Adaptive Metrics in Grafana Cloud is a transformative feature that aggregates unused and partially used metrics into lower cardinality versions, significantly reducing metrics costs for over 1,200 organizations. The introduction of Exemptions within Adaptive Metrics addresses concerns about potential data loss by allowing teams to identify and preserve critical metrics, ensuring they are excluded from automated aggregations. Exemptions provide four options for data preservation, including keeping entire metrics intact, preserving specific labels across all metrics, retaining labels on particular metrics, and disabling recommendations for specific metrics entirely. This capability empowers users to maintain essential data integrity while benefiting from cost optimization and reduced cardinality. Adaptive Metrics continues to provide daily aggregation recommendations, adapting to usage patterns and allowing teams to leverage comprehensive data sets for various applications, from new projects to incident reviews. Grafana Cloud offers a user-friendly platform for managing metrics, with a forever-free tier and scalable plans for diverse needs.