Why do some third party apps require manual update?

[Claus Østergaard Pedersen]

Hi Community,

Do any of you know why some third party cloud apps needs to be manually updated?

I dont seem to recall that this has always been an issue. 

Best regards

Claus

[Prachi Bolar · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Welcome to community :) 

• Atlassian does not currently provide a built-in feature to automatically update all Marketplace apps. Updates must be performed manually per app.

• Some apps may support "seamless updates" or minor version auto-updates if the vendor has opted in, but this is not universal and is typically managed by Atlassian for specific migration scenarios (e.g., Connect to Forge migration).

• Please see our feature request for the same 

  Automatic update for cloud apps

Thank You,

Prachi

[Claus Østergaard Pedersen]

Hi @Prachi Bolar 

Thank you for the swift reply.

Is this a new thing? I don't seem to remember this being an issue before. 

So the only option to make sure that all apps are up to date, is to manually check this, with some interval?

Best regards

Claus

[Prachi Bolar]

@Claus Østergaard Pedersen 

As mentioned by @Daniel Turczanski  if the app has some major chances we need to go and update it manually but minor fixes the app vendors automatically release it. These are only for market places apps.

the atlassian apps will be automatically updated with new releases 

[Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Accepted solution]

@Claus Østergaard Pedersen This is not a new thing.

I think you are seeing this more frequently because Atlassian forces app vendors to convert their apps from the legacy Connect framework to the modern Forge platform. And this conversion very frequently requires changes on the scopes (permissions) that the app needs. When scopes change, it results in a new major version, which the admin has to manually accept.

(And rightly so! Apps should never get additional permissions without admin approval.)

[Claus Østergaard Pedersen]

@Aron Gombas _Midori_ This sounds like a plausible reason for the change - thanks for the input! 

[Daniel Turczanski]

Hi @Claus Østergaard Pedersen 

Only major version changes require manual approval and minor versions are pushed automatically.

Major versions involve change of permission scopes, endpoints etc. all documented here: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/versions/#major-version-upgrades

I'm now aware of any mechanism to notify you about apps needing approval though.

[Charlie Misonne]

Interesting!

I never knew this.

[Nikola Perisic]

Hello @Claus Østergaard Pedersen 

Are you referring to the cloud or data center? On the cloud the application updates are pushed by the vendors themselves, while on data center, you would have to manually update the applications.

[Claus Østergaard Pedersen]

Hi @Nikola Perisic 

Thank you for the reply.

My question is regarding cloud.

And as @Prachi Bolar mentioned, it is not all cloud apps that are updated automatically.

Best regards

Claus