***AuthProxy**: Support IPv6 in Auth proxy white list [#11330](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/11330), thx [@corny](https://github.com/corny)
***SMTP**: Don't connect to STMP server using TLS unless configured. [#7189](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/7189)
***Prometheus**: Escape backslash in labels correctly. [#10555](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/10555), thx [@roidelapluie](https://github.com/roidelapluie)
***Variables** Case-insensitive sorting for template values [#11128](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/11128) thx [@cross](https://github.com/cross)
***Variables**: Case-insensitive sorting for template values [#11128](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/11128) thx [@cross](https://github.com/cross)
***Annotations (native)**: Change default limit from 10 to 100 when querying api [#11569](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/11569), thx [@flopp999](https://github.com/flopp999)