Grafana has transitioned from its Grafana Agent to a new open-source tool called Grafana Alloy, a distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector that supports metrics, logs, traces, and profiles with native pipelines for OpenTelemetry and Prometheus formats. Grafana Agent, first introduced in 2020, addressed various complexities associated with Prometheus data management across different ecosystems but will now be deprecated, with Long-Term Support ending by October 2025. Alloy offers enhanced capabilities and simplifications, encouraging current Grafana Agent users to migrate to this new tool. The transition to Alloy is seen as a simplification of the observability stack, eliminating the need for multiple agents and modes, such as the Grafana Agent's Flow mode, and focusing future development efforts on Alloy. Users can expect comprehensive support and tools for migrating from existing Grafana tools or the vanilla OpenTelemetry Collector to Alloy, ensuring a smooth transition and access to the latest features.