Bundled Release Notes for March 20, 2026 dropped!

[#1]

Well hey continuing my series... Where are the Release Notes for Release Tracks?

• 2026.03.10 - Jira Bundled Release 
• 2026.03.10 - Confluence Bundled Release 

Some notes since last month:

• I learned that if you make a space public with anonymous access, folks can still comment on it. (Heh, I've never made a Confluence site public.)
• So yeah, if you want to comment, login with your Atlassian account and feel free! (Your account will show as an Unlicensed. It's fine.)
  
• If you have a Premium subscription (luckily my work does), Rovo is pretty good at taking the mess of an email that Atlassian sends us (like this) and sorting the features out by category, and even formatting them nicely.
• Kind of makes you wonder why Atlassian doesn't do that for their emails.

[Kris Klima _K15t_]

@Darryl Lee This is pure gem, thanks a lot!

[Darryl Lee]

Ugh, Rovo is super-inconsistent. It worked great two hours ago, and just now it's being an idiot.

Anywho, all of these features are for Jira, and some of them are for JSM, and JPD, and that just confuses me and Rovo, so if you are specifically interested in those products, you should check the original Jira Release Email for next month.

Anyways, the table of contents are so nice, I realize I should share those here:

2026.03.10 - Jira Bundled Release 

• Jira
  • Navigation & Search
    • Show only your most recent space in the sidebar
    • Search for spaces straight from the sidebar
    • Sort Jira work items in full page search
    • The number of search results for projects, web pages and goals is now visible across Atlassian apps
  • Automation
    • Add connections to nested conditions in automation rules
    • The Edit page action is now available in Jira Automation
  • Work Management & Productivity
    • Jira: A quicker way to react to work item comments
    • Making it easier to find and add fields to the All work view
    • Jira: Add a due date and assignee when creating work items in All work
    • Parent sorting now uses parent ID order
    • Jira: Reparent work items in list view
    • Keyboard shortcut for bulk operations toolbar
    • Bulk select up to 1000 work items in the work item navigator
    • Quickly add an assignee while creating work items on the calendar
  • Development
    • Development feature for software projects in Jira is now generally available
• Jira Plans
  • Planning & Fields
    • Enable AI work creation experience in Jira Plans (Premium and Enterprise only)
    • Jira Plans - Explicit field associations (Premium and Enterprise)
• Admin
  • Access & Permissions
    • Request access setting for Jira spaces
  • Setup & Onboarding
    • Discover more templates to support your workflow
    • Configure your workflow with clearer rules
    • Manage permissions for custom onboarding in Jira
    • Improved invites when creating new spaces
  • Team-Managed Spaces
    • Trash fields in team-managed spaces

[Darryl Lee]

Upon closer inspection, Rovo (maybe AI in general) loves to make pairs of things. Amongst its original categories were:

• Notifications & Access
• Slack & Notifications (ummm)
• Search & Discovery
• AI & Analytics

Ugh. It's like it's trying to write a pop song title.

Anyways...

2026.03.10 - Confluence Bundled Release 

• Editor
  • Template recommendations for new users in the editor
  • A reliable way to keep editing Confluence content when you lose your internet connection
  • Collapse and expand controls in code blocks
  • Start a whiteboard faster from your page
  • Attach multiple line labels to a path
• Comments
  • Improved accessibility for comments with a new keyboard shortcut
  • Interact with comments anytime you navigate pages and live docs
• Sharing
  • Making it easier to share content after publishing in Confluence
• Search & Labels
  • The number of search results for projects, web pages, and goals is now visible
  • See related content recommendations on live docs
  • Labels moved below Related content
• AI
  • AI writing improvements now use ADF format
  • AI-powered summaries for recent changes to content
• Automation
  • Add connections to nested conditions in automation rules
  • Automation triggers for Teams: User added or removed
• Slack
  • A daily summary of Confluence notifications in Slack
• Mobile
  • Catch up on missed activities with Recap (mobile)
  • Get notified when people request page access (mobile)
• Questions
  • New look for Questions now available

[Susan Waldrip]

Hey @Darryl Lee , thanks so much for putting this together and sharing it! Nice, easy-to-use format.