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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.

Issue limits and exclusions for a more accurate roadmap

For a roadmap to be most effective, the issues it presents should accurately reflect your workload. To take a little pressure off you, and to increase load times, the roadmap only displays 300 epics and 3000 issues. To refine the issues, we exclude:

• Issues that were marked as Done over a year ago.
• Issues that were resolved with a due date that’s more than a year ago.

Learn more about issues on the roadmap for classic and next-gen projects.

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 the issue navigator, you can search for and filter issues by status, assignee, reporter, type, and included text. We’ll include more search and filter options in future releases.

To enable the issue navigator in a next-gen project:

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

Collapsed next-gen custom fields in advanced issue search

We collapsed next-gen fields in the dropdown selection menus people use to search for issues across Jira. Selecting the right field to filter on isn’t a guessing game anymore. You get more accurate and meaningful search results. We also labelled the fields by their type. To try it out, select Search > Advanced search for issues, and use the +More dropdown to look for your fields.

New issue view: Individually scrollable columns

No more scrolling through an entire issue at once. You can now scroll through the two columns on the new issue view individually. This means you can scroll down the left column to read comments while viewing key issue details at the top of the right column, or scroll through these details on the right column while keeping your eye on the issue summary and description in the left column.

Git repository code information in Jira

Get greater visibility of your team’s work, from issue to code. You can now link the Git repositories your teams work on with the new Code feature. Head to Project Settings > Features > Code to enable the feature and start to visualize your teams' repositories in your project. Learn more about the Code in Jira feature.

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.

Track deployment information in Jira

Get greater visibility of deployments by automatically tracking and displaying Git pipelines against the issues over a time scale. You can now visualize the progress of a work-item as it moves through your deployment pipeline. To use the Deployments feature, simply integrate Jira Software with Bitbucket Pipelines. Learn more about the Deployments feature.

Next-gen: Troubleshoot your request type workflows

Changes to your service desk’s settings can cause unexpected issues in your workflow. For example, you might accidentally remove a field that your workflow updates automatically, or you might delete the only role you’ve allowed to transition a request. To help keep your service desk on track, we’ve added detailed warnings and errors to your workflow’s settings. When viewing a workflow, you can view details about what might be broken so you can troubleshoot any issues, including workflow rules, or missing transitions.

Transition multiple issues from a queue

Save time by transitioning multiple requests in one go straight from your queue - Use the selection box ☑️ beside each request to select, then click Transition in the nav bar above.

Improved issue search in classic projects

Find your work fast with new search filters and an improved issues list in the project issue navigator. You can now filter the list of issues by assignee, reporter, status, and type, to help you find exactly what you need. Pre-defined filters are still in the sidebar, but this change means you can start with a pre-defined filter—like Open issues—then use the new filters for an even more specific search.

A couple of other changes to note:

Rather than Issues and filters, the navigation item in the project sidebar is now Issues. We believe issues are what you’re looking for when you use the issue navigator, so “issues” is more descriptive.

We’ve also changed the default view in the issue navigator to All issues, ordered from newest to oldest (by created date). Many of you told us that you wanted to quickly find new issues, so this should help out. Because that’s now the default, we’ve removed the Created recently filter. When you arrive in the issue navigator, or you choose All issues, you get recently created issues anyway.

Learn more about searching for issues in Jira.

Include approvers from affected services to your approval stage

When configuring approvals for a workflow, you can now include approvers from an affected service. Learn how to add an approval to a workflow.

Next-gen projects: Suggested users in the Assignee and Reporter filters in the issue navigator

Find what you’re looking for even faster with suggested users in the new project issue navigator. When you use the Assignee and Reporter filters, you’ll now get a list of suggested users based on the people you work with most.

Learn more about the project issue navigator.

Turn off your Jira keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts in Jira can be a big time-saver, and many of us use them non-stop. But some of you have asked for the option to turn them off when, for whatever reason, they don’t speed things up for you. You now have the option to turn them off (and back on) whenever you like via the keyboard shortcuts dialog.

To turn your Jira keyboard shortcuts off:

1. Select Help in the navigation bar and choose Keyboard shortcuts (or press ? on your keyboard)
2. Toggle off the Keyboard shortcuts are enabled option

This setting only applies to you. It’s not an admin option to disable keyboard shortcuts for all Jira users.

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

Next-gen: Restrict who can view an issue in your next-gen project

You can now restrict which roles can view individual issues. Look for the lock icon on your next-gen project’s issues. By default, anyone with a Member, Viewer, or Administrator role can change the viewing restriction of an issue. You can also set the restriction while creating the issue by selecting the allowed roles in the new Restrict to field.

Learn more about restricting access to an issue.

Where there’s an epic, there’s a way to change its color

Spot a color clash in your backlog or board? In classic projects, you can now change the epic color when you see it. Wherever your epic shows up, so will all the color options.

Learn more about the epic issue type

Choose where to move issues from a deleted column

Sometimes it’s nice to start fresh. If you decide a column isn’t worthy of your board any more, delete it, and choose another column to store any issues it contained. Those issues will then inherit the status of the new column.

Your board, however, always needs a done column. So, if you delete the done column, things work the other way around. The column you choose will inherit both the done issues and the done status. Magic.

Learn more about boards and columns in next-gen projects.

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!

Focused request types page and new portal groups page

We’re revamping the Request types page so you can focus on editing and creating request types, and bringing your portal settings together so that you can manage your portal groups in one place. Plus, there's no more ‘hidden from portal' group - request types will be hidden from your portal by default.

IT service management changes tour

Learn how to use the new Changes category in the Jira Service Desk ITSM template! Want to try the new template before we release it into the wild? Join the early access program.

Knowledge base settings refresh

The Knowledge base settings page has been updated - we’ve made some layout adjustments to refresh the page. Go to Project settings > Knowledge base to check it out.

Learn how incidents work in IT Service Management

Take a guided tour of the incidents category in the new IT Service Management template! Want to try the new template before we release it into the wild? Join the early access program.

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.

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

Confluence navigation just got better

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

Advanced Roadmaps 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.

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.

New permission: Admins can now let people delete their own content

Space admins can now allow people to delete their own content, whether it be a page, a blog post, or an attachment. For any group or user that has the “Delete Own” permission checked, if they created the content, they can delete it. If they didn’t create it, they can’t delete it.

To delete any content they didn’t create, they still need to have the “Delete” permission checked for the respective content type.

By default, the “Delete Own” permission will be ON only for people in the groups “administrators” and “site-admins” in any new spaces created. It remain OFF by default for all other users, and will be OFF for all existing spaces.

The ability for people to delete their own comments is governed by the “Add” permission under Comments.

Improve the appearance of hyperlinks with Smart links and Smart cards

You can use Smart links and Smart cards to make your links stand out while providing meaningful details that keep readers on your page. Learn more

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.

Categories make it easier to find the right template

Being able to easily find a template that’s a perfect fit for your project can be exactly what you need to keep the creative momentum going. With categories that target roles, responsibilities, and concepts, you can quickly browse through the templates. Special categories group user-created templates, present 3rd party templates from the Atlassian marketplace, and allow admins to promote certain templates.

Archive all nested pages in one action

Page archiving enters its next phase with nested archiving. For any page you archive, if it has any nested pages, you’ll have the option to include all of them with the original page selected. Pages archived together will maintain their visual hierarchy in the archived pages list, to preserve the context in which they were organized in the page tree.

You’ll have the same option to include all nested pages when restoring any page in the archive back to the page tree.

You can use nested archiving on the premium plan.

New People menu dropdown in the navigation bar

The People menu in the new product navigation provides you with a quick way to see and get to the people and teams you work with most. You have the ability to create new teams from the menu and get to a directory of all people and teams. Learn more

Better visibility into permissions limitations on pages

Page restrictions just got a lot clearer. In special situations where a user’s view or edit access is restricted, Confluence will now tell you why. So it’ll be easier for you to see (and fix!) when:

• a user needs to be given permission to view a parent page before they’ll be able to view the current page
• a user needs to be given permission at the space level to view pages in the space before they’ll be able to view the current page
• a user needs permission at the space level to edit pages in the space before they’ll be able to edit the current page

Learn more about page restrictions.

Create links to undefined, placeholder pages

Use keyboard shortcuts to create undefined, placeholder pages as you find the need to link out to a potential new page from the page you are on. By typing Placeholder Page Name(), you create the placeholder. You can click the placeholder immediately to create a new page, or the link can be clicked later when viewing the page to create a new page.

Sticky table headers won't scroll out of view when editing a page

Table headers will remain in view when scrolling down the table of an edited page. This includes tables created in the new editor and those pages that were converted from the legacy editor to the new editor.

Improvements to the people menu

We’re gradually rolling out some small tweaks to the “People” menu in Confluence. We renamed “Invite your teammates” to “Add people”, and shuffled the button up in the list a little bit.

Selecting “Add people” launches also a slightly improved in-app window that allows users and admins add people to Confluence. Your site settings will dictate whether new users will be invited or sent an access request.

@ mention suggestions include familiar teams

When adding an @ mention to a page, the list of suggested matches includes the people and teams you belong to or work with most. Teams can be easily created from the People menu in the new navigation or from the people and teams directory available from <sitename>.atlassian.net/people. Learn more about starting a team.

Confluence Android Release 1.79

We consolidated global app settings and functionality into one convenient place. You can now change settings and preferences for the app, quickly jump to another Atlassian app, and switch between Confluence sites — all from the new Account screen.

You can access the Account screen by tapping on your circular avatar in the top left of the app. Make sure you’re on the surface level of any of the four tabs along the bottom of the app: Your work, Spaces, Activity, or Notifications.

Code Insights: Annotations in PR

Follow up-to Code Insights, we are adding more direct ways to display annotations in the PR view diff. Learn more here.

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.