Recent change to Epic Icon in JPD

Jack Wilkins

Recently, I've noticed that the classic purple lightning bolt icon  , used in other JIRA apps to signify an epic, has been replaced with a multiline star symbol icon .  In addition, the legacy icon no longer appears in the palette.

 

Does anyone know why this change was made? 

Was there any prior communication or notification about it?

 

 

Arkadiusz Wroblewski

Hello and Welcome to Atlassian Community @Jack Wilkins 

There was a Cloud Changes note about this back in May (“Updated icons for idea types”). Atlassian essentially refreshed the JPD icon library so admins can better distinguish between different idea types like Opportunities, Solutions, or Experiments.

You can check out the new options under Project settings → Types and workflows.

It was rolled out around 18 may.

Atlassian Cloud changes May 11 to May 18, 2026 | Atlassian Cloud | Atlassian Documentation

Best,

Arkadiusz🤠