How we use the Grafana GitHub plugin to track outstanding pull requests

The Grafana GitHub plugin enables users to visualize and track data from GitHub’s API, allowing organizations to monitor outstanding pull requests effectively. This functionality is particularly useful for open-source projects like Grafana, Cortex, and Loki, where pull requests can easily be overlooked. Users can employ transformations and visualizations such as SingleStat to assess metrics like the average open time for pull requests and the total number of active pull requests. The plugin also supports the use of variables, which allows for the creation of more personalized and relevant dashboards, as well as annotations to correlate GitHub events with other metrics. However, users need to be mindful of GitHub's API limitations, including request limits and pagination, which can affect data retrieval. Future enhancements aim to provide better aggregation and historical data capabilities while addressing challenges related to API token limitations.