Will confluence.json be maintained with just latest

Question

I have automation set up to download the latest versions of Jira, Bitbucket, and confluence. Jira and Bitbucket are maintained with the latest version only:

* https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/current/jira-software.json
* https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/current/stash.json

However, Confluence list 6.13 through latest:

* https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/current/confluence.json

The rss feeds are the same. Will the Confluence feeds be maintained with just the latest?

Daniel Eads · Answer

Hi @Matt Rice and @Brant Schroeder , thanks for bringing this to our attention.

These feeds aren't widely used internally at Atlassian - externally I'm aware of iapetus.fyi that displays these feeds on a single page.

Given that I can't promise the Confluence feed will be patched in the near future, I would offer these two suggestions:

* The feed does contain timestamps, so if you are using a script to parse these, see if the library you're using can simply select the most-recent element
* If you're automating builds/deployments, it might be worth the effort to go all the way and use the docker images of our products. We regularly release images on DockerHub and the latest tag will get you the latest version for all the products with a docker pull.

Cheers,
Daniel

Brant Schroeder · Answer

@Matt Rice I think you found a bug.  The Confluence feed is defiantly different than the others.   I will escalate this to Atlassian and see if they can take a look and provide information as to why it has that version in the feed.