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We're pleased to present Jira Software 10.3 Long Term Support (LTS).

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Jira Software 10.3 is a Long Term Support release

This means we'll provide bug fix releases until Jira 10.3 reaches its end-of-life date (December 5, 2026) to address critical security, stability, data integrity, and performance issues. 

Ready to upgrade? Check out the release notes for a summary of changes since 9.12 LTS. 

If you’re upgrading from Jira 8.x or Jira 9.x, see Upgrading Jira applications for all the necessary steps.

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Read the upgrade notes for important info about this release and see the full list of issues resolved.

Compatible applications

If you're looking for compatible Jira applications, look no further: Jira Service Management 10.3 release notes.


End-of-life policy

Atlassian supports feature versions for two years after the first major iteration of that version was released. Once a version reaches its end of life (EOL), we’ll no longer provide support for it. Here are the EOL dates for Jira Software 10.3, 9.12, and 9.4:

  • Jira Software 10.3: 5 December 2026
  • Jira Software 9.12: 29 November 2025
  • Jira Software 9.4: 31 January 2025

For more information, see the Atlassian Support end-of-life policy.

What's changed since the last LTS release

Jira 10.3 is a Long Term Support (LTS) release. It contains all features introduced since the last LTS version, Jira 9.12, and provides fixes for known issues in this version.

If you’re interested in learning more about a specific type of improvement, you can go to one of the following sections:

Top features

Here's a summary of the great new features that await you after upgrading to Jira Software 10.3.

The summary of changes is divided by the versions in which they were released, but it doesn't mean you have to upgrade through each version separately. You can go straight from 9.4 or 9.12 to 10.3.

Release

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Release notes

10.3

  • Dark theme is officially here
  • Light theme becomes the new default

Jira Software 10.3 release notes

10.2

  • Accessibility improvements for low-vision and keyboard-only users
  • New login experience with two-step verification
  • Turn off the lights in Jira automation
  • Your logo in light and dark
  • New header color in the original theme
  • Image attachments thumbnails in emails
  • Secrets management just got more secure
  • Jira automation support for Microsoft Teams webhooks
  • Component validations for disabled automation rules
  • Connectivity check for sharing usage data
  • Integrity Checker improvements
  • Changes to metrics served by the JMX exporter
  • Alert, metric, and statistics logs in Jira automation
  • Bulk commit fetching
  • Refine your license limit health check alerts from the UI
  • Change the default issue order in your project
  • Introducing Local Lexorank Repair

Jira Software 10.2 release notes

10.1

  • Share usage data
  • Automation rule validation
  • Webhooks auditing
  • Secure your Jira Mobile iOS devices with OAuth 2.0

Jira Software 10.1 release notes

10.0

  • Introducing Data Center Security Hub
  • Upgrade to Atlassian Data Center Platform 7
  • Turn off the lights with dark theme
  • Java 17 becomes the default
  • Jira Software Data Center is migrated and fully exposes RESTv2
  • End of support for the H2 database engine
  • Updates to Jira automation
  • Velocity template and allowlist security improvements
  • New default endpoint security annotations
  • Security monitoring and alerts
  • Enabling attachment storage in Amazon S3 without a feature flag
  • Deprecating MD5 in workflow layouts
  • Almost out of user licenses? Get an early alert

Jira Software 10.0 release notes

9.17

  • Introducing support for the Client Credential Grant Flow in Application links

Jira Software 9.17 release notes

9.16

  • Streamlined field configuration experience
  • Store backups securely in S3 object storage
  • New Local backup security health check

Jira Software 9.16 release notes

9.15

  • Introducing Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) to Jira Software Data Center
  • Restrict file extensions that can be uploaded to your Jira
  • Tightening security with a websudo allowlist
  • Confluence Page Viewer replaces the Confluence Page Gadget

Jira Software 9.15 release notes

9.14

  • The ATST app upgraded to 1.54.0 with a new health check
  • Archive issues with Jira Automation

Jira Software 9.14 release notes

9.13

  • Always view the oldest or newest displayed comments first
  • Update the descriptions of multiple issues at the same time
  • Add watchers while creating issues
  • Secure a database password by storing it in HashiCorp Vault

Jira Software 9.13 release notes

9.12

This is a Long Term Support release.

  • No new features to keep everything smooth and stable

Jira Software 9.12 release notes

Critical bug fixes

Every release contains a bunch of bug fixes. Here is the list of fixes to issues with critical severity since version 9.12.

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10.2

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10.1

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10.0

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9.17

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9.16

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9.15

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9.14

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9.13

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9.12

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Resolved issues

Issues resolved in 10.3.0
Released on 5 December 2024

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