• Atlassian Cloud
• Jira platform
• Jira Software
• Jira Service Management
• Jira Work Management
• Confluence
• Bitbucket

Add products to your Enterprise plan

If you have an Enterprise plan for Jira Sofware, Jira Service Management, or Confluence, you no longer need to contact Atlassian to add another product to your plan. From your organization on admin.atlassian.com, go to Products and click Add product.

All of your notifications in the one place

We’re updating how you view your in-product notifications. Notifications from all of your sites will show up in the menu, and you can sort notifications to show the ones you haven’t read. We’ve also removed the ability to delete notifications, so you don’t have to worry about losing them.

Key changes

• Sort notifications to show only the ones you haven’t read
• Notifications won’t be deleted, so nothing is ever lost
• See notifications from all of your Jira and Confluence sites in the one place 
• Improvements to accessibility and how notifications appear

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.

Removal of non-paginated get filters endpoint from REST API v2

We previously announced the deprecation of the non-paginated get filters endpoint in Jira’s REST API v2. Starting in December (2020), we’ll begin removing the endpoint. We expect to complete this work before the end of 2020.

Instead of the non-paginated endpoint, you can use the paginated endpoint, which is more scalable and can deliver lower response times.

Before we remove the endpoint, you should:

• replace all calls to GET /rest/api/2/filter with GET /rest/api/2/filter/search

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 subtasks in the timeline view

You can now break down items into smaller subtasks in your timeline view. Subtasks are smaller items that relate to the overarching objective.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira - Horizontal Scrolling

Advanced Roadmaps lets you see into the future!

Not like… next week's lottery numbers, more like the future of your plans. You can now use your mouse or trackpad to scroll forward and backward on your timeline. This new feature also comes with new time increments of Weeks, Months, Quarters, and Years (as opposed to the old 3 months, 1 year, etc).

Users of Jira’s Project Roadmap feature might recognize this new functionality. Give it a scroll and see what your future holds!

Read our documentation for more information: View your plan

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.

Team-managed projects: A quick way to access the workflow editor

We’ve made it easier to access the workflow editor when you need it most. Now, when you’re customizing columns and statuses in your team-managed project, the workflow editor is only 2 clicks away. To try it out, go to the Columns and statuses settings page, and select Manage workflow > Edit workflow.

Issue view: Link an issue by pasting its URL

When linking one issue to another in the issue view, along with searching for the issue, you can now also copy and paste the issue's URL. To try it out, select the Link issue quick action while viewing an issue and copy and paste another issue's URL.

Object Schema Import enabled

We’ve added the ability to import one or more complete object schemas from the Insight Asset Management Cloud app to Insight in Jira Service Management Cloud. Learn more about importing an object schema.

Trusted users: UI changes for inviting new users

We’ve made some minor UI changes – the Administration button in the Switch to… menu is no longer available for trusted users. Instead, they can navigate to the People menu in the top navigation to invite new users.

Improvements to your project menu

We’re improving the project menu to help you navigate your projects with ease and find work fast. As part of this work, we’ve made the following initial updates:

• Menu items are now grouped into categories that describe the software development lifecycle: Planning, Development and Operations.
• In company-managed projects, the Board switcher has had some visual updates to better delineate board-scoped views like the backlog and reports.

Project pages: minor UI improvements

We’ve made some minor UI changes to project pages.

• You’ll see a message that says Powered by Confluence at the bottom of the screen. Selecting this will take you to Confluence.
• The icon and UI for your connected space or page have been updated.
• Information about your pages Name, Contributors, and Last modified has been retained, but the labels have been removed to improve readability.

Jira project reports: Deployment frequency report

Need more insights into your deployment metrics? We have introduced a new deployment frequency report.

This report leverages your deployment data to get you visibility into:

• How often your team is deploying code to production
• Whether your deployment frequency is effective in managing risk

To view the report:

• In a company-managed project, navigate to the Reports > DevOps section.
• In a team-managed project, navigate to the Reports > Overview section.

Learn how to make the best use of this report.

Code in Jira: Support for Bitbucket Data Center OAuth provider

Jira admins can add OAuth credentials for Bitbucket Data Center—the external source code management app. Read more about linking Bitbucket with Jira.

Then you’ll be able to see your team’s activities (development information) on the Code page for your project. Learn more about adding issue keys in your commits, branches, and PR summaries.

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira: Create issue when grouped by sprint or release

Creating issues on your timeline just got easier!

You can now create new issues from your timeline view using the + Create issue button when grouping by sprint and by release. To learn more, check out our documentation here: Issues

Issue view: Inline edit a subtask's summary

No more need to leave an issue to edit a subtask's summary. You can now go to an issue and quickly inline edit a subtask's summary by hovering over it and selecting the Edit Summary button. You can also do the same for child issues of Portfolio issues (for Jira Premium).

Reorder the fields in your list

Everyone visualizes their work differently, so you may want to customize the order of your list’s fields so you can focus on what’s important to you. Drag the fields at the top of the list to suit the order in which you’d like to view your items.

Filter by components and labels

You can now filter your work by components and labels in the timeline, list, and calendar view. Learn more about components. Learn more about labels.

Single line and multiline text custom fields are now called Short text and Paragraph

In an effort to align terminology across project types, we're renaming custom fields in company-managed projects to match those in team-managed projects. Both project types will use Short text for single line text fields and Paragraph for multiline text fields. Since these are already the field names in team-managed projects, no changes will be made there.

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: reopen a closed sprint

If you’ve accidentally closed a sprint in your team-managed project, you can now reopen it via its report in the Reports section of your project. We’ve been working on this after hearing it’s something many of you have asked for. Learn more about reopening sprints.

Improvements to your project menu

We’re improving the project menu to help you navigate your projects with ease and find work fast. As part of this work, we’ve made the following initial updates:

• Menu items are now grouped into categories that describe the software development lifecycle: Planning, Development and Operations.
• In company-managed projects, the Board switcher has had some visual updates to better delineate board-scoped views like the backlog and reports.

Link multiple Confluence spaces to your knowledge base

It’s here! You can now link more than one Confluence space to your knowledge base. Organize your articles more efficiently and help your customers faster than ever with the redesigned knowledge base settings page. Admins can now create a space from their service projects, link multiple existing spaces at once, set individual space permissions, and manage article suggestions better. And agents can now filter articles by linked spaces.

Link spaces from Confluence server sites to your knowledge base

Jira Service Management in Cloud, but Confluence on Server? No problem, you can now bring articles from spaces in Confluence server sites to your knowledge base in Jira Service Management Cloud.

When creating or linking spaces to your service project, you can choose between spaces from your Confluence cloud and server sites. Learn more about linking Confluence spaces to your service project.

Get help with company-managed projects in Jira Service Management

We’ve improved our help experience for company-managed projects. Now, Jira Service Management recommends articles associated with the page you’re viewing, making it easier to find relevant help for the task at hand.

To try it out:

1. Navigate to your company-managed service project.
2. Select Help from the top navigation bar.

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.

Improved view of knowledge base articles in the portal

Your customers can now view your knowledge base articles in the portal on a wider canvas. The increased width will not just improve the readability of your articles, but will also help images and tables in them to render better.

No legacy automation access for new Jira Service Management sign-ups

From August 30, 2021, if you’re new to Jira Service Management, you don’t have access to legacy automation, which is being superseded by Automation. If you’re an existing user, legacy automation won’t be available when you sign up for a new site. For existing sites, your legacy automation experience isn’t affected. Learn more about legacy automation.

Insight in Jira Service Management: Add attachments to your objects

To help you make sure that your team has all the information they need when accessing an object in Insight in Jira Service Management, we’ve added the ability to attach any relevant files, pictures, or other information directly to an object.

You must have edit permissions to add an attachment to an object:

• Navigate to the object you want to add an attachment to.
• Drag and drop the file directly onto the object panel or select Attach Files under the Attachments dropdown.

Note: Attachments must be 20mb or under in size.

Create subtasks in the timeline view

You can now break down items into smaller subtasks in your timeline view. Subtasks are smaller items that relate to the overarching objective.

Create subtasks in the list view

You can now break down items into smaller subtasks in your list view. Subtasks are smaller items that relate to the overarching objective.

Reorder the fields in your list

Everyone visualizes their work differently, so you may want to customize the order of your list’s fields so you can focus on what’s important to you. Drag the fields at the top of the list to suit the order in which you’d like to view your items.

Filter by components and labels

You can now filter your work by components and labels in the timeline, list, and calendar view. Learn more about components. Learn more about labels.

Share a page with anyone on the internet using a public link

We’re gradually rolling out the capability to use public links on Confluence. A public link is a unique URL that can be used to share a view-only version of a page with anyone on the internet. This is a simple way to share your pages with people like clients, vendors, and contractors without needing to pay for extra seats.

To keep things secure, public links are disabled by default. They can only be used if a product admin first allows the feature via Confluence settings. Learn more

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.

Invite guests for external collaboration (early access)

External collaboration is a Confluence feature that lets your team collaborate with people that are “external” in some way, such as a client or a contractor. It’s a secure way to open your Confluence instance to anyone you need to work with.

And the way you do that is you invite them as guests.

Guests have limited access to your instance. Unlike regular users who have a broad level of access by default, guests only have access to the spaces to which they have been specifically assigned access.

Guests also have limited access to user information for your regular “internal” users.

Note: External collaboration is in the process of rolling out as part of an early access program for customers on the premium plan.

Learn more about external collaboration.

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!

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!

Add emojis to your page or blog title

Give the titles of your pages and blogs a bit more personality by adding emoji. Emoji shows up with the page title when people see the page in the page tree of a space or on page cards.

Add a header image to your page or blog

Now, you can make your page or blog pop with a header image! Just hover over the title when you’re editing, then select Add header image to give your content that little something extra.

View the pages you've visited most recently

You can now view the page tree in any space based on when you viewed the pages, with the most recent visit at the top of the list.

Take action quickly from the sidebar

To make it faster and easier to do common tasks, quick actions have been added to the page tree in your space sidebar. Because you can take action without selecting a page and moving away from the sidebar, it will take less time and effort to get your job done.

When you hover over the page title, a More actions ( ••• ) menu appears giving you the choice to:

• edit
• rename
• star
• get link
• copy
• move
• archive

If the person logged in doesn’t have permission to do one of the actions, the action will be greyed out along with info that there are restrictions preventing those actions.

Trusted users: UI changes for inviting new users

We’ve made some minor UI changes – the Administration button in the Switch to… menu is no longer available for trusted users. Instead, they can navigate to the People menu in the top navigation to invite new users.

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