Varsha Patel Atlassian Team

Many of you have been asking when you can adopt Atlassian’s new navigation—now you can! We’re thrilled to announce its General Availability (GA) for Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence, and Atlassian Home. In this article, you’ll find key details about what’s changing and when those changes…

Hi everyone, I'm Varsha I work on Bitbucket Cloud at Atlassian. We're exploring how users manage tests in their CI/CD pipelines, especially when tests behave unpredictably, and we'd love your insights. We're looking for participants to join a short research study to help us improve the experience. With Bitbucket Tests,…

Hi everyone, Recently, we conducted a research study to explore new concepts to address awareness of organizations, apps and sites, and switching between them. This study unveiled other challenges like disjointed workflows, context switching, and cross-app navigation. As the number of Atlassian apps grow, we’re exploring…

Earlier in January 2026, we ran a research study to better understand how teams customize the look and feel of Atlassian apps. Based on those learnings, we’re now exploring solutions, and we’d love your input. We’re inviting admins to participate in an upcoming research study focused on improving theming and appearance…

Hi everyone, The Atlassian navigation team has been working on improving sidebar interactions, one feature at a time. As part of this effort, we’re rolling out a full-height sidebar across Atlassian apps in December 2025 to improve discoverability and accessibility. This update extends the sidebar to span the full height…

Note: Thank you for your interest and participation. This study is now closed and we’re no longer accepting participants. The look and feel of Atlassian apps plays an important role in helping organizations and teams recognize, trust, and navigate their sites. Following the rollout of the full-height sidebar in December…

Hi everyone, The Atlassian navigation team is continually working to make navigation simpler and more intuitive. Your insights have shaped our work so far, and we’d love to hear from you again. What’s this study about? We’ve been exploring new concepts to address one of the top challenges we’ve heard from you: The…

The final phase of the new navigation rollout is here! Starting this week, we’ll begin transitioning users on Enterprise and Premium plans to the new experience. This milestone brings all users, across all plans, onto a unified navigation experience. What to expect? From July 7, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. PST, we’ll start rolling…

Many of you have been asking when you can adopt Atlassian’s new navigation—now you can! We’re thrilled to announce its General Availability (GA) for Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence, and Atlassian Home. In this article, you’ll find key details about what’s changing and when those changes…

📌 This research study has been concluded and we won't be accepting anymore participants. Thank you for participating and helping us identify key usability and workflow challenges with the new navigation. We’re exploring how the new navigation is impacting real-world teams, and we’d love your insights. While we’ve seen…

Many of you have been asking when you can adopt Atlassian’s new navigation—now you can! We’re thrilled to announce its General Availability (GA) for Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence, and Atlassian Home. In this article, you’ll find key details about what’s changing in Atlassian Home and…

Many of you have been asking when you can adopt Atlassian’s new navigation—now you can! We’re thrilled to announce its General Availability (GA) for Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence, and Atlassian Home. In this article, you’ll find key details about what’s changing in Confluence and when…

Note: This article was specific to the Early Access Program (EAP) phase and is no longer actively monitored. We're now in the General Availability (GA) phase, where you can opt in to the experience. For the latest updates, please refer to Atlassian’s new navigation: General availability, and consider joining our focus…

Many of you have been asking when you can adopt Atlassian’s new navigation—now you can! We’re thrilled to announce its General Availability (GA) for Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence, and Atlassian Home. In this article, you’ll find key details about the rollout timelines, admin controls,…

The next phase of the rollout is here: We're bringing the new navigation experience to users on the Standard plan. If you haven’t opted in yet, your teams will soon benefit from a more streamlined, consistent way to navigate across Jira, Confluence, and Atlassian Home. Note: The new navigation will be enabled automatically…

Note: Following the success of this experiment and our Early Access Program (EAP) in October 2024, we've now launched Beta for the new navigation. ➡️ Join the Beta launch today Hi everyone, The Jira Navigation team has been relentless in its efforts to make finding and resuming your work effortless. Following several weeks…

The wait is over—everyone can now try the new navigation! We're excited to share that the opt-in experience is officially available for your sites. Try it out early ✨ Can’t wait to dive in? You can opt in starting April 14, 2025 (5:45 p.m. PST). Start exploring the new experience, get comfortable with the changes, and set…

Hi everyone, Thank you for joining the AMA for the Beta launch of Atlassian’s new navigation with our Senior Product Manager, Kristin Perchal. We hope the session gave you valuable insights into the key experience updates and answered your pressing questions. For those who couldn’t make it, we’ve got you covered! ➡️ Watch…

Hi everyone, Thank you for your participation in the EAP/Beta phase, which helped us gather feedback and shape the new navigation experience. We are now closing sign-ups for Beta to prepare for General Availability (GA) in March 2025. What’s next? We will begin transitioning everyone to the new navigation in March 2025.…

Hi everyone, The Atlassian navigation team has been relentlessly working to design a new, modern navigation system focused on consistency, flexibility, and efficiency. Following the success of our Early Access Program (EAP) in October 2024, during which we validated key assumptions, gathered feedback, and learnt from the…

Note: This article is only for Chrome extension and is no longer valid for reference. We've removed the Chrome extension and we're now in the Beta launch of the new navigation. There are major experience changes from the Chrome extension to the Beta launch. Read about Atlassian's new navigation. Hi everyone, While we work…

Thank you for participating in the experiment and providing feedback on Jira’s new navigation via the Chrome extension. This has given us critical insights to help us move into the next phase for the new navigation in Jira — the Early Access Program. In the meantime, the Chrome extension is no longer available for new…

Hi everyone, As you explore the new navigation, we're interested in learning about your usage patterns and preferences to enhance your experience. Since this is an experimental phase, we're rolling out a limited set of features, and there may be bugs or unintended behavior. Here are more details about these bugs or issues.…

Hi everyone, Thank you for participating in and providing feedback on Jira’s new navigation via the Chrome extension. Your insights have been invaluable as we move into the next phase of development. This experiment determined users' receptiveness to a conceptual change in navigation and has given us critical insights into…

Hi everyone, Have you used the Chrome extension in your Jira instance? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Your insights are essential to us so we can align the experience more closely with your daily tasks, needs, and preferences. What’s involved? If you’ve explored the features and functionalities of new navigation, then…

Hi everyone, Thank you for signing up for our Early Access Program (EAP). This community group will serve as a forum for any updates, questions, or feedback during the EAP. So, ask questions, share feedback, and connect with the team working on Jira Navigation here. What to expect? We’re running this experiment with an…

Hi everyone, If you've been using the new Chrome extension on your Jira instance, we want to hear from you. Your feedback will help us understand your needs, and preferences, and how you're using the new navigation for your daily tasks. What’s involved? We’ll conduct a session (with video and screen share) that’s for an…

Hi everyone, We're focusing on enhancing the navigation experience in Jira to make finding and progressing with your work effortless. If you’re keen on helping us improve this experience, we’d love for you to join us in an experiment so that we can understand what’s most important for your work and how you find it. What's…

Hi everyone, We're focusing on enhancing the navigation experience in Jira to make finding and progressing with your work effortless. If you’re keen on helping us improve this experience, we’d love for you to join us in an experiment so that we can understand what’s most important for your work and how you find it. What's…