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6 December 2010

The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.2.1. This point release contains several updates and fixes, including the issue of remembering which sections of the 'View Issue' screen are collapsed. This point release is a highly recommended upgrade as it contains important fixes to security vulnerabilities — please refer to the JIRA Security Advisory 2010-12-06 for details.

JIRA 4.2.1 is of course free to all customers with active JIRA software maintenance.

Don't have JIRA 4.2 yet?
Take a look at all the new features in the JIRA 4.2 Release Notes and see what you are missing out on!

Upgrading from a Previous Version of JIRA

If you are upgrading, please read the JIRA 4.2.1 Upgrade Guide.

Updates and Fixes in this Release

JIRA 4.2.1 includes the following updates and bug fixes:

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