Jira Software 8.5.x release notes
21 October 2019
We're pleased to present Jira Software 8.5.Highlights
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Read the upgrade notes for important info about this release and see the full list of issues resolved.
If you're planning to upgrade to Jira 8.5.x, we advise upgrading to version 8.5.2 or later as several known issues have been fixed in this version.
Compatible applications
If you're looking for compatible Jira applications, look no further:
Jira Software 8.5 is a Long Term Support release
This means we'll provide bug fix releases until 8.5 reaches end of life, to address critical security, stability, data integrity, and performance issues.
Ready to upgrade? Check out the Jira Software 8.5 Enterprise release change log for a roll-up of changes since 7.6.
Advanced Roadmaps is now part of Jira Software Data Center
In Jira Software 8.15 we made Advanced Roadmaps available to all customers with a Data Center license. You can read more about it in the release notes.
We know many of you won’t upgrade before the next Long Term Support release, so we’ve made Advanced Roadmaps available to you now. If you have Jira Software Data Center you can install the latest version of the app. You won’t need an app license, we’ll recognise your Data Center license. We recommend you also upgrade the Universal Plugin Manager (UPM) to the latest version.
See our FAQ for all the details
If you’re a server customer and already have Advanced Roadmaps (formerly Jira Portfolio), you can continue to renew your license. If you don’t already have a license you’ll need to upgrade to Data Center to get the app.
New check available in ATST
In the recent version of the Atlassian Troubleshooting and Support Tools plugin, we've introduced the Explicit garbage collection check. It checks that you’re using the recommended JVM startup parameters for explicit garbage collection (GC). If this isn’t configured correctly, it can cause performance issues. This check will start automatically if you manually update the ATST app to 1.20.0. Learn more
Hungry for new features?
A lot has changed since we released Jira 7.13.x, which also was a Long Term Support release. We introduced issue archiving, improved performance and accessibility, and did other spectacular things to make Jira better for you. See all the changes and fixes that happened between JIRA 7.6 and 8.5 in our change log.
API change log
To help you get a full picture of what has changed since our last Long Term Support releases, we've prepared the REST API change log. Learn more
Long Term Support releases, performance-wise
For every Jira release, we run extensive performance tests to compare the latest version to the previous one. This is to see how the new features affect Jira, and to make sure we’re not introducing any performance regressions.
We’re also comparing performance between Jira Long Term Support releases. These are usually a few versions apart, so the improvements are much more visible than between smaller, feature releases.
You can see the results of our Jira 7.6 ER to Jira 8.5 ER and Jira 7.13 ER to Jira 8.5 ER performance comparison in Performance and scale testing.
Resolved issues
Issues resolved in 8.5.0
Released on 21 October 2019
Issues resolved in 8.5.1
Released on 6 November 2019
Issues resolved in 8.5.2
Released on 16 December 2019
Issues resolved in 8.5.3
Released on 9 January 2020
Issues resolved in 8.5.4
Released on 19 March 2020
Issues resolved in 8.5.5
Released on 8 June 2020
Issues resolved in 8.5.6
Released on 20 July 2020
Issues resolved in 8.5.7
Released on 10 August 2020
Issues resolved in 8.5.8
Released on 7 September 2020
Issues resolved in 8.5.9
Released on 12 October 2020
Issues resolved in 8.5.10
Released on 1 December 2020
Issues resolved in 8.5.11
Released on 14 January 2021
Issues resolved in 8.5.12
Released on 16 February 2021
Issues resolved in 8.5.13
Released on 23 March 2021
Issues resolved in 8.5.14
Released on 20 April 2021
This release contains fixes that are restricted from viewing because of their security level.
Issues resolved in 8.5.15
Released on 20 April 2021
Issues resolved in 8.5.16
Released on 15 June 2021
Issues resolved in 8.5.17
Released on 15 July 2021
The binary installers for this version of Jira Software are bundled with JRE 8u291, which prevents secure connections with MySQL Community Edition 5.7.27 or earlier over TLS versions 1 and 1.1. For more information, see Jira Software 8.5.x upgrade notes.
Issues resolved in 8.5.18
Released on 18 August 2021
This release contains fixes that are restricted from viewing because of their security level.
Issues resolved in 8.5.19
Released on 16 September 2021