• Atlassian Administration
• Jira platform
• Jira
• Jira Service Management
• Jira Product Discovery
• Confluence
• Bitbucket
• Compass

Filter the user list with added roles

We’ve updated the users list in the Atlassian Administration Directory. You can now filter the user list by new roles that have been split into multiple dropdown menus instead of one.

The roles we’re introducing include:

• Compass basic
• Jira Service Management stakeholder and customer
• Jira Product Discovery contributor

To filter the user list by roles:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Directory > Users.
3. From the Role field, select the role you’d like to filter by.

This change only applies to user list filters for centralized user management. Learn more about the centralized user management

Make it easy and secure for customers to log in to your help center with single sign-on

When you connect an identity provider to your Jira Service Management site, you can authenticate your customers with SAML single sign-on (SSO).

Before you begin
You must subscribe to Atlassian Access from your organization before you set up SAML single sign-on. Learn more about how to start with Atlassian Access

To set up SAML SSO for portal-only customers:

1. Go to Settings > Products.
2. Under Jira Service Management, select Authentication.
3. Select Add identity provider.
4. Follow the prompts to complete the setup.

Learn more about SAML single sign-on for portal-only customers

Brand your Jira products with a custom domain

You can now use custom domains to brand your Jira products. Custom domains provide easy-to-remember URLs for your users to access your products.

You can create a custom domain if you have a Jira Premium or Jira Service Management Standard plan.

Previously, this feature was only available for Jira Service Management help center. Tell me more about custom domains

To create a custom domain:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Products > Product URLs.
3. Select Add custom domain. This is only visible if you have an eligible product.
4. Review the Before you add a custom domain page, and select Next.
5. Select which product you want to access from your custom domain.
6. Follow the prompts to specify your domain. You’ll need to enter two subdomains and a domain.
7. Enter a Redirect URL. This is optional.
8. Review changes and select Create domain.

Connect Microsoft Azure AD to Atlassian with an option that works for you

When you connect your Microsoft Azure AD identity provider to an Atlassian organization, you now have two options.

Option 1: Manually set up user provisioning

Recommended when you need:

• flexibility in setting up your Microsoft Azure Active Directory identity provider with SCIM and SAML
• to sync groups and users with no flattening of nested group structure
• to sync when you add users to your Azure AD

Learn how to add an identity provider for this option

Option 2: Automatically set up user provisioning

Recommended when you need:

• easy set up by allowing access to groups and users in your Microsoft Azure Active Directory
• to flatten your nested group structure and keep group memberships
• to sync automatically (every 4 hours)

Learn more about Azure AD for nested groups

To connect your identity provider:
1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security > Identity providers.

Learn more about identity providers

Enforce single sign-on for external users from your identity provider

You can now start using single sign-on to verify the identity of your external users. You'll be able to configure all user security from one place  – your identity provider.  When you connect your identity provider and set up SAML single sign-on (SSO) , you can enforce SSO in your external user policy.

SSO counts towards Atlassian Guard Standard bill
When you enable SSO in an external policy, we bill you for the external users in the policy. When you select one-time password or none as the authorization method, we don’t bill you for the external users in the policy.

Here’s a summary of what is and what is not billable for Atlassian Guard Standard
External user counts as billable
External user is in a billable external user policy and has product access to Jira, Jira Service Management, and Confluence.

External user doesn’t count as billable
External user is in a billable external user policy and has product access to Enterprise versions of Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, and Trello. And also for Statuspage: Startup, Business, and Enterprise

User has no product access to Jira or Confluence
External user is in a non-billable or test policy

Understand external user security

Before you begin:
Subscribe to Atlassian Guard Standard from your organization. Understand Atlassian Guard
Make sure you're an admin for an Atlassian organization.
Add an identity provider directory to your organization. How to add an identity provider
Configure SAML single sign-on with an identity provider Configure SAML single sign-on with an identity provider

To enforce single sign-on:

1. Log in to admin.atlassian.com > Security > External users.
2. Select the External user policy.
3. Select Single sign-on.
4. Select the Identity provider you use to manage single sign-on.
5. Select Update.

Find Atlassian Administration settings faster

You can now avoid searching every page of the Atlassian administration looking for what you need. We’ve added a new search field. From this field, you can enter a top or left navigation page title and select the page you want from the results.

To use the Administration search field:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select the search field in the top right.
3. Enter the page title.
4. Select the page you want.

Create custom domains for your Jira products

We removed keyword restrictions when you create custom domains. You will no longer have a fixed list to select keywords for subdomains. Instead, you have the ability to manually enter your own subdomains.

Jira family products have also been given added support. You can now select Jira products from the dropdown menu when you create a custom domain.

To create a custom domain:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Products > Product URLs.
3. Select Add custom domain. This is only visible if you have an eligible product.
4. Review the Before you add a custom domain page, and select Next.
5. Select which product you want to access from your custom domain.
6. Follow the prompts to specify your domain. You’ll need to enter two subdomains and a domain.
7. Enter a Redirect URL. This is optional.
8. Review changes and select Create domain.

Data residency for Marketplace apps

When evaluating data residency for your apps, you might see some apps listed as "No action available."

This means that some app partners declare that their apps don't need to be pinned or migrated because their apps exclusively store data within the Atlassian product. Another reason is that the apps may not store any data in the scope of the Marketplace partner's data residency policies.

To request a data residency move for your apps, you will have first to move your product. Learn more about how to move your product from one location to another

Once your product has been pinned to your selected location, you can move your eligible apps to the same location. Learn more about data residency for Marketplace apps

Stay on top of your organization’s security

We improved the security guide so you can see your security setup in one place.

Understand your organization’s mix of users and their login methods at a glance. Then, review your security recommendations to keep your users and data protected.

To go to the security guide:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security.

Copy Confluence data: Move users related to spaces you want to copy

When you move data from one instance of your Confluence cloud to another, you can move spaces, and only users who contribute to the spaces.
This means that when you add or reorganize teams, you can move spaces and only the related users you want, instead of all users. This will help you copy data:

• in small chunks
• in multiple phases
• quicker and reduce your overall downtime.

To access this feature:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Settings > Copy product data.
3. Select Create copy plan.
4. On the How it works page, select Next.
5. Select your source and destination.
6. Select the spaces you want to copy.
7. On the Copy users and groups page, select Copy users and groups related to the selected spaces from the Users and groups section.

Brand Confluence with a custom domain

You can now use custom domains to brand Confluence. Custom domains provide easy-to-remember URLs for your users to access your products.

You can create a custom domain if you have a Confluence Premium plan.

Previously, this feature was only available for Jira family of products and Jira Service Management help center. Tell me more about custom domains

To create a custom domain:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Products > Product URLs.
3. Select Add custom domain. This is only visible if you have an eligible product.
4. Review the Before you add a custom domain page, and select Next.
5. Select which product you want to access from your custom domain.
6. Follow the prompts to specify your domain. You’ll need to enter two subdomains and a domain.
7. Enter a Redirect URL. This is optional.
8. Review changes and select Create domain.

We’re replacing Jira Software with Jira in CSV exports

We’re bringing together Jira Work Management and Jira Software to make Jira your one tool to plan and track work.

As a part of this, we’re replacing the "Jira Software" header with "Jira" in the CSV files you export.

We recommend checking and updating any scripts that may be affected by this change.

It’s now faster to copy data to your sandbox

Save time copying data to your sandbox by choosing only the projects and spaces you need. Understand how to select data to copy

To copy specific Confluence spaces or Jira projects from production to its sandbox:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Products, then Sandbox.
3. From Actions in the product table, select Copy production data.
4. Select the Specific projects or spaces.
5. Follow the prompts to copy data into your sandbox.

Find out what we copy to the sandbox

Improved experience for moving Marketplace apps to another location

Improved experience for app data residency with email notifications for scheduled moves, when moves are in progress, and when they are completed, cancelled, or failed.

To request a data residency move for apps:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security > Data residency.
3. In the data residency table, select View details.
4. Select the Eligible tab.
5. If you have eligible apps, select Move apps.
6. Review information about the steps involved in moving your eligible apps. Select Next.
7. Review the apps. Select Next.
8. Select the 24-hour move window. Select Next.
9. Review your app data residency move details. Select Submit request.

More about moving your apps to another location

Atlassian Access is now Atlassian Guard

We updated the Atlassian Access name to Atlassian Guard in Atlassian Administration on June 12, 2024. The capabilities you currently have with Atlassian Access remain unchanged.

Explore the future of Atlassian Guard

Prevent people from using public links in specific spaces

Data security policies allow you to use rules to control how users, apps, and people outside the organization can interact with content such as Confluence pages and Jira issues.

You can now use the public links rule to prevent people creating and accessing public links in particularly sensitive Confluence spaces. Previously, this was only available for policies that covered classification levels or entire Confluence instances. How the public links rule works

The public links rule requires Atlassian Guard Standard (formerly known as Atlassian Access).

To create a new data security policy or view existing policies:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security > Data security policies.

Prevent people from exporting content in specific spaces and projects

Data security policies allow you to use rules to control how users, apps, and people outside the organization can interact with content such as Confluence pages and Jira issues.

You can now use the data export rule to prevent people exporting content from particularly sensitive Confluence spaces and Jira projects. Previously, this was only available for policies that covered entire workspaces or classification levels).

The data export rule requires Atlassian Guard Standard (formerly known as Atlassian Access).

To create a new data security policy or view existing policies:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security > Data security policies.

Prevent people from exporting Jira issues

Data security policies allow you to use rules to control how users, apps, and people outside the organization can interact with content such as Confluence pages and Jira issues.

You can now use the data export rule to prevent people exporting issues from entire Jira sites. Previously, this was only available for policies that covered classification levels.

The data export rule requires Atlassian Access (soon to be known as Atlassian Guard Standard)

About data security policies

If you already have a policy that covers Confluence products, you can edit the policy coverage to include Jira product instances.

Alternatively, create a new data security policy:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security > Data security policies.
3. Select Create policy.

You’ll then be able to configure what product instances your policy will cover and add rules to protect that data.

We’re replacing Beacon with Guard Detect

This update only applies to organizations that participated in the Beacon or Atlassian Information Security beta.

Beacon (beta) will soon be part of Atlassian Guard Premium. Read the blog

We’re replacing ‘Beacon’ with ‘Guard Detect’ in the CSV files you export. The name of your groups (such as beacon-admins) will not change.

In Atlassian Administration, you’re able to export CSV files for:

1. Managed accounts
2. Audit logs
3. External users
4. User API tokens
5. Authentication policies

We recommend checking and updating any scripts that may be impacted by the change.

Copy Jira data from one instance to another in Atlassian Administration

We’ve moved the Jira cloud-to-cloud migration feature to Atlassian Administration. You can copy your Jira projects, issues, and related data, along with Confluence data, from one central location.

To copy Jira data:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Settings > Data management > Copy product data.
3. Select Create copy plan.
4. On the How it works page, select Next.
5. From the Select a product page, select Jira.
6. Follow the prompts to copy Jira data.

Choose to get Atlassian experiments for your organization

Experiments are Atlassian changes in development. We gather data on these changes to determine if they’re ready to release to all organizations.

For organizations with an Enterprise plan, you can choose to get experiments so you can influence Atlassian's product development through testing. Or prevent experiments rolling out to your organization because you need to ensure changes are planned for ahead of time.

Learn about Atlassian experiments

Enhanced audit log filtering with new product filter

We're excited to announce an enhancement to our audit logs filtering capabilities! With the introduction of the new product filter, navigating through audit logs has never been easier or more efficient.

Save time and quickly locate specific audit logs by filtering through products. Combine the new product filter with existing filters for a comprehensive and intuitive search experience.

To start utilizing the new product filter, simply select it from the filter options, choose your desired product(s), and apply any additional filters as needed.

Control usage of Atlassian Analytics with IP allowlisting

To give you more control over your data security, you'll be able to apply IP allowlists to your Atlassian Analytics workspaces so that your users can only access Atlassian Analytics from specific IP addresses.

To apply an allowlist to Atlassian Analytics:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security > IP allowlists.
3. Select Create allowlist. A pop-up will appear where you'll enter your allowlist details.
4. For Applies to, select Atlassian Analytics.
5. Select Create.

Read more about IP allowlists.

Highlighted search terms in in-product help

When you search in in-product help, we'll highlight your search terms in results so you can quickly see how the results relate to the terms you've entered.

To search in in-product help, select the help (question mark) icon in the navigation and enter your query in the search field.

Note: In-product help is available in many screens in Jira, including in software, service desk, and work management projects. There may be some screens where in-product help isn't available yet.

Streamlining general and blank project templates in Jira Service Management

We’re simplifying our Jira Service Management project templates and no longer splitting out our general and blank templates by IT and business team types. Now you’ll see just one general service management template and one blank template to cater to all needs - no matter the team type.

These project templates will replace the previous general service management for IT teams and general service management for business teams templates, and the blank project for IT teams and blank project for business teams.

Use the general service management template if you wish to get up and running with basic pre-configured settings to start managing incoming service requests, whilst blank projects let you fully customize how you manage incoming service requests.

Find out more about projects templates in Jira Service Management

SLA success rate will be 100% for time periods when no issues are created

Thanks to feedback from customers, we learned that the SLA success rate is currently reported as 0.0% for time periods when there are no issues created which isn't the expected result.

Now that we've fixed it, the SLA success rate for time periods when no issues are created will be reported as 100% instead of 0.0%.

Brand your Jira products with a custom domain

You can now use custom domains to brand your Jira products. Custom domains provide easy-to-remember URLs for your users to access your products.

You can create a custom domain if you have a Jira Premium or Jira Service Management Standard plan.

Previously, this feature was only available for Jira Service Management help center. Tell me more about custom domains

To create a custom domain:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Products > Product URLs.
3. Select Add custom domain. This is only visible if you have an eligible product.
4. Review the Before you add a custom domain page, and select Next.
5. Select which product you want to access from your custom domain.
6. Follow the prompts to specify your domain. You’ll need to enter two subdomains and a domain.
7. Enter a Redirect URL. This is optional.
8. Review changes and select Create domain.

Introducing limits to how many items you can add to an issue

To enhance the reliability and efficiency of our platform, we’re introducing new limits to how many comments, attachments, and links you can add to an issue.

We’re revamping the Jira import wizard

On June 30th, 2024, we're replacing the old Jira import wizard with a new and improved way of importing. In the meantime, we recommend using these tools to import your data to Jira Cloud:

• From external system to Cloud: use this CSV importer.
• From Server to Cloud: use the Migration Assistant.
• From Cloud to Cloud, use Migrate cloud site.

It’s easier for people with Jira to start using Jira Product Discovery

We know our products can be complicated. So now people who have Jira, and have recently also added Jira Product Discovery, will see simple recommendations on how to start using Jira Product Discovery. For example, inviting teammates, using a template, etc.

That means it’s easier to know what to do first in Jira Product Discovery so that you’re getting the most out of it.

The recommendations will show up in the ‘Your work’ part of Jira, and everyone with either a Free, Standard, or Premium plan will see them. You can dismiss them anytime so they stop showing up.

Template recommendations in your Projects directory have a new home

When you click on ‘Projects’ in your top navigation in Jira you land in your Projects directory. Previously, recommended templates were listed at the top of this directory.

Now, the templates we recommend sit to the side. You can display and hide them as before; the main difference is that when you hover over any of the templates, you can see a preview of what that template looks like and how it works.

We've also changed the logic behind the recommendations so that they’re more specific and useful.

Improved search using summary and description fields

We’re boosting performance in the issue navigator by changing how the search field works behind the scenes. When using the search field, results will be based on the Summary and Description fields.

Before this change, results were based on multiple text fields such as Summary, Description, Comments, and any custom text fields, which caused results to be slower to load.

If you’d prefer to search using text fields, select More + to view additional field filters, then select Text.

To try it out, head to the issue navigator by going to your project, then select Issues in the sidebar.

New ways to edit card covers

Now you can easily choose a color or an attachment, or upload a new card cover.

Select the action menu on the bottom right and choose "Edit cover"

Summarize Smart Links with AI

Save time by summarizing the content of a Smart Link with Atlassian Intelligence.

To summarize a Smart Link with AI:

1. Navigate to the Jira description or comment.
2. Hover over any Smart Link.
3. Select Summarize with AI.
4. Atlassian Intelligence will generate a summary.

Assets object list counter updated to show a max of 1000 (until clicked)

As part of our ongoing work to speed up the performance and improve the reliability of Assets in Jira Service Management, we're making a few minor UI changes.

This change involves that little counter at the bottom of the object list - it's getting updated to show a maximum count of 1000 objects, more than that and it'll show 1000+. And if you ever want to see how many more than 1000 that is, then simply select the 1000+ and it'll update to show the full object count. Simple huh? Happy Assets-ing!

Surface multiple software releases on a business calendar

Jira Premium users can now select up to 5 software projects to show on their business teams' calendars. Surfacing these release dates will give your business teams a clearer picture of their software team’s progress.

To get started:

1. Select a business project.
2. From the Calendar view, select …More.
3. Under Software release dates, select the projects you’d like to show.

Read more about showing software release dates in business team calendars

Improved Jira search experience for project and/or issue type custom fields

When you use the More + menu, only the fields that are relevant to your project and/or issue type can be selected. You can choose to select those fields to get more accurate search results.

Before you start, make sure you’re using basic search (not JQL).

1. Select Filters > View all issues in the main navigation bar.
2. To see issues within a single project, select Issues on your project sidebar.
3. Select More + to see which fields are relevant to your project and/or issue type.
4. Select fields to narrow down your search.

Get notified when your issues transition to another status

In team-managed projects, users can now receive a separate email when an issue transitions to a different status.

Previously, users in team-managed projects received the same email regardless of whether an issue was edited or transitioned to another status.

Project admins can now enable a separate email to notify their team when an issue is transitioned. This provides more granular control about email notifications and reduces clutter for users who are only interested in issue transitions.

To enable email notifications to users when an issue is transitioned:

1. From your project’s sidebar, select Project settings and then Notifications.
2. Select Add notification.
3. Using the dropdown, search for and select the issue event An issue is updated by a workflow transition (generic event).
4. Select the users and roles that will receive this notification.
5. Select Add.

More about customizing notifications in team-managed projects

Automation: Filter audit log entries by status

In the Automation audit log, you can now show or hide entries based on status, making it easier to find specific rule runs and investigate rules that aren't working as intended.

To check it out:

1. Navigate to automation:
   • For Confluence automation, go to Confluence settings > Automation
   • For Jira automation, go to Jira settings > System > Global automation
2. Select Audit log.
3. Select Status and choose which statuses you want to filter by.

Jira’s dot menu will be removed from August 19

We’ve removing the dot menu in Jira to make way for a new and improved command palette.

The dot menu will be removed across Jira from August 19. For a more seamless experience, users will be able to access the command palette to find work, update their issues, access project and admin settings, and more.

To get started with the command palette:

1. Open the command palette.
   1. If you’re a Mac user, press command + K to open the command palette.
   2. If you’re a Windows user, press Ctrl + K to open the command palette.
2. Search for commands in the search bar or use a forward slash / to search work.

More about the command palette

Why are we removing the dot menu?

More control over your board and backlog view

We're offering more customization options when viewing the board and backlog. Quickly show or hide any field that can be displayed on a card from the refreshed View settings panel. This includes fields such as issue type, key, epic, assignee, status, priority and more.

Find the View settings button in the top right of your board and backlog to switch on what you need, and switch off what you don’t.

Workflow Editor Validate a Field Rule

We've revamped how field validation works when building workflows for company managed projects, and introduced this feature to team managed projects.

Validators let you specify criteria, when building a project workflow, for when an issue can move through a particular transition.

Go to project settings > workflow to get started, then follow these instructions to add validators depending on your project type:

• Add or edit rule to a team managed project
• Add or edit a rule for a company managed project

If you're already using validators for a company managed project, don't worry, your existing rules still work and are fully compatible with the new experience.

Site optimizer now archives projects, too!

You've heard of the Site optimizer (if you haven't, here's some reading you'll love); now we've made it better. It now allows you to clean out old projects as well as issues, project role permissions, and custom fields.

When looking at projects that can be deleted, you can select projects to clear out from your site based on those that:

• have no issues or
• haven't been updated in a certain amount of time

From here, you can choose to either archive them or send them to the trash.

Move data between sites with cloud-to-cloud migration

We're introducing cloud-to-cloud migration to make it easier for you to move users and projects from one cloud site to another. Cloud-to-cloud migration can help you combine data between two or more cloud sites, split a cloud site into multiple cloud sites, duplicate a cloud site, or move specific projects from one cloud site to another.

Org and site admins can access this feature by logging in to the cloud site you want to move your users and projects from, then going to Settings > System > Migrate cloud site.

The new global issue create experience is enabled for all instances

We’ve modernized and optimized the experience to create issues to make it fast and scalable. Note that you won’t be able to switch back to the old experience.

Use the GitHub for Jira app to connect GitHub Enterprise, instead of DVCS

Jira admins making a new GitHub connection for a new organisation now need to install the GitHub for Jira app. The app functions just like the DVCS Connector, but with better security features and improved performance.

This only applies to new GitHub connections in new organisations. Existing connections using DVCS are not affected.

Learn more about the GitHub for Jira app.

Control what you see in your products

Product recommendations now have controls, so now you can dismiss them or learn more about why you’re seeing them. These controls are being added to the recommendations in the app switcher menu which means you'll have more control and receive better product recommendations.

You can select the three dots next to the recommendation to learn why we have recommended it or to dismiss it entirely.

The recommendation controls will first be released to both Free and Standard teams of up to 50 users. Note: Only admins will be able to add a new product by clicking on the recommendation.

Organize and track work against Compass software components

You can now link issues to Compass components from any company-managed Jira Software project.

This helps your team organize and track work in Jira against elements of your software architecture cataloged in Compass – so you can understand the impact of that work; prioritize work more effectively; and find the information you need to get that work done faster.

Learn more about Compass components

Switch to Compass components (project admins)

1. In your project sidebar, select Components.
2. Check that Compass components are turned on. Next to Create component, it should say Compass components. If it says Jira components, select it and switch to Compass components.
   • Jira components won't be deleted, and they'll still be visible on issues they were previously linked to. You can switch back to Jira components at any time.

Read the full documentation

Link issues to Compass components

If you don't have Compass yet:

1. On the Components page, select Get Compass free. It'll take a couple of minutes to set up.
   • Only site admins can do this; if you're not a site admin, you can send a request to your site admin to get Compass.

If you have Compass, but don't have any software components:

1. On the Components page, select Create component. Compass will open in a new tab.
2. Fill out the information for the new component, including the name, type, owner team, and related source code repository link. Read more about creating Compass components
3. Open any issue in your project.
4. Select the Components field, and choose the Compass component you want to link to the issue.
5. The component and its linked issue will appear on your project's Components page; and you can search for the component in the backlog, boards, and issue navigator.

If you have Compass, and have software components:

1. Open any issue in your project.
2. Select the Components field, and choose the Compass component you want to link to the issue.
3. The component and its linked issue will appear on your project's Components page; and you can search for the component in the backlog, boards, and issue navigator.

Read the full documentation

Connect pending Bitbucket workspaces on the Code page or the development dialog

If someone in your team has begun the process to connect Bitbucket with your Jira site, you can now complete the connection process on the Code page or in the development dialog. You must be a Jira admin to do this.

To connect pending Bitbucket workspaces on the Code page:

1. Go to Code in your project menu.
2. Select Connect workspace in the blue banner to connect a workspace.

To connect pending Bitbucket workspaces using the development dialog:

1. Navigate to an issue in your project.
2. Open the development dialog by selecting either a branch, commit, pull request, build, or deployment from the development panel.
3. Select Connect workspace in the blue banner to connect a workspace.

Read more about integrating Bitbucket with Jira

Use filters to search and display Jira issues

Now you can use filters to search for Jira issues and display them in a list, without leaving the Confluence page.

This improvement follows the release that allows you to search for issues using keywords or JQL, and flexibility to add, remove, and reorder fields.

How to display Jira issues in a list

Start using filters to search for Jira issues:

1. Edit a Jira description or comment.
2. Type /jira and select Jira issues.
3. With Basic selected, use the filters to search by Project, Type, Status, or Assignee.
4. Select Insert issues.

This will display your selected issues in a list format you can interact with.

To edit your list of Jira issues:

1. Select anywhere on the list.
2. Select the Edit button (left-most icon) from the menu that appears at the bottom of the table.
3. Edit your search query using Basic or JQL.
4. Select Insert issues.

Move a mighty amount of issues from a completed sprint

Didn't get through all the issues you'd planned to in a sprint (we're talking more than a thousand or so)?

Take a moment to pause while they're dropped into a new sprint, a sprint that you've already created, or your backlog.

Colourful categories

Project admins can now assign colours to categories from the list view in Jira.

Manage custom fields for your project in context of the list view

You can now create and manage custom fields in context of the list view.

Certain types of work may require specific information for your team to get the job done. Jira now allows you to create and manage these additional fields in context of the list view to save you from navigating away from your work.

This will help your team with viewing the right, relevant information upfront when completing tasks.

To get started with the change, select the plus symbol at the top right of your list view to show or hide more fields, and manage your custom fields.

Track and triage incidents affecting your services in Jira

We’re excited to roll out the new incidents feature in Jira Software Cloud.

This feature pulls in data from connected incident management, monitoring, and observability tools, so your development team can have a holistic view of incidents impacting services they are responsible for.

Our first supported product is Jira Service Management, and we plan to add support for more incident management and observability tools soon.

By turning unexpected incidents into manageable, visible work, you can improve your team’s focus on quick resolution and internal review while building proactive work practices to prevent incidents from happening again.

To get started with the incidents feature:

For some customers who use Jira Service Management, the feature will be available and automatically appear under Operations in the list of features.

To turn it on manually:

1. Go to Project settings > Features.
2. Toggle Incidents on.

We're gradually rolling out the incidents feature over the next few weeks to specific customers. If you don't see it yet, check back again soon.

Finish setting up your development tools from the issue view

Jira site admins can now finish setting up code and deployment tools by following a link from the issue view. If any site admin has installed a tool on your site, we'll show a link on the development panel so you can finish setting it up.

If a code tool has been installed but not configured, we'll show a link to Set up code tools.

If a deployment tool has been installed but not configured, we'll show a link to Set up deployment tools.

To get started:

1. Go to your Jira project and open an issue.
2. In the development panel, select Set up code tools (or Set up deployment tools).
3. In the dropdown, select the tool you want to set up.
4. Follow the steps to finish setting up your integration.

Hide unused fields when creating issues

There can be a lot of fields to scroll through when you’re creating issues, and we know there are many fields that are simply unused.

We’re introducing a feature that only brings up the fields you actually use. We’ll create a personalized Create issue form for each issue type and project.

All the fields you don’t use will be hidden in a More fields section, so you'll always be able to interact with them. The feature is continuously learning. If we notice you using a previously unused field, we’ll pull it out of the More fields section for the next time.

We’ll automatically turn on the feature to hide unused fields when creating issues, but you can manage it by heading to Personal settings and finding to the Jira labs section. From there, you can use the toggle to opt in and out of the feature.

Get suggestions for child issues from AI

Use Atlassian Intelligence to generate a list of suggested child issues, based on the details of the parent issue.

When you accept a suggestion, a new child issue will be created and linked to the parent issue.

To see a list of AI-generated suggestions:

1. Open the parent issue.
2. Select Add a child issue under the issue summary. If you are in a company-managed project and want to create a subtask, select Create subtask.
3. Select Suggest issues.

We’ll then create a list of suggested child issues which you can accept, edit, or decline.

Template bundles in the project create page

Effortlessly create between 2 to 6 projects at once, with bundles. We're helping streamline your project creation process and minimizing the need for repetitive manual tasks. Whether you're working in Jira or Jira Service Management, bundles guarantee a smooth project creation experience.

Choose from two pre-set bundles: the Marketing or the IT team bundle. And if they don't fit your requirements, you have the flexibility to customize and create your own bundle.

There are a few ways you can create a bundle, one way is to:

1. Select the plus icon + in the project sidebar
2. Choose More templates from the dropdown
3. Select Bundles

Another way to create a bundle is to:

1. Select Projects > Create project in the top navigation bar
2. Select Bundles

Use Atlassian Intelligence to define words in the issue description

You can now use Atlassian Intelligence to define one or more words in the issue description. The definitions will be based on information found in connected Confluence spaces.

To use Atlassian Intelligence to define words:

• Make sure the description is in view mode, not edit mode
• Highlight words you need defined
• Select Define

Definitions are only available in the description in view mode.

Maximum cardinality limit on multi-value attributes in Assets

Assets in Jira Service Management is a database and so requires a combination of good data modeling and a great deal of processing power to handle large amounts of data. Here are recommendations for how to structure your data for Assets schemas.

See also: How to build an effective ITAM schema structure.

For this reason, we're introducing a maximum cardinality limit of 20,000 per object type attribute for Assets. Read more about recommended data structures for Assets.

Exceeding these limits can cause performance and reliability issues, therefore each site cannot create further items once they reach the limit. You can find out how many objects your site currently contains using the feature usage screen. Read more about how to track your usage.

Company-managed projects: Create, edit, and delete columns directly on the board

If you want to quickly add or update a column on your board, you don’t need to go far. You can now create, rename, move, set constraints for, and delete columns without leaving the board. You’ll still have the ability to do all of the above in your board’s settings page, but if you’ve only got time for a quick fix, we’ve now got you covered!

If you’re a project or board admin for the board you want to update, you can try the following changes:

• To create a column, select the + icon to the right of all columns.
• To rename a column, select its name to edit directly.
• To move a column, select its top, then drag the column to its new position.
• To set column constraints, right-click its name or hover to select more actions (•••) > Set column limit.
• To delete a column, right-click its name or hover to select more actions (•••) > Delete.

The team field in Jira issues now shows the team icon

Previously, selecting the team field in an issue would prompt a search displaying the singular "Person" icon. The correct "Team" icon now shows to indicate what should be selected for the field.

Improved editing experience for Queues

We've made improvements to the "Basic" editing experience for Queues in Jira Service Management. The update includes improved dropdown fields and the ability to select multiple options for ordering your queue.

View project work in a single list

View all your project's work in a single list that can be quickly scanned and sorted by field. Jira's list view can also be used to create, edit, and view issues in your project.

The list view is enabled by default in all projects. To view your project list, navigate to your project then select List from the sidebar in the Planning section.

Find out more about how to manage and update work in the list view.

View high-level work across multiple teams with a new template

Use the new cross-team planning template to get a high-level view of work across multiple teams.

Improved Jira import support

We’ve expanded import support to Airtable, Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub, Linear, Notion, Smartsheet, YouTrack, and Wrike. Admins can download the CSV file from these apps, upload it to Jira, and import their data into a Jira business or software project with just a few clicks.

To import from these apps:

• Select Projects > Create project.
• From the sidebar, go to More > select Import data.
• Select the app you’d like to import from and follow the directions.

Read about importing data into Jira

Improve the clarity of issue descriptions with AI

Use Atlassian Intelligence to add clarity to your issue descriptions. Quickly improve your descriptions with clear structure and headings so they’re easier to read.

To get started, while you’re writing an issue description:

1. Type / in the issue description field, or select the Atlassian Intelligence button.
2. Type or select Add structure.

Using AI, we’ll generate a new, structured issue description for you to review. Look over the new description, and choose to replace your existing description or add the new one underneath.

Prevent people from exporting content in specific spaces and projects

Data security policies allow you to use rules to control how users, apps, and people outside the organization can interact with content such as Confluence pages and Jira issues.

You can now use the data export rule to prevent people exporting content from particularly sensitive Confluence spaces and Jira projects. Previously, this was only available for policies that covered entire workspaces or classification levels).

The data export rule requires Atlassian Guard Standard (formerly known as Atlassian Access).

To create a new data security policy or view existing policies:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security > Data security policies.

Change the status of multiple issues

In a software project, you can transition up to 1000 issues using your Jira backlog. This now includes issues that have workflows with transition screens.

To start changing the status of multiple issues:

1. Select multiple issues from the backlog.
2. Select Edit.
3. Select Status.

Redesign of the project details page in Jira

The project details page in team-managed projects is clean, smooth, accessible, and just a delight to work with. In fact, we think so highly of it that we've applied that design to company-managed projects in Jira as well!

And if the new design isn't enough of a reason to be excited, you also get more formatting options for the project description.

Get more context-aware work suggestions for build failures

We have enhanced the work suggestions for failed builds to be more context-aware of your workflow.

Customer feedback has highlighted that failed build-type work suggestions are more significant for people engaged in the related pull request than the assignee of the linked Jira issue.

To address this, we have made changes to determine the recipients of failed build-type work suggestions. Whenever a build fails, you will receive a work suggestion if you are the author or reviewer of the corresponding pull request. The suggestion applies regardless of whether you're the assignee on the linked Jira issue.

If a build fails and you meet the criteria, you will automatically receive work suggestions; you don't need to take any extra steps to view these suggestions.

Read more about work suggestions

Manage email notifications based on your role

Due to popular demand, we’re bringing back the ability to manage emails in Jira based on whether you’re a reporter or assignee for an issue.

These changes are being rolled out, so don’t worry if you can’t see them yet - they’ll be there soon!

To manage email notifications based on your role:

1. Select Settings > Personal settings.
2. Select Projects and issues.
3. Turn on the toggle to the right of Send emails for issue activity.
4. Select when you’d like to receive emails for issue activity.

Product admin support for Jira imports

Along with organization admins, product admins can also use Jira’s new import experience to quickly and seamlessly import data into new business or software projects with just a few clicks.

To import data into Jira:

1. Select Projects from the navigation bar > Create project.
2. From the sidebar, go to More > select Import data and follow the instructions.

Read about the new import experience

Duplicate and delete multiple components in Atlassian automation

We're introducing a new feature that allows you to select multiple components at once in the automation rulebuilder and either duplicate or delete them. This change affects both Jira and Confluence, and should help to improve efficiency in the rulebuilder, as you'll no longer need to select each component one at a time to edit them.

To select and edit multiple components at once:

1. Hold down the Ctrl / Command key and click the left button on your mouse or touchpad.
2. Select the number of components you want to duplicate or delete.
3. Once the components are selected, you can use the new menu to duplicate or delete them.

The new global issue create experience is enabled for all instances

We’ve modernized and optimized the experience to create issues to make it fast and scalable. Note that you won’t be able to switch back to the old experience.

Use the GitHub for Jira app to connect GitHub Enterprise, instead of DVCS

Jira admins making a new GitHub connection for a new organisation now need to install the GitHub for Jira app. The app functions just like the DVCS Connector, but with better security features and improved performance.

This only applies to new GitHub connections in new organisations. Existing connections using DVCS are not affected.

Learn more about the GitHub for Jira app.

Control what you see in your products

Product recommendations now have controls, so now you can dismiss them or learn more about why you’re seeing them. These controls are being added to the recommendations in the app switcher menu which means you'll have more control and receive better product recommendations.

You can select the three dots next to the recommendation to learn why we have recommended it or to dismiss it entirely.

The recommendation controls will first be released to both Free and Standard teams of up to 50 users. Note: Only admins will be able to add a new product by clicking on the recommendation.

Make it easy and secure for customers to log in to your help center with single sign-on

When you connect an identity provider to your Jira Service Management site, you can authenticate your customers with SAML single sign-on (SSO).

Before you begin
You must subscribe to Atlassian Access from your organization before you set up SAML single sign-on. Learn more about how to start with Atlassian Access

To set up SAML SSO for portal-only customers:

1. Go to Settings > Products.
2. Under Jira Service Management, select Authentication.
3. Select Add identity provider.
4. Follow the prompts to complete the setup.

Learn more about SAML single sign-on for portal-only customers

Use filters to search and display Jira issues

Now you can use filters to search for Jira issues and display them in a list, without leaving the Confluence page.

This improvement follows the release that allows you to search for issues using keywords or JQL, and flexibility to add, remove, and reorder fields.

How to display Jira issues in a list

Start using filters to search for Jira issues:

1. Edit a Jira description or comment.
2. Type /jira and select Jira issues.
3. With Basic selected, use the filters to search by Project, Type, Status, or Assignee.
4. Select Insert issues.

This will display your selected issues in a list format you can interact with.

To edit your list of Jira issues:

1. Select anywhere on the list.
2. Select the Edit button (left-most icon) from the menu that appears at the bottom of the table.
3. Edit your search query using Basic or JQL.
4. Select Insert issues.

Hide unused fields when creating issues

There can be a lot of fields to scroll through when you’re creating issues, and we know there are many fields that are simply unused.

We’re introducing a feature that only brings up the fields you actually use. We’ll create a personalized Create issue form for each issue type and project.

All the fields you don’t use will be hidden in a More fields section, so you'll always be able to interact with them. The feature is continuously learning. If we notice you using a previously unused field, we’ll pull it out of the More fields section for the next time.

We’ll automatically turn on the feature to hide unused fields when creating issues, but you can manage it by heading to Personal settings and finding to the Jira labs section. From there, you can use the toggle to opt in and out of the feature.

Chat in Slack: Emoji shortcuts are now powered by Jira automation

Emoji shortcuts, based off Halp’s legacy recipes, now use Jira automation’s powerful no-code engine. With this change, admins can manage all automation rules in one place and emoji reactions can be used to edit issues created by Assist in Slack — all allowing for a simpler configuration experience.

If your projects have custom emoji rules, you have until June 4, 2024, to set up similar ones in automation. After that date, the emoji shortcut feature in chat settings will no longer function.

Find out more in our Community blog

Before you start setting up your new automation rules, keep in mind:

• The ticket emoji shortcut used to create issues isn’t affected by this change, so you don’t need to set this up in automation.
• You need to set up the eyes emoji shortcut, which assigns agents to issues. Tip: Use the template from the Emoji shortcuts tab in chat settings to quickly set up this automation.

To set up emoji rules in automation:

1. From your project settings, select Automation.
2. Select Create rule.
3. Select Emoji reaction to Slack message as your trigger*.*
4. Select Turn on rule, name your rule, and then Turn on rule again to save.

To help test your new emoji rules, you can now turn off emoji shortcuts in chat without deleting them:

1. Set up your emoji rule in automation.
2. From the Emoji shortcuts tab in chat settings, find the rule to turn off.
3. Use the toggle to turn off the rule.
4. Test to your satisfaction.

Use Atlassian Intelligence to define words in the issue description

You can now use Atlassian Intelligence to define one or more words in the issue description. The definitions will be based on information found in connected Confluence spaces.

To use Atlassian Intelligence to define words:

• Make sure the description is in view mode, not edit mode
• Highlight words you need defined
• Select Define

Definitions are only available in the description in view mode.

Maximum cardinality limit on multi-value attributes in Assets

Assets in Jira Service Management is a database and so requires a combination of good data modeling and a great deal of processing power to handle large amounts of data. Here are recommendations for how to structure your data for Assets schemas.

See also: How to build an effective ITAM schema structure.

For this reason, we're introducing a maximum cardinality limit of 20,000 per object type attribute for Assets. Read more about recommended data structures for Assets.

Exceeding these limits can cause performance and reliability issues, therefore each site cannot create further items once they reach the limit. You can find out how many objects your site currently contains using the feature usage screen. Read more about how to track your usage.

Data limits for object schemas in Assets

Assets in Jira Service Management is a database and so requires a combination of good data modeling and a great deal of processing power to handle large amounts of data. Here are recommendations for how to structure your data for Assets schemas.

See also: How to build an effective ITAM schema structure.

For this reason, we have introduced limitations on how many objects, attributes, and attribute characters can be stored inside schemas within each individual Assets in Jira Service Management site. Read more about how much data you can store in Assets.

Exceeding these limits can cause performance and reliability issues, therefore each site cannot create further items once they reach the limit. You can find out how many objects your site currently contains using the feature usage screen. Read more about how to track your usage.

The team field in Jira issues now shows the team icon

Previously, selecting the team field in an issue would prompt a search displaying the singular "Person" icon. The correct "Team" icon now shows to indicate what should be selected for the field.

Improved editing experience for Queues

We've made improvements to the "Basic" editing experience for Queues in Jira Service Management. The update includes improved dropdown fields and the ability to select multiple options for ordering your queue.

Update the request types of issues using Atlassian Intelligence

We've released a new feature powered by Atlassian Intelligence that updates the request types for multiple issues at once. This is particularly useful when you receive requests by email and end up with a lot of issues with the Emailed request request type. By using the Atlassian Intelligence triage feature, you can easily update these issues to have more appropriate request types.

To update the request types of issues with Atlassian Intelligence:

1. Select issues in your queue.
2. Select Triage.
3. Review the suggestions and select the issues you want to update.
4. Select Apply.

Attach a form directly from the request type configuration page

We’ve made it even easier for admins to attach new forms to request types without needing to navigate to form settings.

After selecting Attach form when in request type, you can now choose to either create a new form from the form template library, or search and select an existing form.

Select Create from template to browse over 200 form templates with pre-built conditional sections and rich formatting to help get you started sooner. Or Select existing to search all forms across your entire project.

Read more about adding forms to request types

Publish any type of view to stakeholders

Publish any type of view views to stakeholders inside and outside your organization. For example, you could publish a view to senior leadership to provide them with an overview of a strategic scope or even with external customers so they can track upcoming feature requests.

In the following link, you can find out more about publishing views, the required permissions, and so on.

Use the GitHub for Jira app to connect GitHub Enterprise, instead of DVCS

Jira admins making a new GitHub connection for a new organisation now need to install the GitHub for Jira app. The app functions just like the DVCS Connector, but with better security features and improved performance.

This only applies to new GitHub connections in new organisations. Existing connections using DVCS are not affected.

Learn more about the GitHub for Jira app.

Roadmaps are now available in Premium

Jira Product Discovery roadmaps are a way to get a bird's-eye view of all your cross-product initiatives.

Create your first roadmap by following these steps:

1. At the top navigation bar, select Roadmaps
2. Click Create a roadmap
3. Choose a roadmap name and an emoji.
4. Select which Jira Product Discovery projects to include in your roadmap and click Create.

What is a roadmap?

Customizable page creation from Confluence databases

Utilize more flexible and customizable page creation configurations in the page link field of Confluence databases.

You can choose a fixed or dynamic page location. This means new pages can either always be created in one place or dynamically created from wherever you're editing.

Additionally, where you could previously only choose one, now use both a page template and a database entry macro for newly created pages.

Transfer ownership of up to 100 pages at once

When someone leaves the company, they may leave behind a number of unmanned Confluence pages that become outdated without anyone realizing it. Space administrators with Confluence Premium or Enterprise now have a filter in the content manager that reveals pages with deactivated page owners. This allows them to quickly identify content that is no longer actively managed, and either remove it or transfer ownership (of up to 100 pages at a time) to someone else.

This new filter for “pages without active owners” has been consolidated into a dropdown with the filter for inactive pages.

Learn more about the content manager

• Select Content manager from the sidebar of a space you administer.
• Select the Filters drop-down in the top-left.
• Select Pages without active owners
• Once you select a page, you’ll see button options to Archive, Delete, or Change owner.

Automatically get a personal space

A personal space in Confluence is a place of your own to jot down new ideas, introduce yourself to your team, keep track of tasks, store important items or files, polish content before sharing with others, and more.

You can choose to leave the space open for others to visit and collaborate, or you can restrict the pages so that no one else can see them.

If you don't already have a personal space, one will be created for you after you've logged in and viewed a page. There are three ways to get to your personal space:

• Select Spaces in the global navigation bar. Your personal space is automatically starred for easy access.
• Select your profile icon at the top right of the global navigation bar and select Personal Space.
• Select Home in the global navigation bar. All starred spaces are shown on the right.

Learn more about personal spaces

Transfer of page ownership between users

When a page is created, the person who creates is now known as the owner of that page. We've made it possible for page owners to transfer ownership of their page to another person at any time. Space and site admins can also transfer page ownership from one user to another.

This way, if a current page owner leaves a project, team, or company, ownership of the page can then be granted to whomever is most appropriate, and maintenance and validity of the page remains fresh.

A page owner is the ‘point person’ for a given page and their name appears in the byline, under the page title.

Learn more about page ownership and how it can be transferred

Control what you see in your products

Product recommendations now have controls, so now you can dismiss them or learn more about why you’re seeing them. These controls are being added to the recommendations in the app switcher menu which means you'll have more control and receive better product recommendations.

You can select the three dots next to the recommendation to learn why we have recommended it or to dismiss it entirely.

The recommendation controls will first be released to both Free and Standard teams of up to 50 users. Note: Only admins will be able to add a new product by clicking on the recommendation.

Template suggestions in the page editor

When creating a new page, you start off with popular templates featured first.

Once you begin adding a title to the page, these featured templates will be replaced by suggested templates: templates that may be a better match for your needs based on the title you entered.

1. Create a new page.
2. Start typing a page title.
3. Recommendations of popular templates will be replaced by suggested templates, based on the title you've entered.

Use Confluence databases to organize and connect work

Confluence databases will be generally available to everyone over the coming weeks. Use databases to structure, connect, and manage your work.

Organize information with structured fields, connect your work with real-time syncing across databases and pages, and visualize information using layouts and custom views.

Explore what's possible with Confluence databases and see how to get started.

See comments appear, resolve, and reopen in real time

When a new comment is created, a highlight will now appear on the page in real-time. Similarly, comment replies - along with resolved or reopened comments - will also appear instantly in real-time.

Restore and reattach inline comments, even after deleting highlighted text

Inline comments anchored to highlighted text can get resolved when that text is changed or deleted during an editing session. It is now possible to restore those comments by reattaching them to selected text in the editor.

Resolved comments can be accessed from the More actions menu on the toolbar. Find the resolved inline comment you want to restore, and select Restore comment.

In the editor, highlight text you'd like to add the comment to, and select Add comment.

Share whiteboards with anyone

Let anyone with a whiteboard’s public link (even external people) view what’s happening on a whiteboard in real-time. This can be useful for sharing roadmaps, brainstorms, holding workshops, and more.

Anonymous visitors are represented in the top toolbar and as a cursor moving across the whiteboard while they’re viewing it. They can see collaborators working on the board and other anonymous visitors.

Anonymous visitors and their cursors are also visible to collaborators who are working on the internal version of the whiteboard. Collaborators can control what their name appears as to anonymous visitors.

To turn on and copy a whiteboard’s public link:

1. Go to a whiteboard.
2. Select Share.
3. Turn the Public link toggle on. This will auto-copy the public link.
4. Or if the toggle is already on, simply select Copy public link and share it.

To view what public whiteboard visitors see, you can copy the public link and paste it into your browser.

Configure and display labeled content with clarity and ease

You can now find and customize the Filter by label macro (formerly known as "Content by Label") more easily than ever, thanks to the following changes:

• New and improved name and icon for instant discovery.
• A simpler filtering experience with a more clearly organized dropdown menu.
• An overall clearer and better organized set of options in the configuration modal, for faster and easier customization.

Collaborate and turn ideas into action with Confluence whiteboards

Confluence whiteboards will be generally available to everyone over the coming weeks. Use whiteboards to collaborate and turn ideas into action, faster than ever before.

Whiteboards are great for collaborative activities, such as brainstorming ideas, running retrospectives, planning out and breaking down work for your team, prioritizing what’s coming next, creating diagrams and flowcharts, and more.

Take advantage of integrations with products like Jira. You’ll be able to turn sticky notes into Jira issues and create relationships between issues.

Compare plans and explore what’s possible with whiteboards.

Manage space access in bulk

Admins can now save a bunch of time and repetitive tasks by adding a single user or group to all spaces on a site (or remove them from all spaces) in one bulk action.

This can be done for literally all spaces on the site, for all spaces except personal spaces, or exclusively for all personal spaces.

Catch up quickly with page comments summary

Now, Atlassian Intelligence can summarize page comments for you, making it easier and faster to catch up on important feedback. Just navigate to the bottom of the page, above the first page comment, and select Summarize comments.

New comments since you last checked? Select the refresh icon to generate a summary that includes all the latest feedback.

Introducing content generation with richer context

Get smarter content creation with the AI-powered features in the Editor! With this update, you can now access information from your Jira and Confluence instances. Just share a link, and the AI will use data from these sources, making your content creation more insightful and comprehensive.

• Smartlinks: Use Smartlinks to seamlessly integrate information from Confluence pages and Jira issues. Simply paste a link, and the AI will automatically consider the content when crafting your prompt.
  Try: Give me a tl;dr about this project <link to project page>
• Content summarization: Get AI-powered summaries of articles, comments, Jira tickets, and Confluence content. This can help you quickly understand complex topics and extract key insights.
  Try: Summarise the work that has been done on this ticket <link to Jira ticket>
• Comprehension assistance: Leverage AI to translate user stories into technical content, highlight important points in documents, group fragmented information, and map relevant details. This streamlines your workflow and saves you valuable time.
  Try: List all the open action items from this page <link to meeting notes>

Admins can now create automation rules for public links

We're adding the ability to create automation rules directly from the public links setting on a page.

When an admin on a Confluence space with automation turns a page's public link on or off, they will see a prompt to create a new automation rule to manage public links.

Automatically build automation rules for public links

Admins can now create automation rules to manage public links on their Confluence site.

When you use the public links settings, we'll show you a prompt to automatically build a rule for public links in new spaces.

Automatically build automation rules to assign guest users to a space

Admins can now create automation rules to manage space assignments for guest users.

We'll show you a prompt to automatically build a rule to assign spaces to new guest users when you assign spaces in three ways:

• Using the dropdown menu next to the guest user's name
• Using the bulk assign screen
• Setting a default space for guest users in Global Permissions

Improved collaboration with image and video comments

You can now add comments to images and videos in Confluence Cloud, making collaboration and adding context a breeze. ️

This update lets you add comments directly to images and videos on your pages. When viewing a page, hover over or focus on an image, and a new comment button will appear. While editing, select the image and use the new comment button in the toolbar.

Like text comments, you can easily add your thoughts and discussions. When a comment is added, a handy icon will appear in the corner of the image, letting you know there's a discussion brewing.

Just a heads up: Inline images can't be commented on yet, and each image or video can only have one comment thread.

Set the default space for new guests

Admins will now be able to choose a default space for all future guests directly from the Assign guest to a space interface. When assigning a guest to a space, admins will now see a checkbox that lets them use that space as the default space for guests.

Confluence admins navigate to Settings (wheel icon) and select Global Permissions.

1. Select the Guests tab.
2. Select one or more guests and select + Assign Space.
3. Select a space and then check the box next to Set as default space for guests.
4. Select Assign.

Get a direct path to the default space for guests

Admins will now be able to access the default guest space settings in Global permissions directly from the guest request access email. We’ve made it easier for admins to understand the benefits of setting a default space for guest accounts.

Emails sent to admins when a guest requests access will now include a link that takes the admin directly to the relevant settings page. The same link will also appear in the weekly summary of all guest accounts without space access.

All users can now use smart buttons to create automation rules in Confluence

All users can now add smart buttons to Confluence pages. Smart Buttons run an automation rule when any user selects the button.

Previously, only space admins and Confluence admins could create and trigger automation rules.

To add a smart button, enter Edit mode and:

1. Select the insert menu (+ icon) from the toolbar or type /smart button to bring up the insert menu from the page.
2. Select Smart Button.
3. The smart button panel opens on the right side of the screen. From this panel, choose a template.
4. The smart button panel shows the selected template. Edit the values in each component to set up how your rule will run.
5. Select Save button to activate the button on the page.

Comment on whiteboards for further collaboration

The commenting experience will now be available in whiteboards, alongside pages. Leave comments, @mention teammates, reply to conversations, and more with comments in Confluence whiteboards. You can see mentions and replies directly in your notifications.

Switch to comment mode in a whiteboard by selecting the comment icon in the toolbar on the right or use M on your keyboard. Once you're in comment mode, click anywhere on the whiteboard to create a comment.

More delightful reactions with floating emojis

We’ve made reactions more delightful in Confluence!

All users can now respond with floating emojis on Confluence pages, blogs, and comments, and even react to activity in your home feed.

This isn't limited to our emojis – the floating effects will work on any Atlassian-provided emojis or custom emojis you've created. 

To get started, go to an existing comment and select an emoji. The delightful reaction will then appear on your screen.

Introducing Spaces report: Empower your space management

Unlock comprehensive space management with our new Spaces report feature. Export detailed CSV reports on space activity, creation, and more directly from Confluence. This feature is ideal for admins seeking insights into space usage, activity, and storage.

Key changes:

• Exportable CSV reports for product admins, detailing each space's key metrics.

• Reports include space key, name, type, status, creation date, last activity, and storage used.

• New Spaces report page under Data management for easy access and report management.

• Supports organization, site, and product admins across Standard, Premium, and Enterprise plans.

This feature also provides essential space management data previously unavailable in Confluence. It aids in identifying inactive spaces, managing storage, and enhancing external collaboration, significantly improving admin efficiency and decision-making.

Prevent people from using public links in specific spaces

Data security policies allow you to use rules to control how users, apps, and people outside the organization can interact with content such as Confluence pages and Jira issues.

You can now use the public links rule to prevent people creating and accessing public links in particularly sensitive Confluence spaces. Previously, this was only available for policies that covered classification levels or entire Confluence instances. How the public links rule works

The public links rule requires Atlassian Guard Standard (formerly known as Atlassian Access).

To create a new data security policy or view existing policies:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security > Data security policies.

Prevent people from exporting content in specific spaces and projects

Data security policies allow you to use rules to control how users, apps, and people outside the organization can interact with content such as Confluence pages and Jira issues.

You can now use the data export rule to prevent people exporting content from particularly sensitive Confluence spaces and Jira projects. Previously, this was only available for policies that covered entire workspaces or classification levels).

The data export rule requires Atlassian Guard Standard (formerly known as Atlassian Access).

To create a new data security policy or view existing policies:

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security > Data security policies.

Introducing text highlighting

We are thrilled to announce the addition of text highlighting to our editor, a highly requested feature that enhances your content creation and collaboration experience. This new functionality allows you to easily highlight text, making important information stand out.

The ability to highlight text is easily accessed from the main editing toolbar, located right beside the text color option. Six highlight colors are available: grey, teal, lime, orange, magenta, and purple.

Highlighting can only be done by individuals with editing privileges for a page, unlike comments.

Premium and Enterprise: Customize a dynamic info hub for your entire company with Company Hub

Company Hub allows you to customize a beautiful and dynamic company-wide information central within Confluence, where employees can go for up-to-date announcements, news, key resources, and more.

Product admins can add a custom name and color scheme along with images, visual cards, links, and more to instantly craft a hub that looks and feels like your company's go-to destination.

This feature is currently in beta and rolling out gradually to our Premium and Enterprise customers.

New cross-product actions available in Confluence automation

We've added 3 new cross-product actions in Confluence automation: Create version, Comment on issue, and Delete issue. Previously, these actions were only available in Jira automation. However, with this update, you can now create versions in Jira and delete or comment on Jira issues via Confluence automation.

To use the Create version action:

1. In the Confluence automation rulebuilder, select any trigger.
2. Select Add action and then select Create Version in Jira.
3. Enter a valid name into the Version name field.
4. Open the More options section and then select a valid project.
5. Turn on your rule. You can check the audit log to verify a new version was created.

To use the Delete issue action or Comment on issue action:

1. In the Confluence automation rulebuilder, select any trigger.
2. Select Add a branch, then select Branch rule / related Jira issues.
3. Configure a connection to your selected site.
4. In the branch, select Add action.
5. Add the Delete issue or Comment on issue action. This action's connected site should automatically be the same as the branch's.
6. Turn on your rule. You can check the audit log to verify if the issue was deleted or commented on.

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Bulk change page status in Content manager

Enhance your content lifecycle management with the ability to bulk change the status of pages in Content manager. This feature supports key admin jobs-to-be-done, streamlining the verification process for spaces used as a source of truth.

Key changes:

• Bulk change the status of pages or page owner within the Content manager feature.

• Aids admins in efficiently managing content lifecycle loops, such as marking pages as verified or changing verified pages to needs verification.

To use this feature:

1. Select Space settings in the left sidebar of your site, then Content manager.
2. Select the checkbox for each page that you want to update.
3. Select Change owner or Change status, then choose your new status or owner.

Search directly from the content tree

Now you can filter items in the content tree by title, making it faster and easier to find what you're looking for.

Just select the magnifying glass below the Content header and start entering a keyword from the item's title.

Quick react from Confluence content creation notification emails

We've added emojis directly to content creation notification emails about pages and blog posts, allowing you to easily engage collaborators with a quick reaction. With a simpler reactions experience contextually available, users can reduce tool-switching by reacting directly from the email.

Effortless content arrangement with drag-and-drop

This update introduces new drag-and-drop functionality for top-level elements in the Confluence editor, making it easier than ever to arrange your content. This feature enhances the user experience by allowing smooth content movement, reducing the need for cut-and-paste actions, and providing a more intuitive and modern editing experience.

What's new:

• Drag and drop for top-level elements: A new drag handle makes it easy to rearrange any top-level element on your page.
• Instant selection: Select any element with a single action on the drag handle for fast and convenient movement.
• Auto-scroll functionality: Move content above or below the fold with automatic scrolling, ensuring smooth navigation while rearranging elements.

Fixed column widths for tables

We’re pleased to introduce a new feature that enhances your control over your tables. You can now set column widths to fixed, ensuring that your table layout remains consistent even on narrow screens. This option is available in Table options in the table toolbar and is unchecked by default, allowing tables to scale as they always have. For those who prefer their tables to respond dynamically to screen sizes, we’ve increased the maximum scaling to give your tables even more flexibility.

How to use:

1. Insert or select a table on your page.
2. Select the Table options icon in the table toolbar.
3. Select the Fixed column widths option to prevent your table columns from scaling down on narrow screens.

This update allows you to maintain the integrity of your table layouts across different screen sizes, providing a more consistent viewing experience.

Automation: Project created trigger

One for the Confluence automation fans! You can now trigger Confluence automation rules when a Jira project is created.

For example, you could create a rule where every time a Jira project is created, Confluence creates a corresponding space and pages.

To give this a try:

1. Navigate to Confluence automation
   • For space automation, go to Space settings > Automation
   • For global automation, go to Confluence administration > Automation
2. When creating or modifying a rule, select Project created in Jira as the trigger.

Space admins: Rename space key in Confluence Cloud

We’re adding the ability to change your space’s key. Renaming space keys can help with accurately representing a company to users and publicly as organization changes take place. It can also help to prevent conflicts during migrations for newly created spaces.

Key changes

• Space admins can rename their space (for example, during acquisitions, organization restructuring, or if the department, username, or team name changes).

• The old space key will redirect to the new URL.

To get started with this change:

1. As a space admin, go to Space settings > Manage space > Space details.
2. Select Edit space details.
3. Enter your new name in the Space key text box.
4. Select Save.

Experience improvements to whiteboards

We've made multiple improvements to whiteboards that will make them easier to use and more flexible for your needs.

Key changes:

• Set connectors to be dotted or dashed, in addition to the existing solid style.
• Quickly align selected elements in many ways: left, right, horizontally, vertically, top, or bottom.
• Drag stickers directly from the toolbar.
• Create issues without making a selection first by selecting Create Jira issue from the More menu in the toolbar.
• Set the toolbar to minimize when you're not using it. To do this, go to Preferences in the right-side toolbar and select the checkbox Auto-minimize under the Main toolbar section.
• Find keyboard shortcuts with the updated menu. Use the tabbed sections to navigate between options. To open the shortcuts menu, go to the More menu at the top right of the screen and select Keyboard shortcuts.

Enhanced inline commenting

You can now comment directly on inline elements such as emojis, statuses, mentions, dates, and inline cards (Smart links). Users can now leave comments on these specific elements, streamlining the commenting process and making it more intuitive and efficient for providing feedback and collaborating on documents.

Add hyperlinks to whiteboards

Hyperlinks can now be added to whiteboards text.

Easily share links with your collaborators on a whiteboard through free text or text within an element. Hyperlinked text will appear blue.

Automation: Filter audit log entries by status

In the Automation audit log, you can now show or hide entries based on status, making it easier to find specific rule runs and investigate rules that aren't working as intended.

To check it out:

1. Navigate to automation:
   • For Confluence automation, go to Confluence settings > Automation
   • For Jira automation, go to Jira settings > System > Global automation
2. Select Audit log.
3. Select Status and choose which statuses you want to filter by.

Create more custom shapes with whiteboards border styling

Add borders to shapes in Confluence whiteboards.

Choose between a solid or dashed line border, with a selection of colors. Borders can be added to a shape with or without fill color.

You can remove borders by selecting the border button again. A shape must have a fill color to remove the border.

More control over notifications

Page owners no longer receive notifications by default when someone interacts with their page. Instead, they can opt-in to notifications by choosing to Watch the page. This change reduces the noise of unnecessary communications (for example, when pages are no longer actively monitored or updated) — and improves the value of the notifications that do appear in the person's inbox and message feeds.

Read more about how to watch a page

Duplicate and delete multiple components in Atlassian automation

We're introducing a new feature that allows you to select multiple components at once in the automation rulebuilder and either duplicate or delete them. This change affects both Jira and Confluence, and should help to improve efficiency in the rulebuilder, as you'll no longer need to select each component one at a time to edit them.

To select and edit multiple components at once:

1. Hold down the Ctrl / Command key and click the left button on your mouse or touchpad.
2. Select the number of components you want to duplicate or delete.
3. Once the components are selected, you can use the new menu to duplicate or delete them.

Collaborate more easily on whiteboards by following your teammates

Follow your teammates wherever they are on Confluence whiteboards for easier collaboration.

You can follow anyone by clicking their avatar at the top of the whiteboard.

Cache key support for self-hosted runners

Since releasing cache key support for builds on the Atlassian infrastructure earlier this year, we have been actively working to add cache key support for our customers who are using runners. That being said, we are happy to announce that we now support runners using cache key to generate caches. Additional documentation on smart caches with cache keys can be found in the following section of our Caches help documentation: Caching with file-based cache keys.

Upgrade your Compass GitHub app to allow Compass to ingest pull request data

Accept the updated permissions for your Compass GitHub app to authorize Compass to enrich the PR data/insights we show you in Compass.

Upgrade your Compass GitHub app:

1. In GitHub, go to the organization settings for the organization that you've connected the Compass app to.
2. Select GitHub apps on the left sidebar.
3. Select the Review request link.
4. Enter your GitHub password.
5. Select Accept new permissions.

You're now on the latest version of the Compass GitHub app.