feat(dashboard-v2): surface dashboard variables in query builder suggestions

Publish the dashboard's variables into the shared store the query builder autocomplete reads, so $variable suggestions appear in the dashboards-page builder and the panel editor.

frontend/src/container/PublicDashboardContainer/Panel.tsx

@@ -79,13 +79,11 @@ function Panel({
 		},
 		ENTITY_VERSION_V5,
 		{
-			queryKey: [
-				widget?.query,
-				widget?.panelTypes,
-				requestData,
-				startTime,
-				endTime,
-			],
+			// Public data is fetched by index and the payload redacts each widget's
+			// filters, so query bodies are identical across panels. Key on panel
+			// identity + time — the only inputs that determine the response — so
+			// panels don't collapse onto one cache entry.
+			queryKey: [widget?.id, index, startTime, endTime],
 			retry(failureCount, error): boolean {
 				if (
 					String(error).includes('status: error') &&

frontend/src/container/PublicDashboardContainer/__tests__/Panel.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { PANEL_TYPES } from 'constants/queryBuilder';
+import { render } from 'tests/test-utils';
+import { Widgets } from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+
+import Panel from '../Panel';
+
+const useGetQueryRangeMock = jest.fn();
+
+jest.mock('hooks/queryBuilder/useGetQueryRange', () => ({
+	useGetQueryRange: (...args: unknown[]): unknown => {
+		useGetQueryRangeMock(...args);
+		return {
+			data: undefined,
+			isFetching: false,
+			isLoading: false,
+			isSuccess: true,
+			isError: false,
+		};
+	},
+}));
+
+jest.mock('container/GridCardLayout/GridCard/WidgetGraphComponent', () => ({
+	__esModule: true,
+	default: (): JSX.Element => <div data-testid="widget-graph" />,
+}));
+
+const buildWidget = (id: string): Widgets =>
+	({
+		id,
+		panelTypes: PANEL_TYPES.LIST,
+		query: {
+			builder: {
+				queryData: [{ dataSource: 'logs', limit: 100, orderBy: [] }],
+			},
+		},
+		timePreferance: 'GLOBAL_TIME',
+	}) as unknown as Widgets;
+
+describe('Public dashboard Panel', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		useGetQueryRangeMock.mockClear();
+	});
+
+	it('keys each panel by widget id + index so identical queries do not collide (bug 5503)', () => {
+		render(
+			<>
+				<Panel
+					widget={buildWidget('widget-a')}
+					index={2}
+					dashboardId="dash-1"
+					startTime={100}
+					endTime={200}
+				/>
+				<Panel
+					widget={buildWidget('widget-b')}
+					index={62}
+					dashboardId="dash-1"
+					startTime={100}
+					endTime={200}
+				/>
+			</>,
+		);
+
+		const [callA, callB] = useGetQueryRangeMock.mock.calls;
+		const queryKeyA = callA[2].queryKey;
+		const metaA = callA[4];
+		const queryKeyB = callB[2].queryKey;
+		const metaB = callB[4];
+
+		// Key is panel identity + time only — the redacted query body is not part
+		// of it, so identical query bodies can't collapse two panels onto one key.
+		expect(queryKeyA).toStrictEqual(['widget-a', 2, 100, 200]);
+		expect(queryKeyB).toStrictEqual(['widget-b', 62, 100, 200]);
+		expect(queryKeyA).not.toStrictEqual(queryKeyB);
+
+		expect(metaA.widgetIndex).toBe(2);
+		expect(metaB.widgetIndex).toBe(62);
+	});
+});

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/VariablesBar/VariableSelector.tsx

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ interface VariableSelectorProps {
 	variable: VariableFormModel;
 	/** All variables (Dynamic uses them to scope options by sibling selections). */
 	variables: VariableFormModel[];
-	/** Names this variable depends on (for Query gating). */
-	parents: string[];
 	/** All current selections (Query passes them as the request payload). */
 	selections: VariableSelectionMap;
 	selection: VariableSelection;
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ interface VariableSelectorProps {
 function VariableSelector({
 	variable,
 	variables,
-	parents,
 	selections,
 	selection,
 	onChange,
@@ -61,7 +58,6 @@ function VariableSelector({
 				return (
 					<QuerySelector
 						variable={variable}
-						parents={parents}
 						selections={selections}
 						selection={selection}
 						onChange={onChange}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/VariablesBar/VariablesBar.tsx

@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ interface VariablesBarProps {
  * either way so auto-selection and option fetching keep driving the panels.
  */
 function VariablesBar({ dashboard }: VariablesBarProps): JSX.Element | null {
-	const { variables, dependencyData, selection, setSelection } =
-		useVariableSelection(dashboard);
+	const { variables, selection, setSelection } = useVariableSelection(dashboard);
 	const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false);
 	const { containerRef, visibleCount, overflowCount } = useInlineOverflowCount({
 		itemCount: variables.length,
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ function VariablesBar({ dashboard }: VariablesBarProps): JSX.Element | null {
 						<VariableSelector
 							variable={variable}
 							variables={variables}
-							parents={dependencyData.parentGraph[variable.name] ?? []}
 							selections={selection}
 							selection={
 								selection[variable.name] ?? {

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/VariablesBar/selectors/DynamicSelector.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useQuery } from 'react-query';
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
-import { useGetFieldValues } from 'hooks/dynamicVariables/useGetFieldValues';
+import { getFieldValues } from 'api/dynamicVariables/getFieldValues';
 import type { AppState } from 'store/reducers';
 import type { GlobalReducer } from 'types/reducer/globalTime';
 
@@ -10,12 +11,14 @@ import {
 	sortValuesByOrder,
 } from '../../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
 import type { VariableFormModel } from '../../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
+import { useDashboardStore } from '../../store/useDashboardStore';
 import { buildExistingDynamicVariableQuery } from '../dynamicFilter';
 import type {
 	VariableSelection,
 	VariableSelectionMap,
 } from '../selectionTypes';
 import { useAutoSelect } from '../useAutoSelect';
+import { useVariableFetchState } from '../useVariableFetchState';
 import ValueSelector from './ValueSelector';
 
 interface DynamicSelectorProps {
@@ -30,7 +33,9 @@ interface DynamicSelectorProps {
 /**
  * Dynamic-variable options sourced from live telemetry field values for the
  * chosen signal + attribute, scoped by the other dynamic variables' selections
- * (so e.g. `pod` narrows to the chosen `namespace`).
+ * (so e.g. `pod` narrows to the chosen `namespace`). WHEN to fetch is owned by
+ * the runtime fetch engine: dynamics fetch together once the query variables have
+ * values, and refetch (via a `cycleId` bump) whenever any variable value changes.
  */
 function DynamicSelector({
 	variable,
@@ -48,14 +53,51 @@ function DynamicSelector({
 		[variables, selections, variable.name],
 	);
 
-	const { data, isFetching } = useGetFieldValues({
-		signal: signalForApi(variable.dynamicSignal),
-		name: variable.dynamicAttribute,
-		startUnixMilli: minTime,
-		endUnixMilli: maxTime,
-		existingQuery: existingQuery || undefined,
-		enabled: !!variable.dynamicAttribute,
-	});
+	const {
+		variableFetchCycleId,
+		isVariableFetching,
+		isVariableSettled,
+		isVariableWaiting,
+		hasVariableFetchedOnce,
+	} = useVariableFetchState(variable.name);
+	const onVariableFetchComplete = useDashboardStore(
+		(s) => s.onVariableFetchComplete,
+	);
+	const onVariableFetchFailure = useDashboardStore(
+		(s) => s.onVariableFetchFailure,
+	);
+
+	const { data, isFetching } = useQuery(
+		[
+			'dashboard-variable-dynamic',
+			variable.name,
+			variable.dynamicSignal,
+			variable.dynamicAttribute,
+			existingQuery,
+			minTime,
+			maxTime,
+			variableFetchCycleId,
+		],
+		() =>
+			getFieldValues(
+				signalForApi(variable.dynamicSignal),
+				variable.dynamicAttribute,
+				undefined,
+				minTime,
+				maxTime,
+				existingQuery || undefined,
+			),
+		{
+			enabled:
+				!!variable.dynamicAttribute &&
+				(isVariableFetching || (isVariableSettled && hasVariableFetchedOnce)),
+			refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+			onSettled: (_, error) =>
+				error
+					? onVariableFetchFailure(variable.name)
+					: onVariableFetchComplete(variable.name),
+		},
+	);
 
 	const options = useMemo(() => {
 		const payload = data?.data;
@@ -71,7 +113,7 @@ function DynamicSelector({
 			options={options}
 			multiSelect={variable.multiSelect}
 			showAllOption={variable.showAllOption}
-			loading={isFetching}
+			loading={isFetching || isVariableWaiting}
 			selection={selection}
 			onChange={onChange}
 			testId={`variable-select-${variable.name}`}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/VariablesBar/selectors/QuerySelector.tsx

@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ import type { GlobalReducer } from 'types/reducer/globalTime';
 
 import { sortValuesByOrder } from '../../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
 import type { VariableFormModel } from '../../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
+import { useDashboardStore } from '../../store/useDashboardStore';
 import type {
 	VariableSelection,
 	VariableSelectionMap,
 } from '../selectionTypes';
-import { isResolved, selectionToPayload } from '../selectionUtils';
+import { selectionToPayload } from '../selectionUtils';
 import { useAutoSelect } from '../useAutoSelect';
+import { useVariableFetchState } from '../useVariableFetchState';
 import ValueSelector from './ValueSelector';
 
 interface QuerySelectorProps {
 	variable: VariableFormModel;
-	/** Names this variable's query references; it waits until they're resolved. */
-	parents: string[];
 	/** All current selections, fed to the query as `{ name: value }`. */
 	selections: VariableSelectionMap;
 	selection: VariableSelection;
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@ interface QuerySelectorProps {
 }
 
 /**
- * Query-driven options. Dependency orchestration is declarative: the query is
- * `enabled` only once every parent is resolved, and the parent values are in the
- * query key — so it refetches automatically when a parent changes (and a cyclic
- * dependency is simply never enabled).
+ * Query-driven options. WHEN to fetch is owned by the runtime fetch engine
+ * (`variableFetchSlice`): the query is `enabled` while this variable is fetching
+ * (or settled-after-a-first-fetch, so a cycle bump re-runs it), and the engine's
+ * per-variable `cycleId` keys the request — so a parent's value change refetches
+ * only the dependent variables, in dependency order. The current selections feed
+ * the request payload but are deliberately NOT in the key (V1 parity).
  */
 function QuerySelector({
 	variable,
-	parents,
 	selections,
 	selection,
 	onChange,
@@ -43,23 +44,43 @@ function QuerySelector({
 		(state) => state.globalTime,
 	);
 	const payload = useMemo(() => selectionToPayload(selections), [selections]);
-	const enabled = parents.every((parent) => isResolved(selections[parent]));
+
+	const {
+		variableFetchCycleId,
+		isVariableFetching,
+		isVariableSettled,
+		isVariableWaiting,
+		hasVariableFetchedOnce,
+	} = useVariableFetchState(variable.name);
+	const onVariableFetchComplete = useDashboardStore(
+		(s) => s.onVariableFetchComplete,
+	);
+	const onVariableFetchFailure = useDashboardStore(
+		(s) => s.onVariableFetchFailure,
+	);
 
 	const { data, isFetching } = useQuery(
 		[
 			'dashboard-variable',
 			variable.name,
 			variable.queryValue,
-			payload,
 			minTime,
 			maxTime,
+			variableFetchCycleId,
 		],
 		() =>
 			dashboardVariablesQuery({
 				query: variable.queryValue,
 				variables: payload,
 			}),
-		{ enabled, refetchOnWindowFocus: false },
+		{
+			enabled: isVariableFetching || (isVariableSettled && hasVariableFetchedOnce),
+			refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+			onSettled: (_, error) =>
+				error
+					? onVariableFetchFailure(variable.name)
+					: onVariableFetchComplete(variable.name),
+		},
 	);
 
 	const options = useMemo(() => {
@@ -79,7 +100,7 @@ function QuerySelector({
 			options={options}
 			multiSelect={variable.multiSelect}
 			showAllOption={variable.showAllOption}
-			loading={isFetching}
+			loading={isFetching || isVariableWaiting}
 			selection={selection}
 			onChange={onChange}
 			testId={`variable-select-${variable.name}`}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/VariablesBar/useVariableFetchState.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import {
+	selectVariableCycleId,
+	selectVariableFetchedOnce,
+	selectVariableFetchState,
+	type VariableFetchState,
+} from '../store/slices/variableFetchSlice';
+import { useDashboardStore } from '../store/useDashboardStore';
+
+export interface VariableFetchStateResult {
+	variableFetchState: VariableFetchState;
+	/** Include in the selector's react-query key to auto-cancel stale requests. */
+	variableFetchCycleId: number;
+	/** Actively fetching (first load or revalidating). */
+	isVariableFetching: boolean;
+	/** Stable — the fetch completed (or errored). */
+	isVariableSettled: boolean;
+	/** Blocked on parent dependencies (query order) or query variables (dynamics). */
+	isVariableWaiting: boolean;
+	/** Completed at least one fetch — keeps the query subscribed so a cycle bump refetches. */
+	hasVariableFetchedOnce: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-variable view of the runtime fetch engine (`variableFetchSlice`), consumed
+ * by the Query/Dynamic selectors to gate their fetch and key it by cycle id.
+ * V2-native equivalent of V1's `useVariableFetchState`.
+ */
+export function useVariableFetchState(name: string): VariableFetchStateResult {
+	const variableFetchState = useDashboardStore(selectVariableFetchState(name));
+	const variableFetchCycleId = useDashboardStore(selectVariableCycleId(name));
+	const hasVariableFetchedOnce = useDashboardStore(
+		selectVariableFetchedOnce(name),
+	);
+
+	return {
+		variableFetchState,
+		variableFetchCycleId,
+		isVariableFetching:
+			variableFetchState === 'loading' || variableFetchState === 'revalidating',
+		isVariableSettled: variableFetchState === 'idle',
+		isVariableWaiting: variableFetchState === 'waiting',
+		hasVariableFetchedOnce,
+	};
+}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/VariablesBar/useVariableSelection.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { parseAsJson, useQueryState } from 'nuqs';
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports -- global time selector still on redux
+import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import type { DashboardtypesGettableDashboardV2DTO } from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+import type { AppState } from 'store/reducers';
+import type { GlobalReducer } from 'types/reducer/globalTime';
 
 import { dtoToFormModel } from '../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableAdapters';
 import type { VariableFormModel } from '../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
@@ -12,8 +16,8 @@ import type {
 	VariableSelectionMap,
 } from './selectionTypes';
 import {
-	computeVariableDependencies,
-	type VariableDependencyData,
+	deriveFetchContext,
+	doAllQueryVariablesHaveValues,
 } from './variableDependencies';
 
 /** URL sentinel for an "ALL values selected" state (matches V1). */
@@ -45,7 +49,6 @@ function fromUrlValue(raw: SelectedVariableValue): VariableSelection {
 
 interface UseVariableSelection {
 	variables: VariableFormModel[];
-	dependencyData: VariableDependencyData;
 	selection: VariableSelectionMap;
 	setSelection: (name: string, selection: VariableSelection) => void;
 }
@@ -64,27 +67,34 @@ export function useVariableSelection(
 		() => (dashboard.spec?.variables ?? []).map(dtoToFormModel),
 		[dashboard.spec?.variables],
 	);
-	const dependencyData = useMemo(
-		() => computeVariableDependencies(variables),
-		[variables],
-	);
+	const fetchContext = useMemo(() => deriveFetchContext(variables), [variables]);
 
 	const selection = useDashboardStore(selectVariableValues(dashboardId));
 	const setVariableValue = useDashboardStore((s) => s.setVariableValue);
 	const setVariableValues = useDashboardStore((s) => s.setVariableValues);
+	const initVariableFetch = useDashboardStore((s) => s.initVariableFetch);
+	const enqueueFetchAll = useDashboardStore((s) => s.enqueueFetchAll);
+	const enqueueDescendants = useDashboardStore((s) => s.enqueueDescendants);
+
+	const { minTime, maxTime } = useSelector<AppState, GlobalReducer>(
+		(state) => state.globalTime,
+	);
+
+	// Latest selection, read by the fetch-cycle effect without subscribing to it
+	// (so a value change doesn't re-trigger a full fetch cycle).
+	const selectionRef = useRef(selection);
+	selectionRef.current = selection;
 
 	const [urlValues, setUrlValues] = useQueryState(
 		'variables',
 		variablesUrlParser.withOptions({ history: 'replace' }),
 	);
 
-	// Seed selections for this dashboard: URL wins, then persisted store, then default.
+	// Seed selections: URL wins, then persisted store, then default.
 	useEffect(() => {
 		if (!dashboardId || variables.length === 0) {
 			return;
 		}
-		// `selection` here is the persisted (localStorage) map on mount — the
-		// effect deliberately doesn't depend on it, so seeding runs once per set.
 		const stored = selection;
 		const seeded: VariableSelectionMap = {};
 		variables.forEach((variable) => {
@@ -101,16 +111,37 @@ export function useVariableSelection(
 		// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 	}, [dashboardId, variables]);
 
+	// Start a full fetch cycle on load / dependency-order / time change. Runs after
+	// the seeding effect above, so it reads the seeded selection from the store; a
+	// value change instead goes through `enqueueDescendants`, not this effect.
+	const orderKey = `${fetchContext.queryVariableOrder.join(
+		',',
+	)}|${fetchContext.dynamicVariableOrder.join(',')}`;
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (!dashboardId || variables.length === 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const names = variables
+			.map((v) => v.name)
+			.filter((name): name is string => !!name);
+		initVariableFetch(names, fetchContext);
+		enqueueFetchAll(
+			doAllQueryVariablesHaveValues(variables, selectionRef.current),
+		);
+		// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+	}, [dashboardId, orderKey, minTime, maxTime]);
+
 	const setSelection = useCallback(
 		(name: string, next: VariableSelection): void => {
 			setVariableValue(dashboardId, name, next);
+			enqueueDescendants(name);
 			void setUrlValues((prev) => ({
 				...(prev ?? {}),
 				[name]: next.allSelected ? ALL_SELECTED : next.value,
 			}));
 		},
-		[dashboardId, setVariableValue, setUrlValues],
+		[dashboardId, setVariableValue, enqueueDescendants, setUrlValues],
 	);
 
-	return { variables, dependencyData, selection, setSelection };
+	return { variables, selection, setSelection };
 }

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/VariablesBar/variableDependencies.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { textContainsVariableReference } from 'lib/dashboardVariables/variableReference';
 
-import type { VariableFormModel } from '../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
+import type {
+	VariableFormModel,
+	VariableType,
+} from '../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
+import type { VariableSelectionMap } from './selectionTypes';
+import { isResolved } from './selectionUtils';
 
 /**
  * Inter-variable dependency graph for runtime selection. A QUERY variable
@@ -197,3 +202,57 @@ export function computeVariableDependencies(
 ): VariableDependencyData {
 	return buildDependencyData(buildDependencies(variables));
 }
+
+/**
+ * Static context the runtime fetch engine (`variableFetchSlice`) needs to order
+ * fetches: the dependency graph plus the per-name type index and the QUERY /
+ * DYNAMIC fetch orders. Derived from the variable definitions; stable until the
+ * spec's variables change. Mirrors V1's `getVariableDependencyContext`.
+ */
+export interface VariableFetchContext {
+	dependencyData: VariableDependencyData;
+	/** variable name → its type. */
+	variableTypes: Record<string, VariableType>;
+	/** QUERY variables in topological (parent-before-child) order. */
+	queryVariableOrder: string[];
+	/** DYNAMIC variable names (they implicitly depend on all QUERY values). */
+	dynamicVariableOrder: string[];
+}
+
+export function deriveFetchContext(
+	variables: VariableFormModel[],
+): VariableFetchContext {
+	const dependencyData = computeVariableDependencies(variables);
+	const variableTypes: Record<string, VariableType> = {};
+	variables.forEach((v) => {
+		if (v.name) {
+			variableTypes[v.name] = v.type;
+		}
+	});
+	const queryVariableOrder = dependencyData.order.filter(
+		(name) => variableTypes[name] === 'QUERY',
+	);
+	const dynamicVariableOrder = variables
+		.filter((v) => v.type === 'DYNAMIC' && !!v.name)
+		.map((v) => v.name);
+	return {
+		dependencyData,
+		variableTypes,
+		queryVariableOrder,
+		dynamicVariableOrder,
+	};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether every QUERY variable already has a usable selection — decides at load
+ * time whether dynamic variables may fetch immediately or must wait for the
+ * query variables to settle first (V1 parity).
+ */
+export function doAllQueryVariablesHaveValues(
+	variables: VariableFormModel[],
+	selection: VariableSelectionMap,
+): boolean {
+	return variables
+		.filter((v) => v.type === 'QUERY')
+		.every((v) => isResolved(selection[v.name]));
+}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/hooks/useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { isResolved } from '../VariablesBar/selectionUtils';
+import { selectVariableValues } from '../store/slices/variableSelectionSlice';
+import { useDashboardStore } from '../store/useDashboardStore';
+
+/**
+ * True while a panel should stay in its loading state because a variable it
+ * references is still loading/waiting and has no usable value yet — i.e. the
+ * first load. Once the variable has a value, a later change no longer blocks the
+ * panel (it refetches over stale data instead). V1 parity with
+ * `useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable`.
+ */
+export function useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(names: string[]): boolean {
+	const dashboardId = useDashboardStore((s) => s.dashboardId);
+	const states = useDashboardStore((s) => s.variableFetchStates);
+	const selection = useDashboardStore(selectVariableValues(dashboardId));
+
+	return names.some((name) => {
+		const state = states[name];
+		const inFlight =
+			state === 'loading' || state === 'revalidating' || state === 'waiting';
+		return isResolved(selection[name]) ? false : inFlight;
+	});
+}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/hooks/usePanelQuery.ts

@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ import {
 } from '../queryV5/buildQueryRangeRequest';
 import type { PanelPagination, PanelQueryData } from '../queryV5/types';
 import { getRawResults } from '../queryV5/v5ResponseData';
+import { getReferencedVariables } from '../queryV5/getReferencedVariables';
 import { getBuilderQueries } from '../Panels/utils/getBuilderQueries';
 import { PANEL_KIND_TO_PANEL_TYPE } from '../Panels/types/panelKind';
 import { selectResolvedVariables } from '../store/slices/variableSelectionSlice';
 import { useDashboardStore } from '../store/useDashboardStore';
 import { resolvePanelTimeWindow } from './resolvePanelTimeWindow';
 import { useGetQueryRangeV5 } from './useGetQueryRangeV5';
+import { useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable } from './useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable';
 
 // V1 parity: PER_PAGE_OPTIONS + default page size from V1's list views.
 const LIST_PAGE_SIZE_OPTIONS = [10, 25, 50, 100, 200];
@@ -109,9 +111,34 @@ export function usePanelQuery({
 	} = useSelector<AppState, GlobalReducer>((state) => state.globalTime);
 
 	// Resolved variable values for this dashboard, published by useResolvedVariables.
-	// Substituted into the request and keyed into the cache so a selection change refetches.
+	// The full set is substituted into every request, but only the values this panel
+	// *references* key the cache — so a variable change refetches only the panels that
+	// use it (V1 parity). Names come from the fetch context (all variables, even
+	// unresolved ones); null before the variable bar initializes it.
 	const dashboardId = useDashboardStore((s) => s.dashboardId);
 	const variables = useDashboardStore(selectResolvedVariables(dashboardId));
+	const fetchContext = useDashboardStore((s) => s.variableFetchContext);
+
+	const referencedVariableNames = useMemo(() => {
+		const allNames = fetchContext ? Object.keys(fetchContext.variableTypes) : [];
+		return getReferencedVariables(queries, allNames);
+	}, [queries, fetchContext]);
+
+	const scopedVariables = useMemo(() => {
+		const scoped: typeof variables = {};
+		referencedVariableNames.forEach((name) => {
+			if (variables[name] !== undefined) {
+				scoped[name] = variables[name];
+			}
+		});
+		return scoped;
+	}, [variables, referencedVariableNames]);
+
+	// First-load gate: hold the panel in its loading state until every referenced
+	// variable has resolved a value.
+	const isWaitingOnVariable = useIsPanelWaitingOnVariable(
+		referencedVariableNames,
+	);
 
 	// `visualization` exists only on variants that declare it — read via `in` narrowing over the
 	// generated union (no cast). `fillSpans` (TimeSeries/Bar only) → formatOptions.fillGaps.
@@ -186,8 +213,9 @@ export function usePanelQuery({
 			// Each page is its own cache entry (0/default for non-paged kinds).
 			offset,
 			pageSize,
-			// Variable selection changes the request, so it must re-key the cache (refetch).
-			variables,
+			// Only the variables this panel references re-key the cache, so an unrelated
+			// variable change doesn't refetch it.
+			scopedVariables,
 		],
 		[
 			panelId,
@@ -203,14 +231,14 @@ export function usePanelQuery({
 			queries,
 			offset,
 			pageSize,
-			variables,
+			scopedVariables,
 		],
 	);
 
 	const response = useGetQueryRangeV5({
 		requestPayload,
 		queryKey,
-		enabled: enabled && runnable,
+		enabled: enabled && runnable && !isWaitingOnVariable,
 	});
 
 	const queryClient = useQueryClient();

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/hooks/useSyncVariablesForSuggestions.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import type { DashboardtypesGettableDashboardV2DTO } from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+import { setDashboardVariablesStore } from 'providers/Dashboard/store/dashboardVariables/dashboardVariablesStore';
+import type {
+	IDashboardVariable,
+	TVariableQueryType,
+} from 'types/api/dashboard/getAll';
+
+import { dtoToFormModel } from '../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableAdapters';
+import {
+	DYNAMIC_SIGNAL_ALL,
+	type VariableFormModel,
+	type VariableType,
+} from '../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
+
+const TYPE_TO_V1: Record<VariableType, TVariableQueryType> = {
+	QUERY: 'QUERY',
+	CUSTOM: 'CUSTOM',
+	TEXT: 'TEXTBOX',
+	DYNAMIC: 'DYNAMIC',
+};
+
+/** Minimal V1-shaped variable — only the fields the shared query builder reads. */
+function toV1Variable(model: VariableFormModel): IDashboardVariable {
+	return {
+		id: model.name,
+		name: model.name,
+		description: model.description,
+		type: TYPE_TO_V1[model.type],
+		queryValue: model.queryValue,
+		customValue: model.customValue,
+		textboxValue: model.textValue,
+		sort: 'DISABLED',
+		multiSelect: model.multiSelect,
+		showALLOption: model.showAllOption,
+		dynamicVariablesAttribute: model.dynamicAttribute,
+		dynamicVariablesSource:
+			model.dynamicSignal === DYNAMIC_SIGNAL_ALL
+				? 'all sources'
+				: model.dynamicSignal,
+	};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Publishes the V2 dashboard's variables into the shared `dashboardVariablesStore`
+ * that the query builder's autocomplete (`QuerySearch`) reads, so `$variable`
+ * suggestions show up in the panel editor and the dashboards-page query builder.
+ * Suggestion-only — the runtime engine lives in the V2 store. Clears on unmount so
+ * the shared store doesn't leak into other pages.
+ */
+export function useSyncVariablesForSuggestions(
+	dashboard: DashboardtypesGettableDashboardV2DTO | undefined,
+): void {
+	const dashboardId = dashboard?.id ?? '';
+	const specVariables = dashboard?.spec?.variables;
+	const variables = useMemo(
+		() => (specVariables ?? []).map(dtoToFormModel),
+		[specVariables],
+	);
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (!dashboardId) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+		const record: Record<string, IDashboardVariable> = {};
+		variables.forEach((model) => {
+			if (model.name) {
+				record[model.name] = toV1Variable(model);
+			}
+		});
+		setDashboardVariablesStore({ dashboardId, variables: record });
+		return (): void =>
+			setDashboardVariablesStore({ dashboardId: '', variables: {} });
+	}, [dashboardId, variables]);
+}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/index.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { useAppContext } from 'providers/App/App';
 import DashboardPageToolbar from './DashboardPageToolbar';
 import PanelsAndSectionsLayout from './PanelsAndSectionsLayout';
 import { useResolvedVariables } from './hooks/useResolvedVariables';
+import { useSyncVariablesForSuggestions } from './hooks/useSyncVariablesForSuggestions';
 import { useDashboardStore } from './store/useDashboardStore';
 import styles from './DashboardContainer.module.scss';
 import DashboardPageHeader from './components/DashboardPageHeader/DashboardPageHeader';
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ function DashboardContainer({
 	// the store, so each panel's query substitutes the bar's selected values.
 	useResolvedVariables(dashboard);
 
+	// Publish variables to the shared store so the query builder autocomplete
+	// suggests them ($variable) in the panel editor and dashboards-page builder.
+	useSyncVariablesForSuggestions(dashboard);
+
 	const spec = dashboard.spec;
 	const image = dashboard.image || Base64Icons[0];
 	const name = spec.display.name;

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/queryV5/getReferencedVariables.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import type { DashboardtypesQueryDTO } from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+import { textContainsVariableReference } from 'lib/dashboardVariables/variableReference';
+
+import { toQueryEnvelopes } from './buildQueryRangeRequest';
+
+// Envelope spec fields that can carry a variable reference: a builder query's
+// filter expression, or a PromQL/ClickHouse query string.
+interface ReferenceableSpec {
+	query?: string;
+	filter?: { expression?: string };
+}
+
+/** Every text string in a panel's queries that could reference a variable. */
+function extractQueryTexts(queries: DashboardtypesQueryDTO[]): string[] {
+	const texts: string[] = [];
+	toQueryEnvelopes(queries).forEach((envelope) => {
+		const spec = envelope.spec as ReferenceableSpec | undefined;
+		if (typeof spec?.query === 'string') {
+			texts.push(spec.query);
+		}
+		if (typeof spec?.filter?.expression === 'string') {
+			texts.push(spec.filter.expression);
+		}
+	});
+	return texts;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The subset of `variableNames` a panel's queries reference (`$name`, `{{.name}}`,
+ * `[[name]]`), so a variable change only refetches the panels that actually use it.
+ * Reuses the shared text-based reference detector over the panel's filter/query text.
+ */
+export function getReferencedVariables(
+	queries: DashboardtypesQueryDTO[],
+	variableNames: string[],
+): string[] {
+	if (queries.length === 0 || variableNames.length === 0) {
+		return [];
+	}
+	const texts = extractQueryTexts(queries);
+	if (texts.length === 0) {
+		return [];
+	}
+	return variableNames.filter((name) =>
+		texts.some((text) => textContainsVariableReference(text, name)),
+	);
+}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/store/slices/__tests__/variableFetchSlice.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import {
+	emptyVariableFormModel,
+	type VariableFormModel,
+} from '../../../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
+import { deriveFetchContext } from '../../../VariablesBar/variableDependencies';
+import { useDashboardStore } from '../../useDashboardStore';
+
+function model(overrides: Partial<VariableFormModel>): VariableFormModel {
+	return { ...emptyVariableFormModel(), ...overrides };
+}
+
+// q1 (root query) → q2 (query referencing $q1) ; d1 (dynamic).
+const q1 = model({ name: 'q1', type: 'QUERY', queryValue: 'SELECT 1' });
+const q2 = model({ name: 'q2', type: 'QUERY', queryValue: 'SELECT $q1' });
+const d1 = model({ name: 'd1', type: 'DYNAMIC', dynamicAttribute: 'pod' });
+const context = deriveFetchContext([q1, q2, d1]);
+
+function store(): ReturnType<typeof useDashboardStore.getState> {
+	return useDashboardStore.getState();
+}
+function states(): Record<string, string> {
+	return store().variableFetchStates;
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+	useDashboardStore.setState({
+		variableFetchStates: {},
+		variableLastUpdated: {},
+		variableCycleIds: {},
+		variableFetchContext: null,
+	});
+	store().initVariableFetch(['q1', 'q2', 'd1'], context);
+});
+
+describe('variableFetchSlice', () => {
+	it('initializes every variable to idle', () => {
+		expect(states()).toStrictEqual({ q1: 'idle', q2: 'idle', d1: 'idle' });
+	});
+
+	it('enqueueFetchAll loads roots, waits dependents and (ungated) dynamics', () => {
+		store().enqueueFetchAll(false);
+		expect(states()).toStrictEqual({
+			q1: 'loading',
+			q2: 'waiting',
+			d1: 'waiting',
+		});
+		expect(store().variableCycleIds).toStrictEqual({ q1: 1, q2: 1, d1: 1 });
+	});
+
+	it('enqueueFetchAll loads dynamics immediately when query values exist', () => {
+		store().enqueueFetchAll(true);
+		expect(states().d1).toBe('loading');
+	});
+
+	it('completing a parent unblocks its query child, then unlocks dynamics', () => {
+		store().enqueueFetchAll(false);
+		store().onVariableFetchComplete('q1');
+		expect(states()).toMatchObject({ q1: 'idle', q2: 'loading', d1: 'waiting' });
+
+		store().onVariableFetchComplete('q2');
+		expect(states()).toMatchObject({ q1: 'idle', q2: 'idle', d1: 'loading' });
+	});
+
+	it('enqueueDescendants revalidates only descendants + dynamics', () => {
+		store().enqueueFetchAll(false);
+		store().onVariableFetchComplete('q1');
+		store().onVariableFetchComplete('q2');
+		store().onVariableFetchComplete('d1');
+
+		store().enqueueDescendants('q1');
+		// q2 depends on q1 (settled) → revalidates; d1 waits (q2 no longer settled).
+		expect(states().q2).toBe('revalidating');
+		expect(states().d1).toBe('waiting');
+	});
+
+	it('a failed parent idles its query descendants', () => {
+		store().enqueueFetchAll(false);
+		store().onVariableFetchFailure('q1');
+		expect(states().q1).toBe('error');
+		expect(states().q2).toBe('idle');
+	});
+});

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/store/slices/variableFetchSlice.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+import type { StateCreator } from 'zustand';
+
+import type { VariableFetchContext } from '../../VariablesBar/variableDependencies';
+import type { DashboardStore } from '../useDashboardStore';
+import {
+	areAllQueryVariablesSettled,
+	type FetchMaps,
+	isSettled,
+	resolveFetchState,
+	unlockWaitingDynamicVariables,
+	type VariableFetchState,
+} from './variableFetchSlice.utils';
+
+export type { VariableFetchState } from './variableFetchSlice.utils';
+
+/**
+ * Runtime fetch orchestration for dashboard variables — native port of V1's
+ * `variableFetchStore`. Decides WHEN each variable's options fetch: query
+ * variables in dependency order, dynamics together once query values exist,
+ * text/custom never. `cycleIds` is a per-variable request nonce keyed into each
+ * selector's react-query key (bump = fresh fetch, auto-cancel stale). Transient.
+ * `enqueueFetchAll` = load/time change; `enqueueDescendants` = one value changed.
+ */
+export interface VariableFetchSlice {
+	variableFetchStates: Record<string, VariableFetchState>;
+	variableLastUpdated: Record<string, number>;
+	variableCycleIds: Record<string, number>;
+	/** Static dependency context, set by `initVariableFetch` (null before init). */
+	variableFetchContext: VariableFetchContext | null;
+
+	/** Seed state entries for the current variable set and store the context. */
+	initVariableFetch: (names: string[], context: VariableFetchContext) => void;
+	/** Start a full fetch cycle for every fetchable variable (load / time change). */
+	enqueueFetchAll: (doAllQueryVariablesHaveValuesSelected: boolean) => void;
+	/** Mark a variable's fetch as done; unblock its waiting children / dynamics. */
+	onVariableFetchComplete: (name: string) => void;
+	/** Mark a variable's fetch as failed; idle its query descendants. */
+	onVariableFetchFailure: (name: string) => void;
+	/** Cascade a value change to a variable's query descendants + the dynamics. */
+	enqueueDescendants: (name: string) => void;
+}
+
+/** Snapshot the three fetch maps into mutable clones for a single action. */
+function cloneMaps(state: DashboardStore): FetchMaps {
+	return {
+		states: { ...state.variableFetchStates },
+		lastUpdated: { ...state.variableLastUpdated },
+		cycleIds: { ...state.variableCycleIds },
+	};
+}
+
+export const createVariableFetchSlice: StateCreator<
+	DashboardStore,
+	[['zustand/persist', unknown]],
+	[],
+	VariableFetchSlice
+> = (set, get) => ({
+	variableFetchStates: {},
+	variableLastUpdated: {},
+	variableCycleIds: {},
+	variableFetchContext: null,
+
+	initVariableFetch: (names, context): void => {
+		const maps = cloneMaps(get());
+		// Initialize new variables to idle, preserving existing states.
+		names.forEach((name) => {
+			if (!maps.states[name]) {
+				maps.states[name] = 'idle';
+			}
+		});
+		// Drop entries for variables that no longer exist.
+		const nameSet = new Set(names);
+		Object.keys(maps.states).forEach((name) => {
+			if (!nameSet.has(name)) {
+				delete maps.states[name];
+				delete maps.lastUpdated[name];
+				delete maps.cycleIds[name];
+			}
+		});
+		set({
+			variableFetchStates: maps.states,
+			variableLastUpdated: maps.lastUpdated,
+			variableCycleIds: maps.cycleIds,
+			variableFetchContext: context,
+		});
+	},
+
+	enqueueFetchAll: (doAllQueryVariablesHaveValuesSelected): void => {
+		const { variableFetchContext } = get();
+		if (!variableFetchContext) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const {
+			dependencyData,
+			variableTypes,
+			queryVariableOrder,
+			dynamicVariableOrder,
+		} = variableFetchContext;
+		const maps = cloneMaps(get());
+
+		// Query variables: roots start immediately, dependents wait for parents.
+		queryVariableOrder.forEach((name) => {
+			maps.cycleIds[name] = (maps.cycleIds[name] || 0) + 1;
+			const parents = dependencyData.parentGraph[name] || [];
+			const hasQueryParents = parents.some((p) => variableTypes[p] === 'QUERY');
+			maps.states[name] = hasQueryParents
+				? 'waiting'
+				: resolveFetchState(maps, name);
+		});
+
+		// Dynamic variables: start now if query variables already have values,
+		// otherwise wait until the query variables settle.
+		dynamicVariableOrder.forEach((name) => {
+			maps.cycleIds[name] = (maps.cycleIds[name] || 0) + 1;
+			maps.states[name] = doAllQueryVariablesHaveValuesSelected
+				? resolveFetchState(maps, name)
+				: 'waiting';
+		});
+
+		set({
+			variableFetchStates: maps.states,
+			variableLastUpdated: maps.lastUpdated,
+			variableCycleIds: maps.cycleIds,
+		});
+	},
+
+	onVariableFetchComplete: (name): void => {
+		const { variableFetchContext } = get();
+		const maps = cloneMaps(get());
+		maps.states[name] = 'idle';
+		maps.lastUpdated[name] = Date.now();
+
+		if (variableFetchContext) {
+			const { dependencyData, variableTypes, dynamicVariableOrder } =
+				variableFetchContext;
+			// Unblock waiting query-type children.
+			(dependencyData.graph[name] || []).forEach((child) => {
+				if (variableTypes[child] === 'QUERY' && maps.states[child] === 'waiting') {
+					maps.states[child] = resolveFetchState(maps, child);
+				}
+			});
+			// Once all query variables settle, unlock any waiting dynamics.
+			if (
+				variableTypes[name] === 'QUERY' &&
+				areAllQueryVariablesSettled(maps.states, variableTypes)
+			) {
+				unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(maps, dynamicVariableOrder);
+			}
+		}
+
+		set({
+			variableFetchStates: maps.states,
+			variableLastUpdated: maps.lastUpdated,
+			variableCycleIds: maps.cycleIds,
+		});
+	},
+
+	onVariableFetchFailure: (name): void => {
+		const { variableFetchContext } = get();
+		const maps = cloneMaps(get());
+		maps.states[name] = 'error';
+
+		if (variableFetchContext) {
+			const { dependencyData, variableTypes, dynamicVariableOrder } =
+				variableFetchContext;
+			// Query descendants can't proceed without this parent — idle them.
+			(dependencyData.transitiveDescendants[name] || []).forEach((desc) => {
+				if (variableTypes[desc] === 'QUERY') {
+					maps.states[desc] = 'idle';
+				}
+			});
+			if (
+				variableTypes[name] === 'QUERY' &&
+				areAllQueryVariablesSettled(maps.states, variableTypes)
+			) {
+				unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(maps, dynamicVariableOrder);
+			}
+		}
+
+		set({
+			variableFetchStates: maps.states,
+			variableLastUpdated: maps.lastUpdated,
+			variableCycleIds: maps.cycleIds,
+		});
+	},
+
+	enqueueDescendants: (name): void => {
+		const { variableFetchContext } = get();
+		if (!variableFetchContext) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const { dependencyData, variableTypes, dynamicVariableOrder } =
+			variableFetchContext;
+		const maps = cloneMaps(get());
+
+		// Query descendants: refetch when all their parents are settled, else wait.
+		(dependencyData.transitiveDescendants[name] || [])
+			.filter((desc) => variableTypes[desc] === 'QUERY')
+			.forEach((desc) => {
+				maps.cycleIds[desc] = (maps.cycleIds[desc] || 0) + 1;
+				const parents = dependencyData.parentGraph[desc] || [];
+				const allParentsSettled = parents.every((p) => isSettled(maps.states[p]));
+				maps.states[desc] = allParentsSettled
+					? resolveFetchState(maps, desc)
+					: 'waiting';
+			});
+
+		// Dynamics implicitly depend on all query values: refetch now if the query
+		// variables are settled, otherwise wait for them.
+		dynamicVariableOrder.forEach((dynName) => {
+			maps.cycleIds[dynName] = (maps.cycleIds[dynName] || 0) + 1;
+			maps.states[dynName] = areAllQueryVariablesSettled(
+				maps.states,
+				variableTypes,
+			)
+				? resolveFetchState(maps, dynName)
+				: 'waiting';
+		});
+
+		set({
+			variableFetchStates: maps.states,
+			variableLastUpdated: maps.lastUpdated,
+			variableCycleIds: maps.cycleIds,
+		});
+	},
+});
+
+/** Selector: the fetch state for a single variable (defaults to idle). */
+export const selectVariableFetchState =
+	(name: string) =>
+	(state: DashboardStore): VariableFetchState =>
+		state.variableFetchStates[name] ?? 'idle';
+
+/** Selector: the current fetch cycle id for a single variable (defaults to 0). */
+export const selectVariableCycleId =
+	(name: string) =>
+	(state: DashboardStore): number =>
+		state.variableCycleIds[name] ?? 0;
+
+/** Selector: whether a variable has completed at least one fetch. */
+export const selectVariableFetchedOnce =
+	(name: string) =>
+	(state: DashboardStore): boolean =>
+		(state.variableLastUpdated[name] ?? 0) > 0;

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/store/slices/variableFetchSlice.utils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import type { VariableType } from '../../DashboardSettings/Variables/variableFormModel';
+
+/** Per-variable fetch lifecycle (ported from V1's `variableFetchStore`). */
+export type VariableFetchState =
+	| 'idle'
+	| 'loading'
+	| 'revalidating'
+	| 'waiting'
+	| 'error';
+
+/** Mutable clones a fetch action works over before committing back in one `set`. */
+export interface FetchMaps {
+	states: Record<string, VariableFetchState>;
+	lastUpdated: Record<string, number>;
+	cycleIds: Record<string, number>;
+}
+
+/** Settled = can make no further progress (idle or error). */
+export function isSettled(state: VariableFetchState | undefined): boolean {
+	return state === 'idle' || state === 'error';
+}
+
+/** Fetch-start state: `revalidating` if fetched before, else `loading`. */
+export function resolveFetchState(
+	maps: FetchMaps,
+	name: string,
+): VariableFetchState {
+	return (maps.lastUpdated[name] || 0) > 0 ? 'revalidating' : 'loading';
+}
+
+/** True once every QUERY variable is settled. */
+export function areAllQueryVariablesSettled(
+	states: Record<string, VariableFetchState>,
+	variableTypes: Record<string, VariableType>,
+): boolean {
+	return Object.entries(variableTypes)
+		.filter(([, type]) => type === 'QUERY')
+		.every(([name]) => isSettled(states[name]));
+}
+
+/** Move any `waiting` dynamic variables into loading/revalidating. */
+export function unlockWaitingDynamicVariables(
+	maps: FetchMaps,
+	dynamicVariableOrder: string[],
+): void {
+	dynamicVariableOrder.forEach((dynName) => {
+		if (maps.states[dynName] === 'waiting') {
+			maps.states[dynName] = resolveFetchState(maps, dynName);
+		}
+	});
+}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/store/useDashboardStore.ts

@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ import {
 	createVariableSelectionSlice,
 	type VariableSelectionSlice,
 } from './slices/variableSelectionSlice';
+import {
+	createVariableFetchSlice,
+	type VariableFetchSlice,
+} from './slices/variableFetchSlice';
 
 export type DashboardStore = EditContextSlice &
 	CollapseSlice &
-	VariableSelectionSlice;
+	VariableSelectionSlice &
+	VariableFetchSlice;
 
 /**
  * V2 dashboard session store. Holds cross-cutting client state only — never the
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ export const useDashboardStore = create<DashboardStore>()(
 			...createEditContextSlice(...a),
 			...createCollapseSlice(...a),
 			...createVariableSelectionSlice(...a),
+			...createVariableFetchSlice(...a),
 		}),
 		{
 			name: '@signoz/dashboard-v2',

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/PanelEditorPage/PanelEditorPage.tsx

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 	parseNewPanelKind,
 	parseNewPanelLayoutIndex,
 } from '../DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/newPanelRoute';
+import { useSyncVariablesForSuggestions } from '../DashboardContainer/hooks/useSyncVariablesForSuggestions';
 import { createDefaultPanel } from '../DashboardContainer/patchOps';
 import styles from './PanelEditorPage.module.scss';
 
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ function PanelEditorPage(): JSX.Element {
 	});
 	const dashboard = data?.data;
 
+	// Feed variables to the query builder autocomplete inside the editor.
+	useSyncVariablesForSuggestions(dashboard);
+
 	// A `panel/new?panelKind=…` route means "create": seed a default panel of that
 	// kind rather than looking one up. Persisted (with a real id) only on save.
 	const newKind = parseNewPanelKind(panelId, search);