feat: toggle foreign key constraint

* chore: replace prop drilling with fetch store

* chore: variables based panel fetching

* chore: add tests

* chore: move tests

* chore: add tests for new hook

* chore: resolve comments

conf/example.yaml

@@ -309,3 +309,14 @@ user:
       allow_self: true
       # The duration within which a user can reset their password.
       max_token_lifetime: 6h
+  root:
+    # Whether to enable the root user. When enabled, a root user is provisioned
+    # on startup using the email and password below. The root user cannot be
+    # deleted, updated, or have their password changed through the UI.
+    enabled: false
+    # The email address of the root user.
+    email: ""
+    # The password of the root user. Must meet password requirements.
+    password: ""
+    # The name of the organization to create or look up for the root user.
+    org_name: default

docs/api/openapi.yml

@@ -4678,6 +4678,8 @@ components:
           type: string
         id:
           type: string
+        isRoot:
+          type: boolean
         orgId:
           type: string
         role:

ee/query-service/app/api/api.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type APIHandler struct {
 }
 
 // NewAPIHandler returns an APIHandler
-func NewAPIHandler(opts APIHandlerOptions, signoz *signoz.SigNoz) (*APIHandler, error) {
+func NewAPIHandler(opts APIHandlerOptions, signoz *signoz.SigNoz, config signoz.Config) (*APIHandler, error) {
 	baseHandler, err := baseapp.NewAPIHandler(baseapp.APIHandlerOpts{
 		Reader:                        opts.DataConnector,
 		RuleManager:                   opts.RulesManager,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func NewAPIHandler(opts APIHandlerOptions, signoz *signoz.SigNoz) (*APIHandler,
 		Signoz:                        signoz,
 		QuerierAPI:                    querierAPI.NewAPI(signoz.Instrumentation.ToProviderSettings(), signoz.Querier, signoz.Analytics),
 		QueryParserAPI:                queryparser.NewAPI(signoz.Instrumentation.ToProviderSettings(), signoz.QueryParser),
-	})
+	}, config)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err

ee/query-service/app/server.go

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func NewServer(config signoz.Config, signoz *signoz.SigNoz) (*Server, error) {
 		GlobalConfig:                  config.Global,
 	}
 
-	apiHandler, err := api.NewAPIHandler(apiOpts, signoz)
+	apiHandler, err := api.NewAPIHandler(apiOpts, signoz, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

frontend/src/api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas.ts

@@ -1542,6 +1542,10 @@ export interface TypesUserDTO {
 	 * @type string
 	 */
 	id?: string;
+	/**
+	 * @type boolean
+	 */
+	isRoot?: boolean;
 	/**
 	 * @type string
 	 */

frontend/src/api/v5/queryRange/convertV5Response.test.ts

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('convertV5ResponseToLegacy', () => {
 		const v5Data: QueryRangeResponseV5 = {
 			type: 'time_series',
 			data: { results: [timeSeries] },
-			meta: { rowsScanned: 0, bytesScanned: 0, durationMs: 0 },
+			meta: { rowsScanned: 0, bytesScanned: 0, durationMs: 0, stepIntervals: {} },
 		};
 
 		const params = makeBaseParams('time_series', [
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ describe('convertV5ResponseToLegacy', () => {
 		const v5Data: QueryRangeResponseV5 = {
 			type: 'scalar',
 			data: { results: [scalar] },
-			meta: { rowsScanned: 0, bytesScanned: 0, durationMs: 0 },
+			meta: { rowsScanned: 0, bytesScanned: 0, durationMs: 0, stepIntervals: {} },
 		};
 
 		const params = makeBaseParams('scalar', [
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ describe('convertV5ResponseToLegacy', () => {
 		const v5Data: QueryRangeResponseV5 = {
 			type: 'scalar',
 			data: { results: [scalar] },
-			meta: { rowsScanned: 0, bytesScanned: 0, durationMs: 0 },
+			meta: { rowsScanned: 0, bytesScanned: 0, durationMs: 0, stepIntervals: {} },
 		};
 
 		const params = makeBaseParams('scalar', [

frontend/src/api/v5/queryRange/convertV5Response.ts

@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ export function convertV5ResponseToLegacy(
 					warnings: v5Data?.data?.warning || [],
 				},
 				warning: v5Data?.warning || undefined,
+				meta: v5Data?.meta,
 			},
 			warning: v5Data?.warning || undefined,
 		};
@@ -406,6 +407,7 @@ export function convertV5ResponseToLegacy(
 		payload: {
 			data: convertedData,
 			warning: v5Response.payload?.data?.warning || undefined,
+			meta: v5Data?.meta,
 		},
 	};
 

frontend/src/components/NewSelect/__test__/VariableItem.integration.test.tsx

@@ -78,12 +78,10 @@ function TestWrapper({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }): JSX.Element {
 describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 	let user: ReturnType<typeof userEvent.setup>;
 	let mockOnValueUpdate: jest.Mock;
-	let mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated: jest.Mock;
 
 	beforeEach(() => {
 		user = userEvent.setup();
 		mockOnValueUpdate = jest.fn();
-		mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated = jest.fn();
 		jest.clearAllMocks();
 	});
 
@@ -102,9 +100,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -150,9 +145,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -195,9 +187,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -247,9 +236,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -272,9 +258,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -308,9 +291,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -344,9 +324,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -369,9 +346,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -405,9 +379,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -461,9 +432,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -508,9 +476,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -548,9 +513,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);
@@ -582,9 +544,6 @@ describe('VariableItem Integration Tests', () => {
 						variableData={variable}
 						existingVariables={{}}
 						onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={null}
 					/>
 				</TestWrapper>,
 			);

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/DashboardVariableSelection.tsx

@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ import {
 import useVariablesFromUrl from 'hooks/dashboard/useVariablesFromUrl';
 import { useDashboard } from 'providers/Dashboard/Dashboard';
 import { initializeDefaultVariables } from 'providers/Dashboard/initializeDefaultVariables';
+import {
+	enqueueDescendantsOfVariable,
+	enqueueFetchOfAllVariables,
+	initializeVariableFetchStore,
+} from 'providers/Dashboard/store/variableFetchStore';
 import { AppState } from 'store/reducers';
 import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
 import { GlobalReducer } from 'types/reducer/globalTime';
 
-import { onUpdateVariableNode } from './util';
 import VariableItem from './VariableItem';
 
 import './DashboardVariableSelection.styles.scss';
@@ -22,8 +26,6 @@ function DashboardVariableSelection(): JSX.Element | null {
 	const {
 		setSelectedDashboard,
 		updateLocalStorageDashboardVariables,
-		variablesToGetUpdated,
-		setVariablesToGetUpdated,
 	} = useDashboard();
 
 	const { updateUrlVariable, getUrlVariables } = useVariablesFromUrl();
@@ -55,11 +57,14 @@ function DashboardVariableSelection(): JSX.Element | null {
 		[dependencyData?.order],
 	);
 
-	// Trigger refetch when dependency order changes or global time changes
+	// Initialize fetch store then start a new fetch cycle.
+	// Runs on dependency order changes, and time range changes.
 	useEffect(() => {
-		if (dependencyData?.order && dependencyData.order.length > 0) {
-			setVariablesToGetUpdated(dependencyData?.order || []);
-		}
+		const allVariableNames = sortedVariablesArray
+			.map((v) => v.name)
+			.filter((name): name is string => !!name);
+		initializeVariableFetchStore(allVariableNames);
+		enqueueFetchOfAllVariables();
 		// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 	}, [dependencyOrderKey, minTime, maxTime]);
 
@@ -121,29 +126,14 @@ function DashboardVariableSelection(): JSX.Element | null {
 				return prev;
 			});
 
-			if (dependencyData) {
-				const updatedVariables: string[] = [];
-				onUpdateVariableNode(
-					name,
-					dependencyData.graph,
-					dependencyData.order,
-					(node) => updatedVariables.push(node),
-				);
-				setVariablesToGetUpdated((prev) => [
-					...new Set([...prev, ...updatedVariables.filter((v) => v !== name)]),
-				]);
-			} else {
-				setVariablesToGetUpdated((prev) => prev.filter((v) => v !== name));
-			}
+			// Cascade: enqueue query-type descendants for refetching
+			enqueueDescendantsOfVariable(name);
 		},
 		[
-			// This can be removed
 			dashboardVariables,
 			updateLocalStorageDashboardVariables,
-			dependencyData,
 			updateUrlVariable,
 			setSelectedDashboard,
-			setVariablesToGetUpdated,
 		],
 	);
 
@@ -158,9 +148,6 @@ function DashboardVariableSelection(): JSX.Element | null {
 						existingVariables={dashboardVariables}
 						variableData={variable}
 						onValueUpdate={onValueUpdate}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={variablesToGetUpdated}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={setVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={dependencyData}
 					/>
 				);
 			})}

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/DynamicVariableInput.tsx

@@ -2,18 +2,25 @@ import { memo, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useQuery } from 'react-query';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { getFieldValues } from 'api/dynamicVariables/getFieldValues';
-import { SOMETHING_WENT_WRONG } from 'constants/api';
 import { DEBOUNCE_DELAY } from 'constants/queryBuilderFilterConfig';
 import { REACT_QUERY_KEY } from 'constants/reactQueryKeys';
+import { useVariableFetchState } from 'hooks/dashboard/useVariableFetchState';
 import useDebounce from 'hooks/useDebounce';
-import { isEmpty } from 'lodash-es';
 import { AppState } from 'store/reducers';
+import { SuccessResponseV2 } from 'types/api';
+import { FieldValueResponse } from 'types/api/dynamicVariables/getFieldValues';
 import { GlobalReducer } from 'types/reducer/globalTime';
 import { isRetryableError as checkIfRetryableError } from 'utils/errorUtils';
 
 import SelectVariableInput from './SelectVariableInput';
 import { useDashboardVariableSelectHelper } from './useDashboardVariableSelectHelper';
-import { getOptionsForDynamicVariable } from './util';
+import {
+	buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery,
+	extractErrorMessage,
+	getOptionsForDynamicVariable,
+	mergeUniqueStrings,
+	settleVariableFetch,
+} from './util';
 import { VariableItemProps } from './VariableItem';
 import { dynamicVariableSelectStrategy } from './variableSelectStrategy/dynamicVariableSelectStrategy';
 
@@ -24,7 +31,6 @@ type DynamicVariableInputProps = Pick<
 	'variableData' | 'onValueUpdate' | 'existingVariables'
 >;
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
 function DynamicVariableInput({
 	variableData,
 	onValueUpdate,
@@ -55,14 +61,8 @@ function DynamicVariableInput({
 
 	const debouncedApiSearchText = useDebounce(apiSearchText, DEBOUNCE_DELAY);
 
-	// Build a memoized list of all currently available option strings (normalized + related)
 	const allAvailableOptionStrings = useMemo(
-		() => [
-			...new Set([
-				...optionsData.map((v) => v.toString()),
-				...relatedValues.map((v) => v.toString()),
-			]),
-		],
+		() => mergeUniqueStrings(optionsData, relatedValues),
 		[optionsData, relatedValues],
 	);
 
@@ -104,67 +104,24 @@ function DynamicVariableInput({
 		(state) => state.globalTime,
 	);
 
-	// existing query is the query made from the other dynamic variables around this one with there current values
-	// for e.g. k8s.namespace.name IN ["zeus", "gene"] AND doc_op_type IN ["test"]
-	// eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
-	const existingQuery = useMemo(() => {
-		if (!existingVariables || !variableData.dynamicVariablesAttribute) {
-			return '';
-		}
+	const {
+		variableFetchCycleId,
+		isVariableSettled,
+		isVariableFetching,
+		hasVariableFetchedOnce,
+		isVariableWaitingForDependencies,
+		variableDependencyWaitMessage,
+	} = useVariableFetchState(variableData.name || '');
 
-		const queryParts: string[] = [];
-
-		Object.entries(existingVariables).forEach(([, variable]) => {
-			// Skip the current variable being processed
-			if (variable.id === variableData.id) {
-				return;
-			}
-
-			// Only include dynamic variables that have selected values and are not selected as ALL
-			if (
-				variable.type === 'DYNAMIC' &&
-				variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute &&
-				variable.selectedValue &&
-				!isEmpty(variable.selectedValue) &&
-				(variable.showALLOption ? !variable.allSelected : true)
-			) {
-				const attribute = variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute;
-				const values = Array.isArray(variable.selectedValue)
-					? variable.selectedValue
-					: [variable.selectedValue];
-
-				// Filter out empty values and convert to strings
-				const validValues = values
-					.filter((val) => val !== null && val !== undefined && val !== '')
-					.map((val) => val.toString());
-
-				if (validValues.length > 0) {
-					// Format values for query - wrap strings in quotes, keep numbers as is
-					const formattedValues = validValues.map((val) => {
-						// Check if value is a number
-						const numValue = Number(val);
-						if (!Number.isNaN(numValue) && Number.isFinite(numValue)) {
-							return val; // Keep as number
-						}
-						// Escape single quotes and wrap in quotes
-						return `'${val.replace(/'/g, "\\'")}'`;
-					});
-
-					if (formattedValues.length === 1) {
-						queryParts.push(`${attribute} = ${formattedValues[0]}`);
-					} else {
-						queryParts.push(`${attribute} IN [${formattedValues.join(', ')}]`);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		});
-
-		return queryParts.join(' AND ');
-	}, [
-		existingVariables,
-		variableData.id,
-		variableData.dynamicVariablesAttribute,
-	]);
+	const existingQuery = useMemo(
+		() =>
+			buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(
+				existingVariables,
+				variableData.id,
+				!!variableData.dynamicVariablesAttribute,
+			),
+		[existingVariables, variableData.id, variableData.dynamicVariablesAttribute],
+	);
 
 	// Wrap the hook's onDropdownVisibleChange to also track isDropdownOpen and handle cleanup
 	const handleSelectDropdownVisibilityChange = useCallback(
@@ -182,6 +139,73 @@ function DynamicVariableInput({
 		[onDropdownVisibleChange, optionsData, originalRelatedValues],
 	);
 
+	const handleQuerySuccess = useCallback(
+		(data: SuccessResponseV2<FieldValueResponse>): void => {
+			const newNormalizedValues = data.data?.normalizedValues || [];
+			const newRelatedValues = data.data?.relatedValues || [];
+
+			if (!debouncedApiSearchText) {
+				setOptionsData(newNormalizedValues);
+				setIsComplete(data.data?.complete || false);
+			}
+			setFilteredOptionsData(newNormalizedValues);
+			setRelatedValues(newRelatedValues);
+			setOriginalRelatedValues(newRelatedValues);
+
+			// Sync temp selection with latest API values when ALL is active and dropdown is open
+			if (variableData.allSelected && isDropdownOpen) {
+				const latestValues = mergeUniqueStrings(
+					newNormalizedValues,
+					newRelatedValues,
+				);
+
+				const currentStrings = Array.isArray(tempSelection)
+					? tempSelection.map((v) => v.toString())
+					: tempSelection
+					? [tempSelection.toString()]
+					: [];
+
+				const areSame =
+					currentStrings.length === latestValues.length &&
+					latestValues.every((v) => currentStrings.includes(v));
+
+				if (!areSame) {
+					setTempSelection(latestValues);
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Apply default if no value is selected (e.g., new variable, first load)
+			if (!debouncedApiSearchText) {
+				applyDefaultIfNeeded(
+					mergeUniqueStrings(newNormalizedValues, newRelatedValues),
+				);
+			}
+
+			settleVariableFetch(variableData.name, 'complete');
+		},
+		[
+			debouncedApiSearchText,
+			variableData.allSelected,
+			variableData.name,
+			isDropdownOpen,
+			tempSelection,
+			setTempSelection,
+			applyDefaultIfNeeded,
+		],
+	);
+
+	const handleQueryError = useCallback(
+		(error: { message?: string } | null): void => {
+			if (error) {
+				setErrorMessage(extractErrorMessage(error));
+				setIsRetryableError(checkIfRetryableError(error));
+			}
+
+			settleVariableFetch(variableData.name, 'failure');
+		},
+		[variableData.name],
+	);
+
 	const { isLoading, refetch } = useQuery(
 		[
 			REACT_QUERY_KEY.DASHBOARD_BY_ID,
@@ -192,13 +216,22 @@ function DynamicVariableInput({
 			debouncedApiSearchText,
 			variableData.dynamicVariablesSource,
 			variableData.dynamicVariablesAttribute,
+			variableFetchCycleId,
 		],
 		{
+			/*
+			 * enabled if
+			 * - we have dynamic variable source and attribute defined (ALWAYS)
+			 * - AND
+			 *   - we're either still fetching variable options
+			 *   - OR
+			 *   - if variable is in idle state and we have already fetched options for it
+			 **/
 			enabled:
-				variableData.type === 'DYNAMIC' &&
 				!!variableData.dynamicVariablesSource &&
-				!!variableData.dynamicVariablesAttribute,
-			queryFn: () =>
+				!!variableData.dynamicVariablesAttribute &&
+				(isVariableFetching || (isVariableSettled && hasVariableFetchedOnce)),
+			queryFn: ({ signal }) =>
 				getFieldValues(
 					variableData.dynamicVariablesSource?.toLowerCase() === 'all telemetry'
 						? undefined
@@ -211,70 +244,10 @@ function DynamicVariableInput({
 					minTime,
 					maxTime,
 					existingQuery,
+					signal,
 				),
-			onSuccess: (data) => {
-				const newNormalizedValues = data.data?.normalizedValues || [];
-				const newRelatedValues = data.data?.relatedValues || [];
-
-				if (!debouncedApiSearchText) {
-					setOptionsData(newNormalizedValues);
-					setIsComplete(data.data?.complete || false);
-				}
-				setFilteredOptionsData(newNormalizedValues);
-				setRelatedValues(newRelatedValues);
-				setOriginalRelatedValues(newRelatedValues);
-
-				// Only run auto-check logic when necessary to avoid performance issues
-				if (variableData.allSelected && isDropdownOpen) {
-					// Build the latest full list from API (normalized + related)
-					const latestValues = [
-						...new Set([
-							...newNormalizedValues.map((v) => v.toString()),
-							...newRelatedValues.map((v) => v.toString()),
-						]),
-					];
-
-					// Update temp selection to exactly reflect latest API values when ALL is active
-					const currentStrings = Array.isArray(tempSelection)
-						? tempSelection.map((v) => v.toString())
-						: tempSelection
-						? [tempSelection.toString()]
-						: [];
-					const areSame =
-						currentStrings.length === latestValues.length &&
-						latestValues.every((v) => currentStrings.includes(v));
-					if (!areSame) {
-						setTempSelection(latestValues);
-					}
-				}
-
-				// Apply default if no value is selected (e.g., new variable, first load)
-				if (!debouncedApiSearchText) {
-					const allNewOptions = [
-						...new Set([
-							...newNormalizedValues.map((v) => v.toString()),
-							...newRelatedValues.map((v) => v.toString()),
-						]),
-					];
-					applyDefaultIfNeeded(allNewOptions);
-				}
-			},
-			onError: (error: any) => {
-				if (error) {
-					let message = SOMETHING_WENT_WRONG;
-					if (error?.message) {
-						message = error?.message;
-					} else {
-						message =
-							'Please make sure configuration is valid and you have required setup and permissions';
-					}
-					setErrorMessage(message);
-
-					// Check if error is retryable (5xx) or not (4xx)
-					const isRetryable = checkIfRetryableError(error);
-					setIsRetryableError(isRetryable);
-				}
-			},
+			onSuccess: handleQuerySuccess,
+			onError: handleQueryError,
 		},
 	);
 
@@ -336,6 +309,8 @@ function DynamicVariableInput({
 			showRetryButton={isRetryableError}
 			showIncompleteDataMessage={!isComplete && filteredOptionsData.length > 0}
 			onSearch={handleSearch}
+			waiting={isVariableWaitingForDependencies}
+			waitingMessage={variableDependencyWaitMessage}
 		/>
 	);
 }

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/QueryVariableInput.tsx

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { useQuery } from 'react-query';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import dashboardVariablesQuery from 'api/dashboard/variables/dashboardVariablesQuery';
 import { REACT_QUERY_KEY } from 'constants/reactQueryKeys';
+import { useVariableFetchState } from 'hooks/dashboard/useVariableFetchState';
 import sortValues from 'lib/dashboardVariables/sortVariableValues';
-import { isArray, isString } from 'lodash-es';
+import { isArray, isEmpty, isString } from 'lodash-es';
 import { AppState } from 'store/reducers';
 import { VariableResponseProps } from 'types/api/dashboard/variables/query';
 import { GlobalReducer } from 'types/reducer/globalTime';
@@ -12,26 +13,18 @@ import { GlobalReducer } from 'types/reducer/globalTime';
 import { variablePropsToPayloadVariables } from '../utils';
 import SelectVariableInput from './SelectVariableInput';
 import { useDashboardVariableSelectHelper } from './useDashboardVariableSelectHelper';
-import { areArraysEqual, checkAPIInvocation } from './util';
+import { areArraysEqual, settleVariableFetch } from './util';
 import { VariableItemProps } from './VariableItem';
 import { queryVariableSelectStrategy } from './variableSelectStrategy/queryVariableSelectStrategy';
 
 type QueryVariableInputProps = Pick<
 	VariableItemProps,
-	| 'variableData'
-	| 'existingVariables'
-	| 'onValueUpdate'
-	| 'variablesToGetUpdated'
-	| 'setVariablesToGetUpdated'
-	| 'dependencyData'
+	'variableData' | 'existingVariables' | 'onValueUpdate'
 >;
 
 function QueryVariableInput({
 	variableData,
 	existingVariables,
-	variablesToGetUpdated,
-	setVariablesToGetUpdated,
-	dependencyData,
 	onValueUpdate,
 }: QueryVariableInputProps): JSX.Element {
 	const [optionsData, setOptionsData] = useState<(string | number | boolean)[]>(
@@ -43,6 +36,15 @@ function QueryVariableInput({
 		(state) => state.globalTime,
 	);
 
+	const {
+		variableFetchCycleId,
+		isVariableSettled,
+		isVariableFetching,
+		hasVariableFetchedOnce,
+		isVariableWaitingForDependencies,
+		variableDependencyWaitMessage,
+	} = useVariableFetchState(variableData.name || '');
+
 	const {
 		tempSelection,
 		setTempSelection,
@@ -60,16 +62,6 @@ function QueryVariableInput({
 		strategy: queryVariableSelectStrategy,
 	});
 
-	const validVariableUpdate = useCallback((): boolean => {
-		if (!variableData.name) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		return Boolean(
-			variablesToGetUpdated.length &&
-				variablesToGetUpdated[0] === variableData.name,
-		);
-	}, [variableData.name, variablesToGetUpdated]);
-
 	const getOptions = useCallback(
 		// eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
 		(variablesRes: VariableResponseProps | null): void => {
@@ -103,18 +95,24 @@ function QueryVariableInput({
 							valueNotInList = true;
 						}
 
-						// variablesData.allSelected is added for the case where on change of options we need to update the
-						// local storage
-						if (
-							variableData.name &&
-							(validVariableUpdate() || valueNotInList || variableData.allSelected)
-						) {
+						if (variableData.name && (valueNotInList || variableData.allSelected)) {
 							if (
 								variableData.allSelected &&
 								variableData.multiSelect &&
 								variableData.showALLOption
 							) {
-								onValueUpdate(variableData.name, variableData.id, newOptionsData, true);
+								if (
+									variableData.name &&
+									variableData.id &&
+									!isEmpty(variableData.selectedValue)
+								) {
+									onValueUpdate(
+										variableData.name,
+										variableData.id,
+										newOptionsData,
+										true,
+									);
+								}
 
 								// Update tempSelection to maintain ALL state when dropdown is open
 								if (tempSelection !== undefined) {
@@ -132,7 +130,11 @@ function QueryVariableInput({
 										newOptionsData.every((option) => selectedValue.includes(option));
 								}
 
-								if (variableData.name && variableData.id) {
+								if (
+									variableData.name &&
+									variableData.id &&
+									!isEmpty(variableData.selectedValue)
+								) {
 									onValueUpdate(variableData.name, variableData.id, value, allSelected);
 								}
 							}
@@ -141,10 +143,6 @@ function QueryVariableInput({
 						setOptionsData(newOptionsData);
 						// Apply default if no value is selected (e.g., new variable, first load)
 						applyDefaultIfNeeded(newOptionsData);
-					} else {
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated((prev) =>
-							prev.filter((name) => name !== variableData.name),
-						);
 					}
 				}
 			} catch (e) {
@@ -157,8 +155,6 @@ function QueryVariableInput({
 			onValueUpdate,
 			tempSelection,
 			setTempSelection,
-			validVariableUpdate,
-			setVariablesToGetUpdated,
 			applyDefaultIfNeeded,
 		],
 	);
@@ -169,27 +165,28 @@ function QueryVariableInput({
 			variableData.name || '',
 			`${minTime}`,
 			`${maxTime}`,
-			JSON.stringify(dependencyData?.order),
+			variableFetchCycleId,
 		],
 		{
-			enabled:
-				variableData &&
-				checkAPIInvocation(
-					variablesToGetUpdated,
-					variableData,
-					dependencyData?.parentDependencyGraph,
+			/*
+			 * enabled if
+			 *   - we're either still fetching variable options
+			 *   - OR
+			 *   - if variable is in idle state and we have already fetched options for it
+			 **/
+			enabled: isVariableFetching || (isVariableSettled && hasVariableFetchedOnce),
+			queryFn: ({ signal }) =>
+				dashboardVariablesQuery(
+					{
+						query: variableData.queryValue || '',
+						variables: variablePropsToPayloadVariables(existingVariables),
+					},
+					signal,
 				),
-			queryFn: () =>
-				dashboardVariablesQuery({
-					query: variableData.queryValue || '',
-					variables: variablePropsToPayloadVariables(existingVariables),
-				}),
 			refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
 			onSuccess: (response) => {
 				getOptions(response.payload);
-				setVariablesToGetUpdated((prev) =>
-					prev.filter((v) => v !== variableData.name),
-				);
+				settleVariableFetch(variableData.name, 'complete');
 			},
 			onError: (error: {
 				details: {
@@ -206,9 +203,7 @@ function QueryVariableInput({
 					}
 					setErrorMessage(message);
 				}
-				setVariablesToGetUpdated((prev) =>
-					prev.filter((v) => v !== variableData.name),
-				);
+				settleVariableFetch(variableData.name, 'failure');
 			},
 		},
 	);
@@ -242,6 +237,8 @@ function QueryVariableInput({
 			loading={isLoading}
 			errorMessage={errorMessage}
 			onRetry={handleRetry}
+			waiting={isVariableWaitingForDependencies}
+			waitingMessage={variableDependencyWaitMessage}
 		/>
 	);
 }

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/SelectVariableInput.tsx

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ interface SelectVariableInputProps {
 	showRetryButton?: boolean;
 	showIncompleteDataMessage?: boolean;
 	onSearch?: (searchTerm: string) => void;
+	waiting?: boolean;
+	waitingMessage?: string;
 }
 
 const MAX_TAG_DISPLAY_VALUES = 10;
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ function SelectVariableInput({
 	showRetryButton,
 	showIncompleteDataMessage,
 	onSearch,
+	waitingMessage,
 }: SelectVariableInputProps): JSX.Element {
 	const commonProps = useMemo(
 		() => ({
@@ -78,7 +81,6 @@ function SelectVariableInput({
 			className: 'variable-select',
 			popupClassName: 'dropdown-styles',
 			getPopupContainer: popupContainer,
-			style: SelectItemStyle,
 			showSearch: true,
 			bordered: false,
 
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ function SelectVariableInput({
 			'data-testid': 'variable-select',
 			onChange,
 			loading,
+			waitingMessage,
+			style: SelectItemStyle,
 			options,
 			errorMessage,
 			onRetry,
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ function SelectVariableInput({
 			defaultValue,
 			onChange,
 			loading,
+			waitingMessage,
 			options,
 			value,
 			errorMessage,

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

@@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 					variableData={mockVariableData}
 					existingVariables={{}}
 					onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-					variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-					setVariablesToGetUpdated={(): void => {}}
-					dependencyData={{
-						order: [],
-						graph: {},
-						parentDependencyGraph: {},
-						transitiveDescendants: {},
-						hasCycle: false,
-					}}
 				/>
 			</MockQueryClientProvider>,
 		);
@@ -70,15 +61,6 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 					variableData={mockVariableData}
 					existingVariables={{}}
 					onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-					variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-					setVariablesToGetUpdated={(): void => {}}
-					dependencyData={{
-						order: [],
-						graph: {},
-						parentDependencyGraph: {},
-						transitiveDescendants: {},
-						hasCycle: false,
-					}}
 				/>
 			</MockQueryClientProvider>,
 		);
@@ -94,15 +76,6 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 					variableData={mockVariableData}
 					existingVariables={{}}
 					onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-					variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-					setVariablesToGetUpdated={(): void => {}}
-					dependencyData={{
-						order: [],
-						graph: {},
-						parentDependencyGraph: {},
-						transitiveDescendants: {},
-						hasCycle: false,
-					}}
 				/>
 			</MockQueryClientProvider>,
 		);
@@ -136,15 +109,6 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 					variableData={mockCustomVariableData}
 					existingVariables={{}}
 					onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-					variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-					setVariablesToGetUpdated={(): void => {}}
-					dependencyData={{
-						order: [],
-						graph: {},
-						parentDependencyGraph: {},
-						transitiveDescendants: {},
-						hasCycle: false,
-					}}
 				/>
 			</MockQueryClientProvider>,
 		);
@@ -167,15 +131,6 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 					variableData={customVariableData}
 					existingVariables={{}}
 					onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-					variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-					setVariablesToGetUpdated={(): void => {}}
-					dependencyData={{
-						order: [],
-						graph: {},
-						parentDependencyGraph: {},
-						transitiveDescendants: {},
-						hasCycle: false,
-					}}
 				/>
 			</MockQueryClientProvider>,
 		);
@@ -190,15 +145,6 @@ describe('VariableItem', () => {
 					variableData={mockCustomVariableData}
 					existingVariables={{}}
 					onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-					variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-					setVariablesToGetUpdated={(): void => {}}
-					dependencyData={{
-						order: [],
-						graph: {},
-						parentDependencyGraph: {},
-						transitiveDescendants: {},
-						hasCycle: false,
-					}}
 				/>
 			</MockQueryClientProvider>,
 		);

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

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { memo } from 'react';
 import { InfoCircleOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
 import { Tooltip, Typography } from 'antd';
-import { IDependencyData } from 'providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStoreTypes';
 import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
 
 import CustomVariableInput from './CustomVariableInput';
@@ -21,18 +20,12 @@ export interface VariableItemProps {
 		allSelected: boolean,
 		haveCustomValuesSelected?: boolean,
 	) => void;
-	variablesToGetUpdated: string[];
-	setVariablesToGetUpdated: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<string[]>>;
-	dependencyData: IDependencyData | null;
 }
 
 function VariableItem({
 	variableData,
 	onValueUpdate,
 	existingVariables,
-	variablesToGetUpdated,
-	setVariablesToGetUpdated,
-	dependencyData,
 }: VariableItemProps): JSX.Element {
 	const { name, description, type: variableType } = variableData;
 
@@ -65,9 +58,6 @@ function VariableItem({
 						variableData={variableData}
 						onValueUpdate={onValueUpdate}
 						existingVariables={existingVariables}
-						variablesToGetUpdated={variablesToGetUpdated}
-						setVariablesToGetUpdated={setVariablesToGetUpdated}
-						dependencyData={dependencyData}
 					/>
 				)}
 				{variableType === 'DYNAMIC' && (

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

@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
 
 import DynamicVariableInput from '../DynamicVariableInput';
 
+// Mock useVariableFetchState to return "fetching" state so useQuery is enabled
+jest.mock('hooks/dashboard/useVariableFetchState', () => ({
+	useVariableFetchState: (): Record<string, unknown> => ({
+		variableFetchCycleId: 0,
+		variableFetchState: 'loading',
+		isVariableSettled: false,
+		isVariableFetching: true,
+		hasVariableFetchedOnce: false,
+		isVariableWaitingForDependencies: false,
+		variableDependencyWaitMessage: '',
+	}),
+}));
+
 // Don't mock the components - use real ones
 
 // Mock for useQuery
@@ -217,9 +230,10 @@ describe('DynamicVariableInput Component', () => {
 				'',
 				'Traces',
 				'service.name',
+				0, // variableFetchCycleId
 			],
 			expect.objectContaining({
-				enabled: true, // Type is 'DYNAMIC'
+				enabled: true, // isVariableFetching is true from mock
 				queryFn: expect.any(Function),
 				onSuccess: expect.any(Function),
 				onError: expect.any(Function),

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

@@ -8,15 +8,6 @@ import '@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect';
 import VariableItem from '../VariableItem';
 
 const mockOnValueUpdate = jest.fn();
-const mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated = jest.fn();
-
-const baseDependencyData = {
-	order: [],
-	graph: {},
-	parentDependencyGraph: {},
-	transitiveDescendants: {},
-	hasCycle: false,
-};
 
 const TEST_VARIABLE_ID = 'test_variable';
 const VARIABLE_SELECT_TESTID = 'variable-select';
@@ -32,9 +23,6 @@ const renderVariableItem = (
 				variableData={variableData}
 				existingVariables={{}}
 				onValueUpdate={mockOnValueUpdate}
-				variablesToGetUpdated={[]}
-				setVariablesToGetUpdated={mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated}
-				dependencyData={baseDependencyData}
 			/>
 		</MockQueryClientProvider>,
 	);

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

@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ import {
 	buildDependencies,
 	buildDependencyGraph,
 	buildParentDependencyGraph,
-	checkAPIInvocation,
 	onUpdateVariableNode,
 	VariableGraph,
 } from '../util';
 import {
 	buildDependenciesMock,
 	buildGraphMock,
-	checkAPIInvocationMock,
 	onUpdateVariableNodeMock,
 } from './mock';
 
@@ -72,97 +70,6 @@ describe('dashboardVariables - utilities and processors', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('checkAPIInvocation', () => {
-		const {
-			variablesToGetUpdated,
-			variableData,
-			parentDependencyGraph,
-		} = checkAPIInvocationMock;
-
-		const mockRootElement = {
-			name: 'deployment_environment',
-			key: '036a47cd-9ffc-47de-9f27-0329198964a8',
-			id: '036a47cd-9ffc-47de-9f27-0329198964a8',
-			modificationUUID: '5f71b591-f583-497c-839d-6a1590c3f60f',
-			selectedValue: 'production',
-			type: 'QUERY',
-			// ... other properties omitted for brevity
-		} as any;
-
-		describe('edge cases', () => {
-			it('should return false when variableData is empty', () => {
-				expect(
-					checkAPIInvocation(
-						variablesToGetUpdated,
-						variableData,
-						parentDependencyGraph,
-					),
-				).toBeFalsy();
-			});
-
-			it('should return true when parentDependencyGraph is empty', () => {
-				expect(
-					checkAPIInvocation(variablesToGetUpdated, variableData, {}),
-				).toBeFalsy();
-			});
-		});
-
-		describe('variable sequences', () => {
-			it('should return true for valid sequence', () => {
-				expect(
-					checkAPIInvocation(
-						['k8s_node_name', 'k8s_namespace_name'],
-						variableData,
-						parentDependencyGraph,
-					),
-				).toBeTruthy();
-			});
-
-			it('should return false for invalid sequence', () => {
-				expect(
-					checkAPIInvocation(
-						['k8s_cluster_name', 'k8s_node_name', 'k8s_namespace_name'],
-						variableData,
-						parentDependencyGraph,
-					),
-				).toBeFalsy();
-			});
-
-			it('should return false when variableData is not in sequence', () => {
-				expect(
-					checkAPIInvocation(
-						['deployment_environment', 'service_name', 'endpoint'],
-						variableData,
-						parentDependencyGraph,
-					),
-				).toBeFalsy();
-			});
-		});
-
-		describe('root element behavior', () => {
-			it('should return true for valid root element sequence', () => {
-				expect(
-					checkAPIInvocation(
-						[
-							'deployment_environment',
-							'service_name',
-							'endpoint',
-							'http_status_code',
-						],
-						mockRootElement,
-						parentDependencyGraph,
-					),
-				).toBeTruthy();
-			});
-
-			it('should return true for empty variablesToGetUpdated array', () => {
-				expect(
-					checkAPIInvocation([], mockRootElement, parentDependencyGraph),
-				).toBeTruthy();
-			});
-		});
-	});
-
 	describe('Graph Building Utilities', () => {
 		const { graph } = buildGraphMock;
 		const { variables } = buildDependenciesMock;
@@ -237,6 +144,72 @@ describe('dashboardVariables - utilities and processors', () => {
 
 				expect(buildDependencyGraph(graph)).toEqual(expected);
 			});
+
+			it('should return empty transitiveDescendants for an empty graph', () => {
+				const result = buildDependencyGraph({});
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants).toEqual({});
+				expect(result.order).toEqual([]);
+				expect(result.hasCycle).toBe(false);
+			});
+
+			it('should compute transitiveDescendants for a linear chain (a -> b -> c)', () => {
+				const linearGraph: VariableGraph = {
+					a: ['b'],
+					b: ['c'],
+					c: [],
+				};
+				const result = buildDependencyGraph(linearGraph);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants).toEqual({
+					a: ['b', 'c'],
+					b: ['c'],
+					c: [],
+				});
+			});
+
+			it('should compute transitiveDescendants for a diamond dependency (a -> b, a -> c, b -> d, c -> d)', () => {
+				const diamondGraph: VariableGraph = {
+					a: ['b', 'c'],
+					b: ['d'],
+					c: ['d'],
+					d: [],
+				};
+				const result = buildDependencyGraph(diamondGraph);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants.a).toEqual(
+					expect.arrayContaining(['b', 'c', 'd']),
+				);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants.a).toHaveLength(3);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants.b).toEqual(['d']);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants.c).toEqual(['d']);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants.d).toEqual([]);
+			});
+
+			it('should handle disconnected components in transitiveDescendants', () => {
+				const disconnectedGraph: VariableGraph = {
+					a: ['b'],
+					b: [],
+					x: ['y'],
+					y: [],
+				};
+				const result = buildDependencyGraph(disconnectedGraph);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants.a).toEqual(['b']);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants.b).toEqual([]);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants.x).toEqual(['y']);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants.y).toEqual([]);
+			});
+
+			it('should return empty transitiveDescendants for all leaf nodes', () => {
+				const leafOnlyGraph: VariableGraph = {
+					a: [],
+					b: [],
+					c: [],
+				};
+				const result = buildDependencyGraph(leafOnlyGraph);
+				expect(result.transitiveDescendants).toEqual({
+					a: [],
+					b: [],
+					c: [],
+				});
+			});
 		});
 
 		describe('buildDependencies', () => {

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/__test__/mock.ts

@@ -1,36 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable sonarjs/no-duplicate-string */
-export const checkAPIInvocationMock = {
-	variablesToGetUpdated: [],
-	variableData: {
-		name: 'k8s_node_name',
-		key: '4d71d385-beaf-4434-8dbf-c62be68049fc',
-		allSelected: false,
-		customValue: '',
-		description: '',
-		id: '4d71d385-beaf-4434-8dbf-c62be68049fc',
-		modificationUUID: '77233d3c-96d7-4ccb-aa9d-11b04d563068',
-		multiSelect: false,
-		order: 6,
-		queryValue:
-			"SELECT JSONExtractString(labels, 'k8s_node_name') AS k8s_node_name\nFROM signoz_metrics.distributed_time_series_v4_1day\nWHERE metric_name = 'k8s_node_cpu_time' AND JSONExtractString(labels, 'k8s_cluster_name') = {{.k8s_cluster_name}}\nGROUP BY k8s_node_name",
-		selectedValue: 'gke-signoz-saas-si-consumer-bsc-e2sd4-a6d430fa-gvm2',
-		showALLOption: false,
-		sort: 'DISABLED',
-		textboxValue: '',
-		type: 'QUERY',
-	},
-	parentDependencyGraph: {
-		deployment_environment: [],
-		service_name: ['deployment_environment'],
-		endpoint: ['deployment_environment', 'service_name'],
-		http_status_code: ['endpoint'],
-		k8s_cluster_name: [],
-		environment: [],
-		k8s_node_name: ['k8s_cluster_name'],
-		k8s_namespace_name: ['k8s_cluster_name', 'k8s_node_name'],
-	},
-} as any;
-
 export const onUpdateVariableNodeMock = {
 	nodeToUpdate: 'deployment_environment',
 	graph: {

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

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 import { OptionData } from 'components/NewSelect/types';
-import { isEmpty, isNull } from 'lodash-es';
+import { SOMETHING_WENT_WRONG } from 'constants/api';
+import { textContainsVariableReference } from 'lib/dashboardVariables/variableReference';
+import { isEmpty } from 'lodash-es';
 import {
 	IDashboardVariables,
 	IDependencyData,
 } from 'providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStoreTypes';
+import {
+	onVariableFetchComplete,
+	onVariableFetchFailure,
+	variableFetchStore,
+} from 'providers/Dashboard/store/variableFetchStore';
 import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
 
 export function areArraysEqual(
@@ -45,30 +52,16 @@ const getDependentVariablesBasedOnVariableName = (
 	}
 
 	return variables
-		?.map((variable: any) => {
+		.map((variable) => {
 			if (variable.type === 'QUERY') {
-				// Combined pattern for all formats
-				// {{.variable_name}} - original format
-				// $variable_name - dollar prefix format
-				// [[variable_name]] - square bracket format
-				// {{variable_name}} - without dot format
-				const patterns = [
-					`\\{\\{\\s*?\\.${variableName}\\s*?\\}\\}`, // {{.var}}
-					`\\{\\{\\s*${variableName}\\s*\\}\\}`, // {{var}}
-					`\\$${variableName}\\b`, // $var
-					`\\[\\[\\s*${variableName}\\s*\\]\\]`, // [[var]]
-				];
-				const combinedRegex = new RegExp(patterns.join('|'));
-
 				const queryValue = variable.queryValue || '';
-				const dependVarReMatch = queryValue.match(combinedRegex);
-				if (dependVarReMatch !== null && dependVarReMatch.length > 0) {
+				if (textContainsVariableReference(queryValue, variableName)) {
 					return variable.name;
 				}
 			}
 			return null;
 		})
-		.filter((val: string | null) => !isNull(val));
+		.filter((val): val is string => val !== null);
 };
 export type VariableGraph = Record<string, string[]>;
 
@@ -300,33 +293,6 @@ export const onUpdateVariableNode = (
 	});
 };
 
-export const checkAPIInvocation = (
-	variablesToGetUpdated: string[],
-	variableData: IDashboardVariable,
-	parentDependencyGraph?: VariableGraph,
-): boolean => {
-	if (isEmpty(variableData.name)) {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if (isEmpty(parentDependencyGraph)) {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	// if no dependency then true
-	const haveDependency =
-		parentDependencyGraph?.[variableData.name || '']?.length > 0;
-	if (!haveDependency) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	// if variable is in the list and has dependency then check if its the top element in the queue then true else false
-	return (
-		variablesToGetUpdated.length > 0 &&
-		variablesToGetUpdated[0] === variableData.name
-	);
-};
-
 export const getOptionsForDynamicVariable = (
 	normalizedValues: (string | number | boolean)[],
 	relatedValues: string[],
@@ -391,3 +357,130 @@ export const getSelectValue = (
 	}
 	return selectedValue?.toString();
 };
+
+/**
+ * Merges multiple arrays of values into a single deduplicated string array.
+ */
+export function mergeUniqueStrings(
+	...arrays: (string | number | boolean)[][]
+): string[] {
+	return [...new Set(arrays.flatMap((arr) => arr.map((v) => v.toString())))];
+}
+
+function isEligibleFilterVariable(
+	variable: IDashboardVariable,
+	currentVariableId: string,
+): boolean {
+	if (variable.id === currentVariableId) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (variable.type !== 'DYNAMIC') {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (!variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (!variable.selectedValue || isEmpty(variable.selectedValue)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return !(variable.showALLOption && variable.allSelected);
+}
+
+function formatQueryValue(val: string): string {
+	const numValue = Number(val);
+	if (!Number.isNaN(numValue) && Number.isFinite(numValue)) {
+		return val;
+	}
+	return `'${val.replace(/'/g, "\\'")}'`;
+}
+
+function buildQueryPart(attribute: string, values: string[]): string {
+	const formatted = values.map(formatQueryValue);
+	if (formatted.length === 1) {
+		return `${attribute} = ${formatted[0]}`;
+	}
+	return `${attribute} IN [${formatted.join(', ')}]`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Builds a filter query string from sibling dynamic variables' selected values.
+ * e.g. `k8s.namespace.name IN ['zeus', 'gene'] AND doc_op_type = 'test'`
+ */
+export function buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(
+	existingVariables: IDashboardVariables | null,
+	currentVariableId: string,
+	hasDynamicAttribute: boolean,
+): string {
+	if (!existingVariables || !hasDynamicAttribute) {
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	const queryParts: string[] = [];
+
+	for (const variable of Object.values(existingVariables)) {
+		// Skip the current variable being processed
+		if (!isEligibleFilterVariable(variable, currentVariableId)) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		const rawValues = Array.isArray(variable.selectedValue)
+			? variable.selectedValue
+			: [variable.selectedValue];
+
+		// Filter out empty values and convert to strings
+		const validValues = rawValues
+			.filter(
+				(val): val is string | number | boolean =>
+					val !== null && val !== undefined && val !== '',
+			)
+			.map((val) => val.toString());
+
+		if (validValues.length > 0 && variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute) {
+			queryParts.push(
+				buildQueryPart(variable.dynamicVariablesAttribute, validValues),
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return queryParts.join(' AND ');
+}
+
+function isVariableInActiveFetchState(state: string | undefined): boolean {
+	return state === 'loading' || state === 'revalidating';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Completes or fails a variable's fetch state machine transition.
+ * No-ops if the variable is not currently in an active fetch state.
+ */
+export function settleVariableFetch(
+	name: string | undefined,
+	outcome: 'complete' | 'failure',
+): void {
+	if (!name) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const currentState = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot().states[name];
+	if (!isVariableInActiveFetchState(currentState)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (outcome === 'complete') {
+		onVariableFetchComplete(name);
+	} else {
+		onVariableFetchFailure(name);
+	}
+}
+
+export function extractErrorMessage(
+	error: { message?: string } | null,
+): string {
+	if (!error) {
+		return SOMETHING_WENT_WRONG;
+	}
+	return (
+		error.message ||
+		'Please make sure configuration is valid and you have required setup and permissions'
+	);
+}

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/utils.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,31 @@
-import { areArraysEqual, onUpdateVariableNode, VariableGraph } from './util';
+jest.mock('providers/Dashboard/store/variableFetchStore', () => ({
+	variableFetchStore: {
+		getSnapshot: jest.fn(),
+	},
+	onVariableFetchComplete: jest.fn(),
+	onVariableFetchFailure: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+import {
+	onVariableFetchComplete,
+	onVariableFetchFailure,
+	variableFetchStore,
+} from 'providers/Dashboard/store/variableFetchStore';
+import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+
+import {
+	areArraysEqual,
+	buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery,
+	extractErrorMessage,
+	mergeUniqueStrings,
+	onUpdateVariableNode,
+	settleVariableFetch,
+	VariableGraph,
+} from './util';
+
+// ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Existing tests
+// ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe('areArraysEqual', () => {
 	it('should return true for equal arrays with same order', () => {
@@ -149,3 +176,348 @@ describe('onUpdateVariableNode', () => {
 		expect(visited).toEqual(['namespace', 'service', 'pod']);
 	});
 });
+
+// ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// New tests for functions added in recent commits
+// ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function makeDynamicVar(
+	overrides: Partial<IDashboardVariable> & { id: string },
+): IDashboardVariable {
+	return {
+		name: overrides.id,
+		description: '',
+		type: 'DYNAMIC',
+		sort: 'DISABLED',
+		multiSelect: false,
+		showALLOption: false,
+		allSelected: false,
+		dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'attr',
+		selectedValue: 'some-value',
+		...overrides,
+	} as IDashboardVariable;
+}
+
+describe('mergeUniqueStrings', () => {
+	it('should merge two arrays and deduplicate', () => {
+		expect(mergeUniqueStrings(['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c'])).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
+	});
+
+	it('should convert numbers and booleans to strings', () => {
+		expect(mergeUniqueStrings([1, true, 'hello'], [2, false])).toEqual([
+			'1',
+			'true',
+			'hello',
+			'2',
+			'false',
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it('should deduplicate when number and its string form both appear', () => {
+		expect(mergeUniqueStrings([42], ['42'])).toEqual(['42']);
+	});
+
+	it('should handle a single array', () => {
+		expect(mergeUniqueStrings(['x', 'y', 'x'])).toEqual(['x', 'y']);
+	});
+
+	it('should handle three or more arrays', () => {
+		expect(mergeUniqueStrings(['a'], ['b'], ['c'], ['a', 'c'])).toEqual([
+			'a',
+			'b',
+			'c',
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it('should return empty array when no arrays are provided', () => {
+		expect(mergeUniqueStrings()).toEqual([]);
+	});
+
+	it('should return empty array when all input arrays are empty', () => {
+		expect(mergeUniqueStrings([], [], [])).toEqual([]);
+	});
+
+	it('should preserve order of first occurrence', () => {
+		expect(mergeUniqueStrings(['c', 'a'], ['b', 'a'])).toEqual(['c', 'a', 'b']);
+	});
+});
+
+describe('buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery', () => {
+	// --- Guard clauses ---
+	it('should return empty string when existingVariables is null', () => {
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(null, 'v1', true)).toBe('');
+	});
+
+	it('should return empty string when hasDynamicAttribute is false', () => {
+		const variables = { v2: makeDynamicVar({ id: 'v2' }) };
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', false)).toBe('');
+	});
+
+	// --- Eligibility filtering ---
+	it('should skip the current variable (same id)', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v1: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v1',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'ns',
+				selectedValue: 'prod',
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe('');
+	});
+
+	it('should skip non-DYNAMIC variables', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({ id: 'v2', type: 'QUERY' as any }),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe('');
+	});
+
+	it('should skip variables without dynamicVariablesAttribute', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: undefined,
+				selectedValue: 'val',
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe('');
+	});
+
+	it('should skip variables with null selectedValue', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({ id: 'v2', selectedValue: null }),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe('');
+	});
+
+	it('should skip variables with empty string selectedValue', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({ id: 'v2', selectedValue: '' }),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe('');
+	});
+
+	it('should skip variables with empty array selectedValue', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({ id: 'v2', selectedValue: [] }),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe('');
+	});
+
+	it('should skip variables where showALLOption and allSelected are both true', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				showALLOption: true,
+				allSelected: true,
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'ns',
+				selectedValue: 'prod',
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe('');
+	});
+
+	it('should include variable with showALLOption true but allSelected false', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				showALLOption: true,
+				allSelected: false,
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'ns',
+				selectedValue: 'prod',
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe(
+			"ns = 'prod'",
+		);
+	});
+
+	// --- Value formatting ---
+	it('should quote string values in the query', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'k8s.namespace.name',
+				selectedValue: 'zeus',
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe(
+			"k8s.namespace.name = 'zeus'",
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should leave numeric values unquoted', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'http.status_code',
+				selectedValue: '200',
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe(
+			'http.status_code = 200',
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should escape single quotes in string values', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'user.name',
+				selectedValue: "O'Brien",
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe(
+			"user.name = 'O\\'Brien'",
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should build an IN clause for array selectedValue with multiple items', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'k8s.namespace.name',
+				selectedValue: ['zeus', 'gene'],
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe(
+			"k8s.namespace.name IN ['zeus', 'gene']",
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should handle mix of numeric and string values in IN clause', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'http.status_code',
+				selectedValue: ['200', 'unknown'],
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe(
+			"http.status_code IN [200, 'unknown']",
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should filter out empty string values from array', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'region',
+				selectedValue: ['us-east', '', 'eu-west'],
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe(
+			"region IN ['us-east', 'eu-west']",
+		);
+	});
+
+	// --- Multiple siblings ---
+	it('should join multiple sibling variables with AND', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v2',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'k8s.namespace.name',
+				selectedValue: ['zeus', 'gene'],
+			}),
+			v3: makeDynamicVar({
+				id: 'v3',
+				dynamicVariablesAttribute: 'doc_op_type',
+				selectedValue: 'test',
+			}),
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe(
+			"k8s.namespace.name IN ['zeus', 'gene'] AND doc_op_type = 'test'",
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should return empty string when no variables are eligible', () => {
+		const variables = {
+			v1: makeDynamicVar({ id: 'v1' }), // same as current — skipped
+			v2: makeDynamicVar({ id: 'v2', type: 'QUERY' as any }), // not DYNAMIC
+			v3: makeDynamicVar({ id: 'v3', selectedValue: null }), // no value
+		};
+		expect(buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery(variables, 'v1', true)).toBe('');
+	});
+});
+
+describe('settleVariableFetch', () => {
+	const mockGetSnapshot = variableFetchStore.getSnapshot as jest.Mock;
+	const mockComplete = onVariableFetchComplete as jest.Mock;
+	const mockFailure = onVariableFetchFailure as jest.Mock;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		jest.clearAllMocks();
+	});
+
+	it('should no-op when name is undefined', () => {
+		settleVariableFetch(undefined, 'complete');
+		expect(mockGetSnapshot).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(mockComplete).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(mockFailure).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it.each(['idle', 'waiting', 'error', undefined] as const)(
+		'should no-op when variable state is %s',
+		(state) => {
+			mockGetSnapshot.mockReturnValue({ states: { myVar: state } });
+			settleVariableFetch('myVar', 'complete');
+			expect(mockComplete).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+			expect(mockFailure).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		},
+	);
+
+	it('should call onVariableFetchComplete when state is loading and outcome is complete', () => {
+		mockGetSnapshot.mockReturnValue({ states: { myVar: 'loading' } });
+		settleVariableFetch('myVar', 'complete');
+		expect(mockComplete).toHaveBeenCalledWith('myVar');
+		expect(mockFailure).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('should call onVariableFetchComplete when state is revalidating and outcome is complete', () => {
+		mockGetSnapshot.mockReturnValue({ states: { myVar: 'revalidating' } });
+		settleVariableFetch('myVar', 'complete');
+		expect(mockComplete).toHaveBeenCalledWith('myVar');
+		expect(mockFailure).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('should call onVariableFetchFailure when state is loading and outcome is failure', () => {
+		mockGetSnapshot.mockReturnValue({ states: { myVar: 'loading' } });
+		settleVariableFetch('myVar', 'failure');
+		expect(mockFailure).toHaveBeenCalledWith('myVar');
+		expect(mockComplete).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('should call onVariableFetchFailure when state is revalidating and outcome is failure', () => {
+		mockGetSnapshot.mockReturnValue({ states: { myVar: 'revalidating' } });
+		settleVariableFetch('myVar', 'failure');
+		expect(mockFailure).toHaveBeenCalledWith('myVar');
+		expect(mockComplete).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+});
+
+describe('extractErrorMessage', () => {
+	const FALLBACK_MESSAGE =
+		'Please make sure configuration is valid and you have required setup and permissions';
+
+	it('should return SOMETHING_WENT_WRONG when error is null', () => {
+		expect(extractErrorMessage(null)).toBe('Something went wrong');
+	});
+
+	it('should return the error message when it exists', () => {
+		expect(extractErrorMessage({ message: 'Query timeout' })).toBe(
+			'Query timeout',
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should return fallback when error object has no message property', () => {
+		expect(extractErrorMessage({})).toBe(FALLBACK_MESSAGE);
+	});
+
+	it('should return fallback when error.message is empty string', () => {
+		expect(extractErrorMessage({ message: '' })).toBe(FALLBACK_MESSAGE);
+	});
+
+	it('should return fallback when error.message is undefined', () => {
+		expect(extractErrorMessage({ message: undefined })).toBe(FALLBACK_MESSAGE);
+	});
+});

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/DashboardVariablesSelection/variableSelectStrategy/variableSelectStrategyTypes.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
-import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+import { VariableItemProps } from '../VariableItem';
 
 export interface VariableSelectStrategy {
 	handleChange(params: {
 		value: string | string[];
-		variableData: IDashboardVariable;
+		variableData: VariableItemProps['variableData'];
+		onValueUpdate: VariableItemProps['onValueUpdate'];
 		optionsData: (string | number | boolean)[];
 		allAvailableOptionStrings: string[];
-		onValueUpdate: (
-			name: string,
-			id: string,
-			value: IDashboardVariable['selectedValue'],
-			allSelected: boolean,
-			haveCustomValuesSelected?: boolean,
-		) => void;
 	}): void;
 }

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/__test__/DynamicVariableDefaultBehavior.test.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
 
 import DynamicVariableInput from '../DashboardVariablesSelection/DynamicVariableInput';
 
+// Mock useVariableFetchState to return "fetching" state so useQuery is enabled
+jest.mock('hooks/dashboard/useVariableFetchState', () => ({
+	useVariableFetchState: (): Record<string, unknown> => ({
+		variableFetchCycleId: 0,
+		variableFetchState: 'loading',
+		isVariableSettled: false,
+		isVariableFetching: true,
+		hasVariableFetchedOnce: false,
+		isVariableWaitingForDependencies: false,
+		variableDependencyWaitMessage: '',
+	}),
+}));
+
 // Mock the getFieldValues API
 jest.mock('api/dynamicVariables/getFieldValues', () => ({
 	getFieldValues: jest.fn(),
@@ -95,7 +108,7 @@ describe('Dynamic Variable Default Behavior', () => {
 						}
 					}
 					if (queryFn) {
-						queryFn();
+						queryFn({ signal: undefined });
 					}
 				}
 			}, [enabled, variableName, dynamicVarsKey]); // Only depend on enabled/keys
@@ -234,6 +247,7 @@ describe('Dynamic Variable Default Behavior', () => {
 					'2023-01-01T00:00:00Z',
 					'2023-01-02T00:00:00Z',
 					'',
+					undefined, // signal
 				);
 			});
 
@@ -487,6 +501,7 @@ describe('Dynamic Variable Default Behavior', () => {
 					'2023-01-01T00:00:00Z',
 					'2023-01-02T00:00:00Z',
 					'',
+					undefined, // signal
 				);
 			});
 

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/__test__/IntegrationTests.test.tsx

@@ -49,15 +49,11 @@ const mockDashboard = {
 // Mock the dashboard provider with stable functions to prevent infinite loops
 const mockSetSelectedDashboard = jest.fn();
 const mockUpdateLocalStorageDashboardVariables = jest.fn();
-const mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated = jest.fn();
-
 jest.mock('providers/Dashboard/Dashboard', () => ({
 	useDashboard: (): any => ({
 		selectedDashboard: mockDashboard,
 		setSelectedDashboard: mockSetSelectedDashboard,
 		updateLocalStorageDashboardVariables: mockUpdateLocalStorageDashboardVariables,
-		variablesToGetUpdated: ['env'], // Stable initial value
-		setVariablesToGetUpdated: mockSetVariablesToGetUpdated,
 	}),
 }));
 

frontend/src/container/DashboardContainer/visualization/panels/BarPanel/utils.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 	VisibilityMode,
 } from 'lib/uPlotV2/config/types';
 import { UPlotConfigBuilder } from 'lib/uPlotV2/config/UPlotConfigBuilder';
+import { get } from 'lodash-es';
 import { Widgets } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
 import { MetricRangePayloadProps } from 'types/api/metrics/getQueryRange';
 import { Query } from 'types/api/queryBuilder/queryBuilderData';
@@ -77,6 +78,12 @@ export function prepareBarPanelConfig({
 		builder.setBands(getInitialStackedBands(seriesCount));
 	}
 
+	const stepIntervals: Record<string, number> = get(
+		apiResponse,
+		'data.newResult.meta.stepIntervals',
+		{},
+	);
+
 	const seriesList: QueryData[] = apiResponse?.data?.result || [];
 	seriesList.forEach((series) => {
 		const baseLabelName = getLabelName(
@@ -89,6 +96,8 @@ export function prepareBarPanelConfig({
 			? getLegend(series, currentQuery, baseLabelName)
 			: baseLabelName;
 
+		const currentStepInterval = get(stepIntervals, series.queryName, undefined);
+
 		builder.addSeries({
 			scaleKey: 'y',
 			drawStyle: DrawStyle.Bar,
@@ -101,6 +110,7 @@ export function prepareBarPanelConfig({
 			showPoints: VisibilityMode.Never,
 			pointSize: 5,
 			isDarkMode,
+			stepInterval: currentStepInterval,
 		});
 	});
 

frontend/src/container/GridCardLayout/GridCard/index.tsx

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import { QueryParams } from 'constants/query';
 import { PANEL_TYPES } from 'constants/queryBuilder';
 import { populateMultipleResults } from 'container/NewWidget/LeftContainer/WidgetGraph/util';
 import { CustomTimeType } from 'container/TopNav/DateTimeSelectionV2/types';
+import { useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable } from 'hooks/dashboard/useVariableFetchState';
 import { useGetQueryRange } from 'hooks/queryBuilder/useGetQueryRange';
 import { useIntersectionObserver } from 'hooks/useIntersectionObserver';
 import { GetQueryResultsProps } from 'lib/dashboard/getQueryResults';
 import { getDashboardVariables } from 'lib/dashboardVariables/getDashboardVariables';
+import { getVariableReferencesInQuery } from 'lib/dashboardVariables/variableReference';
 import getTimeString from 'lib/getTimeString';
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
 import isEmpty from 'lodash-es/isEmpty';
@@ -53,7 +55,6 @@ function GridCardGraph({
 	customOnRowClick,
 	customTimeRangeWindowForCoRelation,
 	enableDrillDown,
-	widgetsByDynamicVariableId,
 }: GridCardGraphProps): JSX.Element {
 	const dispatch = useDispatch();
 	const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState<string>();
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ function GridCardGraph({
 		toScrollWidgetId,
 		setToScrollWidgetId,
 		setDashboardQueryRangeCalled,
-		variablesToGetUpdated,
 	} = useDashboard();
+
 	const { minTime, maxTime, selectedTime: globalSelectedInterval } = useSelector<
 		AppState,
 		GlobalReducer
@@ -117,10 +118,25 @@ function GridCardGraph({
 
 	const updatedQuery = widget?.query;
 
+	const referencedVariableNames = useMemo(() => {
+		if (!variables || !updatedQuery) {
+			return [];
+		}
+		const allNames = Object.values(variables)
+			.map((v) => v.name)
+			.filter((name): name is string => !!name);
+		return getVariableReferencesInQuery(updatedQuery, allNames);
+	}, [updatedQuery, variables]);
+
 	const isEmptyWidget =
 		widget?.id === PANEL_TYPES.EMPTY_WIDGET || isEmpty(widget);
 
-	const queryEnabledCondition = isVisible && !isEmptyWidget && isQueryEnabled;
+	const isPanelWaitingOnAnyVariable = useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(
+		referencedVariableNames,
+	);
+
+	const queryEnabledCondition =
+		isVisible && !isEmptyWidget && isQueryEnabled && !isPanelWaitingOnAnyVariable;
 
 	const [requestData, setRequestData] = useState<GetQueryResultsProps>(() => {
 		if (widget.panelTypes !== PANEL_TYPES.LIST) {
@@ -177,27 +193,6 @@ function GridCardGraph({
 		[requestData.query],
 	);
 
-	// Bring back dependency on variable chaining for panels to refetch,
-	// but only for non-dynamic variables. We derive a stable token from
-	// the head of the variablesToGetUpdated queue when it's non-dynamic.
-	const nonDynamicVariableChainToken = useMemo(() => {
-		if (!variablesToGetUpdated || variablesToGetUpdated.length === 0) {
-			return undefined;
-		}
-		if (!variables) {
-			return undefined;
-		}
-		const headName = variablesToGetUpdated[0];
-		const variableObj = Object.values(variables).find(
-			(variable) => variable?.name === headName,
-		);
-		if (variableObj && variableObj.type !== 'DYNAMIC') {
-			return headName;
-		}
-		return undefined;
-		// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-	}, [variablesToGetUpdated, variables]);
-
 	const queryResponse = useGetQueryRange(
 		{
 			...requestData,
@@ -224,11 +219,7 @@ function GridCardGraph({
 				requestData,
 				variables
 					? Object.entries(variables).reduce((acc, [id, variable]) => {
-							if (
-								variable.type !== 'DYNAMIC' ||
-								(widgetsByDynamicVariableId?.[variable.id] &&
-									widgetsByDynamicVariableId?.[variable.id].includes(widget.id))
-							) {
+							if (variable.name && referencedVariableNames.includes(variable.name)) {
 								return { ...acc, [id]: variable.selectedValue };
 							}
 							return acc;
@@ -237,9 +228,6 @@ function GridCardGraph({
 				...(customTimeRange && customTimeRange.startTime && customTimeRange.endTime
 					? [customTimeRange.startTime, customTimeRange.endTime]
 					: []),
-				// Include non-dynamic variable chaining token to drive refetches
-				// only when a non-dynamic variable is at the head of the queue
-				...(nonDynamicVariableChainToken ? [nonDynamicVariableChainToken] : []),
 			],
 			retry(failureCount, error): boolean {
 				if (
@@ -252,7 +240,7 @@ function GridCardGraph({
 				return failureCount < 2;
 			},
 			keepPreviousData: true,
-			enabled: queryEnabledCondition && !nonDynamicVariableChainToken,
+			enabled: queryEnabledCondition,
 			refetchOnMount: false,
 			onError: (error) => {
 				const errorMessage =
@@ -319,7 +307,7 @@ function GridCardGraph({
 					threshold={threshold}
 					headerMenuList={menuList}
 					isFetchingResponse={
-						queryResponse.isFetching || variablesToGetUpdated.length > 0
+						queryResponse.isFetching || isPanelWaitingOnAnyVariable
 					}
 					setRequestData={setRequestData}
 					onClickHandler={onClickHandler}

frontend/src/container/GridCardLayout/GridCard/types.ts

@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ export interface GridCardGraphProps {
 	customOnRowClick?: (record: RowData) => void;
 	customTimeRangeWindowForCoRelation?: string | undefined;
 	enableDrillDown?: boolean;
-	widgetsByDynamicVariableId?: Record<string, string[]>;
 }
 
 export interface GetGraphVisibilityStateOnLegendClickProps {

frontend/src/container/GridCardLayout/GridCardLayout.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { themeColors } from 'constants/theme';
 import { DEFAULT_ROW_NAME } from 'container/DashboardContainer/DashboardDescription/utils';
 import { useDashboardVariables } from 'hooks/dashboard/useDashboardVariables';
 import { useUpdateDashboard } from 'hooks/dashboard/useUpdateDashboard';
-import { useWidgetsByDynamicVariableId } from 'hooks/dashboard/useWidgetsByDynamicVariableId';
 import useComponentPermission from 'hooks/useComponentPermission';
 import { useIsDarkMode } from 'hooks/useDarkMode';
 import { useSafeNavigate } from 'hooks/useSafeNavigate';
@@ -102,8 +101,6 @@ function GraphLayout(props: GraphLayoutProps): JSX.Element {
 		Record<string, { widgets: Layout[]; collapsed: boolean }>
 	>({});
 
-	const widgetsByDynamicVariableId = useWidgetsByDynamicVariableId();
-
 	useEffect(() => {
 		setCurrentPanelMap(panelMap);
 	}, [panelMap]);
@@ -617,7 +614,6 @@ function GraphLayout(props: GraphLayoutProps): JSX.Element {
 									onDragSelect={onDragSelect}
 									dataAvailable={checkIfDataExists}
 									enableDrillDown={enableDrillDown}
-									widgetsByDynamicVariableId={widgetsByDynamicVariableId}
 								/>
 							</Card>
 						</CardContainer>

frontend/src/container/PanelWrapper/panelWrapper.types.ts

@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ import { PanelMode } from 'container/DashboardContainer/visualization/panels/typ
 import { WidgetGraphComponentProps } from 'container/GridCardLayout/GridCard/types';
 import { RowData } from 'lib/query/createTableColumnsFromQuery';
 import { OnClickPluginOpts } from 'lib/uPlotLib/plugins/onClickPlugin';
-import { SuccessResponse } from 'types/api';
 import { Widgets } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
-import { MetricRangePayloadProps } from 'types/api/metrics/getQueryRange';
+import { MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse } from 'types/api/metrics/getQueryRange';
 import { QueryData } from 'types/api/widgets/getQuery';
 
 export type PanelWrapperProps = {
-	queryResponse: UseQueryResult<
-		SuccessResponse<MetricRangePayloadProps, unknown>,
-		Error
-	>;
+	queryResponse: UseQueryResult<MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse, Error>;
 	widget: Widgets;
 	setRequestData?: WidgetGraphComponentProps['setRequestData'];
 	isFullViewMode?: boolean;

frontend/src/hooks/dashboard/__test__/useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
+import { act, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { dashboardVariablesStore } from 'providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStore';
+import { IDashboardVariablesStoreState } from 'providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStoreTypes';
+import {
+	VariableFetchState,
+	variableFetchStore,
+} from 'providers/Dashboard/store/variableFetchStore';
+import { IDashboardVariable } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+
+import { useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable } from '../useVariableFetchState';
+
+function makeVariable(
+	overrides: Partial<IDashboardVariable> & { id: string },
+): IDashboardVariable {
+	return {
+		name: overrides.id,
+		description: '',
+		type: 'QUERY',
+		sort: 'DISABLED',
+		multiSelect: false,
+		showALLOption: false,
+		...overrides,
+	};
+}
+
+function resetStores(): void {
+	variableFetchStore.set(() => ({
+		states: {},
+		lastUpdated: {},
+		cycleIds: {},
+	}));
+	dashboardVariablesStore.set(() => ({
+		dashboardId: '',
+		variables: {},
+		sortedVariablesArray: [],
+		dependencyData: null,
+		variableTypes: {},
+		dynamicVariableOrder: [],
+	}));
+}
+
+function setFetchStates(states: Record<string, VariableFetchState>): void {
+	variableFetchStore.set(() => ({
+		states,
+		lastUpdated: {},
+		cycleIds: {},
+	}));
+}
+
+function setDashboardVariables(
+	overrides: Partial<IDashboardVariablesStoreState>,
+): void {
+	dashboardVariablesStore.set(() => ({
+		dashboardId: '',
+		variables: {},
+		sortedVariablesArray: [],
+		dependencyData: null,
+		variableTypes: {},
+		dynamicVariableOrder: [],
+		...overrides,
+	}));
+}
+
+describe('useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		resetStores();
+	});
+
+	it('should return false when variableNames is empty', () => {
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable([]));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('should return false when all referenced variables are idle', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'idle', b: 'idle' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: 'val1' }),
+				b: makeVariable({ id: 'b', selectedValue: 'val2' }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a', 'b']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('should return true when a variable is loading with empty selectedValue', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'loading' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: undefined }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it('should return true when a variable is waiting with empty selectedValue', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'waiting' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: '' }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it('should return true when a variable is revalidating with empty selectedValue', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'revalidating' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: undefined }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it('should return false when a variable is loading but has a selectedValue', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'loading' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: 'some-value' }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('should return true for DYNAMIC variable with allSelected=true that is loading', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ dyn: 'loading' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				dyn: makeVariable({
+					id: 'dyn',
+					type: 'DYNAMIC',
+					selectedValue: 'some-val',
+					allSelected: true,
+				}),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { dyn: 'DYNAMIC' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['dyn']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it('should return true for DYNAMIC variable with allSelected=true that is waiting', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ dyn: 'waiting' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				dyn: makeVariable({
+					id: 'dyn',
+					type: 'DYNAMIC',
+					selectedValue: 'val',
+					allSelected: true,
+				}),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { dyn: 'DYNAMIC' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['dyn']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it('should return false for DYNAMIC variable with allSelected=true that is idle', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ dyn: 'idle' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				dyn: makeVariable({
+					id: 'dyn',
+					type: 'DYNAMIC',
+					selectedValue: 'val',
+					allSelected: true,
+				}),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { dyn: 'DYNAMIC' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['dyn']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('should return false for non-DYNAMIC variable with allSelected=false and non-empty value that is loading', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'loading' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({
+					id: 'a',
+					selectedValue: 'val',
+					allSelected: false,
+				}),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('should return true if any one of multiple variables is blocking', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'idle', b: 'loading' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: 'val' }),
+				b: makeVariable({ id: 'b', selectedValue: undefined }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY', b: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a', 'b']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it('should return false when variable has no entry in fetch store (treated as idle)', () => {
+		setFetchStates({}); // no state entry for 'a'
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: 'val' }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('should return false when variable is in error state with empty selectedValue', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'error' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: undefined }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('should react to store updates', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'loading' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: undefined }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+
+		// Simulate variable fetch completing
+		act(() => {
+			variableFetchStore.update((d) => {
+				d.states.a = 'idle';
+			});
+		});
+
+		expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('should handle DYNAMIC variable with allSelected=false and empty selectedValue as blocking', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ dyn: 'loading' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				dyn: makeVariable({
+					id: 'dyn',
+					type: 'DYNAMIC',
+					selectedValue: undefined,
+					allSelected: false,
+				}),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { dyn: 'DYNAMIC' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['dyn']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it('should handle variable with array selectedValue as non-blocking when loading', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'loading' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: ['val1', 'val2'] }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('should handle variable with empty array selectedValue as blocking when loading', () => {
+		setFetchStates({ a: 'loading' });
+		setDashboardVariables({
+			variables: {
+				a: makeVariable({ id: 'a', selectedValue: [] }),
+			},
+			variableTypes: { a: 'QUERY' },
+		});
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(['a']));
+		expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+	});
+});

frontend/src/hooks/queryBuilder/useGetQueryRange.ts

@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ import {
 	GetQueryResultsProps,
 } from 'lib/dashboard/getQueryResults';
 import getStartEndRangeTime from 'lib/getStartEndRangeTime';
-import { SuccessResponse, Warning } from 'types/api';
 import APIError from 'types/api/error';
-import { MetricRangePayloadProps } from 'types/api/metrics/getQueryRange';
+import { MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse } from 'types/api/metrics/getQueryRange';
 import { DataSource } from 'types/common/queryBuilder';
 
 type UseGetQueryRangeOptions = UseQueryOptions<
-	SuccessResponse<MetricRangePayloadProps> & { warning?: Warning },
+	MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse,
 	APIError | Error
 >;
 
@@ -30,10 +29,7 @@ type UseGetQueryRange = (
 		widgetIndex: number;
 		publicDashboardId: string;
 	},
-) => UseQueryResult<
-	SuccessResponse<MetricRangePayloadProps> & { warning?: Warning },
-	Error
->;
+) => UseQueryResult<MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse, Error>;
 
 export const useGetQueryRange: UseGetQueryRange = (
 	requestData,
@@ -145,10 +141,7 @@ export const useGetQueryRange: UseGetQueryRange = (
 		};
 	}, [options?.retry]);
 
-	return useQuery<
-		SuccessResponse<MetricRangePayloadProps> & { warning?: Warning },
-		APIError | Error
-	>({
+	return useQuery<MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse, APIError | Error>({
 		queryFn: async ({ signal }) =>
 			GetMetricQueryRange(
 				modifiedRequestData,

frontend/src/lib/dashboard/getQueryResults.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ import { Pagination } from 'hooks/queryPagination';
 import { convertNewDataToOld } from 'lib/newQueryBuilder/convertNewDataToOld';
 import { isEmpty } from 'lodash-es';
 import { SuccessResponse, SuccessResponseV2, Warning } from 'types/api';
-import { MetricRangePayloadProps } from 'types/api/metrics/getQueryRange';
+import {
+	MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse,
+	MetricRangePayloadProps,
+} from 'types/api/metrics/getQueryRange';
+import { ExecStats, MetricRangePayloadV5 } from 'types/api/v5/queryRange';
 import { IBuilderQuery, Query } from 'types/api/queryBuilder/queryBuilderData';
 import { DataSource } from 'types/common/queryBuilder';
 
@@ -205,13 +209,13 @@ export async function GetMetricQueryRange(
 		widgetIndex: number;
 		publicDashboardId: string;
 	},
-): Promise<SuccessResponse<MetricRangePayloadProps> & { warning?: Warning }> {
+): Promise<MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse> {
 	let legendMap: Record<string, string>;
 	let response:
-		| SuccessResponse<MetricRangePayloadProps>
-		| SuccessResponseV2<MetricRangePayloadV5>
-		| (SuccessResponse<MetricRangePayloadProps> & { warning?: Warning });
+		| MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse
+		| SuccessResponseV2<MetricRangePayloadV5>;
 	let warning: Warning | undefined;
+	let meta: ExecStats | undefined;
 
 	const panelType = props.originalGraphType || props.graphType;
 
@@ -299,6 +303,7 @@ export async function GetMetricQueryRange(
 			);
 
 			warning = response.payload.warning || undefined;
+			meta = response.payload.meta || undefined;
 		} else {
 			const v5Response = await getQueryRangeV5(
 				v5Result.queryPayload,
@@ -318,6 +323,7 @@ export async function GetMetricQueryRange(
 			);
 
 			warning = response.payload.warning || undefined;
+			meta = response.payload.meta || undefined;
 		}
 	} else {
 		const legacyResult = prepareQueryRangePayload(props);
@@ -384,6 +390,7 @@ export async function GetMetricQueryRange(
 	return {
 		...response,
 		warning,
+		meta,
 	};
 }
 

frontend/src/lib/uPlotV2/config/UPlotSeriesBuilder.ts

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class UPlotSeriesBuilder extends ConfigBuilder<SeriesProps, Series> {
 			barAlignment,
 			barMaxWidth,
 			barWidthFactor,
+			stepInterval,
 		} = this.props;
 		if (pathBuilder) {
 			return { paths: pathBuilder };
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ export class UPlotSeriesBuilder extends ConfigBuilder<SeriesProps, Series> {
 						barAlignment,
 						barMaxWidth,
 						barWidthFactor,
+						stepInterval,
 					});
 
 					return pathsBuilder(self, seriesIdx, idx0, idx1);
@@ -209,12 +211,14 @@ function getPathBuilder({
 	barAlignment = BarAlignment.Center,
 	barWidthFactor = 0.6,
 	barMaxWidth = 200,
+	stepInterval,
 }: {
 	drawStyle: DrawStyle;
 	lineInterpolation?: LineInterpolation;
 	barAlignment?: BarAlignment;
 	barMaxWidth?: number;
 	barWidthFactor?: number;
+	stepInterval?: number;
 }): Series.PathBuilder {
 	if (!builders) {
 		throw new Error('Required uPlot path builders are not available');
@@ -222,14 +226,13 @@ function getPathBuilder({
 
 	if (drawStyle === DrawStyle.Bar) {
 		const pathBuilders = uPlot.paths;
-		const barsConfigKey = `bars|${barAlignment}|${barWidthFactor}|${barMaxWidth}`;
-		if (!builders[barsConfigKey] && pathBuilders.bars) {
-			builders[barsConfigKey] = pathBuilders.bars({
-				size: [barWidthFactor, barMaxWidth],
-				align: barAlignment,
-			});
-		}
-		return builders[barsConfigKey];
+		return getBarPathBuilder({
+			pathBuilders,
+			barAlignment,
+			barWidthFactor,
+			barMaxWidth,
+			stepInterval,
+		});
 	}
 
 	if (drawStyle === DrawStyle.Line) {
@@ -247,4 +250,81 @@ function getPathBuilder({
 	return builders.spline;
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
+function getBarPathBuilder({
+	pathBuilders,
+	barAlignment,
+	barWidthFactor,
+	barMaxWidth,
+	stepInterval,
+}: {
+	pathBuilders: typeof uPlot.paths;
+	barAlignment: BarAlignment;
+	barWidthFactor: number;
+	barMaxWidth: number;
+	stepInterval?: number;
+}): Series.PathBuilder {
+	if (!builders) {
+		throw new Error('Required uPlot path builders are not available');
+	}
+
+	const barsPathBuilderFactory = pathBuilders.bars;
+
+	// When a stepInterval is provided (in seconds), cap the maximum bar width
+	// so that a single bar never visually spans more than stepInterval worth
+	// of time on the x-scale.
+	if (
+		typeof stepInterval === 'number' &&
+		stepInterval > 0 &&
+		barsPathBuilderFactory
+	) {
+		return (
+			self: uPlot,
+			seriesIdx: number,
+			idx0: number,
+			idx1: number,
+		): Series.Paths | null => {
+			let effectiveBarMaxWidth = barMaxWidth;
+
+			const xScale = self.scales.x as uPlot.Scale | undefined;
+			if (xScale && typeof xScale.min === 'number') {
+				const start = xScale.min as number;
+				const end = start + stepInterval;
+				const startPx = self.valToPos(start, 'x');
+				const endPx = self.valToPos(end, 'x');
+				const intervalPx = Math.abs(endPx - startPx);
+
+				if (intervalPx > 0) {
+					effectiveBarMaxWidth =
+						typeof barMaxWidth === 'number'
+							? Math.min(barMaxWidth, intervalPx)
+							: intervalPx;
+				}
+			}
+
+			const barsCfgKey = `bars|${barAlignment}|${barWidthFactor}|${effectiveBarMaxWidth}`;
+			if (builders && !builders[barsCfgKey]) {
+				builders[barsCfgKey] = barsPathBuilderFactory({
+					size: [barWidthFactor, effectiveBarMaxWidth],
+					align: barAlignment,
+				});
+			}
+
+			return builders && builders[barsCfgKey]
+				? builders[barsCfgKey](self, seriesIdx, idx0, idx1)
+				: null;
+		};
+	}
+
+	const barsCfgKey = `bars|${barAlignment}|${barWidthFactor}|${barMaxWidth}`;
+	if (!builders[barsCfgKey] && barsPathBuilderFactory) {
+		builders[barsCfgKey] = barsPathBuilderFactory({
+			size: [barWidthFactor, barMaxWidth],
+			align: barAlignment,
+		});
+	}
+
+	return builders[barsCfgKey];
+}
+
 export type { SeriesProps };

frontend/src/lib/uPlotV2/config/types.ts

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ export interface SeriesProps extends LineConfig, PointsConfig, BarConfig {
 	show?: boolean;
 	spanGaps?: boolean;
 	isDarkMode?: boolean;
+	stepInterval?: number;
 }
 
 export interface LegendItem {

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/Dashboard.tsx

@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ const DashboardContext = createContext<IDashboardContext>({
 	toScrollWidgetId: '',
 	setToScrollWidgetId: () => {},
 	updateLocalStorageDashboardVariables: () => {},
-	variablesToGetUpdated: [],
-	setVariablesToGetUpdated: () => {},
 	dashboardQueryRangeCalled: false,
 	setDashboardQueryRangeCalled: () => {},
 	selectedRowWidgetId: '',
@@ -183,10 +181,6 @@ export function DashboardProvider({
 		exact: true,
 	});
 
-	const [variablesToGetUpdated, setVariablesToGetUpdated] = useState<string[]>(
-		[],
-	);
-
 	const [layouts, setLayouts] = useState<Layout[]>([]);
 
 	const [panelMap, setPanelMap] = useState<
@@ -517,8 +511,6 @@ export function DashboardProvider({
 			updatedTimeRef,
 			setToScrollWidgetId,
 			updateLocalStorageDashboardVariables,
-			variablesToGetUpdated,
-			setVariablesToGetUpdated,
 			dashboardQueryRangeCalled,
 			setDashboardQueryRangeCalled,
 			selectedRowWidgetId,
@@ -541,8 +533,6 @@ export function DashboardProvider({
 			toScrollWidgetId,
 			updateLocalStorageDashboardVariables,
 			currentDashboard,
-			variablesToGetUpdated,
-			setVariablesToGetUpdated,
 			dashboardQueryRangeCalled,
 			setDashboardQueryRangeCalled,
 			selectedRowWidgetId,

frontend/src/providers/Dashboard/types.ts

@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ export interface IDashboardContext {
 		allSelected: boolean,
 		isDynamic?: boolean,
 	) => void;
-	variablesToGetUpdated: string[];
-	setVariablesToGetUpdated: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<string[]>>;
 	dashboardQueryRangeCalled: boolean;
 	setDashboardQueryRangeCalled: (value: boolean) => void;
 	selectedRowWidgetId: string | null;

frontend/src/types/api/metrics/getQueryRange.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import { PANEL_TYPES } from 'constants/queryBuilder';
 import { EQueryType } from 'types/common/dashboard';
 
-import { Warning } from '..';
+import { SuccessResponse, Warning } from '..';
 import {
 	IBuilderFormula,
 	IBuilderQuery,
 	IClickHouseQuery,
 	IPromQLQuery,
 } from '../queryBuilder/queryBuilderData';
+import { ExecStats } from '../v5/queryRange';
 import { QueryData, QueryDataV3 } from '../widgets/getQuery';
 
 export type QueryRangePayload = {
@@ -35,8 +36,15 @@ export interface MetricRangePayloadProps {
 		newResult: MetricRangePayloadV3;
 		warnings?: string[];
 	};
+	meta?: ExecStats;
 }
 
+/** Query range success response including optional warning and meta */
+export type MetricQueryRangeSuccessResponse = SuccessResponse<
+	MetricRangePayloadProps,
+	unknown
+> & { warning?: Warning; meta?: ExecStats };
+
 export interface MetricRangePayloadV3 {
 	data: {
 		result: QueryDataV3[];
@@ -44,4 +52,5 @@ export interface MetricRangePayloadV3 {
 		warnings?: string[];
 	};
 	warning?: Warning;
+	meta?: ExecStats;
 }

frontend/src/types/api/v5/queryRange.ts

@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ export interface ExecStats {
 	rowsScanned: number;
 	bytesScanned: number;
 	durationMs: number;
+	stepIntervals: Record<string, number>;
 }
 
 export interface Label {

pkg/modules/organization/implorganization/getter.go

@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ func (module *getter) ListByOwnedKeyRange(ctx context.Context) ([]*types.Organiz
 
 	return module.store.ListByKeyRange(ctx, start, end)
 }
+
+func (module *getter) GetByName(ctx context.Context, name string) (*types.Organization, error) {
+	return module.store.GetByName(ctx, name)
+}

pkg/modules/organization/implorganization/store.go

@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@ func (store *store) Get(ctx context.Context, id valuer.UUID) (*types.Organizatio
 	return organization, nil
 }
 
+func (store *store) GetByName(ctx context.Context, name string) (*types.Organization, error) {
+	organization := new(types.Organization)
+	err := store.
+		sqlstore.
+		BunDB().
+		NewSelect().
+		Model(organization).
+		Where("name = ?", name).
+		Scan(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, store.sqlstore.WrapNotFoundErrf(err, types.ErrOrganizationNotFound, "organization with name %s does not exist", name)
+	}
+
+	return organization, nil
+}
+
 func (store *store) GetAll(ctx context.Context) ([]*types.Organization, error) {
 	organizations := make([]*types.Organization, 0)
 	err := store.

pkg/modules/organization/organization.go

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ type Getter interface {
 
 	// ListByOwnedKeyRange gets all the organizations owned by the instance
 	ListByOwnedKeyRange(context.Context) ([]*types.Organization, error)
+
+	// Gets the organization by name
+	GetByName(context.Context, string) (*types.Organization, error)
 }
 
 type Setter interface {

pkg/modules/session/implsession/module.go

@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ func (module *module) CreateCallbackAuthNSession(ctx context.Context, authNProvi
 		return "", err
 	}
 
+	if err := user.ErrIfRoot(); err != nil {
+		return "", errors.WithAdditionalf(err, "root user can only authenticate via password")
+	}
+
 	token, err := module.tokenizer.CreateToken(ctx, authtypes.NewIdentity(user.ID, user.OrgID, user.Email, user.Role), map[string]string{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err

pkg/modules/user/config.go

@@ -5,11 +5,22 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/factory"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/valuer"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
 	Password PasswordConfig `mapstructure:"password"`
+	Root     RootConfig     `mapstructure:"root"`
 }
+
+type RootConfig struct {
+	Enabled  bool         `mapstructure:"enabled"`
+	Email    valuer.Email `mapstructure:"email"`
+	Password string       `mapstructure:"password"`
+	OrgName  string       `mapstructure:"org_name"`
+}
+
 type PasswordConfig struct {
 	Reset ResetConfig `mapstructure:"reset"`
 }
@@ -31,6 +42,10 @@ func newConfig() factory.Config {
 				MaxTokenLifetime: 6 * time.Hour,
 			},
 		},
+		Root: RootConfig{
+			Enabled: false,
+			OrgName: "default",
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -39,5 +54,17 @@ func (c Config) Validate() error {
 		return errors.New(errors.TypeInvalidInput, errors.CodeInvalidInput, "user::password::reset::max_token_lifetime must be positive")
 	}
 
+	if c.Root.Enabled {
+		if c.Root.Email.IsZero() {
+			return errors.New(errors.TypeInvalidInput, errors.CodeInvalidInput, "user::root::email is required when root user is enabled")
+		}
+		if c.Root.Password == "" {
+			return errors.New(errors.TypeInvalidInput, errors.CodeInvalidInput, "user::root::password is required when root user is enabled")
+		}
+		if !types.IsPasswordValid(c.Root.Password) {
+			return errors.New(errors.TypeInvalidInput, errors.CodeInvalidInput, "user::root::password does not meet password requirements")
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }

pkg/modules/user/impluser/getter.go

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ func NewGetter(store types.UserStore) user.Getter {
 	return &getter{store: store}
 }
 
+func (module *getter) GetRootUserByOrgID(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID) (*types.User, error) {
+	return module.store.GetRootUserByOrgID(ctx, orgID)
+}
+
 func (module *getter) ListByOrgID(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID) ([]*types.User, error) {
 	users, err := module.store.ListUsersByOrgID(ctx, orgID)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/modules/user/impluser/module.go

@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ func (m *Module) CreateBulkInvite(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, userID
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		if existingUser != nil {
+			if err := existingUser.ErrIfRoot(); err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.WithAdditionalf(err, "cannot send invite to root user")
+			}
+		}
+
 		if existingUser != nil {
 			return nil, errors.New(errors.TypeAlreadyExists, errors.CodeAlreadyExists, "User already exists with the same email")
 		}
@@ -202,27 +208,21 @@ func (m *Module) UpdateUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id string, u
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if err := existingUser.ErrIfRoot(); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.WithAdditionalf(err, "cannot update root user")
+	}
+
 	requestor, err := m.store.GetUser(ctx, valuer.MustNewUUID(updatedBy))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// only displayName, role can be updated
-	if user.DisplayName == "" {
-		user.DisplayName = existingUser.DisplayName
-	}
-
-	if user.Role == "" {
-		user.Role = existingUser.Role
-	}
-
-	if user.Role != existingUser.Role && requestor.Role != types.RoleAdmin {
+	if user.Role != "" && user.Role != existingUser.Role && requestor.Role != types.RoleAdmin {
 		return nil, errors.New(errors.TypeForbidden, errors.CodeForbidden, "only admins can change roles")
 	}
 
-	// Make sure that th e request is not demoting the last admin user.
-	// also an admin user can only change role of their own or other user
-	if user.Role != existingUser.Role && existingUser.Role == types.RoleAdmin {
+	// Make sure that the request is not demoting the last admin user.
+	if user.Role != "" && user.Role != existingUser.Role && existingUser.Role == types.RoleAdmin {
 		adminUsers, err := m.store.GetUsersByRoleAndOrgID(ctx, types.RoleAdmin, orgID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (m *Module) UpdateUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id string, u
 		}
 	}
 
-	if user.Role != existingUser.Role {
+	if user.Role != "" && user.Role != existingUser.Role {
 		err = m.authz.ModifyGrant(ctx,
 			orgID,
 			roletypes.MustGetSigNozManagedRoleFromExistingRole(existingUser.Role),
@@ -245,23 +245,28 @@ func (m *Module) UpdateUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id string, u
 		}
 	}
 
-	user.UpdatedAt = time.Now()
-	updatedUser, err := m.store.UpdateUser(ctx, orgID, id, user)
-	if err != nil {
+	existingUser.Update(user.DisplayName, user.Role)
+	if err := m.UpdateAnyUser(ctx, orgID, existingUser); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	traits := types.NewTraitsFromUser(updatedUser)
-	m.analytics.IdentifyUser(ctx, user.OrgID.String(), user.ID.String(), traits)
+	return existingUser, nil
+}
 
-	traits["updated_by"] = updatedBy
-	m.analytics.TrackUser(ctx, user.OrgID.String(), user.ID.String(), "User Updated", traits)
-
-	if err := m.tokenizer.DeleteIdentity(ctx, valuer.MustNewUUID(id)); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+func (module *Module) UpdateAnyUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, user *types.User) error {
+	if err := module.store.UpdateUser(ctx, orgID, user); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
-	return updatedUser, nil
+	traits := types.NewTraitsFromUser(user)
+	module.analytics.IdentifyUser(ctx, user.OrgID.String(), user.ID.String(), traits)
+	module.analytics.TrackUser(ctx, user.OrgID.String(), user.ID.String(), "User Updated", traits)
+
+	if err := module.tokenizer.DeleteIdentity(ctx, user.ID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (module *Module) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id string, deletedBy string) error {
@@ -270,6 +275,10 @@ func (module *Module) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id stri
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := user.ErrIfRoot(); err != nil {
+		return errors.WithAdditionalf(err, "cannot delete root user")
+	}
+
 	if slices.Contains(types.AllIntegrationUserEmails, types.IntegrationUserEmail(user.Email.String())) {
 		return errors.New(errors.TypeForbidden, errors.CodeForbidden, "integration user cannot be deleted")
 	}
@@ -364,6 +373,10 @@ func (module *Module) ForgotPassword(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, ema
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := user.ErrIfRoot(); err != nil {
+		return errors.WithAdditionalf(err, "cannot reset password for root user")
+	}
+
 	token, err := module.GetOrCreateResetPasswordToken(ctx, user.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		module.settings.Logger().ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to create reset password token", "error", err)
@@ -407,6 +420,15 @@ func (module *Module) UpdatePasswordByResetPasswordToken(ctx context.Context, to
 		return err
 	}
 
+	user, err := module.store.GetUser(ctx, valuer.MustNewUUID(password.UserID))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := user.ErrIfRoot(); err != nil {
+		return errors.WithAdditionalf(err, "cannot reset password for root user")
+	}
+
 	if err := password.Update(passwd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -415,6 +437,15 @@ func (module *Module) UpdatePasswordByResetPasswordToken(ctx context.Context, to
 }
 
 func (module *Module) UpdatePassword(ctx context.Context, userID valuer.UUID, oldpasswd string, passwd string) error {
+	user, err := module.store.GetUser(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := user.ErrIfRoot(); err != nil {
+		return errors.WithAdditionalf(err, "cannot change password for root user")
+	}
+
 	password, err := module.store.GetPasswordByUserID(ctx, userID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -476,7 +507,7 @@ func (m *Module) RevokeAPIKey(ctx context.Context, id, removedByUserID valuer.UU
 }
 
 func (module *Module) CreateFirstUser(ctx context.Context, organization *types.Organization, name string, email valuer.Email, passwd string) (*types.User, error) {
-	user, err := types.NewUser(name, email, types.RoleAdmin, organization.ID)
+	user, err := types.NewRootUser(name, email, organization.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

pkg/modules/user/impluser/service.go

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+package impluser
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/authz"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/factory"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/organization"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/modules/user"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/authtypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/types/roletypes"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/valuer"
+)
+
+type service struct {
+	settings  factory.ScopedProviderSettings
+	store     types.UserStore
+	module    user.Module
+	orgGetter organization.Getter
+	authz     authz.AuthZ
+	config    user.RootConfig
+	stopC     chan struct{}
+}
+
+func NewService(
+	providerSettings factory.ProviderSettings,
+	store types.UserStore,
+	module user.Module,
+	orgGetter organization.Getter,
+	authz authz.AuthZ,
+	config user.RootConfig,
+) user.Service {
+	return &service{
+		settings:  factory.NewScopedProviderSettings(providerSettings, "go.signoz.io/pkg/modules/user"),
+		store:     store,
+		module:    module,
+		orgGetter: orgGetter,
+		authz:     authz,
+		config:    config,
+		stopC:     make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *service) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if !s.config.Enabled {
+		<-s.stopC
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		err := s.reconcile(ctx)
+		if err == nil {
+			s.settings.Logger().InfoContext(ctx, "root user reconciliation completed successfully")
+			<-s.stopC
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		s.settings.Logger().WarnContext(ctx, "root user reconciliation failed, retrying", "error", err)
+
+		select {
+		case <-s.stopC:
+			return nil
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *service) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
+	close(s.stopC)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *service) reconcile(ctx context.Context) error {
+	org, err := s.orgGetter.GetByName(ctx, s.config.OrgName)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Ast(err, errors.TypeNotFound) {
+			newOrg := types.NewOrganizationWithName(s.config.OrgName)
+			_, err := s.module.CreateFirstUser(ctx, newOrg, s.config.Email.String(), s.config.Email, s.config.Password)
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return s.reconcileRootUser(ctx, org.ID)
+}
+
+func (s *service) reconcileRootUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID) error {
+	existingRoot, err := s.store.GetRootUserByOrgID(ctx, orgID)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Ast(err, errors.TypeNotFound) {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if existingRoot == nil {
+		return s.createOrPromoteRootUser(ctx, orgID)
+	}
+
+	return s.updateExistingRootUser(ctx, orgID, existingRoot)
+}
+
+func (s *service) createOrPromoteRootUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID) error {
+	existingUser, err := s.store.GetUserByEmailAndOrgID(ctx, s.config.Email, orgID)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Ast(err, errors.TypeNotFound) {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if existingUser != nil {
+		oldRole := existingUser.Role
+
+		existingUser.PromoteToRoot()
+		if err := s.module.UpdateAnyUser(ctx, orgID, existingUser); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if oldRole != types.RoleAdmin {
+			if err := s.authz.ModifyGrant(ctx,
+				orgID,
+				roletypes.MustGetSigNozManagedRoleFromExistingRole(oldRole),
+				roletypes.MustGetSigNozManagedRoleFromExistingRole(types.RoleAdmin),
+				authtypes.MustNewSubject(authtypes.TypeableUser, existingUser.ID.StringValue(), orgID, nil),
+			); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		return s.setPassword(ctx, existingUser.ID)
+	}
+
+	// Create new root user
+	newUser, err := types.NewRootUser(s.config.Email.String(), s.config.Email, orgID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	factorPassword, err := types.NewFactorPassword(s.config.Password, newUser.ID.StringValue())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return s.module.CreateUser(ctx, newUser, user.WithFactorPassword(factorPassword))
+}
+
+func (s *service) updateExistingRootUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, existingRoot *types.User) error {
+	existingRoot.PromoteToRoot()
+
+	if existingRoot.Email != s.config.Email {
+		existingRoot.UpdateEmail(s.config.Email)
+		if err := s.module.UpdateAnyUser(ctx, orgID, existingRoot); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return s.setPassword(ctx, existingRoot.ID)
+}
+
+func (s *service) setPassword(ctx context.Context, userID valuer.UUID) error {
+	password, err := s.store.GetPasswordByUserID(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !errors.Ast(err, errors.TypeNotFound) {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		factorPassword, err := types.NewFactorPassword(s.config.Password, userID.StringValue())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return s.store.CreatePassword(ctx, factorPassword)
+	}
+
+	if !password.Equals(s.config.Password) {
+		if err := password.Update(s.config.Password); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return s.store.UpdatePassword(ctx, password)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

pkg/modules/user/impluser/store.go

@@ -210,20 +210,24 @@ func (store *store) GetUsersByRoleAndOrgID(ctx context.Context, role types.Role,
 	return users, nil
 }
 
-func (store *store) UpdateUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id string, user *types.User) (*types.User, error) {
-	user.UpdatedAt = time.Now()
-	_, err := store.sqlstore.BunDB().NewUpdate().
+func (store *store) UpdateUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, user *types.User) error {
+	_, err := store.
+		sqlstore.
+		BunDBCtx(ctx).
+		NewUpdate().
 		Model(user).
 		Column("display_name").
+		Column("email").
 		Column("role").
+		Column("is_root").
 		Column("updated_at").
-		Where("id = ?", id).
 		Where("org_id = ?", orgID).
+		Where("id = ?", user.ID).
 		Exec(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, store.sqlstore.WrapNotFoundErrf(err, types.ErrCodeUserNotFound, "user with id: %s does not exist in org: %s", id, orgID)
+		return store.sqlstore.WrapNotFoundErrf(err, types.ErrCodeUserNotFound, "user does not exist in org: %s", orgID)
 	}
-	return user, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (store *store) ListUsersByOrgID(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID) ([]*types.GettableUser, error) {
@@ -602,6 +606,22 @@ func (store *store) RunInTx(ctx context.Context, cb func(ctx context.Context) er
 	})
 }
 
+func (store *store) GetRootUserByOrgID(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID) (*types.User, error) {
+	user := new(types.User)
+	err := store.
+		sqlstore.
+		BunDBCtx(ctx).
+		NewSelect().
+		Model(user).
+		Where("org_id = ?", orgID).
+		Where("is_root = ?", true).
+		Scan(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, store.sqlstore.WrapNotFoundErrf(err, types.ErrCodeUserNotFound, "root user for org %s not found", orgID)
+	}
+	return user, nil
+}
+
 func (store *store) ListUsersByEmailAndOrgIDs(ctx context.Context, email valuer.Email, orgIDs []valuer.UUID) ([]*types.User, error) {
 	users := []*types.User{}
 	err := store.

pkg/modules/user/service.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package user
+
+import "github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/factory"
+
+type Service interface {
+	factory.Service
+}

pkg/modules/user/user.go

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ type Module interface {
 	ForgotPassword(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, email valuer.Email, frontendBaseURL string) error
 
 	UpdateUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id string, user *types.User, updatedBy string) (*types.User, error)
+
+	// UpdateAnyUser updates a user and persists the changes to the database along with the analytics and identity deletion.
+	UpdateAnyUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, user *types.User) error
 	DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id string, deletedBy string) error
 
 	// invite
@@ -54,6 +57,9 @@ type Module interface {
 }
 
 type Getter interface {
+	// Get root user by org id.
+	GetRootUserByOrgID(context.Context, valuer.UUID) (*types.User, error)
+
 	// Get gets the users based on the given id
 	ListByOrgID(context.Context, valuer.UUID) ([]*types.User, error)
 

pkg/query-service/app/http_handler.go

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ type APIHandlerOpts struct {
 }
 
 // NewAPIHandler returns an APIHandler
-func NewAPIHandler(opts APIHandlerOpts) (*APIHandler, error) {
+func NewAPIHandler(opts APIHandlerOpts, config signoz.Config) (*APIHandler, error) {
 	querierOpts := querier.QuerierOptions{
 		Reader:       opts.Reader,
 		Cache:        opts.Signoz.Cache,
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ func NewAPIHandler(opts APIHandlerOpts) (*APIHandler, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// If the root user is enabled, the setup is complete
+	if config.User.Root.Enabled {
+		aH.SetupCompleted = true
+	}
+
 	aH.Upgrader = &websocket.Upgrader{
 		CheckOrigin: func(r *http.Request) bool {
 			return true

pkg/query-service/app/server.go

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func NewServer(config signoz.Config, signoz *signoz.SigNoz) (*Server, error) {
 		Signoz:                        signoz,
 		QuerierAPI:                    querierAPI.NewAPI(signoz.Instrumentation.ToProviderSettings(), signoz.Querier, signoz.Analytics),
 		QueryParserAPI:                queryparser.NewAPI(signoz.Instrumentation.ToProviderSettings(), signoz.QueryParser),
-	})
+	}, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

pkg/signoz/provider.go

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ func NewSQLMigrationProviderFactories(
 		sqlmigration.NewMigrateRbacToAuthzFactory(sqlstore),
 		sqlmigration.NewMigratePublicDashboardsFactory(sqlstore),
 		sqlmigration.NewAddAnonymousPublicDashboardTransactionFactory(sqlstore),
+		sqlmigration.NewAddRootUserFactory(sqlstore, sqlschema),
 	)
 }
 

pkg/signoz/signoz.go

@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@ func New(
 	// Initialize all modules
 	modules := NewModules(sqlstore, tokenizer, emailing, providerSettings, orgGetter, alertmanager, analytics, querier, telemetrystore, telemetryMetadataStore, authNs, authz, cache, queryParser, config, dashboard)
 
+	userService := impluser.NewService(providerSettings, impluser.NewStore(sqlstore, providerSettings), modules.User, orgGetter, authz, config.User.Root)
+
 	// Initialize all handlers for the modules
 	handlers := NewHandlers(modules, providerSettings, querier, licensing, global, flagger, gateway, telemetryMetadataStore, authz)
 
@@ -438,6 +440,7 @@ func New(
 		factory.NewNamedService(factory.MustNewName("statsreporter"), statsReporter),
 		factory.NewNamedService(factory.MustNewName("tokenizer"), tokenizer),
 		factory.NewNamedService(factory.MustNewName("authz"), authz),
+		factory.NewNamedService(factory.MustNewName("user"), userService),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err

pkg/sqlmigration/064_add_root_user.go

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package sqlmigration
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/factory"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/sqlschema"
+	"github.com/SigNoz/signoz/pkg/sqlstore"
+	"github.com/uptrace/bun"
+	"github.com/uptrace/bun/migrate"
+)
+
+type addRootUser struct {
+	sqlstore  sqlstore.SQLStore
+	sqlschema sqlschema.SQLSchema
+}
+
+func NewAddRootUserFactory(sqlstore sqlstore.SQLStore, sqlschema sqlschema.SQLSchema) factory.ProviderFactory[SQLMigration, Config] {
+	return factory.NewProviderFactory(factory.MustNewName("add_root_user"), func(ctx context.Context, providerSettings factory.ProviderSettings, config Config) (SQLMigration, error) {
+		return &addRootUser{
+			sqlstore:  sqlstore,
+			sqlschema: sqlschema,
+		}, nil
+	})
+}
+
+func (migration *addRootUser) Register(migrations *migrate.Migrations) error {
+	if err := migrations.Register(migration.Up, migration.Down); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (migration *addRootUser) Up(ctx context.Context, db *bun.DB) error {
+	if err := migration.sqlschema.ToggleFKEnforcement(ctx, db, false); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	tx, err := db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		_ = tx.Rollback()
+	}()
+
+	table, uniqueConstraints, err := migration.sqlschema.GetTable(ctx, sqlschema.TableName("users"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	column := &sqlschema.Column{
+		Name:     sqlschema.ColumnName("is_root"),
+		DataType: sqlschema.DataTypeBoolean,
+		Nullable: false,
+	}
+
+	sqls := migration.sqlschema.Operator().AddColumn(table, uniqueConstraints, column, false)
+	for _, sql := range sqls {
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, string(sql)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := migration.sqlschema.ToggleFKEnforcement(ctx, db, true); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (migration *addRootUser) Down(ctx context.Context, db *bun.DB) error {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/types/organization.go

@@ -41,6 +41,22 @@ func NewOrganization(displayName string) *Organization {
 	}
 }
 
+func NewOrganizationWithName(name string) *Organization {
+	id := valuer.GenerateUUID()
+	return &Organization{
+		Identifiable: Identifiable{
+			ID: id,
+		},
+		TimeAuditable: TimeAuditable{
+			CreatedAt: time.Now(),
+			UpdatedAt: time.Now(),
+		},
+		Name:        name,
+		DisplayName: name,
+		Key:         NewOrganizationKey(id),
+	}
+}
+
 func NewOrganizationKey(orgID valuer.UUID) uint32 {
 	hasher := fnv.New32a()
 
@@ -74,6 +90,7 @@ type TTLSetting struct {
 type OrganizationStore interface {
 	Create(context.Context, *Organization) error
 	Get(context.Context, valuer.UUID) (*Organization, error)
+	GetByName(context.Context, string) (*Organization, error)
 	GetAll(context.Context) ([]*Organization, error)
 	ListByKeyRange(context.Context, uint32, uint32) ([]*Organization, error)
 	Update(context.Context, *Organization) error

pkg/types/user.go

@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	ErrCodeUserNotFound                = errors.MustNewCode("user_not_found")
-	ErrCodeAmbiguousUser               = errors.MustNewCode("ambiguous_user")
-	ErrUserAlreadyExists               = errors.MustNewCode("user_already_exists")
-	ErrPasswordAlreadyExists           = errors.MustNewCode("password_already_exists")
-	ErrResetPasswordTokenAlreadyExists = errors.MustNewCode("reset_password_token_already_exists")
-	ErrPasswordNotFound                = errors.MustNewCode("password_not_found")
-	ErrResetPasswordTokenNotFound      = errors.MustNewCode("reset_password_token_not_found")
-	ErrAPIKeyAlreadyExists             = errors.MustNewCode("api_key_already_exists")
-	ErrAPIKeyNotFound                  = errors.MustNewCode("api_key_not_found")
+	ErrCodeUserNotFound                 = errors.MustNewCode("user_not_found")
+	ErrCodeAmbiguousUser                = errors.MustNewCode("ambiguous_user")
+	ErrUserAlreadyExists                = errors.MustNewCode("user_already_exists")
+	ErrPasswordAlreadyExists            = errors.MustNewCode("password_already_exists")
+	ErrResetPasswordTokenAlreadyExists  = errors.MustNewCode("reset_password_token_already_exists")
+	ErrPasswordNotFound                 = errors.MustNewCode("password_not_found")
+	ErrResetPasswordTokenNotFound       = errors.MustNewCode("reset_password_token_not_found")
+	ErrAPIKeyAlreadyExists              = errors.MustNewCode("api_key_already_exists")
+	ErrAPIKeyNotFound                   = errors.MustNewCode("api_key_not_found")
+	ErrCodeRootUserOperationUnsupported = errors.MustNewCode("root_user_operation_unsupported")
 )
 
 type GettableUser = User
@@ -29,9 +30,10 @@ type User struct {
 
 	Identifiable
 	DisplayName string       `bun:"display_name" json:"displayName"`
-	Email       valuer.Email `bun:"email,type:text" json:"email"`
-	Role        Role         `bun:"role,type:text" json:"role"`
-	OrgID       valuer.UUID  `bun:"org_id,type:text" json:"orgId"`
+	Email       valuer.Email `bun:"email" json:"email"`
+	Role        Role         `bun:"role" json:"role"`
+	OrgID       valuer.UUID  `bun:"org_id" json:"orgId"`
+	IsRoot      bool         `bun:"is_root" json:"isRoot"`
 	TimeAuditable
 }
 
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ func NewUser(displayName string, email valuer.Email, role Role, orgID valuer.UUI
 		Email:       email,
 		Role:        role,
 		OrgID:       orgID,
+		IsRoot:      false,
 		TimeAuditable: TimeAuditable{
 			CreatedAt: time.Now(),
 			UpdatedAt: time.Now(),
@@ -71,6 +74,65 @@ func NewUser(displayName string, email valuer.Email, role Role, orgID valuer.UUI
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func NewRootUser(displayName string, email valuer.Email, orgID valuer.UUID) (*User, error) {
+	if email.IsZero() {
+		return nil, errors.New(errors.TypeInvalidInput, errors.CodeInvalidInput, "email is required")
+	}
+
+	if orgID.IsZero() {
+		return nil, errors.New(errors.TypeInvalidInput, errors.CodeInvalidInput, "orgID is required")
+	}
+
+	return &User{
+		Identifiable: Identifiable{
+			ID: valuer.GenerateUUID(),
+		},
+		DisplayName: displayName,
+		Email:       email,
+		Role:        RoleAdmin,
+		OrgID:       orgID,
+		IsRoot:      true,
+		TimeAuditable: TimeAuditable{
+			CreatedAt: time.Now(),
+			UpdatedAt: time.Now(),
+		},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Update applies mutable fields from the input to the user. Immutable fields
+// (email, is_root, org_id, id) are preserved. Only non-zero input fields are applied.
+func (u *User) Update(displayName string, role Role) {
+	if displayName != "" {
+		u.DisplayName = displayName
+	}
+	if role != "" {
+		u.Role = role
+	}
+	u.UpdatedAt = time.Now()
+}
+
+// PromoteToRoot promotes the user to a root user with admin role.
+func (u *User) PromoteToRoot() {
+	u.IsRoot = true
+	u.Role = RoleAdmin
+	u.UpdatedAt = time.Now()
+}
+
+// UpdateEmail updates the email of the user.
+func (u *User) UpdateEmail(email valuer.Email) {
+	u.Email = email
+	u.UpdatedAt = time.Now()
+}
+
+// ErrIfRoot returns an error if the user is a root user. The caller should
+// enrich the error with the specific operation using errors.WithAdditionalf.
+func (u *User) ErrIfRoot() error {
+	if u.IsRoot {
+		return errors.New(errors.TypeUnsupported, ErrCodeRootUserOperationUnsupported, "this operation is not supported for the root user")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func NewTraitsFromUser(user *User) map[string]any {
 	return map[string]any{
 		"name":         user.DisplayName,
@@ -133,7 +195,7 @@ type UserStore interface {
 	// List users by email and org ids.
 	ListUsersByEmailAndOrgIDs(ctx context.Context, email valuer.Email, orgIDs []valuer.UUID) ([]*User, error)
 
-	UpdateUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, id string, user *User) (*User, error)
+	UpdateUser(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, user *User) error
 	DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, orgID string, id string) error
 
 	// Creates a password.
@@ -156,6 +218,9 @@ type UserStore interface {
 
 	CountByOrgID(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID) (int64, error)
 
+	// Get root user by org.
+	GetRootUserByOrgID(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID) (*User, error)
+
 	// Transaction
 	RunInTx(ctx context.Context, cb func(ctx context.Context) error) error
 }