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Keep up the momentum on all your projects by creating and editing tables right from the Confluence app. We know you need flexibility when adding tables to pages, which is why we made it easy to add or remove cells, too!

Discover products your users create outside your organization

You’ll now be notified when your managed accounts administer products outside your organization. If you subscribe to Atlassian Access, you can also see details about these products. From your organization at admin.atlassian.com, go to Security > Discovered products. Learn more about discovered products

New issue view: Comments now always display the five newest comments first

You gave us feedback about the way comments are displayed in the new issue view, so we fixed it. Comments sorted by Oldest first will continue to display the oldest at the top and newest at the bottom, but now show the five newest first. In other words, the first displayed comments will change but not the sorting order. You can always click View X older comments to see older comments.

Go ahead and give it a try, just go to an issue and sort your comments by Oldest first.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - Edit issue descriptions

Users can now edit the issue description field and issue title from the Advanced Roadmaps timeline.

Learn more on the View issue details page.

New issue view: Sort issues under an epic

You can now sort issues under epics by date created, key, priority, status, assignee, and rank (default). Just go to any epic and select the Order by dropdown to see the options.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - Create new plans with ease

It’s never been easier to create a plan with relevant issues for your planning needs. With the new plan creation wizard, we’ve streamlined the process and redesigned the look and feel. We’ve also added new pages to the Configure menu so you can easily edit the plan’s scope at any time.

Add custom fields to all your screens in Jira

You no longer have to check each and every screen to associate it to a custom field. We’ve introduced a checkbox on the custom field screen association page so that you can add your custom fields to all the screens on your instance. Learn more about adding a custom field to a screen.

Additionally, you can search for the screens by their names to narrow down the list of screens to associate them to the custom field.

New issue view: Estimates for time tracking apps

The new issue view now displays a field for the estimated time remaining when you use time tracking apps. To try it out, install your favorite time tracking app, go to an issue, and check it out yourself.

New issue view: Faster clone issue experience

Cloning an issue in the new issue view just got a lot easier. Instead of redirecting you to another page, the cloning process now pops up a simple modal for you to fill out the same details — quick and easy. Try it out by going to an issue and selecting ··· > Clone.

Get help with classic software projects

We’ve improved our help experience for classic software projects. Now, Jira recommends help associated with the screen you’re currently viewing, making it easier to find relevant help for the task at hand.

To try it out:

1. Navigate to your classic software project.
2. Select Help from the top navigation bar.

Discover relevant marketplace apps for your cloud products

We’re adding some new places for users to discover marketplace apps that integrate with your Atlassian products. You’ll see recommendations out of the way of your primary workflow; in quick start, the apps menu, and the “switch to” menu across all our products. We’ll only recommend relevant apps based on the products you’re using. For example, if you’re using Jira Software, we might recommend the GitHub or GitLab app to improve your team’s workflow.

These are just visual updates, so all your permissions and settings won’t be affected. You can enable, disable, install, and uninstall apps anytime from the administration pages of your Atlassian product. Learn more about Marketplace apps.

Insights directly on your next-gen board and backlog

Premium plan customers, look out for Insights on your board and backlog. This new, data-driven feature helps you adapt existing processes, drive better outcomes, and plan with confidence.

It’s really fresh and the team behind it's eager for feedback. Get in there, give it a go, and share your experience. It honestly changes things.

Learn more about insights in next-gen projects.

Devops Container Linking

When creating a Jira project, you’ll see an option to “connect work across your tools” which allows you to easily create and connect containers from other tools, including:

• Bitbucket repositories
• A Confluence space
• An Opsgenie team

Get insights into your cycle time for deployments

Do you struggle with the latest information on how much time you take work to get from branch to production? Here you go with an advanced Insights panel inside your Deployments view. Get a thorough understanding of the Cycle time in the palm of your hand. Learn how to make the best use of the Insights panel.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - New dependency features

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira has new ways to create and visualize dependencies on your timeline.

You can now create a dependency by clicking and dragging between two issues, and Advanced Roadmaps for Jira will do the rest. To learn more, check the Dependencies page in our docs.

If you want to change how dependencies show on your timeline, you can do that, too! Choose between the badges and lines, which connect dependent issues on your timeline. You can also choose to show the number of dependent issues. To learn more about the different ways Advanced Roadmaps for Jira displays dependencies, head on over to our Monitoring dependencies page.

Updates to how you create projects in Jira

Creating projects in Jira is now simpler with our new template library. Browse templates across the Jira products you own, with additional information to assist you in finding the template that best fits the way your team works.

Additionally, we’ve renamed our project types (next-gen and classic) to make them clearer and more descriptive:

• Next-gen projects are now named team-managed projects. The functionality itself remains the same and continue to be ideal for independent teams who want to control their own working processes and practices in a self-contained space.
• Classic projects are now named company-managed projects. Setup and maintained by Jira admins, company-managed projects remain the best choice for teams who want to work with other teams across many projects in a standard way, such as sharing a workflow.

New issue view: Fields on the right are now grouped

Just a quick visual update to help you find fields faster. Your fields on the right side of the issue view are now in three collapsable groups: pinned fields, details, and more fields.

New issue view: Save time configuring multiple projects by copying field layouts

No more duplicate field configuration work for admins! Jira admins can now copy field layouts for the new issue view in one project to any other that uses the same screen.

More specifically, in Jira Software Cloud, an issue layout can be copied to other projects that use the same screen.

Jira Work Management is the next generation of Jira Core

We’ve rebranded from Jira Core to Jira Work Management. Stay tuned for updates, and more documentation on exciting new features.

Roadmap: Show off your epics by updating your JQL filter

So, the roadmap is based on the same JQL filters as your board. And your board might be set up to filter out epics. We get it. (But the roadmap doesn’t.)

To display epics on your roadmap, a board admin can do some quick JQL magic:

1. From your board, go to More (···) > Board settings.
2. In the General tab of your board settings, find Filter > Saved filter. Select Edit filter query.
3. From your Filters settings, remove (or cut) this clause: issueType != Epic. Run the search, then save your changes.

Then, if you’re using a Kanban board:

1. Return to the General tab of your board settings. Find Filter > Kanban board sub-filter.
2. Edit the query by hovering over the text. Paste the and issueType != Epic clause into the field.
3. Select Update to save your changes. Shazam.

Learn more about managing JQL filters on the roadmap.

Enhanced release notes functionality

Access the enhanced release notes functionality by navigating to Releases > Version > Release notes. The revised Release notes page in your Jira Software project provides you with the following options:

• Create release notes in the markdown format
• Regenerate release notes based on layout and issue types
• Format and update release notes in the editor
• Copy the release notes to the clipboard

Learn how to create release notes.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - Create new plans with ease

It’s never been easier to create a plan with relevant issues for your planning needs. With the new plan creation wizard, we’ve streamlined the process and redesigned the look and feel. We’ve also added new pages to the Configure menu so you can easily edit the plan’s scope at any time.

Connect Jira and Confluence with project pages improvements

We’ve renamed the “pages” feature in Jira Software to “project pages” and made some improvements so it’s easier to use and understand.

Project pages keeps your documentation in one place by connecting your Jira Software project with a Confluence space. If Confluence isn’t on your site yet, site admins can start a free trial in-product using the project pages feature on the left navigation panel.

Pages from the connected space will be organized in the project pages feature in Jira. All page organization and permissions from Confluence will be retained. Users with the appropriate permissions can use project pages to create Confluence pages and view any existing documentation.

Team-managed projects: Time estimates that show up on your board and backlog

In case you missed it, we’re gradually rolling out time estimations. Hear it here first—a fresh drop of stuff's on the way.

Start using time to estimate your work by heading to Project settings > Features. Once enabled, and estimates are added, you’ll be able to check the size of an issue on your board and backlog.

Also, the backlog will show the total amount of time estimated for a sprint. How handy’s that?

Learn more about time estimation in team-managed projects.

Discover relevant marketplace apps for your cloud products

We’re adding some new places for users to discover marketplace apps that integrate with your Atlassian products. You’ll see recommendations out of the way of your primary workflow; in quick start, the apps menu, and the “switch to” menu across all our products. We’ll only recommend relevant apps based on the products you’re using. For example, if you’re using Jira Software, we might recommend the GitHub or GitLab app to improve your team’s workflow.

These are just visual updates, so all your permissions and settings won’t be affected. You can enable, disable, install, and uninstall apps anytime from the administration pages of your Atlassian product. Learn more about Marketplace apps.

Allow users to join Confluence from project pages

If your site has Jira and Confluence active, users with the appropriate permissions can use the project pages feature in Jira to get access to Confluence and find documentation and content that’s relevant to them.

Users can only request access or join Confluence if site settings allow it. Learn more about site settings.

Insights directly on your next-gen board and backlog

Premium plan customers, look out for Insights on your board and backlog. This new, data-driven feature helps you adapt existing processes, drive better outcomes, and plan with confidence.

It’s really fresh and the team behind it's eager for feedback. Get in there, give it a go, and share your experience. It honestly changes things.

Learn more about insights in next-gen projects.

Get insights into your cycle time for deployments

Do you struggle with the latest information on how much time you take work to get from branch to production? Here you go with an advanced Insights panel inside your Deployments view. Get a thorough understanding of the Cycle time in the palm of your hand. Learn how to make the best use of the Insights panel.

Updates to how you create projects in Jira

Creating projects in Jira is now simpler with our new template library. Browse templates across the Jira products you own, with additional information to assist you in finding the template that best fits the way your team works.

Additionally, we’ve renamed our project types (next-gen and classic) to make them clearer and more descriptive:

• Next-gen projects are now named team-managed projects. The functionality itself remains the same and continue to be ideal for independent teams who want to control their own working processes and practices in a self-contained space.
• Classic projects are now named company-managed projects. Setup and maintained by Jira admins, company-managed projects remain the best choice for teams who want to work with other teams across many projects in a standard way, such as sharing a workflow.

Create and schedule future sprints

Sprint planning is great when it’s done every couple of weeks.

But how satisfying (and helpful) is it when you can line up the work that needs to happen straight after? Create the sprint and pencil in the start and end dates. Your future self will thank you later.

To plan a future sprint:

1. Navigate to your Jira software project.
2. Select Backlog in the project menu on the left.
3. Click Create sprint.
4. Add dates to your sprint by selecting Add dates (✏️ ). Ta-da!

Learn more about adding dates to future sprints for team-managed projects.

Learn more about adding dates to future sprints for company-managed projects.

Team-managed projects: Report on your time estimates

It’s been a minute. But now time estimation is captured in reports, and that means it’s 100% available in team-managed projects.

To recap, you can start using time to estimate your work by heading to Project settings > Features. Once enabled, and estimates are added, you’ll be able to check the ETA of an issue on your board and backlog. Also, the backlog will show the total amount of time estimated for a sprint, and reports can focus on whatever estimation you use. How handy’s that?

Learn more about time estimation in team-managed projects.

Enabled the Deployments feature for all projects with deployments data

When you have a code development tool integrated with your Jira project, the Deployments feature will be enabled to give you visibility into your deployment pipelines against issues over a time scale.

Learn more about deployments and make the best use of this feature.

Enhanced view of knowledge base articles for agents

Your agents can now get a better view of knowledge base articles. Images in your articles will expand when you select them and videos can be played inline. We’ve also made many more improvements in styling and formatting to match the Confluence experience.

Updates to how you create projects in Jira

Creating projects in Jira is now simpler with our new template library. Browse templates across the Jira products you own, with additional information to assist you in finding the template that best fits the way your team works.

Additionally, we’ve renamed our project types (next-gen and classic) to make them clearer and more descriptive:

• Next-gen projects are now named team-managed projects. The functionality itself remains the same and continue to be ideal for independent teams who want to control their own working processes and practices in a self-contained space.
• Classic projects are now named company-managed projects. Setup and maintained by Jira admins, company-managed projects remain the best choice for teams who want to work with other teams across many projects in a standard way, such as sharing a workflow.

Manage queues to prioritise work for your team

Admins can organize business-critical queues into the Team priority group for them to appear to all agents at all times. Move less-used queues into the Other group so they are out of your agents' focus by default. From the project sidebar, the issue count will refresh for Starred and Team priority queues only. Learn more about queue groups.

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 mobile: Undo or redo what you've typed on iOS

Made a mistake? (Don’t worry, we all do.) Now you’ll find convenient undo/redo buttons in the editor.

Browse or search for page elements

Aside from the text you write, it’s nice to be able to browse through all the elements that you can add to a page when editing.

• If you want to see more options at once and even look at them by category, select + > View more from the toolbar
• If you know exactly what you want to add, type / and start typing the name of the element to narrow the list to the elements that match what you typed

The elements you can add to the page include:

• Basic formatting like headings and bulleted lists
• Graphic elements like status lozenges and info panels
• Powerful Confluence macros like the table of contents or a list pages based on your parameters
• Third-party macros from the Atlassian Marketplace

Hiding 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.

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 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.

Recommending pages to archive

We’ve added a notification email that’ll recommend archiving pages excluded by a bulk archiving action.

With the ability to archive a page and all of its nested pages (a whole branch of the page tree), sometimes not all pages in the branch can be included. This happens when the archiver either doesn’t have permission to view a nested page or doesn’t have permission to archive a nested page, which results in these pages being left behind in the page tree.

If you created any of these “left behind” pages, we’ll let you know in the email and give you a quick way to archive them!

Managing global permissions just got easier

We’ve upgraded the global permissions page to make it easier for site and product admins to read and make changes to these site-level permissions.

Now there are no more dense tables to pore through! We’ve reorganized the page into tabs by type of user — User groups, JSM access, Anonymous access, and Apps — and refreshed the look within each tab to make the information cleaner and easier to scan.

We’ve also added the ability to filter lists by permission type granted. For example, if you want to see all user groups that have permission to create spaces on your site, you can click on the Filters button next to the search bar and select the box for Create space.

Finally, we made the groups expandable, so you can see exactly which individual users are members.

Learn more about global permissions

Template previews in the editor

You can preview templates in the editor before you select them. Just hover over the name of the template you’d like to see.

Bulk archive up to 500 pages at a time

To ensure Confluence performs at the highest level, we’ve limited the amount of pages you can bulk archive or bulk restore to 500 pages at a time. We hope to increase the limit soon!

Discover relevant marketplace apps for your cloud products

We’re adding some new places for users to discover marketplace apps that integrate with your Atlassian products. You’ll see recommendations out of the way of your primary workflow; in quick start, the apps menu, and the “switch to” menu across all our products. We’ll only recommend relevant apps based on the products you’re using. For example, if you’re using Jira Software, we might recommend the GitHub or GitLab app to improve your team’s workflow.

These are just visual updates, so all your permissions and settings won’t be affected. You can enable, disable, install, and uninstall apps anytime from the administration pages of your Atlassian product. Learn more about Marketplace apps.

Fine-tune macro results while you set them up

Some of the elements you add to pages are more robust and need more setup than others; they are known as macros. After you insert a macro, a right panel opens letting you adjust the characteristics to fine-tune the results without covering the page content while you set up.

For template creators, this new style of setting up macros lets you add the macro as a placeholder so that the person using the template can adjust it to their needs.

Allow users to join Confluence from project pages

If your site has Jira and Confluence active, users with the appropriate permissions can use the project pages feature in Jira to get access to Confluence and find documentation and content that’s relevant to them.

Users can only request access or join Confluence if site settings allow it. Learn more about site settings.

Modernized move page dialog

Moving your published pages and blogs is an important decision. To help you feel more confident when doing this, the experience has been simplified and updated. A link to our product documentation was also added to support you in digging deeper into the details of the behavior.

View pages in your space differently

Looking at the pages in a space as a tree is great when the relationships between pages are important to you, but now you have more options for how you view the pages in a space!

View pages differently by selecting ••• next to Pages in the space sidebar. Switching to another view removes the tree relationship and gives you a list of pages sorted by the date the page was last updated or alphabetically by title. The choice you make in a space persists until you change it.

Control when your page or blog gets published

Sometimes a page or blog needs to published at the right moment to coincide with a project start, a product release, or a company announcement. Rather than relying on a calendar reminder or a sticky note, you can schedule it in Confluence.

Before you publish the first time or the twenty-first time, you can set the date and time by going to ••• > Schedule publish. No notifications are sent to those you’ve mentioned or those watching the page, blog, or the space until the content is actually published.

To make it really clear that the page or blog is set to be published at a certain day and time, the Publish button will change to Scheduled. A [ PUBLISH SCHEDULED ] indicator will be displayed at the top of the page and next to the page title in your list of Recent pages.

Transform a page into a blog

There are many reasons why your great ideas would start out on a page and grow into a blog when they are ready. Some content needs more time than others, so you have a few options for when you make the switch.

You can keep your page as a draft and use the More actions menu (•••) to Publish as blog, or you can publish as many times as you need, then use the More actions menu (•••) to Convert to blog.

Both of these options will move your page into the Blog section of the space where the page was created. Any page or inline comments added to the page will move with the page. If those comments no longer make sense when the content becomes a blog, you can delete or resolve the comments first.

Confluence Mobile: Table editing features are now live in iOS

Keep up the momentum on all your projects by creating and editing tables right from the Confluence app. We know you need flexibility when adding tables to pages, which is why we made it easy to add or remove cells too!

Hover over a page name in the sidebar to see more info

Sometimes a page title just isn’t enough to pick the right one. When you hover over page names in the sidebar of a space, you can see more details about it, like when it was updated last, who created the page, and how many comments and likes the page has. Seeing page cards on hover is something each user can control, so if you don’t find this useful, you can turn it off in your user settings.

Bitbucket Pipelines Step Metrics

Step metrics allows you to get visibility into your builds CPU and memory usage, and also provides you with memory usage warnings when your build is running. Learn more