Documentation for JIRA 5.2. Documentation for other versions of JIRA is available too.

A Release Candidate (RC) is a preliminary release leading up to the official release of a JIRA version. RC releases are a fairly stable snapshot of our work in progress and provide an advance preview of new features to the general public. JIRA plugin developers can also use RC releases to test and fix their plugins in advance of an official release.

Do not use in production

RC releases should not be used in production environments as they are not officially supported.

Please also take note of the following information:

  • RC releases may not be safe — RC releases are snapshots of the ongoing JIRA development process. As such:
    • While we deem these releases to be fairly stable, they have not undergone sufficient testing to be deemed an official (final) release.
    • While feature development work is complete, some features may be subject to change or be removed before the next full release.
  • No upgrade path — Because RC releases still represent work in progress, we cannot provide a supported upgrade path between RC releases, from Beta to RC releases, or from any RC to the eventual final release. Thus, any data you store in a JIRA RC release may not be able to be migrated to a future JIRA release.
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