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!
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!
First up, are the Community release notes. This month a number of fixes have been deployed that will correct a number of display items. Please check out the notes for full details.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Announcement-articles/Community-release-notes-for-July-9-2025/ba-p/3063436
Next, be sure to congratulate all of our leader of the pack winners for this past quarter. Additionally, be sure to check out the categories, maybe you’ll make the list next quarter.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Community-Kudos-Feedback/Leader-of-the-Pack-for-April-May-and-June-2025/ba-p/3070877
In case you missed it, there was a quiz reminding you of the Community Guidelines complete with a kudos badge for completing the quiz. While the window to earn the badge has passed, it never hurts to refresh yourself on the guidelines.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Community-Kudos-Feedback/Get-mindful-get-swag-Mindful-Member-Giveaway-%EF%B8%8F/ba-p/3057966
Do you need a reason to check out Forge? What if there was a learning path that would teach you how to get started? You’re in luck because now there is! Check out this article and the learning path to understand more about how you can extend your Atlassian Cloud apps all by yourself!
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Training-Certification-articles/Calling-all-developers-Get-the-most-out-of-Forge-learning-path/ba-p/3057084
Finally, if you want to learn about the basics of scrum, Atlassian has developed a new learning path for “Scrum Basics“ that you can register for today!
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Training-Certification-articles/Want-to-learn-scrum-basics-then-get-credentialed-for-free/ba-p/3062042
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!
First up, @Kristian Klima shares a really neat trick to automatically trigger a re-index of Confluence Cloud. Thought this wasn’t possible? I know I was skeptical at first to! Check out this article to learn more.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Confluence-articles/Reindex-a-Confluence-Cloud-Site-manually-workaround/ba-p/3061612
Next, I found another great set of tips & tricks by @Robert Nadon. This time he’s sharing some neat ways you can use Assets with JSM for Workflow approvals. Sound interesting? Check this out for more details!
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/JSM-News-Discussions-articles/JSM-Tips-amp-Tricks-Workflow-Approver-from-Assets/ba-p/3068434
Next up, if you needed more convincing that you should check out the Forge Learning Path, here it is! @Bryan Guffey has written a fantastic piece that will inspire you about what is possible with Forge. Be sure to check this out!
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/Save-Your-Company-Thousands-by-Using-Forge-to-Write-Your-Own/ba-p/3059342
Do you struggle to stay on top of your Atlassian notifications? I know I definitely do at times! Well fear no more, @Adam Setch has written a great piece and a small desktop app that can help you stay up to date with your notifications in a flexible way. If you find this interesting, be sure to check this out for more information and a link to download the app.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Watercooler-articles/How-I-stay-on-top-of-my-Atlassian-notifications/ba-p/3071385
Finally, a possible “hot take”, but I think these are important to highlight as critical discussions are how changes get made in the first place. @Sami Shaik has put together a very well written piece about the imposition of a forced rollout of Rovo and Atlassian Intelligence defaulted “ON“. My company was personally hit by this as well, and having already opted out of the automatic enablement of Atlassian Intelligence, our security team was not pleased that this happened again. I would encourage you to check this out and leave your own thoughts!
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Rovo-articles/Why-Atlassian-Needs-to-Rethink-the-Forced-Rollout-Strategy-for/ba-p/3066231
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!
First up, you may remember there was come controversy around the change in default behavior for JSM transition comments between internal vs customer. Atlassian is now letting you choose what is best for your company. A toggle has now been released which let’s you set the default behavior for what works best for you. If you were affected by this change, here is proof that using your voice can make change happen.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-Service-Management-articles/New-Jira-Service-Management-settings-toggle-Set-default/ba-p/3056534
Next, continuing the news about Forge, pricing for Forge which will take effect January 2026 has now been announced. A free plan will still exist so there is no reason to worry about checking things out and following the learning path. However, for our Marketplace Partner friends, you will want to check this out and see what this will mean for your apps.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Forge-pricing/Updates-to-Forge-Pricing-Effective-January-2026/ba-p/3063446
Next up, Teams is becoming a foundational features across the Atlassian apps and now you can synchronize you teams from Workday. This is a great addition that avoids you having to duplicate the work to manage your teams.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Atlassian-Teams-User-Group/Sync-Your-Teams-from-Workday-into-Atlassian/ba-p/3066461
Looking for an easy way to stay up to date with the work your team members are working on? You now have the ability within Atlassian Home to see this in the new discover feed.
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Atlas-Group-articles/Discover-popular-content-in-Home/ba-p/3064298
Finally, also within Atlassian Home, there is a new feature you can opt into that will give you the ability to add new insights to your Home dashboard to be able to keep up with things at a glance. https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Atlassian-Home-articles/Dashboard-Insights-now-available-in-Home-Dashboards/ba-p/3063225
This month I wanted to highlight some articles that might inspire you to consider becoming a Community Champion. Be sure to check these out!
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Watercooler-articles/From-conference-chats-to-real-community-My-journey-to-becoming-a/ba-p/3066121 - by @Kerli Suve
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Watercooler-articles/How-I-Replaced-Gaming-with-the-Atlassian-Community/ba-p/3066309 - by @Tomislav Tobijas
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Watercooler-articles/I-thought-I-was-just-hosting-an-event-but-that-plan-changed-My/ba-p/3066598 - by @Huwen Arnone _Deiser_
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Watercooler-articles/From-Not-Knowing-How-to-Write-to-Expressing-My-Life-in-Words-A/ba-p/3067073 - by @Teodora V _Fun Inc_
https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Welcome-Center-articles/Keypointers-when-you-start-your-Atlassian-Community-Journey/ba-p/3070695 - by @Nagarajan Balasubramanian
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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!
Jimmy Seddon
Sr R&D Tools Administrator
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