Jira Image of the Day: Your Application’s Release Tracks

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Application Type	Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence, Platform apps, and more
Deployment Type	Jira Cloud

What is shown?

Settings on the Release tracks administration page.

Visit: admin.atlassian.com > Apps > Release management (Under “Platform experiences” header) > Release tracks

What can we learn?

Ever wonder how often your Cloud applications are updated and receive new features? Head on over to the Release tracks administration page to see which track your apps are on. The tracks are:

• Continuous - New features, improvements, and bug fixes are applied as soon as they are ready.

• Bundled - Updates are applied in groups. E.g., Once per month, at 22:00 UTC on the second Tuesday. Note: Bug fixes, security updates, and performance updates are applied as soon as they are ready.

• Preview (Sandbox only) - Bundled changes are applied to sandboxes a month early.

The default setting for all apps is continuous. If you have Cloud Standard or Free, or see the message “No release tracks”, you’ll need to upgrade your plan to change tracks.

Apps on Cloud Premium and Enterprise plans also have the ability to change from continuous to bundled. Click the “Change track” button shown in the screenshot below and change the selection in the overlay. While you can change the track, the rollout timing not configurable.

Changing a release track

If your app is on the Enterprise plan, there’s an additional option to defer changes for 30 days so you can prepare, train users, and update internal documentation. Read more

Tips

• Want fewer surprise changes in your applications? Change apps from the continuous track to the bundled track.

• Add a recurring reminder to your calendar to check for changes before they launch on the second Tuesday of each month.

• Visit admin.atlassian.com > Apps > Release management (Under “Platform experiences” header) > App updates to see the latest changes in your application.

• Visit https://www.atlassian.com/roadmap/cloud to see planned and upcoming changes. Also see additional change sources.

• Change your sandbox applications to the preview track to see changes a month before their production release.

Release tracks for sandboxes

Read more: https://support.atlassian.com/organization-administration/docs/what-are-release-tracks/

See also: Your Application’s Recent Updates, Keeping Up with the Atlassians

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[Dave Mathijs]

I wish Atlassian would expand Jira seasonal releases to Atlassian seasonal releases.

Release timeline in northern hemisphere seasons:

• Spring release surrounding Team

• Summer release in between Team events

• Autumn release surrounding Team Europe

Each seasonal release will include new features and enhancements to existing experiences, and we will commit to providing resources ahead of each to release to communicate what’s coming. These will be in addition to the product updates shared in Atlassian admin.

With the exception of small changes (like bug fixes, backend work, and performance improvements), new features will only be shipped during these three release events so admins can plan with confidence. As always, admins will receive additional direct communication for the most important, highest-impact changes.