Community FiveByFive Round-up: August 2026
Hello Everyone!
It’s that time once again to take a look at everything that has happened in the past month! From major events, to product announcements, to amazing people providing great tips & best practices to help the Community, I guarantee there is something here for everyone. Let’s get started!
Announcements & Highlights:
As always, there are a TON of amazing things happening and here is just a small sample of all the great things you don’t want to miss out on!
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First, are you ready to put your Rovo knowledge to the test? The latest Go AI-Native with Rovo challenge gives you a chance to earn the Rovo Fundamentals Certificate and 100 Kudos points while putting your Rovo Search, Chat, Agents, and AI workflow knowledge to work.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Rovo-articles/Are-you-a-Rovo-Fundamentals-Master-100-Kudos-Certification/ba-p/3244454 -
Have a Jira or Confluence environment that's too big for today's Backup and Restore limits? Atlassian is testing significantly larger limits—including up to 800 GB for Jira/JSM and 1 TB for Confluence—and this article explains who's eligible to join the closed beta.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-Cloud-Admins-articles/New-closed-beta-for-expanded-backup-and-restore-size-limits-Sign/ba-p/3270959 -
Heading to Team '26 Europe in Amsterdam—or simply looking for ways to level up your Atlassian career? Get the inside scoop on certifications, AI skills, the Champion Program, Community Booth activities, and a chance to collect some exclusive Team '26 Europe badges along the way.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Official-Atlassian-Events/Grow-your-career-and-score-limited-edition-Team-26-Europe-badges/ba-p/3267628 -
There's a new, easier way to show off your Atlassian Cloud knowledge! The Atlassian Cloud Fundamentals Certificate is free, open-book, and unproctored, making it a great opportunity to turn skills you already use every day into a shiny new credential.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Training-Certification-articles/%EF%B8%8FDid-you-know-about-this-brand-new-Certificate/ba-p/3271605 -
Think you could go back to working without AI? Atlassian's Teamwork Lab put that question to the test, revealing just how quickly AI has become part of our working habits—and why taking a step back might actually help us become more intentional about when we use it.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Teamwork-Lab-Improving-our-ways/New-research-The-tech-we-love-to-hate-is-the-tech-we-d-hate-to/ba-p/3274589
Member Article Highlights:
As always, there are a TON of amazing articles written by many of your fellow community members. This is just a small sample of all the great content you don’t want to miss out on!
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First, do you know what happens when you actually put Jira's new Sandbox-to-production deployment capabilities through their paces? @Sami Shaik shares the numbers from a real-world test, what worked surprisingly well, and some important gaps admins should keep in mind before deploying their own changes.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-Cloud-Admins-articles/Sandbox-to-production-deployment-in-Jira-Cloud-a-first-field/ba-p/3272220 -
Wondering what actually changes when moving from Jira Data Center to Cloud? @Rob Hean’s Q&A covers a helpful grab bag of practical questions—from requesting access and preserving pinned fields and issue hierarchies to automation and making your Jira and Confluence content easier for Rovo to find.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/New-to-Jira-articles/Request-space-access-pinned-fields-migrated-hierarchies/ba-p/3279900 -
Next, Atlassian University has plenty to offer whether you're studying for a certification or simply looking to sharpen your skills. Take a look at @Brita Moorus' experience with the platform, including some useful features you might have overlooked—and, of course, the opportunity to earn a few shiny Kudos and badges along the way.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Training-Certification-articles/My-Thoughts-on-Atlassian-University-Learning-Certifications-and/ba-p/3271577 -
Tired of manually chasing cascading date changes every time a project schedule shifts? @Jan shares how they automated the process, sidestepped some frustrating limitations with the Original Estimate field, and built a much more manageable approach to project planning.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Atlassian-AI-Rovo-articles/How-I-Finally-Automated-My-Entire-Project-Planning-in-Jira-and/ba-p/3272424 -
Finally, what happens when you give Rovo Studio a real-world Jira problem to solve? Follow along as @Robert Wen_Cprime_ "vibe codes" a Forge app designed to actually enforce WIP limits—not merely warn you when you've exceeded them—and then takes the result into the Developer Console for testing and debugging.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Atlassian-AI-Rovo-articles/Vibe-Coding-my-WIP-Limit-Enforcement-Forge-App-with-Rovo-Studio/ba-p/3270469
New Features & Product Updates:
Want to keep up to date on all the cool things Atlassian has announced about their products? Be sure to read through these, then go check out all the others for your favorite product!
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Atlassian Projects has officially become part of Jira, bringing project context directly alongside the work teams are already managing. See how the new Project field, project previews, grouping, and filtering can connect day-to-day work with the bigger picture.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Goals-and-Projects-articles/Atlassian-Projects-are-now-native-in-Jira/ba-p/3272265 -
Bitbucket Pipelines just gave Dynamic Pipeline Providers some valuable new context. Pipeline, repository, workspace, and system variables can now be passed into DPP payloads, opening up more flexible deployments, reusable configurations, and integrations with external systems.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Pipelines-articles/Variables-are-now-passed-to-Dynamic-Pipelines-Provider-Payload/ba-p/3272377 -
Want to see what's new across Atlassian's Strategy Collection? The August Innovation Spotlight highlights new capabilities including Funds, Strategic Intelligence, and Asks, all designed to help teams connect strategy, spending, goals, and the work happening on the ground.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Focus-articles/New-in-Strategy-Collection-The-August-Innovation-Spotlight-is/ba-p/3270990 -
Filtering your Jira Timeline shouldn't mean losing sight of how your work fits together. A new hierarchy toggle will give teams more control over whether filtered results show inline hierarchy or the familiar flyout view, making it easier to navigate complex timelines.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/Coming-Soon-Control-how-hierarchy-is-displayed-when-filtering-in/ba-p/3272985 -
Turning a Confluence page into a polished presentation just got a whole lot easier! Now generally available, Confluence Slides uses Rovo to pull together context from Atlassian and connected apps, generate a presentation, and let you refine, collaborate, and present—all without leaving Confluence.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Confluence-articles/Confluence-Slides-is-here-turn-your-pages-into-presentations-in/ba-p/3277100
Trending discussions you should join:
Want to join in on some trending discussions? Be sure to check these out!
AI & Automation Corner:
Looking for inspiration to optimize your processes? Check out some of the cool things people are doing with automation!
It’s hard to believe another month has already come and gone. Please be sure to stay healthy, stay safe and I’ll see you back here next month.
Take care!
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