A New Chapter for the Align Roadmap
I’m excited to share that our new Roadmaps experience is officially Generally Available (GA) for all cloud environments.
This milestone represents our largest Jira Align investment of FY26, and it’s already transforming how organizations plan, communicate, and deliver work at scale.
🎯Why We Built a New Roadmap
Customers told us the legacy roadmap wasn’t keeping up with modern planning expectations. It was slow, visually outdated, and unable to support many of the core workflows enterprise planners rely on.
So we made a bold decision: rebuild Roadmaps from the ground up, with modern components, better performance, and a more flexible user experience that meets today’s planning needs and sets the foundation for future innovation.
🌟 What’s New in GA
Below are the highlights of the new Roadmaps experience now available to all customers.
⚡ Lightning-Fast Performance & Modern UI
Roadmaps now load in seconds, even for large enterprises, and the updated Atlassian Design System UI makes it easier than ever to scan and understand your plans.
🧭 Anchor Sprints & Story Counter
These capabilities bring clearer alignment between execution and strategy by showing anchor sprints and story counts directly on the roadmap.
🗂️ Richer Columns, Filters & Group By
You can now pivot your roadmap by teams, programs, owners, release vehicles, focus areas, or custom fields, making Roadmaps far more flexible for real-world planning sessions.
🎨 Color by Health
Health colors show directly on roadmap bars, leveraging the same health value used on the Status Report.
🤖 Smarter Suggested Dates
Suggested Dates now supports bulk accept (up to 100 items at once), sprint-based suggestions (for Feature work items), and workflow improvements that make timeline building faster and more intuitive.
🖼️ Export PNG
Export up to 500 items as a clean PNG. Ideal for executive reviews, presentations, and program reporting.
🔄 Transition Timeline
Beginning with version 11.19.1 (production deployment scheduled for December 19, 2025):
- New Roadmaps become the default
- Legacy Roadmaps are removed, unless your organization requests an extension
If you need additional time, you may request a three-release extension, which will keep legacy Roadmaps available until 11.22.X (March 2026). More details on that process here.
On-premise customers will lose access to the legacy roadmap upon upgrading to 11.22.
🔭 What’s Coming Next
While Roadmaps are now GA, we’re continuing to invest in the experience. Upcoming enhancements include:
- Save a View
- Dependencies columns and filters
- Additional columns, filters, sorting options
These will focus on closing remaining parity gaps and addressing high-impact customer asks.
❓ FAQ: Your Top Questions About the New Jira Align Roadmaps
When will the new Roadmaps become the default experience?
Starting with version 11.19, the new Roadmaps become the default (and only) roadmap experience for cloud.
What happens to the legacy roadmap?
Legacy Roadmaps will no longer be accessible once the new experience becomes default, unless your organization requests an extension.
How do we request an extension?
Submit an Atlassian support request titled “Extend roadmap transition.” Extensions provide up to three additional releases of legacy roadmap access.
How long does the extension last?
Up to the 11.22.X release. Based on the current deployment schedule, legacy remains available until March 13, 2026 with the extension.
Which features were added before GA?
Recent releases delivered key capabilities including:
- Additional columns (Team, Product, Feature Points, Custom Fields)
- Group By (Program, State, Execution Team, Release Vehicle)
- Anchor Sprints & Story Counter
- PNG Export
- Year-scale timeline view
- Focus Areas column
- Enhanced Suggested Dates
Full release details can be found in release notes.
Will timeline bars support rendering using PIs or target sprints?
No. The new Roadmaps use dates as the single source of truth for timeline bars, simplifying logic, reducing confusion, and improving performance.
With Suggested Dates, you can quickly align work item dates to their associated program increment and target sprint start/end dates.
Are Release and Release Vehicle card views going away?
These views have been preserved and moved to a dedicated page. Access the Program Increment and Release Vehicle Roadmaps page from the Reports section of the side nav.
Is there a team-level roadmap?
There is no dedicated team-level roadmap, but you can use the Align Roadmap’s Team column and filters to achieve a similar view.
You can also use the Jira or Jira Plans Timelines to drill down on Jira Epic and Story level information.
Will the legacy roadmap remain for on-prem customers?
Legacy Roadmaps will be removed starting with the 11.22.0 on-prem release. Once upgraded, the legacy experience will no longer be available.
❤️ Thank You
We'd love to hear from you as we continue to improve our New Roadmaps experience. Please share feedback through the “Give feedback” button on the Roadmaps page.
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