This release is scheduled for April 14, 2026

Content below curated and copied from Atlassian release notes for our production environment.

Confluence Updates

Email notifications: Modernized design for top Confluence emails

Confluence email notifications for Daily Digest, Mentions, Content Updates, and Weekly Recommendations now feature a modernized design. These updates make emails easier to scan, more visually engaging, and consistent with Atlassian’s latest design standards, helping you stay informed and take action faster.

Check your inbox for Confluence email notifications, including Daily Digest, Mentions, Content Updates, and Weekly Recommendations.
Open any of these emails to experience the new design and layout improvements.

See important activity in a refreshed Daily Digest

The Daily Digest has been refreshed to make it easier to scan what's changed, discover what matters to you, and resume work from your inbox.

Import multiple work items to your whiteboard

We’ve improved how you import work items to your whiteboards. You can now important multiple work items, including their linked and child work items, and filter them based on the state of your whiteboard. This streamlines how you collaborate and map out ideas with your team.

To import work items to your whiteboard, select Import from Jira in the main toolbar, then search for the work items you want to import.

Enhanced board layout grouping for databases

Confluence databases now offer enhanced board layout features, including grouping by user fields, subgrouping, and sorting groups. These improvements help you organize and visualize your data more effectively.

To explore this change:

Create a new database.
Change the view to board layout by selecting Table layout, then choose Board layout.
Open the Group panel in the top toolbar to group by a field, add subgroups, or sort groups.

Keep up with new comments on your whiteboards

You can now keep up with unread comments on your whiteboard. Unread comments will have a blue dot displayed, helping you identify the latest feedback and spend less time re-reading what you’ve already seen.

Jira Updates

Jira Plans - Improved onboarding for new users

We’ve made it easier for you to get started with Plans. As you onboard to Plans, you’ll now see an introductory video and clearer instructions, making it simple to set up and configure essential settings. These improvements help your team understand how to plan, track, and report on work across multiple spaces more effectively.

Jira Plans - Easier setup when creating new plans

We've redesigned the setup experience when you create a new plan. This guided flow makes it easier for you to choose work sources, teams, and field columns so your plan is aligned with how your teams work from the start.

To create a new plan:

Select the plus icon + next to Plans in your navigation.
1. Follow the steps and add relevant details to complete your plan set up.

Jira Plans - A new way to view sprint dates in the Program board (Premium and Enterprise only)

The Program board within Plans now displays column headers using the earliest start and latest end dates from the sprints in each column.

To explore the updated Program board date headers:

Open the Program board in Jira Plans (Premium and Enterprise only).
Look at the column headers to see the new date ranges, which now reflect the earliest start and latest end dates of the sprints in each column.
Select a column header to see details about how these dates are determined.

Jira Plans - Group by option as a standalone button on Plans timeline

The group by option on the Jira Plans timeline is now available as a dedicated, standalone button. This update makes it easier to find and use the group by feature, helping you organize your timeline more efficiently.

Open your Jira Plans timeline.
Select the new Group by button to organize your timeline by the available options.

Retain unsaved description when pressing Escape

When editing a description, pressing the Escape key will now preserve your unsaved changes as a draft instead of discarding them. This update helps prevent accidental data loss and makes it easier to continue editing where you left off.

Open any work item in Jira Cloud and start editing the description field.
Type your changes, then press the Escape key.
Re-enter edit mode to see your unsaved changes retained as a draft.

A clearer way to see which work items are counted as completed on sprint boards

A checklist icon now appears in the header of the last column on software boards with sprints enabled. This icon helps clarify which work items will be counted as completed when a sprint ends. The same icon is also visible on the Column Status Mapping Settings pages.

To see the new checklist icon:

Go to your team-managed or company-managed software board with sprints enabled.
Look for the checklist icon in the header of the last column on your board.
To review or adjust which columns are mapped as completed:
- For team-managed projects, open the Space Settings and select Board and then Columns and Statuses. The checklist icon will appear next to the completed column.
- For company-managed projects, open the Board Settings and select Layout and then Columns. The checklist icon will appear next to the completed column.

Find the right export option faster in the All work view

Finding the right export format is now clearer. In the All work and List view, export options are grouped more logically and ordered by what’s used most, so you can choose the format best for you. We’ve also simplified the header to reduce visual noise while you manage and export your work.

To see the updated export options:

Open the All work or List view.
Select More actions (...) then Export to choose from the reorganized export options.

Improved filters in List view

We’ve made it easier to find and focus on the work that matters in Jira with a simplified filter experience. Now, when you’re in the All work tab (soon to be merged into a single List view), you’ll see a streamlined filter option that brings quick filters and advanced options like JQL into a single, modern component.

Filters are now grouped into three search modes: Basic, Advanced, and JQL. This update makes it easier to find and organize work items, helping Jira users quickly focus on what matters most. This reduces visual clutter, gives you more space to view your work items, and makes filtering approachable, while still keeping power features within easy reach.

To get started with this change:

Open the All work tab in your Jira space.
Select the filter button in the view controls bar to filter by popular fields, such as assignee, status, priority, or labels, and refine your list view.
For advanced controls, switch to the Advanced tab to filter by custom fields and those absent from the Basic tab.
Use the JQL tab for advanced queries, or to edit the current filter on your list view.

1 Confluence Updates
2 Jira Updates

April 2026 Atlassian Monthly Release