This page includes release notes and updates for Jira Cloud app developers. Use this page to keep track of upcoming changes, deprecation notices, new features, and feature updates from Jira Cloud Platform.
For updates about changes to the Forge platform, see the Forge changelog in the Forge documentation.
Go to our developer community to ask questions. You may also be interested in the What's New blog for Atlassian Cloud where details of major changes that affect all users of the Jira Cloud products are announced.
You can now provide dynamic descriptions for the configuration of Forge workflow conditions, validators and post functions. These descriptions will appear on the overview card for configured rules in the new workflow editor and help admins locate previously configured rules.
Use the configurationDescription property and provide a Jira expression, which can reference the config context variable to describe the current configuration of the rule.
You can now enable your Forge workflow conditions, validators and post functions in team-managed workflows. Use the projectTypes property to configure whether your rule should be enabled for company-managed projects, team-managed projects, or both.
You can now provide dynamic descriptions for the configuration of Connect workflow conditions, validators and post functions. These descriptions will appear on the overview card for configured rules in the new workflow editor and help admins locate previously configured rules.
Use the configurationDescription property and provide a Jira expression, which can reference the config context variable to describe the current configuration of the rule.
The following UI Kit Editor components are now available through Forge’s Early Access Program (EAP). To join, please complete this sign-up form.
These components are available in Confluence and Jira modules.
When defining resolvers, the front-end code can share the types with the backend so the invocation interface is type-safe. This helps catch potential errors during compilation.
Forge Automation Actions is now available in Preview. This feature allows you to extend the Automation Platform and add new Forge-based actions to your app. During Preview, the Automation Actions in your app can be used in production environments.
For more information, see the Forge Automation Action documentation and share your feedback to help us improve
As of Oct 9, 2025, we’ll be moving the location of the configuration for JSM approvals in company-managed projects from status properties to a new approvalConfiguration property on the status. The following endpoints will be affected:
Refer to CHANGE-1656 for more details.
Forge platform will be undergoing maintenance in commercial production on October 12, 2025 for approximately 1 minute between 3-4am UTC
During this interval, below capabilities will not be available intermittently:
Create/update/delete apps
Deploy apps
Install/uninstall/upgrade apps
App invocations will continue to work for existing users of the apps. However, new customers might not be able to use apps as consent process will be impacted during this interval as well.
Starting Mar 31, 2026, the ability to update existing Jira or Confluence apps using a Connect descriptor on the Atlassian Marketplace will be deprecated. This change aligns with our strategic shift to the Forge platform.
Additionally, this means the following:
Atlassian Marketplace will no longer poll for Connect descriptor updates. However, apps using Connect modules that have adopted the Forge manifest can still receive updates.
Installing new Connect private apps via Connected Apps will no longer be available and private app development should move to Forge.
What this means for partners:
Partners should plan to update Connect apps on the Atlassian Marketplace by Mar 30, 2026 at the latest.
All new app development should be conducted on Forge.
See the Adopting Forge from Connect documentation to know more about how to migrate to Forge
You can now add and edit configuration for function validators in the new workflow editor. This update lets you save configuration data and pass it to the lambda function under the configuration parameter during invocation. This makes it easier to customize and manage workflow validation logic.
For more information, see Jira Workflow Validator.
We're introducing new App Property API endpoints to retrieve Forge App Properties in Confluence & Jira, now available in Preview.
The APIs enable developers to
GET all Forge app properties, or
GET individual app properties by key
in both Jira and Confluence, enhancing the flexibility and functionality of Forge apps.
For further details on implementing this new feature, refer to the Jira App Property API Documentation & Confluence App Property API documentation.
Following a recent incident (see details), we have temporarily paused automatic Connect to Forge migrations. Our team is actively working to enhance system robustness and prevent similar issues from occurring in the future.
Once these improvements are complete, we will re-enable and resume the migration process.
Following our prior deprecation notice, you can no longer publish a new Jira or Confluence app using a JSON Connect descriptor to the Atlassian Marketplace.
From now on, all Atlassian Marketplace apps should be built using Atlassian’s Forge platform.
Learn more about the announcement of our timelines for the end of support for Connect. Existing apps built with Connect should explore https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/adopting-forge-from-connect/.
Forge platform will be undergoing maintenance:
in FedRAMP production on September 21, 2025 between 5-6am UTC
in commercial production on September 28, 2025 between 5-6am UTC
During this interval, below capabilities will not be available intermittently:
Create/update/delete apps
Deploy apps
Install/uninstall/upgrade apps
App invocations will continue to work for existing users of the apps. However, new customers might not be able to use apps as consent process will be impacted during this interval as well.
The allow-popups attribute of the sandbox directive (content security policy) is now supported in Forge Custom UI and UI Kit apps when using * as your client egress configuration. This enables external content (such as those from 3rd party integrations) to open properly in new tabs instead of being blocked by browser security restrictions.
With this enhancement, external content will open in a new browser tab while keeping your Forge app running.
For more information, see the valid domain formats documentation.
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