Edit the appearance of the "Related work" section

[Larissa Gutscher]

I've noticed that a recent update to Jira Software Cloud has created a section called "Related work" below the ticket description. It contains two tabs: Subtasks and Linked items. My primary board doesn't use Subtasks at all, but it uses a large amount of Linked items, and now they seem invisible when opening a ticket. How can I change the board settings to default to the Linked items tab?

[Larissa Gutscher · Accepted solution]

Since this is a new feature, it seems like the settings are not available yet. I've submitted feedback through the Jira app and hopefully this will be customizable before it's fully rolled out.

[Suzanne Cranfield]

Lets hope so - this is again a very annoying "enhancement".... 

[Dimuth Tharindu]

Hi there! Any update on this please? 

[Marc -Devoteam-]

Hi @Larissa Gutscher 

I can't reproduce this, might be a beta feature being tested, can you share a screenshot?

[Larissa Gutscher]

Hi @Marc -Devoteam- - here's what I see on each issue across all the boards in my organisation (with the Description collapsed):

It is automatically open on every ticket and always on the subtasks tab, even when linked items are present (which is the case in the ticket above).

[Marc -Devoteam-]

Hi @Larissa Gutscher 

It seems this is rolling out, as it is mentioned in the latest update notification.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/blog/2026/02/atlassian-cloud-changes-jan-26-to-feb-2-2026#AtlassianCloudchangesJan26toFeb2,2026-jira 

[Dimuth Tharindu]

It is still visible in my case. 

[Marc -Devoteam-]

Hi @Larissa Gutscher 

This is rolling out.

That's why I might not see this yet.

If you don't like this feature, use the help option in Jira and the Feedback option.