How do I enable Releases feature in my space?

[Rupert Ward]

I'm creating a new team-managed Space for the first time since everything changed (eg Projects became Spaces).

It's a Software space, using the Kanban template.

I need the Releases feature. In the past I've enabled that in Project/Space Settings -> Features.

But I don't see it there as an option. All I've got on the Features settings page is 

• Sprints
• Estimation
• Standups

What am I missing?

I did a search first and found this: https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/I-dont-see-the-Features-option-to-enable-Releases-in-next-gen/qaq-p/2393771

But the solution accepted there (that Releases are only available in Software-type projects) doesn't apply - this is a Software space (it says so under the Space name in the left hand side bar)

[Enric Font · Accepted solution]

Yoy can work with versions in your Kanban space:

1-Enable the Kanban backlog

2-Add a release/version in your space

3-Activate the version panel in the backlog

[Rupert Ward]

Thanks very much, that's done it. Was so much easier to find things when the left sidebar had space-specific entries. We hardly ever use the Board view!

[Gunjan Kumar]

Hi @Rupert Ward 
You’re not missing anything, Jira’s UI has changed. In team-managed Spaces, the Releases feature is no longer enabled from Space settings -> Features (that page now only shows options like Sprints, Estimation, and Standups).
Instead, you enable Releases by adding it to the space navigation. Open your Space, click “+ Add to navigation” in the left sidebar, and select Releases. Once you add it, the Releases page will appear and versions (Fix version field) will be available in the space.

[Rupert Ward]

Thanks for the reply, but I'm not seeing any "+ Add to navigation" option in the left sidebar! The left sidebar doesn't contain anything space-specific any more.

So I think I am still missing something :)

Have to admit I've been finding this new UI quite confusing for just this reason - I tend to work in one space at a time so having all this cross-project stuff in the left sidebar is quite irritating.

[Gunjan Kumar]

Enric has shared screenshots above that show where to find these options, which should help locate the settings in the new UI.

[Rupert Ward]

Ah, it's in the top bar of the Board view.