.current[0]).toEqual([0, 1, 2]);
+		expect(result.current[1]).toEqual([12, 15, 18]); // s1+s2+s3
+		expect(result.current[2]).toEqual([11, 13, 15]); // s2+s3
+		expect(result.current[3]).toEqual([7, 8, 9]);
+	});
+
+	it('returns data as-is when only one value series (no stacking needed)', () => {
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[0, 1],
+			[1, 2],
+		];
+		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: true,
+				config: null,
+			}),
+		);
+		expect(result.current).toEqual(data);
+	});
+
+	it('registers setData and setSeries hooks when isStackedBarChart and config provided', () => {
+		const { config } = createMockConfig();
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[0, 1],
+			[1, 2],
+			[3, 4],
+		];
+
+		renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: true,
+				config: asConfig(config),
+			}),
+		);
+
+		expect(config.addHook).toHaveBeenCalledWith('setData', expect.any(Function));
+		expect(config.addHook).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			'setSeries',
+			expect.any(Function),
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('does not register hooks when isStackedBarChart is false', () => {
+		const { config } = createMockConfig();
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[0, 1],
+			[1, 2],
+			[3, 4],
+		];
+
+		renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: false,
+				config: asConfig(config),
+			}),
+		);
+
+		expect(config.addHook).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('calls cleanup when unmounted', () => {
+		const { config, removeSetData, removeSetSeries } = createMockConfig();
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[0, 1],
+			[1, 2],
+			[3, 4],
+		];
+
+		const { unmount } = renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: true,
+				config: asConfig(config),
+			}),
+		);
+
+		unmount();
+
+		expect(removeSetData).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(removeSetSeries).toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('re-stacks and updates plot when setData hook is invoked', () => {
+		const { config, invokeSetData } = createMockConfig();
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[0, 1, 2],
+			[1, 2, 3],
+			[4, 5, 6],
+		];
+		const plot = createMockPlot({
+			data: [
+				[0, 1, 2],
+				[5, 7, 9],
+				[4, 5, 6],
+			],
+		});
+
+		renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: true,
+				config: asConfig(config),
+			}),
+		);
+
+		invokeSetData(plot);
+
+		expect(plot.delBand).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null);
+		expect(plot.addBand).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(plot.setData).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.arrayContaining([
+				[0, 1, 2],
+				expect.any(Array), // stacked row 1
+				expect.any(Array), // stacked row 2
+			]),
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('re-stacks when setSeries hook is invoked (e.g. legend toggle)', () => {
+		const { config, invokeSetSeries } = createMockConfig();
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[0, 1],
+			[10, 20],
+			[5, 10],
+		];
+		// Plot data must match unstacked length so canApplyStacking passes
+		const plot = createMockPlot({
+			data: [
+				[0, 1],
+				[15, 30],
+				[5, 10],
+			],
+		});
+
+		renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: true,
+				config: asConfig(config),
+			}),
+		);
+
+		invokeSetSeries(plot, 1, { show: false });
+
+		expect(plot.setData).toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('does not re-stack when setSeries is called with focus option', () => {
+		const { config, invokeSetSeries } = createMockConfig();
+		const data: uPlot.AlignedData = [
+			[0, 1],
+			[1, 2],
+			[3, 4],
+		];
+		const plot = createMockPlot();
+
+		renderHook(() =>
+			useBarChartStacking({
+				data,
+				isStackedBarChart: true,
+				config: asConfig(config),
+			}),
+		);
+
+		(plot.setData as jest.Mock).mockClear();
+		invokeSetSeries(plot, 1, { focus: true } as uPlot.Series);
+
+		expect(plot.setData).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+});

frontend/src/hooks/dashboard/useVariableFetchState.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react';
+import isEmpty from 'lodash-es/isEmpty';
+import {
+	IVariableFetchStoreState,
+	VariableFetchState,
+	variableFetchStore,
+} from 'providers/Dashboard/store/variableFetchStore';
+
+import { useDashboardVariablesSelector } from './useDashboardVariables';
+
+/**
+ * Generic selector hook for the variable fetch store.
+ * Same pattern as useDashboardVariablesSelector.
+ */
+const useVariableFetchSelector = <T>(
+	selector: (state: IVariableFetchStoreState) => T,
+): T => {
+	const selectorRef = useRef(selector);
+	selectorRef.current = selector;
+
+	const getSnapshot = useCallback(
+		() => selectorRef.current(variableFetchStore.getSnapshot()),
+		[],
+	);
+
+	return useSyncExternalStore(variableFetchStore.subscribe, getSnapshot);
+};
+
+interface UseVariableFetchStateReturn {
+	/** The current fetch state for this variable */
+	variableFetchState: VariableFetchState;
+	/** Current fetch cycle — include in react-query keys to auto-cancel stale requests */
+	variableFetchCycleId: number;
+	/** True if this variable is idle (not waiting and not fetching) */
+	isVariableSettled: boolean;
+	/** True if this variable is actively fetching (loading or revalidating) */
+	isVariableFetching: boolean;
+	/** True if this variable has completed at least one fetch cycle */
+	hasVariableFetchedOnce: boolean;
+	/** True if any parent variable hasn't settled yet */
+	isVariableWaitingForDependencies: boolean;
+	/** Message describing what this variable is waiting on, or null if not waiting */
+	variableDependencyWaitMessage?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-variable hook that exposes the fetch state of a single variable.
+ * Reusable by both variable input components and panel components.
+ *
+ * Subscribes to both variableFetchStore (for states) and
+ * dashboardVariablesStore (for parent graph) to compute derived values.
+ */
+export function useVariableFetchState(
+	variableName: string,
+): UseVariableFetchStateReturn {
+	// This variable's fetch state (loading, waiting, idle, etc.)
+	const variableFetchState = useVariableFetchSelector(
+		(s) => s.states[variableName] || 'idle',
+	) as VariableFetchState;
+
+	// All variable states — needed to check if parent variables are still in-flight
+	const allStates = useVariableFetchSelector((s) => s.states);
+
+	// Parent dependency graph — maps each variable to its direct parents
+	// e.g. { "childVariable": ["parentVariable"] } means "childVariable" depends on "parentVariable"
+	const parentGraph = useDashboardVariablesSelector(
+		(s) => s.dependencyData?.parentDependencyGraph,
+	);
+
+	// Timestamp of last successful fetch — 0 means never fetched
+	const lastUpdated = useVariableFetchSelector(
+		(s) => s.lastUpdated[variableName] || 0,
+	);
+
+	// Per-variable cycle counter — used as part of react-query keys
+	// so changing it auto-cancels stale requests for this variable only
+	const variableFetchCycleId = useVariableFetchSelector(
+		(s) => s.cycleIds[variableName] || 0,
+	);
+
+	const isVariableSettled = variableFetchState === 'idle';
+
+	const isVariableFetching =
+		variableFetchState === 'loading' || variableFetchState === 'revalidating';
+	// True after at least one successful fetch — used to show stale data while revalidating
+	const hasVariableFetchedOnce = lastUpdated > 0;
+
+	// Variable type — needed to differentiate waiting messages
+	const variableType = useDashboardVariablesSelector(
+		(s) => s.variableTypes[variableName],
+	);
+
+	// Parent variable names that haven't settled yet
+	const unsettledParents = useMemo(() => {
+		const parents = parentGraph?.[variableName] || [];
+		return parents.filter((p) => (allStates[p] || 'idle') !== 'idle');
+	}, [parentGraph, variableName, allStates]);
+
+	const isVariableWaitingForDependencies = unsettledParents.length > 0;
+
+	const variableDependencyWaitMessage = useMemo(() => {
+		if (variableFetchState !== 'waiting') {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (variableType === 'DYNAMIC') {
+			return 'Waiting for all query variable options to load.';
+		}
+
+		if (unsettledParents.length === 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const quoted = unsettledParents.map((p) => `"${p}"`);
+		const names =
+			quoted.length > 1
+				? `${quoted.slice(0, -1).join(', ')} and ${quoted[quoted.length - 1]}`
+				: quoted[0];
+		return `Waiting for options of ${names} to load.`;
+	}, [variableFetchState, variableType, unsettledParents]);
+
+	return {
+		variableFetchState,
+		isVariableSettled,
+		isVariableWaitingForDependencies,
+		variableDependencyWaitMessage,
+		isVariableFetching,
+		hasVariableFetchedOnce,
+		variableFetchCycleId,
+	};
+}
+
+export function useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(variableNames: string[]): boolean {
+	const states = useVariableFetchSelector((s) => s.states);
+	const dashboardVariables = useDashboardVariablesSelector((s) => s.variables);
+	const variableTypesMap = useDashboardVariablesSelector((s) => s.variableTypes);
+
+	return variableNames.some((name) => {
+		const variableFetchState = states[name];
+		const { selectedValue, allSelected } = dashboardVariables?.[name] || {};
+
+		const isVariableInFetchingOrWaitingState =
+			variableFetchState === 'loading' ||
+			variableFetchState === 'revalidating' ||
+			variableFetchState === 'waiting';
+
+		if (variableTypesMap[name] === 'DYNAMIC' && allSelected) {
+			return isVariableInFetchingOrWaitingState;
+		}
+
+		return isEmpty(selectedValue) ? isVariableInFetchingOrWaitingState : false;
+	});
+}

frontend/src/hooks/dashboard/utils.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { TelemetryFieldKey } from 'api/v5/v5';
 import { PANEL_TYPES } from 'constants/queryBuilder';
 import { convertKeysToColumnFields } from 'container/LogsExplorerList/utils';
 import { placeWidgetAtBottom } from 'container/NewWidget/utils';
+import { textContainsVariableReference } from 'lib/dashboardVariables/variableReference';
 import { isArray } from 'lodash-es';
 import {
 	Dashboard,
@@ -116,10 +117,17 @@ export const createDynamicVariableToWidgetsMap = (
 						dynamicVariables.forEach((variable) => {
 							if (
 								variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute &&
+								variable.name &&
 								filter.key?.key === variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute &&
-								((isArray(filter.value) &&
-									filter.value.includes(`$${variable.name}`)) ||
-									filter.value === `$${variable.name}`) &&
+								(isArray(filter.value)
+									? filter.value.some(
+											(v) =>
+												typeof v === 'string' &&
+												variable.name &&
+												textContainsVariableReference(v, variable.name),
+									  )
+									: typeof filter.value === 'string' &&
+									  textContainsVariableReference(filter.value, variable.name)) &&
 								!dynamicVariableToWidgetsMap[variable.id].includes(widget.id)
 							) {
 								dynamicVariableToWidgetsMap[variable.id].push(widget.id);
@@ -132,7 +140,12 @@ export const createDynamicVariableToWidgetsMap = (
 						dynamicVariables.forEach((variable) => {
 							if (
 								variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute &&
-								queryData.filter?.expression?.includes(`$${variable.name}`) &&
+								variable.name &&
+								queryData.filter?.expression &&
+								textContainsVariableReference(
+									queryData.filter.expression,
+									variable.name,
+								) &&
 								!dynamicVariableToWidgetsMap[variable.id].includes(widget.id)
 							) {
 								dynamicVariableToWidgetsMap[variable.id].push(widget.id);
@@ -149,7 +162,9 @@ export const createDynamicVariableToWidgetsMap = (
 					dynamicVariables.forEach((variable) => {
 						if (
 							variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute &&
-							promqlQuery.query?.includes(`$${variable.name}`) &&
+							variable.name &&
+							promqlQuery.query &&
+							textContainsVariableReference(promqlQuery.query, variable.name) &&
 							!dynamicVariableToWidgetsMap[variable.id].includes(widget.id)
 						) {
 							dynamicVariableToWidgetsMap[variable.id].push(widget.id);
@@ -165,7 +180,9 @@ export const createDynamicVariableToWidgetsMap = (
 					dynamicVariables.forEach((variable) => {
 						if (
 							variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute &&
-							clickhouseQuery.query?.includes(`$${variable.name}`) &&
+							variable.name &&
+							clickhouseQuery.query &&
+							textContainsVariableReference(clickhouseQuery.query, variable.name) &&
 							!dynamicVariableToWidgetsMap[variable.id].includes(widget.id)
 						) {
 							dynamicVariableToWidgetsMap[variable.id].push(widget.id);

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/store/__tests__/variableFetchStore.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,527 @@
+import * as dashboardVariablesStore from '../dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStore';
+import { IDependencyData } from '../dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStoreTypes';
+import {
+	enqueueDescendantsOfVariable,
+	enqueueFetchOfAllVariables,
+	initializeVariableFetchStore,
+	onVariableFetchComplete,
+	onVariableFetchFailure,
+	VariableFetchContext,
+	variableFetchStore,
+} from '../variableFetchStore';
+
+const getVariableDependencyContextSpy = jest.spyOn(
+	dashboardVariablesStore,
+	'getVariableDependencyContext',
+);
+
+function resetStore(): void {
+	variableFetchStore.set(() => ({
+		states: {},
+		lastUpdated: {},
+		cycleIds: {},
+	}));
+}
+
+function mockContext(overrides: Partial<VariableFetchContext> = {}): void {
+	getVariableDependencyContextSpy.mockReturnValue({
+		doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected: false,
+		variableTypes: {},
+		dynamicVariableOrder: [],
+		dependencyData: null,
+		...overrides,
+	});
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper to build a dependency data object for tests.
+ * Only the fields used by the store actions are required.
+ */
+function buildDependencyData(
+	overrides: Partial<IDependencyData> = {},
+): IDependencyData {
+	return {
+		order: [],
+		graph: {},
+		parentDependencyGraph: {},
+		transitiveDescendants: {},
+		hasCycle: false,
+		...overrides,
+	};
+}
+
+describe('variableFetchStore', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		resetStore();
+		jest.clearAllMocks();
+	});
+
+	// ==================== initializeVariableFetchStore ====================
+
+	describe('initializeVariableFetchStore', () => {
+		it('should initialize new variables to idle', () => {
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['a', 'b', 'c']);
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states).toEqual({ a: 'idle', b: 'idle', c: 'idle' });
+		});
+
+		it('should preserve existing states for known variables', () => {
+			// Pre-set a state
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+			});
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['a', 'b']);
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.a).toBe('loading');
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.b).toBe('idle');
+		});
+
+		it('should clean up stale variables that no longer exist', () => {
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.old = 'idle';
+				d.lastUpdated.old = 100;
+				d.cycleIds.old = 3;
+			});
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['a']);
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.old).toBeUndefined();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.lastUpdated.old).toBeUndefined();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.cycleIds.old).toBeUndefined();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.a).toBe('idle');
+		});
+
+		it('should handle empty variable names array', () => {
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'idle';
+			});
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore([]);
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states).toEqual({});
+		});
+	});
+
+	// ==================== enqueueFetchOfAllVariables ====================
+
+	describe('enqueueFetchOfAllVariables', () => {
+		it('should no-op when dependencyData is null', () => {
+			mockContext({ dependencyData: null });
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['a']);
+			enqueueFetchOfAllVariables();
+
+			expect(variableFetchStore.getSnapshot().states.a).toBe('idle');
+		});
+
+		it('should set root query variables to loading and dependent ones to waiting', () => {
+			// a is root (no parents), b depends on a
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					order: ['a', 'b'],
+					parentDependencyGraph: { a: [], b: ['a'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY' },
+			});
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['a', 'b']);
+			enqueueFetchOfAllVariables();
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.a).toBe('loading');
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.b).toBe('waiting');
+		});
+
+		it('should set root query variables to revalidating when previously fetched', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					order: ['a'],
+					parentDependencyGraph: { a: [] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+			});
+
+			// Pre-set lastUpdated so it appears previously fetched
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.lastUpdated.a = 1000;
+			});
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['a']);
+			enqueueFetchOfAllVariables();
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.a).toBe('revalidating');
+		});
+
+		it('should bump cycle IDs for all enqueued variables', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					order: ['a', 'b'],
+					parentDependencyGraph: { a: [], b: ['a'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY' },
+			});
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['a', 'b']);
+			enqueueFetchOfAllVariables();
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.cycleIds.a).toBe(1);
+			expect(storeSnapshot.cycleIds.b).toBe(1);
+		});
+
+		it('should set dynamic variables to waiting when not all variables have values', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected: false,
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({ order: [] }),
+				variableTypes: { dyn1: 'DYNAMIC' },
+				dynamicVariableOrder: ['dyn1'],
+			});
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['dyn1']);
+			enqueueFetchOfAllVariables();
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.dyn1).toBe('waiting');
+		});
+
+		it('should set dynamic variables to loading when all variables have values', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected: true,
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({ order: [] }),
+				variableTypes: { dyn1: 'DYNAMIC' },
+				dynamicVariableOrder: ['dyn1'],
+			});
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['dyn1']);
+			enqueueFetchOfAllVariables();
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.dyn1).toBe('loading');
+		});
+
+		it('should not treat non-QUERY parents as query parents', () => {
+			// b has a CUSTOM parent — shouldn't cause waiting
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					order: ['b'],
+					parentDependencyGraph: { b: ['customVar'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { b: 'QUERY', customVar: 'CUSTOM' },
+			});
+
+			initializeVariableFetchStore(['b', 'customVar']);
+			enqueueFetchOfAllVariables();
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.b).toBe('loading');
+		});
+	});
+
+	// ==================== onVariableFetchComplete ====================
+
+	describe('onVariableFetchComplete', () => {
+		it('should set the completed variable to idle with a lastUpdated timestamp', () => {
+			mockContext();
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+			});
+
+			const before = Date.now();
+			onVariableFetchComplete('a');
+			const after = Date.now();
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.a).toBe('idle');
+			expect(storeSnapshot.lastUpdated.a).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(before);
+			expect(storeSnapshot.lastUpdated.a).toBeLessThanOrEqual(after);
+		});
+
+		it('should unblock waiting query-type children', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					graph: { a: ['b'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY' },
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+				d.states.b = 'waiting';
+			});
+
+			onVariableFetchComplete('a');
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.a).toBe('idle');
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.b).toBe('loading');
+		});
+
+		it('should not unblock non-QUERY children', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					graph: { a: ['dyn1'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', dyn1: 'DYNAMIC' },
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+				d.states.dyn1 = 'waiting';
+			});
+
+			onVariableFetchComplete('a');
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			// dyn1 is DYNAMIC, not QUERY, so it should remain waiting
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.dyn1).toBe('waiting');
+		});
+
+		it('should unlock waiting dynamic variables when all query variables are settled', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					graph: { a: [] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', dyn1: 'DYNAMIC' },
+				dynamicVariableOrder: ['dyn1'],
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+				d.states.dyn1 = 'waiting';
+			});
+
+			onVariableFetchComplete('a');
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.dyn1).toBe('loading');
+		});
+
+		it('should NOT unlock dynamic variables if a query variable is still in-flight', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					graph: { a: ['b'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY', dyn1: 'DYNAMIC' },
+				dynamicVariableOrder: ['dyn1'],
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+				d.states.b = 'waiting';
+				d.states.dyn1 = 'waiting';
+			});
+
+			onVariableFetchComplete('a');
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.dyn1).toBe('waiting');
+		});
+	});
+
+	// ==================== onVariableFetchFailure ====================
+
+	describe('onVariableFetchFailure', () => {
+		it('should set the failed variable to error', () => {
+			mockContext();
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+			});
+
+			onVariableFetchFailure('a');
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.a).toBe('error');
+		});
+
+		it('should set query-type transitive descendants to idle', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					transitiveDescendants: { a: ['b', 'c'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY', c: 'QUERY' },
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+				d.states.b = 'waiting';
+				d.states.c = 'waiting';
+			});
+
+			onVariableFetchFailure('a');
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.a).toBe('error');
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.b).toBe('idle');
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.c).toBe('idle');
+		});
+
+		it('should not touch non-QUERY descendants', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					transitiveDescendants: { a: ['dyn1'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', dyn1: 'DYNAMIC' },
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+				d.states.dyn1 = 'waiting';
+			});
+
+			onVariableFetchFailure('a');
+
+			expect(variableFetchStore.getSnapshot().states.dyn1).toBe('waiting');
+		});
+
+		it('should unlock waiting dynamic variables when all query variables settle via error', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					transitiveDescendants: {},
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', dyn1: 'DYNAMIC' },
+				dynamicVariableOrder: ['dyn1'],
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'loading';
+				d.states.dyn1 = 'waiting';
+			});
+
+			onVariableFetchFailure('a');
+
+			expect(variableFetchStore.getSnapshot().states.dyn1).toBe('loading');
+		});
+	});
+
+	// ==================== enqueueDescendantsOfVariable ====================
+
+	describe('enqueueDescendantsOfVariable', () => {
+		it('should no-op when dependencyData is null', () => {
+			mockContext({ dependencyData: null });
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'idle';
+				d.states.b = 'idle';
+			});
+
+			enqueueDescendantsOfVariable('a');
+
+			expect(variableFetchStore.getSnapshot().states.b).toBe('idle');
+		});
+
+		it('should enqueue query-type descendants with all parents settled', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					transitiveDescendants: { a: ['b'] },
+					parentDependencyGraph: { b: ['a'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY' },
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'idle';
+				d.states.b = 'idle';
+			});
+
+			enqueueDescendantsOfVariable('a');
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.b).toBe('loading');
+			expect(storeSnapshot.cycleIds.b).toBe(1);
+		});
+
+		it('should set descendants to waiting when some parents are not settled', () => {
+			// b depends on both a and c; c is still loading
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					transitiveDescendants: { a: ['b'] },
+					parentDependencyGraph: { b: ['a', 'c'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY', c: 'QUERY' },
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'idle';
+				d.states.b = 'idle';
+				d.states.c = 'loading';
+			});
+
+			enqueueDescendantsOfVariable('a');
+
+			expect(variableFetchStore.getSnapshot().states.b).toBe('waiting');
+		});
+
+		it('should skip non-QUERY descendants', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					transitiveDescendants: { a: ['dyn1'] },
+					parentDependencyGraph: {},
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', dyn1: 'DYNAMIC' },
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'idle';
+				d.states.dyn1 = 'idle';
+			});
+
+			enqueueDescendantsOfVariable('a');
+
+			// dyn1 is DYNAMIC, so it should not be touched
+			expect(variableFetchStore.getSnapshot().states.dyn1).toBe('idle');
+		});
+
+		it('should handle chain of descendants: a -> b -> c', () => {
+			// a -> b -> c, all QUERY
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					transitiveDescendants: { a: ['b', 'c'] },
+					parentDependencyGraph: { b: ['a'], c: ['b'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY', c: 'QUERY' },
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'idle';
+				d.states.b = 'idle';
+				d.states.c = 'idle';
+			});
+
+			enqueueDescendantsOfVariable('a');
+
+			const storeSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot();
+			// b's parent (a) is idle/settled → loading
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.b).toBe('loading');
+			// c's parent (b) just moved to loading (not settled) → waiting
+			expect(storeSnapshot.states.c).toBe('waiting');
+		});
+
+		it('should set descendants to revalidating when previously fetched', () => {
+			mockContext({
+				dependencyData: buildDependencyData({
+					transitiveDescendants: { a: ['b'] },
+					parentDependencyGraph: { b: ['a'] },
+				}),
+				variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY' },
+			});
+
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'idle';
+				d.states.b = 'idle';
+				d.lastUpdated.b = 1000;
+			});
+
+			enqueueDescendantsOfVariable('a');
+
+			expect(variableFetchStore.getSnapshot().states.b).toBe('revalidating');
+		});
+	});
+});

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/store/__tests__/variableFetchStoreUtils.test.ts

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+import {
+	IVariableFetchStoreState,
+	VariableFetchState,
+} from '../variableFetchStore';
+import {
+	areAllQueryVariablesSettled,
+	isSettled,
+	resolveFetchState,
+	unlockWaitingDynamicVariables,
+} from '../variableFetchStoreUtils';
+
+describe('variableFetchStoreUtils', () => {
+	describe('isSettled', () => {
+		it('should return true for idle state', () => {
+			expect(isSettled('idle')).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('should return true for error state', () => {
+			expect(isSettled('error')).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('should return false for loading state', () => {
+			expect(isSettled('loading')).toBe(false);
+		});
+
+		it('should return false for revalidating state', () => {
+			expect(isSettled('revalidating')).toBe(false);
+		});
+
+		it('should return false for waiting state', () => {
+			expect(isSettled('waiting')).toBe(false);
+		});
+
+		it('should return false for undefined', () => {
+			expect(isSettled(undefined)).toBe(false);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('resolveFetchState', () => {
+		it('should return "loading" when variable has never been fetched', () => {
+			const draft: IVariableFetchStoreState = {
+				states: {},
+				lastUpdated: {},
+				cycleIds: {},
+			};
+
+			expect(resolveFetchState(draft, 'myVar')).toBe('loading');
+		});
+
+		it('should return "loading" when lastUpdated is 0', () => {
+			const draft: IVariableFetchStoreState = {
+				states: {},
+				lastUpdated: { myVar: 0 },
+				cycleIds: {},
+			};
+
+			expect(resolveFetchState(draft, 'myVar')).toBe('loading');
+		});
+
+		it('should return "revalidating" when variable has been fetched before', () => {
+			const draft: IVariableFetchStoreState = {
+				states: {},
+				lastUpdated: { myVar: 1000 },
+				cycleIds: {},
+			};
+
+			expect(resolveFetchState(draft, 'myVar')).toBe('revalidating');
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('areAllQueryVariablesSettled', () => {
+		it('should return true when all query variables are idle', () => {
+			const states: Record<string, VariableFetchState> = {
+				a: 'idle',
+				b: 'idle',
+			};
+			const variableTypes = { a: 'QUERY' as const, b: 'QUERY' as const };
+
+			expect(areAllQueryVariablesSettled(states, variableTypes)).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('should return true when all query variables are in error', () => {
+			const states: Record<string, VariableFetchState> = {
+				a: 'error',
+				b: 'error',
+			};
+			const variableTypes = { a: 'QUERY' as const, b: 'QUERY' as const };
+
+			expect(areAllQueryVariablesSettled(states, variableTypes)).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('should return true with a mix of idle and error query variables', () => {
+			const states: Record<string, VariableFetchState> = {
+				a: 'idle',
+				b: 'error',
+			};
+			const variableTypes = { a: 'QUERY' as const, b: 'QUERY' as const };
+
+			expect(areAllQueryVariablesSettled(states, variableTypes)).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('should return false when any query variable is loading', () => {
+			const states: Record<string, VariableFetchState> = {
+				a: 'idle',
+				b: 'loading',
+			};
+			const variableTypes = { a: 'QUERY' as const, b: 'QUERY' as const };
+
+			expect(areAllQueryVariablesSettled(states, variableTypes)).toBe(false);
+		});
+
+		it('should return false when any query variable is waiting', () => {
+			const states: Record<string, VariableFetchState> = {
+				a: 'idle',
+				b: 'waiting',
+			};
+			const variableTypes = { a: 'QUERY' as const, b: 'QUERY' as const };
+
+			expect(areAllQueryVariablesSettled(states, variableTypes)).toBe(false);
+		});
+
+		it('should ignore non-QUERY variable types', () => {
+			const states: Record<string, VariableFetchState> = {
+				a: 'idle',
+				dynVar: 'loading',
+			};
+			const variableTypes = {
+				a: 'QUERY' as const,
+				dynVar: 'DYNAMIC' as const,
+			};
+
+			expect(areAllQueryVariablesSettled(states, variableTypes)).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('should return true when there are no QUERY variables', () => {
+			const states: Record<string, VariableFetchState> = {
+				dynVar: 'loading',
+			};
+			const variableTypes = { dynVar: 'DYNAMIC' as const };
+
+			expect(areAllQueryVariablesSettled(states, variableTypes)).toBe(true);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('unlockWaitingDynamicVariables', () => {
+		it('should transition waiting dynamic variables to loading when never fetched', () => {
+			const draft: IVariableFetchStoreState = {
+				states: { dyn1: 'waiting', dyn2: 'waiting' },
+				lastUpdated: {},
+				cycleIds: {},
+			};
+
+			unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(draft, ['dyn1', 'dyn2']);
+
+			expect(draft.states.dyn1).toBe('loading');
+			expect(draft.states.dyn2).toBe('loading');
+		});
+
+		it('should transition waiting dynamic variables to revalidating when previously fetched', () => {
+			const draft: IVariableFetchStoreState = {
+				states: { dyn1: 'waiting' },
+				lastUpdated: { dyn1: 1000 },
+				cycleIds: {},
+			};
+
+			unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(draft, ['dyn1']);
+
+			expect(draft.states.dyn1).toBe('revalidating');
+		});
+
+		it('should not touch dynamic variables that are not in waiting state', () => {
+			const draft: IVariableFetchStoreState = {
+				states: { dyn1: 'idle', dyn2: 'loading' },
+				lastUpdated: {},
+				cycleIds: {},
+			};
+
+			unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(draft, ['dyn1', 'dyn2']);
+
+			expect(draft.states.dyn1).toBe('idle');
+			expect(draft.states.dyn2).toBe('loading');
+		});
+
+		it('should handle empty dynamic variable order', () => {
+			const draft: IVariableFetchStoreState = {
+				states: { dyn1: 'waiting' },
+				lastUpdated: {},
+				cycleIds: {},
+			};
+
+			unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(draft, []);
+
+			expect(draft.states.dyn1).toBe('waiting');
+		});
+	});
+});

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/__tests__/dashboardVariablesStore.test.ts

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+import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+
+import {
+	dashboardVariablesStore,
+	getVariableDependencyContext,
+	setDashboardVariablesStore,
+	updateDashboardVariablesStore,
+} from '../dashboardVariablesStore';
+import { IDashboardVariables } from '../dashboardVariablesStoreTypes';
+
+function createVariable(
+	overrides: Partial<IDashboardVariable> = {},
+): IDashboardVariable {
+	return {
+		id: 'test-id',
+		name: 'test-var',
+		description: '',
+		type: 'QUERY',
+		sort: 'DISABLED',
+		showALLOption: false,
+		multiSelect: false,
+		order: 0,
+		...overrides,
+	};
+}
+
+function resetStore(): void {
+	dashboardVariablesStore.set(() => ({
+		dashboardId: '',
+		variables: {},
+		sortedVariablesArray: [],
+		dependencyData: null,
+		variableTypes: {},
+		dynamicVariableOrder: [],
+	}));
+}
+
+describe('dashboardVariablesStore', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		resetStore();
+	});
+
+	describe('setDashboardVariablesStore', () => {
+		it('should set the dashboard variables and compute derived values', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				env: createVariable({ name: 'env', type: 'QUERY', order: 0 }),
+			};
+
+			setDashboardVariablesStore({ dashboardId: 'dash-1', variables });
+
+			const storeSnapshot = dashboardVariablesStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.dashboardId).toBe('dash-1');
+			expect(storeSnapshot.variables).toEqual(variables);
+			expect(storeSnapshot.variableTypes).toEqual({ env: 'QUERY' });
+			expect(storeSnapshot.sortedVariablesArray).toHaveLength(1);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('updateDashboardVariablesStore', () => {
+		it('should update variables and recompute derived values', () => {
+			setDashboardVariablesStore({
+				dashboardId: 'dash-1',
+				variables: {
+					env: createVariable({ name: 'env', type: 'QUERY', order: 0 }),
+				},
+			});
+
+			const updatedVariables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				env: createVariable({ name: 'env', type: 'QUERY', order: 0 }),
+				dyn1: createVariable({ name: 'dyn1', type: 'DYNAMIC', order: 1 }),
+			};
+
+			updateDashboardVariablesStore({
+				dashboardId: 'dash-1',
+				variables: updatedVariables,
+			});
+
+			const storeSnapshot = dashboardVariablesStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.variableTypes).toEqual({
+				env: 'QUERY',
+				dyn1: 'DYNAMIC',
+			});
+			expect(storeSnapshot.dynamicVariableOrder).toEqual(['dyn1']);
+		});
+
+		it('should replace dashboardId when it does not match', () => {
+			setDashboardVariablesStore({
+				dashboardId: 'dash-1',
+				variables: {
+					'not-there': createVariable({ name: 'not-there', order: 0 }),
+				},
+			});
+
+			updateDashboardVariablesStore({
+				dashboardId: 'dash-2',
+				variables: {
+					a: createVariable({ name: 'a', order: 0 }),
+				},
+			});
+
+			const storeSnapshot = dashboardVariablesStore.getSnapshot();
+			expect(storeSnapshot.dashboardId).toBe('dash-2');
+			expect(storeSnapshot.variableTypes).toEqual({
+				a: 'QUERY',
+			});
+			expect(storeSnapshot.variableTypes).not.toEqual({
+				'not-there': 'QUERY',
+			});
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('getVariableDependencyContext', () => {
+		it('should return context with all fields', () => {
+			setDashboardVariablesStore({
+				dashboardId: 'dash-1',
+				variables: {
+					env: createVariable({
+						name: 'env',
+						type: 'QUERY',
+						order: 0,
+						selectedValue: 'prod',
+					}),
+				},
+			});
+
+			const {
+				variableTypes,
+				dynamicVariableOrder,
+				dependencyData,
+			} = getVariableDependencyContext();
+
+			expect(variableTypes).toEqual({ env: 'QUERY' });
+			expect(dynamicVariableOrder).toEqual([]);
+			expect(dependencyData).not.toBeNull();
+		});
+
+		it('should report doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected as true when all variables have selectedValue', () => {
+			setDashboardVariablesStore({
+				dashboardId: 'dash-1',
+				variables: {
+					env: createVariable({
+						name: 'env',
+						type: 'QUERY',
+						order: 0,
+						selectedValue: 'prod',
+					}),
+					region: createVariable({
+						name: 'region',
+						type: 'CUSTOM',
+						order: 1,
+						selectedValue: 'us-east',
+					}),
+				},
+			});
+
+			const { doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected } = getVariableDependencyContext();
+			expect(doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('should report doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected as false when some variables lack selectedValue', () => {
+			setDashboardVariablesStore({
+				dashboardId: 'dash-1',
+				variables: {
+					env: createVariable({
+						name: 'env',
+						type: 'QUERY',
+						order: 0,
+						selectedValue: 'prod',
+					}),
+					region: createVariable({
+						name: 'region',
+						type: 'CUSTOM',
+						order: 1,
+						selectedValue: undefined,
+					}),
+				},
+			});
+
+			const { doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected } = getVariableDependencyContext();
+			expect(doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected).toBe(false);
+		});
+
+		it('should treat DYNAMIC variable with allSelected=true and selectedValue=null as having a value', () => {
+			setDashboardVariablesStore({
+				dashboardId: 'dash-1',
+				variables: {
+					dyn1: createVariable({
+						name: 'dyn1',
+						type: 'DYNAMIC',
+						order: 0,
+						selectedValue: null as any,
+						allSelected: true,
+					}),
+					env: createVariable({
+						name: 'env',
+						type: 'QUERY',
+						order: 1,
+						selectedValue: 'prod',
+					}),
+				},
+			});
+
+			const { doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected } = getVariableDependencyContext();
+			expect(doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('should report false when a DYNAMIC variable has empty selectedValue and allSelected is not true', () => {
+			setDashboardVariablesStore({
+				dashboardId: 'dash-1',
+				variables: {
+					dyn1: createVariable({
+						name: 'dyn1',
+						type: 'DYNAMIC',
+						order: 0,
+						selectedValue: '',
+						allSelected: false,
+					}),
+				},
+			});
+
+			const { doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected } = getVariableDependencyContext();
+			expect(doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected).toBe(false);
+		});
+	});
+});

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/__tests__/dashboardVariablesStoreUtils.test.ts

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+import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+
+import { IDashboardVariables } from '../dashboardVariablesStoreTypes';
+import {
+	buildDynamicVariableOrder,
+	buildSortedVariablesArray,
+	buildVariableTypesMap,
+	computeDerivedValues,
+} from '../dashboardVariablesStoreUtils';
+
+const createVariable = (
+	overrides: Partial<IDashboardVariable> = {},
+): IDashboardVariable => ({
+	id: 'test-id',
+	name: 'test-var',
+	description: '',
+	type: 'QUERY',
+	sort: 'DISABLED',
+	showALLOption: false,
+	multiSelect: false,
+	order: 0,
+	...overrides,
+});
+
+describe('dashboardVariablesStoreUtils', () => {
+	describe('buildSortedVariablesArray', () => {
+		it('should sort variables by order property', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				c: createVariable({ name: 'c', order: 3 }),
+				a: createVariable({ name: 'a', order: 1 }),
+				b: createVariable({ name: 'b', order: 2 }),
+			};
+
+			const result = buildSortedVariablesArray(variables);
+
+			expect(result.map((v) => v.name)).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
+		});
+
+		it('should return empty array for empty variables', () => {
+			const result = buildSortedVariablesArray({});
+			expect(result).toEqual([]);
+		});
+
+		it('should create copies of variables (not references)', () => {
+			const original = createVariable({ name: 'a', order: 0 });
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = { a: original };
+
+			const result = buildSortedVariablesArray(variables);
+
+			expect(result[0]).not.toBe(original);
+			expect(result[0]).toEqual(original);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('buildVariableTypesMap', () => {
+		it('should create a name-to-type mapping', () => {
+			const sorted = [
+				createVariable({ name: 'env', type: 'QUERY' }),
+				createVariable({ name: 'region', type: 'CUSTOM' }),
+				createVariable({ name: 'dynVar', type: 'DYNAMIC' }),
+				createVariable({ name: 'text', type: 'TEXTBOX' }),
+			];
+
+			const result = buildVariableTypesMap(sorted);
+
+			expect(result).toEqual({
+				env: 'QUERY',
+				region: 'CUSTOM',
+				dynVar: 'DYNAMIC',
+				text: 'TEXTBOX',
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should return empty object for empty array', () => {
+			expect(buildVariableTypesMap([])).toEqual({});
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('buildDynamicVariableOrder', () => {
+		it('should return only DYNAMIC variable names in order', () => {
+			const sorted = [
+				createVariable({ name: 'queryVar', type: 'QUERY', order: 0 }),
+				createVariable({ name: 'dyn1', type: 'DYNAMIC', order: 1 }),
+				createVariable({ name: 'customVar', type: 'CUSTOM', order: 2 }),
+				createVariable({ name: 'dyn2', type: 'DYNAMIC', order: 3 }),
+			];
+
+			const result = buildDynamicVariableOrder(sorted);
+
+			expect(result).toEqual(['dyn1', 'dyn2']);
+		});
+
+		it('should return empty array when no DYNAMIC variables exist', () => {
+			const sorted = [
+				createVariable({ name: 'a', type: 'QUERY' }),
+				createVariable({ name: 'b', type: 'CUSTOM' }),
+			];
+
+			expect(buildDynamicVariableOrder(sorted)).toEqual([]);
+		});
+
+		it('should return empty array for empty input', () => {
+			expect(buildDynamicVariableOrder([])).toEqual([]);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('computeDerivedValues', () => {
+		it('should compute all derived values from variables', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				env: createVariable({
+					name: 'env',
+					type: 'QUERY',
+					order: 0,
+				}),
+				dyn1: createVariable({
+					name: 'dyn1',
+					type: 'DYNAMIC',
+					order: 1,
+				}),
+			};
+
+			const result = computeDerivedValues(variables);
+
+			expect(result.sortedVariablesArray).toHaveLength(2);
+			expect(result.sortedVariablesArray[0].name).toBe('env');
+			expect(result.sortedVariablesArray[1].name).toBe('dyn1');
+
+			expect(result.variableTypes).toEqual({
+				env: 'QUERY',
+				dyn1: 'DYNAMIC',
+			});
+
+			expect(result.dynamicVariableOrder).toEqual(['dyn1']);
+
+			// dependencyData should exist since there are variables
+			expect(result.dependencyData).not.toBeNull();
+		});
+
+		it('should return null dependencyData for empty variables', () => {
+			const result = computeDerivedValues({});
+
+			expect(result.sortedVariablesArray).toEqual([]);
+			expect(result.dependencyData).toBeNull();
+			expect(result.variableTypes).toEqual({});
+			expect(result.dynamicVariableOrder).toEqual([]);
+		});
+
+		it('should handle all four variable types together', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				queryVar: createVariable({
+					name: 'queryVar',
+					type: 'QUERY',
+					order: 0,
+				}),
+				customVar: createVariable({
+					name: 'customVar',
+					type: 'CUSTOM',
+					order: 1,
+				}),
+				dynVar: createVariable({
+					name: 'dynVar',
+					type: 'DYNAMIC',
+					order: 2,
+				}),
+				textVar: createVariable({
+					name: 'textVar',
+					type: 'TEXTBOX',
+					order: 3,
+				}),
+			};
+
+			const result = computeDerivedValues(variables);
+
+			expect(result.sortedVariablesArray).toHaveLength(4);
+			expect(result.sortedVariablesArray.map((v) => v.name)).toEqual([
+				'queryVar',
+				'customVar',
+				'dynVar',
+				'textVar',
+			]);
+
+			expect(result.variableTypes).toEqual({
+				queryVar: 'QUERY',
+				customVar: 'CUSTOM',
+				dynVar: 'DYNAMIC',
+				textVar: 'TEXTBOX',
+			});
+
+			expect(result.dynamicVariableOrder).toEqual(['dynVar']);
+			expect(result.dependencyData).not.toBeNull();
+		});
+
+		it('should sort variables by order regardless of insertion order', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				z: createVariable({ name: 'z', type: 'QUERY', order: 4 }),
+				a: createVariable({ name: 'a', type: 'CUSTOM', order: 0 }),
+				m: createVariable({ name: 'm', type: 'DYNAMIC', order: 2 }),
+				b: createVariable({ name: 'b', type: 'TEXTBOX', order: 1 }),
+				x: createVariable({ name: 'x', type: 'QUERY', order: 3 }),
+			};
+
+			const result = computeDerivedValues(variables);
+
+			expect(result.sortedVariablesArray.map((v) => v.name)).toEqual([
+				'a',
+				'b',
+				'm',
+				'x',
+				'z',
+			]);
+		});
+
+		it('should include multiple dynamic variables in order', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				dyn3: createVariable({ name: 'dyn3', type: 'DYNAMIC', order: 5 }),
+				query1: createVariable({ name: 'query1', type: 'QUERY', order: 0 }),
+				dyn1: createVariable({ name: 'dyn1', type: 'DYNAMIC', order: 1 }),
+				custom1: createVariable({ name: 'custom1', type: 'CUSTOM', order: 2 }),
+				dyn2: createVariable({ name: 'dyn2', type: 'DYNAMIC', order: 3 }),
+			};
+
+			const result = computeDerivedValues(variables);
+
+			expect(result.dynamicVariableOrder).toEqual(['dyn1', 'dyn2', 'dyn3']);
+		});
+
+		it('should build dependency data with query variable order for dependent queries', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				env: createVariable({
+					name: 'env',
+					type: 'QUERY',
+					order: 0,
+					queryValue: 'SELECT DISTINCT env FROM table',
+				}),
+				service: createVariable({
+					name: 'service',
+					type: 'QUERY',
+					order: 1,
+					queryValue: 'SELECT DISTINCT service FROM table WHERE env={{.env}}',
+				}),
+			};
+
+			const result = computeDerivedValues(variables);
+
+			const { dependencyData } = result;
+			expect(dependencyData).not.toBeNull();
+			// env should appear in the dependency order (it's a root QUERY variable)
+			expect(dependencyData?.order).toContain('env');
+			// service depends on env, so it should also be in the order
+			expect(dependencyData?.order).toContain('service');
+			// env comes before service in topological order
+			const envIdx = dependencyData?.order.indexOf('env') ?? -1;
+			const svcIdx = dependencyData?.order.indexOf('service') ?? -1;
+			expect(envIdx).toBeLessThan(svcIdx);
+		});
+
+		it('should not include non-QUERY variables in dependency order', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				env: createVariable({
+					name: 'env',
+					type: 'QUERY',
+					order: 0,
+					queryValue: 'SELECT DISTINCT env FROM table',
+				}),
+				customVar: createVariable({
+					name: 'customVar',
+					type: 'CUSTOM',
+					order: 1,
+				}),
+				dynVar: createVariable({
+					name: 'dynVar',
+					type: 'DYNAMIC',
+					order: 2,
+				}),
+				textVar: createVariable({
+					name: 'textVar',
+					type: 'TEXTBOX',
+					order: 3,
+				}),
+			};
+
+			const result = computeDerivedValues(variables);
+
+			expect(result.dependencyData).not.toBeNull();
+			// Only QUERY variables should be in the dependency order
+			result.dependencyData?.order.forEach((name) => {
+				expect(result.variableTypes[name]).toBe('QUERY');
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should produce transitive descendants in dependency data', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				region: createVariable({
+					name: 'region',
+					type: 'QUERY',
+					order: 0,
+					queryValue: 'SELECT region FROM table',
+				}),
+				cluster: createVariable({
+					name: 'cluster',
+					type: 'QUERY',
+					order: 1,
+					queryValue: 'SELECT cluster FROM table WHERE region={{.region}}',
+				}),
+				host: createVariable({
+					name: 'host',
+					type: 'QUERY',
+					order: 2,
+					queryValue: 'SELECT host FROM table WHERE cluster={{.cluster}}',
+				}),
+			};
+
+			const result = computeDerivedValues(variables);
+
+			const { dependencyData: depData } = result;
+			expect(depData).not.toBeNull();
+			expect(depData?.transitiveDescendants).toBeDefined();
+			// region's transitive descendants should include cluster and host
+			expect(depData?.transitiveDescendants['region']).toEqual(
+				expect.arrayContaining(['cluster', 'host']),
+			);
+		});
+
+		it('should handle a single variable', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				solo: createVariable({
+					name: 'solo',
+					type: 'QUERY',
+					order: 0,
+				}),
+			};
+
+			const result = computeDerivedValues(variables);
+
+			expect(result.sortedVariablesArray).toHaveLength(1);
+			expect(result.variableTypes).toEqual({ solo: 'QUERY' });
+			expect(result.dynamicVariableOrder).toEqual([]);
+			expect(result.dependencyData).not.toBeNull();
+			expect(result.dependencyData?.order).toEqual(['solo']);
+		});
+
+		it('should handle only non-QUERY variables', () => {
+			const variables: IDashboardVariables = {
+				custom1: createVariable({
+					name: 'custom1',
+					type: 'CUSTOM',
+					order: 0,
+				}),
+				text1: createVariable({
+					name: 'text1',
+					type: 'TEXTBOX',
+					order: 1,
+				}),
+				dyn1: createVariable({
+					name: 'dyn1',
+					type: 'DYNAMIC',
+					order: 2,
+				}),
+			};
+
+			const result = computeDerivedValues(variables);
+
+			expect(result.sortedVariablesArray).toHaveLength(3);
+			// No QUERY variables, so dependency order should be empty
+			expect(result.dependencyData?.order).toEqual([]);
+			expect(result.dynamicVariableOrder).toEqual(['dyn1']);
+		});
+	});
+});

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStore.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import { isEmpty, isUndefined } from 'lodash-es';
+
 import createStore from '../store';
+import { VariableFetchContext } from '../variableFetchStore';
 import { IDashboardVariablesStoreState } from './dashboardVariablesStoreTypes';
 import {
 	computeDerivedValues,
@@ -10,6 +13,8 @@ const initialState: IDashboardVariablesStoreState = {
 	variables: {},
 	sortedVariablesArray: [],
 	dependencyData: null,
+	variableTypes: {},
+	dynamicVariableOrder: [],
 };
 
 export const dashboardVariablesStore = createStore<IDashboardVariablesStoreState>(
@@ -55,3 +60,38 @@ export function updateDashboardVariablesStore({
 		updateDerivedValues(draft);
 	});
 }
+
+/**
+ * Read current store snapshot as VariableFetchContext.
+ * Used by components to pass context to variableFetchStore actions
+ * without creating a circular import.
+ */
+export function getVariableDependencyContext(): VariableFetchContext {
+	const state = dashboardVariablesStore.getSnapshot();
+
+	// If every variable already has a selectedValue (e.g. persisted from
+	// localStorage/URL), dynamic variables can start in parallel.
+	// Otherwise they wait for query vars to settle first.
+	const doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected = Object.values(state.variables).every(
+		(variable) => {
+			if (
+				variable.type === 'DYNAMIC' &&
+				variable.selectedValue === null &&
+				variable.allSelected === true
+			) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			return (
+				!isUndefined(variable.selectedValue) && !isEmpty(variable.selectedValue)
+			);
+		},
+	);
+
+	return {
+		doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected,
+		variableTypes: state.variableTypes,
+		dynamicVariableOrder: state.dynamicVariableOrder,
+		dependencyData: state.dependencyData,
+	};
+}

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStoreTypes.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
-import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+import {
+	IDashboardVariable,
+	TVariableQueryType,
+} from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
 
 export type VariableGraph = Record<string, string[]>;
 
 export interface IDependencyData {
 	order: string[];
+	// Direct children for each variable
 	graph: VariableGraph;
+	// Direct parents for each variable
 	parentDependencyGraph: VariableGraph;
+	// Pre-computed transitive descendants for each node (all reachable nodes, not just direct children)
+	transitiveDescendants: VariableGraph;
 	hasCycle: boolean;
 	cycleNodes?: string[];
 }
@@ -24,6 +31,12 @@ export interface IDashboardVariablesStoreState {
 
 	// Derived: dependency data for QUERY variables
 	dependencyData: IDependencyData | null;
+
+	// Derived: variable name → type mapping
+	variableTypes: Record<string, TVariableQueryType>;
+
+	// Derived: display-ordered list of dynamic variable names
+	dynamicVariableOrder: string[];
 }
 
 export interface IUseDashboardVariablesReturn {

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStoreUtils.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ import {
 	buildDependencies,
 	buildDependencyGraph,
 } from 'container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/util';
-import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+import {
+	IDashboardVariable,
+	TVariableQueryType,
+} from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
 
-import { initializeVariableFetchStore } from '../variableFetchStore';
 import {
 	IDashboardVariables,
 	IDashboardVariablesStoreState,
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ export function buildDependencyData(
 		order,
 		graph,
 		parentDependencyGraph,
+		transitiveDescendants,
 		hasCycle,
 		cycleNodes,
 	} = buildDependencyGraph(dependencies);
@@ -58,49 +61,62 @@ export function buildDependencyData(
 		order: queryVariableOrder,
 		graph,
 		parentDependencyGraph,
+		transitiveDescendants,
 		hasCycle,
 		cycleNodes,
 	};
 }
 
 /**
- * Initialize the variable fetch store with the computed dependency data
+ * Build a variable name → type mapping from sorted variables array
  */
-function initializeFetchStore(
+export function buildVariableTypesMap(
 	sortedVariablesArray: IDashboardVariable[],
-	dependencyData: IDependencyData | null,
-): void {
-	if (dependencyData) {
-		const allVariableNames = sortedVariablesArray
-			.map((v) => v.name)
-			.filter((name): name is string => !!name);
+): Record<string, TVariableQueryType> {
+	const types: Record<string, TVariableQueryType> = {};
+	sortedVariablesArray.forEach((v) => {
+		if (v.name) {
+			types[v.name] = v.type;
+		}
+	});
+	return types;
+}
 
-		initializeVariableFetchStore(
-			allVariableNames,
-			dependencyData.graph,
-			dependencyData.parentDependencyGraph,
-		);
-	}
+/**
+ * Build display-ordered list of dynamic variable names
+ */
+export function buildDynamicVariableOrder(
+	sortedVariablesArray: IDashboardVariable[],
+): string[] {
+	return sortedVariablesArray
+		.filter((v) => v.type === 'DYNAMIC' && v.name)
+		.map((v) => v.name as string);
 }
 
 /**
  * Compute derived values from variables
  * This is a composition of buildSortedVariablesArray and buildDependencyData
- * Also initializes the variable fetch store with the new dependency data
  */
 export function computeDerivedValues(
 	variables: IDashboardVariablesStoreState['variables'],
 ): Pick<
 	IDashboardVariablesStoreState,
-	'sortedVariablesArray' | 'dependencyData'
+	| 'sortedVariablesArray'
+	| 'dependencyData'
+	| 'variableTypes'
+	| 'dynamicVariableOrder'
 > {
 	const sortedVariablesArray = buildSortedVariablesArray(variables);
 	const dependencyData = buildDependencyData(sortedVariablesArray);
+	const variableTypes = buildVariableTypesMap(sortedVariablesArray);
+	const dynamicVariableOrder = buildDynamicVariableOrder(sortedVariablesArray);
 
-	// Initialize the variable fetch store when dependency data is computed
-	initializeFetchStore(sortedVariablesArray, dependencyData);
-
-	return { sortedVariablesArray, dependencyData };
+	return {
+		sortedVariablesArray,
+		dependencyData,
+		variableTypes,
+		dynamicVariableOrder,
+	};
 }
 
 /**
@@ -112,7 +128,8 @@ export function updateDerivedValues(
 ): void {
 	draft.sortedVariablesArray = buildSortedVariablesArray(draft.variables);
 	draft.dependencyData = buildDependencyData(draft.sortedVariablesArray);
-
-	// Initialize the variable fetch store when dependency data is updated
-	initializeFetchStore(draft.sortedVariablesArray, draft.dependencyData);
+	draft.variableTypes = buildVariableTypesMap(draft.sortedVariablesArray);
+	draft.dynamicVariableOrder = buildDynamicVariableOrder(
+		draft.sortedVariablesArray,
+	);
 }

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/store/variableFetchStore.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-import { VariableGraph } from 'container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/util';
-
+import { getVariableDependencyContext } from './dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStore';
+import { IDashboardVariablesStoreState } from './dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStoreTypes';
 import createStore from './store';
+import {
+	areAllQueryVariablesSettled,
+	isSettled,
+	resolveFetchState,
+	unlockWaitingDynamicVariables,
+} from './variableFetchStoreUtils';
 
 // Fetch state for each variable
 export type VariableFetchState =
@@ -14,19 +20,29 @@ export interface IVariableFetchStoreState {
 	// Per-variable fetch state
 	states: Record<string, VariableFetchState>;
 
-	// Dependency graphs (set once when variables change)
-	dependencyGraph: VariableGraph; // variable -> children that depend on it
-	parentGraph: VariableGraph; // variable -> parents it depends on
-
-	// Track last update timestamp per variable to trigger re-fetches
+	// Track last update timestamp per variable
 	lastUpdated: Record<string, number>;
+
+	// Per-variable cycle counter — bumped when a variable needs to refetch.
+	// Used in react-query keys to auto-cancel stale requests for that variable only.
+	cycleIds: Record<string, number>;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Context from dashboardVariablesStore needed by fetch actions.
+ * Passed as parameter to avoid circular imports.
+ */
+export type VariableFetchContext = Pick<
+	IDashboardVariablesStoreState,
+	'variableTypes' | 'dynamicVariableOrder' | 'dependencyData'
+> & {
+	doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected: boolean;
+};
+
 const initialState: IVariableFetchStoreState = {
 	states: {},
-	dependencyGraph: {},
-	parentGraph: {},
 	lastUpdated: {},
+	cycleIds: {},
 };
 
 export const variableFetchStore = createStore<IVariableFetchStoreState>(
@@ -36,22 +52,183 @@ export const variableFetchStore = createStore<IVariableFetchStoreState>(
 // ============== Actions ==============
 
 /**
- * Initialize the store with dependency graphs and set initial states
+ * Initialize the store with variable names.
+ * Called when dashboard variables change — sets up state entries.
  */
-export function initializeVariableFetchStore(
-	variableNames: string[],
-	dependencyGraph: VariableGraph,
-	parentGraph: VariableGraph,
-): void {
+export function initializeVariableFetchStore(variableNames: string[]): void {
 	variableFetchStore.update((draft) => {
-		draft.dependencyGraph = dependencyGraph;
-		draft.parentGraph = parentGraph;
-
-		// Initialize all variables to idle, preserving existing ready states
+		// Initialize all variables to idle, preserving existing states
 		variableNames.forEach((name) => {
 			if (!draft.states[name]) {
 				draft.states[name] = 'idle';
 			}
 		});
+
+		// Clean up stale entries for variables that no longer exist
+		const nameSet = new Set(variableNames);
+		Object.keys(draft.states).forEach((name) => {
+			if (!nameSet.has(name)) {
+				delete draft.states[name];
+				delete draft.lastUpdated[name];
+				delete draft.cycleIds[name];
+			}
+		});
+	});
+}
+
+/**
+ * Start a full fetch cycle for all fetchable variables.
+ * Called on: initial load, time range change, or dependency graph change.
+ *
+ * Query variables with no query-type parents start immediately.
+ * Query variables with query-type parents get 'waiting'.
+ * Dynamic variables start immediately if all variables already have
+ * selectedValues (e.g. persisted from localStorage/URL). Otherwise they
+ * wait for all query variables to settle first.
+ */
+export function enqueueFetchOfAllVariables(): void {
+	const {
+		doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected,
+		dependencyData,
+		variableTypes,
+		dynamicVariableOrder,
+	} = getVariableDependencyContext();
+	if (!dependencyData) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const { order: queryVariableOrder, parentDependencyGraph } = dependencyData;
+
+	variableFetchStore.update((draft) => {
+		// Query variables: root ones start immediately, dependent ones wait
+		queryVariableOrder.forEach((name) => {
+			draft.cycleIds[name] = (draft.cycleIds[name] || 0) + 1;
+			const parents = parentDependencyGraph[name] || [];
+			const hasQueryParents = parents.some((p) => variableTypes[p] === 'QUERY');
+			if (hasQueryParents) {
+				draft.states[name] = 'waiting';
+			} else {
+				draft.states[name] = resolveFetchState(draft, name);
+			}
+		});
+
+		// Dynamic variables: start immediately if query variables have values,
+		// otherwise wait for query variables to settle first
+		dynamicVariableOrder.forEach((name) => {
+			draft.cycleIds[name] = (draft.cycleIds[name] || 0) + 1;
+			draft.states[name] = doAllVariablesHaveValuesSelected
+				? resolveFetchState(draft, name)
+				: 'waiting';
+		});
+	});
+}
+
+/**
+ * Mark a variable as completed. Unblocks waiting query-type children.
+ * If all query variables are now settled, unlocks any waiting dynamic variables.
+ */
+export function onVariableFetchComplete(name: string): void {
+	const {
+		dependencyData,
+		variableTypes,
+		dynamicVariableOrder,
+	} = getVariableDependencyContext();
+
+	variableFetchStore.update((draft) => {
+		draft.states[name] = 'idle';
+		draft.lastUpdated[name] = Date.now();
+
+		if (!dependencyData) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const { graph } = dependencyData;
+
+		// Unblock waiting query-type children
+		const children = graph[name] || [];
+		children.forEach((child) => {
+			if (variableTypes[child] === 'QUERY' && draft.states[child] === 'waiting') {
+				draft.states[child] = resolveFetchState(draft, child);
+			}
+		});
+
+		// If all query variables are settled, unlock any waiting dynamic variables
+		if (
+			variableTypes[name] === 'QUERY' &&
+			areAllQueryVariablesSettled(draft.states, variableTypes)
+		) {
+			unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(draft, dynamicVariableOrder);
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+/**
+ * Mark a variable as errored. Sets query-type descendants to idle
+ * (they can't proceed without this parent).
+ * If all query variables are now settled, unlocks any waiting dynamic variables.
+ */
+export function onVariableFetchFailure(name: string): void {
+	const {
+		dependencyData,
+		variableTypes,
+		dynamicVariableOrder,
+	} = getVariableDependencyContext();
+
+	variableFetchStore.update((draft) => {
+		draft.states[name] = 'error';
+
+		if (!dependencyData) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Set query-type descendants to idle (can't fetch without parent)
+		const descendants = dependencyData.transitiveDescendants[name] || [];
+		descendants.forEach((desc) => {
+			if (variableTypes[desc] === 'QUERY') {
+				draft.states[desc] = 'idle';
+			}
+		});
+
+		// If all query variables are settled (error counts), unlock any waiting dynamic variables
+		if (
+			variableTypes[name] === 'QUERY' &&
+			areAllQueryVariablesSettled(draft.states, variableTypes)
+		) {
+			unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(draft, dynamicVariableOrder);
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+/**
+ * Cascade a value change to query-type descendants.
+ * Called when a user changes a variable's value (not from a fetch cycle).
+ *
+ * Direct children whose parents are all settled start immediately.
+ * Deeper descendants wait until their parents complete (BFS order
+ * ensures parents are set before children within a single update).
+ */
+export function enqueueDescendantsOfVariable(name: string): void {
+	const { dependencyData, variableTypes } = getVariableDependencyContext();
+	if (!dependencyData) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const { parentDependencyGraph } = dependencyData;
+
+	variableFetchStore.update((draft) => {
+		const descendants = dependencyData.transitiveDescendants[name] || [];
+		const queryDescendants = descendants.filter(
+			(desc) => variableTypes[desc] === 'QUERY',
+		);
+
+		queryDescendants.forEach((desc) => {
+			draft.cycleIds[desc] = (draft.cycleIds[desc] || 0) + 1;
+			const parents = parentDependencyGraph[desc] || [];
+			const allParentsSettled = parents.every((p) => isSettled(draft.states[p]));
+
+			draft.states[desc] = allParentsSettled
+				? resolveFetchState(draft, desc)
+				: 'waiting';
+		});
 	});
 }

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/store/variableFetchStoreUtils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { TVariableQueryType } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+
+import {
+	IVariableFetchStoreState,
+	VariableFetchState,
+} from './variableFetchStore';
+
+export function isSettled(state: VariableFetchState | undefined): boolean {
+	return state === 'idle' || state === 'error';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the next fetch state based on whether the variable has been fetched before.
+ */
+export function resolveFetchState(
+	draft: IVariableFetchStoreState,
+	name: string,
+): VariableFetchState {
+	return (draft.lastUpdated[name] || 0) > 0 ? 'revalidating' : 'loading';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if all query variables are settled (idle or error).
+ */
+export function areAllQueryVariablesSettled(
+	states: Record<string, VariableFetchState>,
+	variableTypes: Record<string, TVariableQueryType>,
+): boolean {
+	return Object.entries(variableTypes)
+		.filter(([, type]) => type === 'QUERY')
+		.every(([name]) => isSettled(states[name]));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Transition waiting dynamic variables to loading/revalidating if in 'waiting' state.
+ */
+export function unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(
+	draft: IVariableFetchStoreState,
+	dynamicVariableOrder: string[],
+): void {
+	dynamicVariableOrder.forEach((dynName) => {
+		if (draft.states[dynName] === 'waiting') {
+			draft.states[dynName] = resolveFetchState(draft, dynName);
+		}
+	});
+}

pkg/query-service/app/clickhouseReader/reader.go

@@ -3261,20 +3261,14 @@ func (r *ClickHouseReader) GetMetricAggregateAttributes(ctx context.Context, org
 		metadata := metadataMap[name]
 
 		typ := string(metadata.MetricType)
-		temporality := string(metadata.Temporality)
-		isMonotonic := metadata.IsMonotonic
-
-		// Non-monotonic cumulative sums are treated as gauges
-		if typ == "Sum" && !isMonotonic && temporality == string(v3.Cumulative) {
-			typ = "Gauge"
-		}
 
 		// unlike traces/logs `tag`/`resource` type, the `Type` will be metric type
 		key := v3.AttributeKey{
-			Key:      name,
-			DataType: v3.AttributeKeyDataTypeFloat64,
-			Type:     v3.AttributeKeyType(typ),
-			IsColumn: true,
+			Key:         name,
+			DataType:    v3.AttributeKeyDataTypeFloat64,
+			Type:        v3.AttributeKeyType(typ),
+			IsMonotonic: metadata.IsMonotonic,
+			IsColumn:    true,
 		}
 
 		if _, ok := seen[name+typ]; ok {
@@ -5419,6 +5413,7 @@ func (r *ClickHouseReader) ListSummaryMetrics(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.
 		    t.metric_name AS metric_name,
 		    ANY_VALUE(t.description) AS description,
 		    ANY_VALUE(t.type) AS metric_type,
+			ANY_VALUE(t.is_monotonic) AS metric_is_monotonic,
 		    ANY_VALUE(t.unit) AS metric_unit,
 		    uniq(t.fingerprint) AS timeseries,
 			uniq(metric_name) OVER() AS total
@@ -5450,7 +5445,7 @@ func (r *ClickHouseReader) ListSummaryMetrics(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.
 
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var metric metrics_explorer.MetricDetail
-		if err := rows.Scan(&metric.MetricName, &metric.Description, &metric.MetricType, &metric.MetricUnit, &metric.TimeSeries, &response.Total); err != nil {
+		if err := rows.Scan(&metric.MetricName, &metric.Description, &metric.MetricType, &metric.IsMonotonic, &metric.MetricUnit, &metric.TimeSeries, &response.Total); err != nil {
 			zap.L().Error("Error scanning metric row", zap.Error(err))
 			return &response, &model.ApiError{Typ: "ClickHouseError", Err: err}
 		}

pkg/query-service/model/metrics_explorer/summary.go

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type MetricDetail struct {
 	TimeSeries   uint64 `json:"timeseries"`
 	Samples      uint64 `json:"samples"`
 	LastReceived int64  `json:"lastReceived"`
+	IsMonotonic  bool   `json:"is_monotonic"`
 }
 
 type TreeMapResponseItem struct {

pkg/query-service/model/v3/v3.go

@@ -381,11 +381,12 @@ func (t AttributeKeyType) String() string {
 }
 
 type AttributeKey struct {
-	Key      string               `json:"key"`
-	DataType AttributeKeyDataType `json:"dataType"`
-	Type     AttributeKeyType     `json:"type"`
-	IsColumn bool                 `json:"isColumn"`
-	IsJSON   bool                 `json:"isJSON"`
+	Key         string               `json:"key"`
+	DataType    AttributeKeyDataType `json:"dataType"`
+	Type        AttributeKeyType     `json:"type"`
+	IsColumn    bool                 `json:"isColumn"`
+	IsMonotonic bool                 `json:"is_monotonic"`
+	IsJSON      bool                 `json:"isJSON"`
 }
 
 func (a AttributeKey) CacheKey() string {