Jira Software 9.11.x release notes

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Read the upgrade notes for important info about this release and see the full list of issues resolved.

 Compatible applications

If you're looking for compatible Jira applications, look no further:

• Jira Core 9.11 release notes
• Jira Service Management 5.11 release notes

Good to know

If you're thinking of moving to Data Center, check our recommendations first. See: Infrastructure recommendations for Jira.

Jira automation 9.0 release

Along with Jira Software 9.11, we’re releasing Jira automation 9.0 — an upgrade to the Automation for Jira app. Jira automation 9.0 comes with security improvements and introduces two new actions to automation rules — Lookup issues and Create variable. This version is compatible with the following Jira applications:

• Jira Software Data Center 8.20.0 and later
• Jira Service Management 4.20.0 and later

New actions added to Jira automation DATA CENTER

Manage your work in Jira more efficiently by using two new actions added to Jira automation 9.0:

• Lookup issues to query for issues and aggregate results for use in other actions.
• Create variable to store text values or other smart values and use them in other actions.

Learn more about Jira automation actions and how to use them

Lookup issues action

This action allows you to search for issues based on a JQL query and store their data in the smart value {{lookupIssues}}. This value acts like a list so it’ll work with other values of the same format.

Learn more about using smart values in the following guides:

• Properties available for the {{lookupIssues}} smart value
• Using smart values with issue lists

By default, the maximum number of issues that can be retrieved by the JQL query is set to 100. You can change the issue list limit in the Global configuration, using the following values:

• Add any integer starting from 1.
• Enter “-1” to remove the limit. Consider that this might potentially lead to performance issues.

1. Global configuration options in Jira automation
2. Set the limit of issues queried by the JQL for the Lookup issues action

Learn how to configure the issue results limit

Create variable action

This action allows you to store the content of a smart value inside a variable, which will be available within the entire scope of the rule, including inside branches.

For example, you can create a variable called storypoints, which is accessed in the rule by using the syntax {{storypoints}}.

Consider that the variable name can only contain alphabetical characters. If this condition isn't met, the app will return the error “Value can only be alphabetic characters” when you try to save the action.

Masking secret keys in your automation rules DATA CENTER

We realize how important it is to establish a secure and uncompromised connection with an external app, like Microsoft Teams or Slack. In Jira automation 9.0, we’ve started masking secret keys and URLs that you use in notification actions for automation rules to connect to external services.

With secret key masking, we’re providing a reliable solution for security concerns and safe data reuse across your instance:

• The masking mechanism ensures that the values of secret keys in automation rules aren’t visible to any user. When viewing a secret key or selecting it from a list, you’ll see the name of the secret key, but not the value.
• You now have one place – the Secret keys panel – where you can create, edit, and remove secret keys according to your role.
• Based on its scope, you can reuse a secret key across multiple projects without the risk of disclosure.

To view secret keys or create a new one:

1. In the upper-right corner of the screen, select Administration > System.
2. In the left-side panel, select Automation rules.
3. In the meatball menu, select Manage secret keys.
   
4. Select New secret to create a new secret key.
5. Fill in the fields and select Add. Note that if you’re a project admin, you can select only the Single project scope for your secret key. If you’re a system admin, you can select the Single project, Multiple Projects, or All projects scope.

Learn more about secret key masking

Allowlist in Jira automation is now enabled by default INCLUDES BREAKING CHANGES

To strengthen the security in Jira automation and enhance the protection against Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, we’re changing the way Jira handles external requests by enabling Jira allowlist by default. In Jira automation, the allowlist for sending outbound HTTP requests is always enabled in the Global configuration menu.

How this affects your automation rules

You can’t publish a rule if the URL you are requesting isn’t present in Jira's allowlist.

Automation rules that no longer work after this change can still be marked as successfully executed in the UI. To check if the rule was triggered and view its final result, inspect the audit log — if the rule doesn’t work due to allowlisting changes, you’ll see an execution error. Learn more about the audit log

If a rule is currently disabled, you won’t be able to make it active and will see the “Error 404: file not found” in the web console. Adding the requested URL to the allowlist will fix the error.

Feature improvement: project shortcuts can now be reordered DATA CENTER

Keep project shortcuts better organized as we add the ability to rearrange them in the project sidebar. You can now make the frequently used links appear first in the list, or group them together to keep all related info in one spot:

• rearrange the shortcuts by dragging and dropping
• change shortcut positioning in the list by using the Move up and Move down buttons

1. Project shortcuts: sidebar section where all shortcuts are located
2. Add shortcut: create a new shortcut for the project
3. Actions menu: reorder and manage the existing shortcuts

Learn more about managing project shortcuts

Store attachments more efficiently in the S3 object storage DATA CENTER INCLUDES BREAKING CHANGES

If you’re using Jira Software Data Center 9.11.0 and running your application in AWS, you can store attachments in Amazon S3 object storage.

S3 object storage offers an enhanced enterprise experience compared to the Network File System (NFS), especially for customers with large or growing data storage needs. Learn more about configuring Amazon S3 object storage

Changes to the API

Some Jira APIs aren't compatible with the introduced S3 object storage method as they expose filesystem-specific concepts such as java.io.File.

 These APIs have been deprecated since Jira 9.7 or earlier, and most of them have alternatives documented in the Javadocs:

• Check out the APIs deprecated in 9.7
• View the alternatives added to Javadoc

The following API classes may not function correctly from Jira 9.11 for instances that have configured their attachments to be stored in S3.

How S3 object storage is configured in Jira

S3 object storage is configured in the filestore-config.xml file that should be located in Jira <localhome>. To use S3 as a target location for attachments, the filestore attribute in the filestore-config.xml must match the s3-filestore id.

<?xml version="1.1" ?>
<filestore-config>
  <filestores>
    <s3-filestore id="attachmentBucket">
      <config>
        <bucket-name>jira-bucket</bucket-name>
        <region>us-east-1</region>
      </config>
    </s3-filestore>
  </filestores>
  <associations>
    <association target="attachments" file-store="attachmentBucket" />
  </associations>
</filestore-config>

If you’re already using Amazon S3 to store avatars

If you already have S3 object storage configured and want to keep attachments in the same bucket as avatars, the filestore attribute should point to the same bucket where avatars are located.

<?xml version="1.1" ?>
<filestore-config>
  <filestores>
    <s3-filestore id="jiraBucket">
      <config>
        <bucket-name>jira-bucket</bucket-name>
        <region>us-east-1</region>
      </config>
    </s3-filestore>
  </filestores>
  <associations>
    <association target="avatars" file-store="jiraBucket" />
    <association target="attachments" file-store="jiraBucket" />
  </associations>
</filestore-config>

To use separate buckets for attachments and avatars, define multiple <s3-filestore> elements and reference each of them in the respective association targets.

<?xml version="1.1" ?>
<filestore-config>
  <filestores>
    <s3-filestore id="avatarBucket">
      <config>
        <bucket-name>jira-avatar-bucket</bucket-name>
        <region>us-east-1</region>
      </config>
    </s3-filestore>
    <s3-filestore id="attachmentBucket">
      <config>
        <bucket-name>jira-attachment-bucket</bucket-name>
        <region>us-east-1</region>
      </config>
    </s3-filestore>
  </filestores>
  <associations>
    <association target="avatars" file-store="avatarBucket" />
    <association target="attachments" file-store="attachmentBucket" />
  </associations>
</filestore-config>

Updated layout in the table with custom field contexts

To better organize content in the table with custom field contexts, we've modified its structure so that the key configuration details appear in one place. You can now find the Default value, Options, and other field properties in a single Configuration column.

1. Contexts tab that lists all contexts configured for the “Development team” custom field.
2. Configuration column that presents all configuration options in a particular context.

Currently, all configurations are fully displayed in the Configuration column to help you quickly scan the content without expanding a particular setting. 

Improvements to the support zip creation

In this release, we’ve revamped the process of creating a support zip in the Atlassian Troubleshooting and Support Tools (ATST) app. The Create a support zip page got a new design and enhanced functionality:

• Users are now able to pick one of four file size limitation options (25/100/500 MB per file)
• Added an option to select logs based on the last file modification date: any time, today, or in the past 3/5/10 days
• The default maximum file size is now 100 MB per file
• Added new API parameters to support File modification date and Maximum file size options
• After creating a zip, the customization preferences are saved and shared across the instance

1. Verify the contents of your zip file
2. Customize the contents of your zip file
3. Create a new support zip on this node

Learn more about creating a support zip

Project permissions get extended configuration DATA CENTER

To enhance the privacy and security of your project information, we’re making changes to the project permissions that’ll give your more granular control over the level of data displayed to users.

You can now set up more “contextual” browsing within the project by defining user visibility in mentions, Assignee, and Reporter pickers. This lets you disclose the key information needed to complete a task, without giving users full permissions in the project.

What has changed

We no longer check the Browse users permission for User mentions (@user) as well as Assignee and Reporter pickers. Instead, we validate the following permissions of a user that's interacting with the pickers or wants to mention someone:

• Assignee: a user needs to have the Assign issue permission to interact with the picker and change the assignee. This picker will now show all users that have the Assignable user permission in the project.
• Reporter: a user needs to have the Modify reporter and Browse projects permissions to interact with the picker and change the reporter. The picker will show users with Browse projects permission in the project.
• User mentions: a user needs to have the Browse projects permissions to mention other users on issues. The picker will show users with Browse projects permission in the project.

Based on these permissions, we define whom the user will see in these pickers and mentions.

The pickers and mentions will also work for anonymous users if those users have proper access to the project. For bulk edit operations that include issues from multiple projects, only users that have appropriate permissions to all of these projects will be displayed.

Learn more about project permissions and how to configure them

Select issue watchers only from users who have access to your project

Have you ever added a user to watch an issue without knowing if they have access to your project? The user picker for the Watchers field listed all available users and responded with an error if you selected a user without project access.

We've addressed this scenario by configuring a background filter that sorts out users without access to a specific project from the list of potential issue watchers. Therefore, confidential information won’t be disclosed in email notifications to users who shouldn't view the project.

Now, when adding a watcher to an issue, you’re selecting only from users who have the Browse projects permission in the project the issue belongs to. Other users won’t be listed in the Add watchers dialog.

If you enter the name of the user who can’t view the issue, the dialog will display the “No matches“ message.

The Rich Text gadget substitutes the deprecated Text gadget

We’re deprecating the Text gadget for dashboards and introducing the Rich Text gadget instead. The Rich Text gadget uses the rich text editor instead of the plaintext area in edit mode. The new gadget eliminates a potential security risk posed by a possible arbitrary HTML that the Text gadget might contain.

The rich text editor at the core of the Rich Text gadget

The output of the rich text editor usage

Use AWS Secrets Manager to manage Jira Software configuration

Avoid storing plaintext values in product configuration files and rest assured that your Jira is protected from any credentials leakage. We’re adding support for AWS Secrets Manager, which is also in development for the releases of Bitbucket Data Center 8.13 and Confluence Data Center 8.6.

Learn more about how to use AWS Secrets Manager in Jira Software

Resolved issues