Documentation for JIRA 5.2. Documentation for other versions of JIRA is available too.

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  • JIRA 5.2 Release Notes — The completely redesigned JIRA search lets you quickly find and organise your issues, so you – and your team – can focus on what matters most. Getting the job done!
    • JIRA 5.2 Upgrade Notes
    • JIRA 5.2.11 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.11. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.10 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.10. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.9 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.9. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.8 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.8. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.7 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.7. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.6 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.6. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.5 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.5. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.4.1 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.4.1. This version is functionally identical to JIRA 5.2.4. 
    • JIRA 5.2.4 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.4. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.3 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.3. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.2 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.2. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.2.1 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.2.1. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
  • JIRA 5.1 Release Notes — JIRA 5.1 continues on from where JIRA 5.0 left off, making the process of working with issues faster and easier. JIRA 5.1 gives users the ability to edit an issue's fields directly 'inline' for a speedier editing experience and makes all operations on the 'view issue' page faster by eliminating the need for the page to reload when the operation is submitted. The JIRA issue collector introduces a whole new way to create issues based on feedback from your colleagues or customers who don't use JIRA
    • JIRA 5.1 Upgrade Notes
    • JIRA 5.1.8 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.1.8. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.1.5 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.1.5. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.1.4 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.1.4. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.1.3 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.1.3. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.1.2 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.1.2. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.1.1 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.1.1. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.1.7 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.1.7. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.1.6 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.1.6. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
  • JIRA 5.0 Release Notes — JIRA 5.0 connects people, teams and applications. Users can share issues and search results with each other. They can also mention a colleague with '@username' in an issue to call their attention to an issue. Remote issue links connect JIRA issues to objects and pages in other web applications. Activity streams show events from all linked Atlassian applications and third-party apps.
    • JIRA 5.0 Upgrade Notes
    • JIRA 5.0.7 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.0.7. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.0.6 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.0.6. This point release contains several updates and fixes. In particular, customers with large numbers of users will notice performance improvements with the 'suggested users' dropdown list, which appears when their users email issues to other users by mentioning them on issues.
    • JIRA 5.0.5 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.0.5. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.0.4 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.0.4. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.0.3 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.0.3. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.0.2 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 5.0.2. This point release contains several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 5.0.1 Release Notes —  
  • JIRA 4.4 Release Notes — JIRA 4.4 brings you a visual Workflow Designer, a Workflow Viewer from the 'View Issue' page, simplified Administration and user-specific Time Zones. We are also very pleased to announce that the JIRA installation and upgrade processes have been improved and largely automated.
    • JIRA 4.4 Upgrade Notes
    • JIRA 4.4.5 Release Notes —  
    • JIRA 4.4.4 Release Notes —  
    • JIRA 4.4.3 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.4.3. This point release contains new features that give users more JQL enhancements to filter issues based on system fields that possessed a specified value at some point in the past, in addition to several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 4.4.2 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.4.2. This point release contains new features that give users more JQL enhancements to filter issues based on system fields that possessed a specified value at some point in the past, in addition to several updates and fixes.
    • JIRA 4.4.1 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.4.1. This point release contains new features that give administrators the ability to manage other users' shared filters and shared dashboards, in addition to several updates and fixes.
  • JIRA 4.3 Release Notes — Identity management comes of age in JIRA 4.3, with complete LDAP integration. JIRA 4.3 also includes the Universal Plugin Manager for easier management of plugins, and a new data importer for easier migration from your old systems. Additionally, a raft of new JQL functions give you many powerful new searching options, such as the ability to search an issue's change history.
    • JIRA 4.3 Upgrade Guide
    • JIRA 4.3.4 Release Notes
    • JIRA 4.3.3 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.3.3. This point release contains several updates and fixes, plus version 2.3.1 of the JIRA Importers Plugin https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/32645, providing support for Pivotal Tracker and improvements in the way attachments are imported. The FishEye plugin version 3.1.5 is also included.
    • JIRA 4.3.2 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.3.2. This point release fixes two issues (JRA-24251 http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-24251 & JRA-24291 http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-24291) associated with the Windows Installer.
    • JIRA 4.3.1 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.3.1. This point release contains several updates and fixes, plus version 2.1 of the JIRA Importers Plugin https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/32645, providing improved support for Bugzilla. Please see the documentation: Importing Data from Bugzilla.
  • JIRA 4.2 Release Notes — JIRA 4.2 gives you a few extra minutes of precious time every day, by providing the ability to triage issues directly from the Issue Navigator without you having to open each issue. For the mouse-averse, the new 'Operations Dialog' box provides access to all menu options via the keyboard.
    • JIRA 4.2 Upgrade Guide
    • JIRA 4.2.4 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.2.4. This point release fixes an issue http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-23587 with the 'Filter Results' gadget. It also contains version 1.7.1 of the JIRA Importers Plugin https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/32645.
    • JIRA 4.2.3 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.2.3. This point release contains several updates and fixes, plus a new release of the JIRA Importers Plugin https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/32645, providing improved support for Mantis and CSV imports. Please see the documentation: Importing Data from Mantis and Importing Data from CSV.
    • JIRA 4.2.2 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.2.2. This point release contains several updates and fixes, plus a Beta release of the JIRA Importers Plugin https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/32645, providing improved support for Bugzilla. Please see the documentation: Importing Data from Bugzilla.
    • JIRA 4.2.1 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.2.1. This point release contains several updates and fixes, including the issue http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-20652 of remembering which sections of the 'View Issue' screen are collapsed. This point release is a highly recommended upgrade as it contains important fixes to security vulnerabilities — please refer to the JIRA Security Advisory 2010-12-06 for details.
  • JIRA 4.1 Release Notes — This release makes your JIRA experience easier and more convenient than ever. The issue UI has been redesigned for a simpler, friendlier experience, and keyboard shortcuts have been streamlined. Issues can now be actioned directly from your dashboard via a handy dropdown in the gadgets. Each issue's attachments are now displayed in an image gallery, and can all be downloaded to a single ZIP file with just one click.
    • JIRA 4.1 Upgrade Guide
    • JIRA 4.1.2 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team is proud to announce the release of JIRA 4.1.2. This point release is a highly recommended upgrade as it contains important fixes to security vulnerabilities — please refer to the JIRA Security Advisory 2010-06-18 for details.
    • JIRA 4.1.1 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team announces the release of JIRA 4.1.1. This point release is a highly recommended upgrade as it contains important fixes to security vulnerabilities in JIRA (listed below). For more information about these security vulnerabilities and patches to fix these vulnerabilities in earlier versions of JIRA, please refer to the JIRA Security Advisory 2010-04-16.
  • JIRA 4.0 Release Notes — We have improved the UI to provide contextual awareness, improving the navigation and usability with features like activity streams and issue history. We have also added the most powerful searching capabilities ever seen in a bug tracker, called JIRA Query Language (JQL). The simple auto-complete entry system makes it incredibly easy for any user to create sophisticated queries.
    • JIRA 4.0 Upgrade Guide
    • JIRA 4.0.2 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team is proud to announce the release of JIRA 4.0.2. This point release contains over 40 bug fixes and improvements, notably including:
    • JIRA 4.0.1 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team is proud to announce the release of JIRA 4.0.1. This point release contains over 60 bug fixes and improvements, notably including the gadget loopback issue. We are also very pleased to announce support for WebSphere 6.1.0.27.
  • JIRA 3.13 Release Notes — This release fulfils some of the most popular JIRA feature requests. Dashboards can now be shared, and filter sharing has been improved — so it's easy to set up multiple 'template' dashboards, each with specific portlets and filters. New JIRA users can then simply select the dashboards most suited to them.
    • JIRA 3.13 Upgrade Guide
    • JIRA 3.13.5 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team is proud to announce the release of JIRA 3.13.5 in Standard, Professional and Enterprise editions. This point release includes over 30 bug fixes and improvements.
    • JIRA 3.13.4 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team is proud to announce the release of JIRA 3.13.4 in Standard, Professional and Enterprise editions. This point release includes over 20 bug fixes and improvements.
    • JIRA 3.13.3 Release Notes — The Atlassian JIRA team is proud to announce the release of JIRA 3.13.3 in Standard, Professional and Enterprise editions. This point release includes over 85 bug fixes and improvements, including an important security fix — please see JIRA Security Advisory 2009-04-02 for details.
    • JIRA 3.13.2 Release Notes —  
    • JIRA 3.13.1 Release Notes —  
  • JIRA 3.12 Release Notes — JIRA 3.12 provides a number of enhancements for the upcoming JIRA Studio http://www.jira.com/. Because some of these enhancements may be of benefit to you, we have decided to provide them as a public release rather than making you wait until JIRA 4.0.
  • JIRA 3.11 Release Notes — This release focuses on time-tracking. Time-tracking data (that is, the estimated and actual time spent on an issue) now includes the issue's sub-tasks. The aggregated time-tracking data is displayed both within individual 'parent' issues and in the Issue Navigator, so it can be easily reported on, exported to Excel, etc.
  • JIRA 3.10 Release Notes — Editable worklogs; new ways to browse Components and Versions.
  • JIRA 3.9 Release Notes — Convert issues to sub-tasks, and sub-tasks to issues. Use the convenient new scheduler to subscribe to issue filters.
  • JIRA 3.8 Release Notes — Editable Comments, Self-installer for Windows, CAPTCHA for new account signup, Integration with Crowd http://www.atlassian.com/software/crowd/, Improvements to the Bugzilla importer
  • JIRA 3.6 Release Notes — Custom Events. Group Picker Custom Field, Wiki-Style Linking, Expandable Fields
  • JIRA 3.5 Release Notes — Bulk Workflow Transition, a new Charting Plugin, MS Word Export, JIRA Page Linker Plugin, Component Lead Notification Type
  • JIRA 3.4 and 3.4.1 Release Notes — Issue by project, renderers, clone portlets, issue operation plugin, improvements and bug fixes.
  • JIRA 3.3 Release Notes — Create filters with multiple projects, improved date search, bulk move and performance improvements.
  • JIRA 3.2 Release Notes — Fields can be configured on a per-screen basis, screens can contain tabs, more flexible custom fields, and performance improvements.
  • JIRA 3.0 Release Notes — Configurable workflow with editor, sub-tasks, plugin system, custom fields improvements, clone issue, change reporter, multiple attachments, introduction of the standard edition.
  • All JIRA Release Notes (version 3.x and later)
  • All JIRA Upgrade Guides (version 3.x and later)
  • JIRA 2.6 Release Notes
  • JIRA 3.1 Release Notes — CSV import wizard, workflow action keyboard shortcuts, assign issues by mail and performance improvements.
  • Important Version-Specific Upgrade Notes — The following list of upgrade notes/guides contain important information you should be aware of for your JIRA upgrade:
  • JIRA 3.7 Release Notes — Project Roles, 'Charting' View for Issue Navigator, RSS Improvements, User Properties, SVN Project Panel plugin, SVN Commit Acceptance plugin
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