What’s New in InfluxDB 3.4: Simpler Cache Management, Provisioned Tokens, and More

By Peter Barnett / Product, Developer,
Aug 27, 2025

Today, we’re releasing InfluxDB 3.4 for Core and Enterprise, as well as our 1.2 update for the Explorer UI. This release focuses on developer efficiency, operational automation, and targeted security enhancements, giving teams faster setup, smoother workflows, and stronger guardrails for production use.

InfluxDB 3 Core is free and open source, optimized for recent data, and licensed under MIT and Apache 2. InfluxDB 3 Enterprise builds on that foundation with support for longer-term historical queries, high availability, enhanced security, and multi-node deployments.

Simpler cache creation and management

We introduced the Last Value and Distinct Value caches to accelerate metadata queries and deliver near real-time access to current values. With 3.4, these caches can now be managed directly in the Explorer UI:

• Last Value Cache: Instantly fetch the most recent measurements with millisecond latency. You can now configure caches through Explorer with dropdown selectors for databases and fields.
• Distinct Value Cache: Rapidly retrieve unique tag/field values, ideal for powering dropdowns, metadata queries, or building clean user interfaces. Now, these too can be created and managed via Explorer.

Both cache types are available in the sidebar under Configure → Caches in Explorer, making it easy for users to optimize queries without touching config files.

Operational & workflow improvements

InfluxDB 3.4 simplifies setup with automation that removes repetitive steps and gives teams more control. From token provisioning and license management to Homebrew installs, it’s easier to run InfluxDB consistently across Docker Compose, CI/CD, and local development.

Token Provisioning

You can now predefine and provision your tokens instead of creating them manually in InfluxDB. This is especially useful for non-interactive workflows, such as Docker Compose and CI/CD, or when you need to generate many tokens at once. Both operator and admin tokens are supported, along with resource tokens in Enterprise.

Automated Licensing

Instances can now automatically select a trial or at-home license on first start. This removes a manual step and simplifies complex workflows, including Docker Compose setups.

Security, Bug Fixes, and More

InfluxDB 3.4 includes 15+ additional updates and improvements, including suppressing a noisy TableIndexCache log that you may have been seeing a bit too much of recently. Across catalog validations, plugin directory requirements, and InfluxQL updates, this is our most robust release to date. We’ve also added support for a new Azure endpoint and expanded options for token customization. Full details are available in the changelog.

Getting started

InfluxDB 3.4 is available now. To get started, download InfluxDB 3.4 or pull the latest Docker image for Core and Enterprise.

Check out the docs for details, and let us know what you think in Discord or our Community Slack. Your feedback helps shape where we go next.