Confluence Updates

Theme Updates (light, dark, etc.)

Pick the product theme that works best for you

You can personalize the way Confluence looks to best suit your needs. The options include Light, Dark, System, or Original (the current default Confluence theme).

To check if you have access to themes:

1. Select your avatar at the top right of the global navigation bar.

2. Select Theme.

3. Choose your preferred theme.

Switch themes while using Presenter mode

You can now switch between dark and light themes while using Presenter mode.

Try this out:

1. View a page.

2. Select More actions (•••).

3. Select Presenter mode.

4. Select the Presenter settings (⚙️) cog.

5. Use the theme selector to switch on or off dark mode.

Light theme is now the default

We're removing Original theme as an option for the Theme selector.

The default theme for users who haven't already chosen Dark or match browser will now be Light theme.

Dark Mode Onboarding

We're adding a spotlight to show users the new theme switcher.

Open external links in a new tab

When you select external links in Confluence, the page will now open in a new tab by default.

 Try it out:

1. Open a Confluence page that includes at least one link.

2. Select any link.

3. The page will open in a new tab.

Add a note to archived pages

Let others know why pages were archived.

When teammates archive a page (or a group of nested pages) from the content tree, they’ll be prompted with the option to add a note. This attaches a written record explaining why the pages were moved.

Confluence Premium space admins can add the same note to a selection of pages in Bulk Archive.

Notes can also be added or edited from the more actions menu in the archive (but only by the person who archived the page).

Learn more about archiving pages

Template suggestions in the page editor

When creating a new page, you start off with popular templates featured first.

Once you begin adding a title to the page, these featured templates will be replaced by suggested templates: templates that may be a better match for your needs based on the title you entered.

1. Create a new page.

2. Start typing a page title.

3. Recommendations of popular templates will be replaced by suggested templates, based on the title you've entered.

Control how people are added to Teams

Teams can choose if they want to require an invite or request approval from an existing member for new people to join.

For all new teams, membership controls are enabled by default. Existing teams will remain open for anyone to join.

To change membership controls for an existing team:

1. From the team profile page, select the menu icon next to Add people.

2. Select Team settings.

3. Select or clear the checkbox under Membership controls.

   1. Selecting the box will enable anyone to join the team without needing an invite or approval.

   2. Clearing the box means people will need to request approval or get an invite from an existing member.

Jira Updates

Advanced Roadmaps Updates

Share your dependency report through the Confluence macro

Share your Advanced Roadmaps dependency report in a Confluence page in the same way you would your timeline.

Learn how to share your dependency report.

Create and remove dependencies on the dependencies report

Create new dependencies and remove existing ones without leaving the Dependencies report in Advanced Roadmaps.

Learn how to create a dependency between two issues from your Dependencies report.

Open external links in a new tab

When you select an external link in Jira, the page will open in a new tab by default.

Try it out:

1. Open a Jira issue that includes at least one link.

2. Select any link.

3. The page will open in a new tab.

Issue Search Updates

Find issues that are not in your plan

Exclusion rules allow you to refine and focus the information displayed in your plan. However, it's sometimes difficult to understand why an issue isn't being displayed.

Locate issues quickly using the new Find your issue settings screen. Searching for an issue will display its details and information on why it may not be appearing in your plan.

To search for an issue in your plan, go to: Plan settings > Find your issue and enter its issue key.

Filter by time period in quick search

We're adding a date filter to the quick search. You'll be able to find relevant issues faster by filtering for issues that were last updated within a certain time period.

Make simple bulk edits to issues in the backlog

You can now make bulk edits to priority, assignee, labels, and estimate all from the backlog.

To select a group of issues, hold "shift" while you select the issues. To select multiple issues, one at a time, hold "command" (for Apple devices) or "control" (for Windows devices) while you select each issue.

Right-click on any of the selected issues and choose the bulk action you'd like to perform. You can perform these actions on up to 50 issues at a time.

Issue View Updates

Automation moving out of the issue view

Recent rule executions for each Jira issue are moving to a new Automation panel (similar to the Details and More fields panels).

Previously, this information was found by clicking on an option called "Automation" on the Jira issue view.

Issue View: Issue strikethrough now based on resolution

On the issue view, linked and child issues will sometimes have a strikethrough, indicating that they have been completed. Previously, however, this strikethrough was appearing if issues had a status category of Done, regardless of whether or not they had been set as resolved.

We’ve updated the behaviour on the issue view, so that linked and child issues will now only have a strikethrough if a Resolution has been set.

Learn more about issue strikethroughs on the issue view

Removal of "Automation" issue glance

The "Automation" issue glance is being removed from all issues. You'll find recent rule executions for each Jira issue in a new "Automation" panel (similar to the Details and More fields panels).

Stay up to date with progress bars for releases

We’ve added a progress bar for related work so you can quickly determine the readiness of your release. You can see how many related work items have been added and their status.

Learn more about progress bars in releases

To get started with release progress bars:

1. From your project’s sidebar, go to Releases.

2. Select your release from the list.

3. Go to the Progress section to see up-to-date details.

Exciting updates to the sprint commitment insight

We've extended the sprint commitment insight to share more valuable information with you. Look out for an added info panel with sprint metrics like work committed.

The chart also had a new update and will be interactive. You can access the metrics from your previous or current sprints by selecting the bars on the chart.

To try this out:

1. Select Insights.

2. Scroll to the Sprint commitment chart.

3. Select any bar on the chart to view the metrics for that sprint.

4. Notice the blue panel with additional information and metrics.

Wallboards: Added support for themes and Forge gadgets, but removed custom transition effects

Previously, wallboards would only display in dark mode and couldn't display Forge gadgets. Now, your wallboards will match the theme you've set in your personal Jira settings and will also display Forge gadgets. To add support for these features, we had to remove the option to apply custom transition effects to wallboard slideshows. Fade-in/out will be the only available transition effect. Check out any of your wallboards or wallboard slideshows to see these changes.

Jira Service Management Updates

JSM: Easily resolve failed customer invites due to email suppression list

We've made it simpler for project admins to resolve failed customer invites caused by email addresses being added to a suppression list.

In the current Jira Service Management experience, when customers are invited to join a service project, some invite notifications fail as the email addresses are on a suppression list. There was no option for admins to resolve such errors and they would need assistance from Atlassian support to remove affected customer emails from the suppression list.

With this new improvement, admins can now resend invites that failed due to email suppression easily without reaching out to Atlassian support. When you see that a customer invite failed because the email address is on a suppression list on the Customer notification logs page, you can resolve the error by simply resending the invite.

From your service project, go to the Customers page, and select Resend invite next to the customer’s email address. This removes their email from the suppression list and resends the invite.

We recommend keeping an eye on the Customer notification logs page to spot any failed invite notifications and address them as soon as possible.

Learn more about customer notification logs

JSM: Fix incompatible request types from the issue view

We've made it easier to see and fix any request types that are incompatible with an issue.

Request types can become incompatible with an issue if you make certain configuration changes to that issue. For example, if you change the issue type of an issue, that issue's current request type will become incompatible, as the issue type of the request type and the issue no longer match. Learn more about how issue types and request types connect.

Now, you can use the details panel of your issue view to check if your request type needs updating. If a warning appears, select the request type, then choose a new request type from the menu. Only compatible request types will appear in the menu. If there are no compatible request types, an admin will need to create a new one.

JSM: Discover the new form template library

We’ve made it easier to browse, search, and preview all form templates.

Find a variety of templates suited to all team types from IT to HR, plus leverage pre-built conditional sections and rich formatting to help get you started sooner.

See each team’s most popular templates, or select Show all to see what else is available. From employee checklists to budget approvals, you’ll be sure to find a template that helps you better assist your customers.

Select Project settings > Forms and select Create form to either select a form template to customize, or Blank to create your own.

Learn more about creating a form using a template

Atlassian Fast Facts

Tips and information for WashU Atlassian users.

Atlassian Teams

Teams are a great way to gather links in one place for your team. Simply choose Teams from the top menu. Then, select Create a team. Add your teammates and add relevant links at the bottom of the page to keep everyone organized. More information can be found on this Atlassian Support webpage.

Confluence Page Status

Page status lets viewers know if page content is in Draft / In Progress / Final status. 

Select Add status from under the page breadcrumbs while in edit mode.

Learn more.

Jira Cloud’s Filters Menu

The filters menu is new in Jira Cloud. It provides quick access to your starred filters, recently used filters, and the list of all available filters.

Of course, you can run a filter, but you can also save a search as a filter, share a filter with your team, and even subscribe to a filter.

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