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Email users with suggested account changes

From the Change details button, you can suggest that a user changes their account details to make their profile more consistent and easier to identify. Read more about administering Atlassian accounts.

Give your users a Trusted permission

From a user's Permission options, select Trusted to give certain users more responsibility. These users will be able to install and configure new products on your site and invite new users themselves.

Claim accounts after verifying a domain

To start managing accounts on your domain, we’ve included an additional step that requires you to claim accounts after verifying that you own the domain. From the table on the Domains page, click Claim accounts next to the verified domain. Read more about verifying a domain.

New issue view: Add context with new elements in the editor

We’ve added new elements to the new issue view’s editor. Add status lozenges and dates to specify the stage of work and timeframes. To try them, type / in the editor and search for the element you want.

You can now also resize images and table columns to format your work the way you want. Quickly add rows and columns to tables by hovering over one and clicking the + that appears. If you want to remove one, click the respective row or column and select the x next to it.

Faster loading for Your work

To get you back to your work faster, we’ve made some behind-the-scenes tweaks on the Your work screen. The Your work screen will show the last tab you visited—Worked, Viewed, Assigned to me, or Starred—and, whenever possible, immediately display cached information from the last time you visited. Then, in the background, it’ll check to see if there’s any newer information and give you the option to load it if there is any.

The result of this change is you’ll usually find and get back to your work quicker than before. Importantly, you don’t need to do anything apart from enjoy a speedier Your work screen.

New issue view: Individual scrollable sections

When viewing an issue with two columns, where the issue details fields are displayed on the right and the content is on the left—usually in full page, on a board, or in issue search—each section is individually scrollable. Why is this important? It means you can view the issue status and other fields at the top of the right column even when you’ve scrolled through a long description on the left; or see the description when you’ve scrolled through a long list of issue fields in the right column.

This is a small change, but we think it’ll make it easier to work with issues with lots of fields. We have more changes coming to help you work with busy issues. Find out more about the new issue view.

Next-gen projects: Browse and search for issues in your project

We’ve added issue browsing and search (also called the project issue navigator) to next-gen projects. When you enable the project issue navigator, choose Issues in your project’s sidebar to browse and filter the issues in your project.

In this first version, you can search for and filter the issues by status, assignee, reporter, or using text search. We’ll include more search and filter options in future releases.

To enable the issue navigator feature:

1. Go to your project and choose to Project settings > Features
2. Enable the toggle for the Issue navigator
3. Click Back to project and choose Issues in the sidebar to get started

Next-gen: Epic panel in backlog

You can now manage epics on the backlog of your next-gen project via the Epics panel, similar to how epic management works in classic Jira Software projects. Changes you make in the panel on the backlog will reflect on the Roadmap, and vice-versa.

Find issues you've recently worked on

We’ve added a new Worked on tab to the Your work page. This tab lets you quickly find and resume work on issues you’ve updated recently. Head to Your work > Worked on to get started.

Improved navigation in Jira Cloud

We’ve created an improved navigation experience that always appears at the top of the screen, with clearly labeled buttons and menus to help you search, create, and resume your work. Find out more about our improved navigation experience and when you can try it out.

Trash for Jira Software and Jira Core projects

Accidentally deleting a project causes irrevocable data loss. We heard your concerns and we’ve changed the way you can delete your projects. To provide a safety net each time you delete a project, we’ve introduced a trash for projects. As Jira admins and project owners, you’ll have to move your projects to trash before you can permanently delete them. Projects remain in trash for 60 days after which they are permanently deleted.

Only Jira admins can access trash. From the trash, Jira admins can:

• Restore a project that was moved to trash
• Permanently delete a project
• View when a project was moved to trash
• View the user who moved the project to trash
• View when a project will be permanently deleted

Learn more about moving projects to trash.

New issue view: Link to comments and work log entries

Save time and confusion by linking directly to comments and work log entries in the new issue view. Hover over the content, click the copy icon, and send it to your team. Learn more about the new issue view.

Advanced Roadmaps: Creating plans now excludes next-gen projects

As next-gen projects were not designed to be used with Advanced Roadmaps, we’ve disabled the ability to create plans that include next-gen projects or next-gen boards. Now, when you create a plan and select your issue source, you’ll notice that the next-gen items are not available for selection.

Customize your team's app permissions in next-gen projects or service desks

If you’ve installed third-party apps to power-up your Jira site, you can customize your team’s permissions for how they interact with these apps in your next-gen projects or service desks. The permissions available depend on the app’s features. Learn more about apps in next-gen projects.

To customize your team’s roles and their app permissions:

1. If not already there, navigate to your next-gen project or service desk.
2. From the sidebar, select Project settings > Access (or Internal access if you’re using Jira Service Desk).
3. Select Manage roles.
4. Choose the role you want to customize app permissions for.
5. Select App permissions.

Issue collector no longer matches the submitter's user session to make them the reporter

We’ve adapted our issue collectors to the Chrome browser’s new cookie security features, but have had to change how they work. The issue collector no longer matches a submitter’s user session to make them the reporter. You can still match them by email address.

To improve issue security, project and issue keys are no longer displayed in the success message after submitting feedback on an issue collector (unless the project is open to anyone on the web).

Learn more about using the issue collector.

Add status in group by for swimlanes on board view

When grouping your board by epic or subtask, parent issues will now display their status, giving you greater visibility of the progress of your team’s work.

GitHub app on the Atlassian Marketplace

We've partnered with GitHub to build a new and improved integration, which you can install at the Atlassian Marketplace. This replaces the DVCS connector in Jira's system settings. Current GitHub integrations set up under the old method will continue to work, but new integrations must be set up using the app on the Atlassian Marketplace. We're rolling out this update gradually, so it may not be on your Jira Cloud site yet.

This won't affect GitHub Enterprise integrations, which must still be set up via the DVCS connector.

Kanban boards just got faster

Is your team so productive, their 'Done' column is always overflowing? Too many issues on a board can slow it down and make you scroll way too much. To fix this, we’re bringing what we’ve codenamed “Fast Kanban”—a way to keep your board fresh and clean, and as quick as a flash.

The idea behind it is simple. The ‘Done’ column will now show only issues that have been updated (in any way) in the last 2 weeks, hiding the rest. Less noise on your board means happier teams. Any project admin can change the retention period, or choose to display all issues, if they prefer. Learn more

Jira Service Desk ITSM welcome tour

First time trying the brand new ITSM template? Now you’ll get welcomed with a tour to discover the great new features and highlights. Haven’t opted in yet? Check out our What's new in Jira Service Desk page.

New issue view for Jira Service Desk

The new issue view groups key actions and information in a logical way, making it easier for you to scan and update requests. Learn more about the new issue view.

Use keyboard shortcuts in your queues

Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate around your queues and get your work done faster. You can now move through issues, select their fields, and go to the issue view from your queues just by using your keyboard!

Link multiple issues at once in service desk queues

Now you can link issue to issue en masse! Use the selection box beside each issue to select, then click Link to save time getting all those tickets hooked up in one go.

Add Alt text to images

When adding images to Confluence pages, you can create alternative text, which is supplemental text that accompanies an image for all users.

Alt text can be helpful in adding more context and meaning to the image and can be very effective in assisting users of all types to understand the image better.

Convert pages to use the new editor

You can now convert your existing pages that were created using the legacy editor to use the new editing experience! Learn more

Your editing experience just got an upgrade

The new Confluence editor allows anyone to create beautiful, powerful pages effortlessly. Check out the editor roadmap to learn more.

End of support for nested tables

As we work on creating a more stable editing experience, we will no longer support nested tables - that is, a table within a list, block quotes, or another table. Existing nested tables will not be affected, you simply won't be able to create new nested tables.

We're extending editing improvements to all pages on Android

The editing improvements we made to blogs a few months ago are coming to the rest of your Android mobile pages, too. In addition to being faster and more reliable, your new pages are also responsive, optimized for readability, and have advanced tables. Some macros are still missing as we rebuild them, but you can check the list of changes and track updates to macros on our docs site.

Enhance your images when using the new editor

Annotate images by adding text, inserting shapes and lines, using brushes, or adding a blur to a certain area.

Share pages directly with your team

It’s now easier to share pages with everyone on your team, all in one go. When you click Share on any page or blog post, Confluence now lets you add a team – no need to enter each person individually. Learn more

Jira issue URLs are converted to smart links

When you paste a Jira issue link into a Confluence page, the URL is converted to a smart link that displays the page icon and the page title. This works if the Jira and Confluence sites are linked or if they are both cloud versions.

Confluence navigation just got better

Get to information faster with improved navigation – making what you need visible from anywhere in Confluence. Learn more

Portfolio for Jira plan macro

The Portfolio for Jira plan Confluence macro lets you embed a Portfolio for Jira Server and Data Center plan in a Confluence page. Join key stakeholders in the spaces where business goals are built and tracked, and share how work is progressing across multiple projects and teams.

More text colors in the new editor

The number of a text colors available in the new editor has been expanded from 7 to 21.

New locations for attachments and lock icons on pages

A couple of page icons have new locations.

We’ve moved the lock icon on a published page next to the Share button to strengthen the relationship between the two (you can’t successfully share a page with someone who doesn’t have permission to view it) and to align with the lock’s location on a page in edit mode.

Lastly, you can now find the attachments icon in the more actions menu (•••).

A simpler way to create content

Now you can create a new page with just one click. Browse or search for templates right in the editor or get straight to work on a blank page.

Create spaces on Android mobile

Android users can now create spaces on-the-go in the Confluence mobile app. You can find this action in the overflow menu (•••) in the top right corner of the app.

We've hidden the Like button on archived pages

When you archive a page, you’re signaling to your team that this page is outdated or otherwise no longer relevant to current work. Since no one should be paying attention to or engaging with these pages, we’ve hidden the Like button so no new likes can be added.

You’ll still be able to see all likes the page accrued up until it was archived.

Date element improvements in the new editor

It now possible for you to type in the date when adding the Date element to a page in the new editor. This reduces the need to click through the calendar to find a date you want, which also makes this action more accessible for all people.

New Code Review - Limit the amount of rendered diff content

Limits the amount of pull request content rendered in the diff and file tree to improve browser performance. Limits include the overall number of files and number of lines for the entire diff. Learn more

View entire file content from the file dropdown menus in pull requests

We’ve added an option to the file dropdown menus in pull requests that opens a modal containing the file's diff with all context fully expanded.

In-product signup for Atlassian products

You can now sign up for other products from within Bitbucket via the product switcher. The Atlassian product switcher will display a list of products that you haven’t signed up to yet.

Bitbucket Pipelines: Enable git clone options at step level

You can now enable git clone options at a step level. Check out the docs to learn more.