Data Center Roadmap
Last Updated

 December 10th, 2025

Data Center Roadmap

Check out the latest features in Data Center and learn about what we’re working on. Subscribe to receive an email each quarter highlighting our newly released features, updated time frames, and more.

Merge Queues

Streamline, monitor, and manage how pull requests are merged into active repository branches, helping your teams move faster by reducing interruptions.

Scale & performance
Coming soon
Q2 2026
Bitbucket

Responsive Mobile UI for Pull Requests

Review, comment on, and approve pull requests on the go using our newly responsive pull request page optimized for mobile device access.

Scale & performance
Coming soon
Q2 2026
Bitbucket

Rate limiting support

Data Center rate limiting enhancements are being made to allow admins to better protect Confluence and other Data Center products from abusive or high-rate traffic (including scripts and bots) and improve reliability for legitimate users, with configurable limits across key endpoints and separate controls for user vs. bot traffic.

Security & compliance
Coming soon
Q3 2026
Confluence

Security insights

Get centralised, instance‑level security insights for your Confluence and Jira Data Center in Admin Hub. Quickly surface potential risks, understand recommended next steps, and take guided actions to help you strengthen your security posture over time.

Security & compliance
Coming soon
Q3 2026
Confluence
Jira

Query safeguards and JQL resilience

Protect Jira Data Center clusters from runaway queries with JQL resilience improvements. Set limits to prevent heavy or misconfigured searches from degrading node stability, and use an API to let plugins block specific JQL queries.

Scale & performance
Released
Q4 2025
Jira Service Management
Jira

Sign SAML authentication requests for stricter SSO security

Enable compatibility with identity providers that require signed requests and enhance your SSO security posture, giving security teams greater control over SAML-based authentication flows and helping to satisfy stricter compliance requirements.

Security & compliance
Released
Q1 2026
Jira

Jira admin and OS-level access separation

Reduce the need for Jira admins to have direct OS‑level access and rely on least privilege access models, which allows you to simplify audits and better satisfy internal and external security requirements.

Security & compliance
Released
Q3 2025
Jira Service Management
Jira

Improved mail handler stability with mailbox cleanup

The new MailboxCleanupService periodically cleans up processed or problematic messages to maintain reliable email processing in large mailboxes.

Scale & performance
Released
Q3 2025
Jira

Optimize your instance with safeguards using Instance Optimiser

New safeguards help you stay within recommended limits for comments, custom fields, issue types, issues, and projects in Jira to maintain system stability and performance as your instance scales.

Scale & performance
Released
Q3 2025
Jira

Optimize your custom fields using Jira Instance Optimiser

Manage custom fields with search, filtering, and bulk actions, including deletion. View usage details and localization impact directly from recommendations.

Scale & performance
Released
Q3 2025
Jira

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira UI Refresh

Redesigned user interface with improved administration and program management capabilities in Advanced Roadmaps for Jira, including dark theme support. Delivers a more seamless and consistent experience for viewing and managing projects.

Scale & performance
Released
Q3 2025
Jira

Centralize management of the Cloud connectors for Data Center

Set up and manage cloud connectors like Rovo and Portfolio Insights from a central place in the Atlassian Administration Hub for a more secure, standardized way to connect Jira and Confluence Data Center to Atlassian Cloud, without disrupting workflows.

Security & compliance
Released
Q4 2025
Confluence
Jira
Jira Service Management

OAuth 2.0‑aware rate limiting

Get better control over how API traffic from modern integrations is managed and protect your Jira Data Center instance from accidental overload while still allowing critical integrations and automations to run reliably.

Security & compliance
Released
Q3 2025
Jira
Jira Service Management

Updated view field configurations - EAP

Save time by easily navigating field configurations in the admin experience.

Experience improvements
Released
Q1 2024
Jira

Add watchers during issue create

Work more efficiently and eliminate unnecessary steps by directly defining watchers in Jira’s issue creation form.

Experience improvements
Released
Q1 2024
Jira

Restrict comment visibility to a group or role

Agents and admins can limit comment visibility in service projects to specific roles or groups, enhancing control over information sharing

Experience improvements
Released
Q4 2024
Jira Service Management

Additional details to manage trash within Spaces

Improve Confluence’s performance and efficiently manage your space’s trash with new details about who created and deleted the content.

Experience improvements
Released
Q4 2023
Confluence

JCMA - support for Automation Rules for Jira

Migrate your Automation for Jira (A4J) rules from Data Center environments to the Cloud with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant (JCMA)

Cloud migrations
Released
Q2 2025
Jira
Jira Service Management

Native Single Sign-On in Atlassian Crowd

Integrate multiple Identity Providers directly with Crowd. This will allow Crowd to serve as the sole integration point with the IdP, acting as a bridge between the IdP and other Atlassian Data Center products. Context: Previously, Crowd offered an Entra ID integration that synchronized users from Entra ID directories, enabling them to authenticate to Crowd. However, this feature required disabling Entra ID’s Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). With Microsoft’s announcement that MFA will soon be mandatory for all Entra ID customers, organizations using this integration must now redesign their setups and adopt native SSO functionality to integrate with Entra ID.

Security & compliance
Released
Q4 2025
Crowd

Mobile Jira DC & Confluence DC OAuth 2.0 support

Enhance security, reduce unauthorized access risks, and integrate seamlessly with existing identity providers to simplify user access management. For iOS devices only. For implementation details, refer to the below resources:

Security & compliance
Released
Q4 2024
Jira
Confluence

File attachments allow and blocklisting

Restrict file attachments globally by creating an allowlist or blocklist of file extensions.

Security & compliance
Released
Q2 2024
Jira
Jira Service Management

Assets Imports Global View

Assets admins can now conveniently schedule and monitor import statuses for all object schemas in a single location, allowing for easy optimization of import configurations.

Scale & performance
Released
Q3 2024
Jira Service Management

Word count

Keep track of the number of words or characters in your page or blog post as you type by using the word count feature located in the bottom toolbar of the editor.

Experience improvements
Released
Q3 2024
Confluence

REST APIs (content management)

Admins can manage content at scale, including the ability to script and automate updates to pages and spaces, and other administrative tasks, with additional REST APIs.

Experience improvements
Released
Q3 2024
Confluence

Effective permissions

Easily understand a user’s permissions for a project or repository, seeing both explicit permissions and inherited permissions from user groups.

Security & compliance
Released
Q3 2022
Bitbucket

Multiline comments

Add comments and tasks to specific line ranges to improve team communication and streamline your code review process.

Experience improvements
Released
Q3 2024
Bitbucket

Resize images by dragging

Easily resize an image by using the drag handle, located on the side of the image.

Experience improvements
Released
Q2 2024
Confluence

Dark theme in Jira - Beta

Choose between Dark theme or Light theme. Alternative color themes to reduce eye strain and improve contrast for better accessibility.

Experience improvements
Released
Q3 2024
Jira
Jira Service Management

Two-step verification for administrator sessions

Protect sensitive actions by requiring users to re-authenticate with a time-based one-time password (TOTP) when accessing administration screens.

Security & compliance
Released
Q1 2025
Bitbucket

Search index insights

Gain insight into search health through visibility of repository indexing.

Scale & performance
Released
Q2 2025
Bitbucket

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)

The updated Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) offers an inventory of your Data Center product using mostly backend (and some frontend) dependencies, helping you facilitate a smooth integration into automated security checks and eliminating the need for reactive security scan adjustments.

Security & compliance
Released
Q1 2024
Jira Service Management
Bitbucket
Bamboo
Confluence
Jira

New font and table background colors

Updated font and table background color palettes including more colors, improved contrast for better accessibility and dark theme compatibility.

Experience improvements
Released
Q2 2024
Confluence

Bitbucket Mesh on Kubernetes

Deploy Bitbucket Mesh on Kubernetes clusters using hardened container images and helm chart templates.

Experience improvements
Released
Q1 2023
Bitbucket

ProForma App Now Free for Jira Service Management Data Cente

The ProForma app will be free for all Jira Service Management Data Center customers in 10.3 LTS. ProForma makes building dynamic forms simple, easy, and fast by reducing the need for custom fields or complex Jira configurations.

Apps & extensibility
Released
Q4 2024
Jira Service Management

Support of security keys for Git over SSH

Bitbucket supports two new SSH key types: ED25519-SK and ECDSA-SK designed to work with FIDO2/U2F hardware authenticators. Security keys are a safer substitute for passwords or traditional SSH keys to protect your code, offering a reliable way to improve your security posture and implement multifactor authentication for Git operations.

Security & compliance
Released
Q3 2023
Bitbucket

Single-click to copy links to comments

Easily copy and share links to comments with a new copy link shortcut for page and inline comments.

Experience improvements
Released
Q2 2024
Confluence

Profile picture customization enhancements

Customize your profile pictures with the ability to set their initials as an avatar, and rotate and delete their profile photos.

Experience improvements
Released
Q2 2024
Confluence

Jira Dark Theme GA

Take advantage of alternative colors with Dark and Light themes, to reduce eye strain and improve contrast for better accessibility.

Experience improvements
Released
Q4 2024
Jira
Jira Service Management

Guardrails for Automation for Jira

Use data dimension recommendations to identify and manage performance and scale risks.

Scale & performance
Released
Q1 2024
Jira
Jira Service Management

Asset parallel imports

Carry out multiple import jobs in parallel. With this feature, you’ll no longer have to worry about a critical job not starting on time due to other delayed import jobs.

Scale & performance
Released
Q1 2024
Jira Service Management

Local group management in Azure Active Directory

Fully manage groups within Azure AD Crowd directories and delegate group management to other users to reduce overhead.

User management & controls
Released
Q2 2020
Crowd 4.1+

Space reindexing

Save time by re-indexing a specific space rather than running a full site reindex in Confluence.

Scale & performance
Released
Q3 2023
Confluence

Easier management of licensed users

Giving admins the tools they need to identify licensed users and manage available seats and licensing costs.

User management & controls
Released
Q3 2023
Bitbucket

Secure Network Connectivity between Cloud and Data Center

Securely connect your Atlassian self-managed products with Atlassian Cloud products to ensure smooth collaboration between teams using different deployments.

Cloud migrations
Released
Q2 2023
Jira
Jira Service Management
Confluence
Bitbucket
Bamboo

OAuth2 support

Improve the security and reliability of your integrations with Bamboo’s new tokens and accept requests from external applications using the OAuth2 authentication scheme.

User management & controls
Released
Q4 2022
Bamboo 8.0+

Bulk description edit

Save time when editing descriptions for multiple issues with the new bulk description edit flow, allowing you to edit many descriptions in just a few clicks.

Experience improvements
Released
Q1 2024
Jira

Vertical alignment of table cell content

Align content to the top, middle, or bottom within a table cell.

Experience improvements
Released
Q3 2023
Confluence

Create Linked Issue

Quickly link issues between projects from the ‘more’ menu.

Experience improvements
Released
Q3 2023
Jira

JPD integration with Jira Data Center for delivery

Connect Jira Product Discovery with Jira Data Center (DC) to streamline the discovery and delivery process in product organisations using Jira DC. Product Managers will be able to connect ideas with delivery tickets in Jira DC and track the delivery progress.

Cloud migrations
Released
Q4 2025
Jira

Jira Board and Backlog performance improvements

Get more out of your work in Jira, especially if you're dealing with slow-performant hardware or network issues with faster page load times for Jira Backlog and Board agile views.

Experience improvements
Released
Q4 2022
Jira

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