Release notes Jira v7.x.x - Confluence v4.x.x
- 1 Changelog
- 1.1 Changes in Jira v7.87.0, Confluence v4.86.0
- 1.2 Changes in Jira v7.86.0, Confluence v4.85.0
- 1.3 Changes in Jira v7.85.0, Confluence v4.84.0
- 1.4 Changes in Jira v7.84.0, Confluence v4.83.0
- 1.5 Changes in Jira v7.83.0, Confluence v4.82.0
- 1.6 Changes in Jira v7.82.0, Confluence v4.81.0
- 1.7 Changes in Jira v7.81.0, Confluence v4.80.0
- 1.8 Changes in Jira v7.80.0, Confluence v4.79.0
- 1.9 Changes in Jira v7.79.0, Confluence v4.78.0
- 1.10 Changes in Jira v7.78.0, Confluence v4.77.0
- 1.11 Changes in Jira v7.77.0, Confluence v4.76.0
- 1.12 Changes in Jira v7.76.0, Confluence v4.75.0
- 1.13 Changes in Jira v7.75.0, Confluence v4.74.0
- 1.14 Changes in Jira v7.74.0, Confluence v4.73.0
- 1.15 Changes in Jira v7.73.0, Confluence v4.72.0
- 1.16 Changes in Jira v7.72.0, Confluence v4.71.0
- 1.17 Changes in Jira v7.71.0, Confluence v4.70.0
- 1.18 Changes in Jira v7.70.0, Confluence v4.69.0
- 1.19 Changes in Jira v7.69.0, Confluence v4.68.0
- 1.20 Changes in Jira v7.68.0, Confluence v4.67.0
- 1.21 Changes in Jira v7.67.0, Confluence v4.66.0
- 1.22 Changes in Jira v7.66.0, Confluence v4.65.0
- 1.23 Changes in Jira v7.65.0, Confluence v4.64.0
- 1.24 Changes in Jira v7.64.0, Confluence v4.63.0
- 1.25 Changes in Jira v7.63.0, Confluence v4.62.0
- 1.26 Changes in Jira v7.62.0, Confluence v4.61.0
- 1.27 Changes in Jira v7.61.0, Confluence v4.60.0
- 1.28 Changes in Jira v7.60.0, Confluence v4.59.0
- 1.29 Changes in Jira v7.59.0, Confluence v4.58.0
- 1.30 Changes in Jira v7.58.0, Confluence v4.57.0
- 1.31 Changes in Jira v7.57.0, Confluence v4.56.0
- 1.32 Changes in Jira v7.56.0, Confluence v4.55.0
- 1.33 Changes in Jira v7.55.0, Confluence v4.54.0
- 1.34 Changes in Jira v7.54.0, Confluence v4.53.0
- 1.35 Changes in Jira v7.53.0, Confluence v4.52.0
- 1.36 Changes in Jira v7.52.0, Confluence v4.51.0
- 1.37 Changes in Jira v7.51.0, Confluence v4.50.0
- 1.38 Changes in Jira v7.50.0, Confluence v4.49.0
- 1.39 Changes in Jira v7.49.0, Confluence v4.48.0
- 1.40 Changes in Jira v7.48.0, Confluence v4.47.0
- 1.41 Changes in Jira v7.47.0, Confluence v4.46.0
- 1.42 Changes in Jira v7.46.0, Confluence v4.45.0
- 1.43 Changes in Jira v7.45.0, Confluence v4.44.0
- 1.44 Changes in Jira v7.44.0, Confluence v4.43.0
- 1.45 Changes in Jira v7.43.0, Confluence v4.42.0
- 1.46 Changes in Jira v7.41.0, Confluence v4.40.0
- 1.47 Changes in Jira v7.40.0, Confluence v4.39.0
- 1.48 Changes in Jira v7.39.0, Confluence v4.38.0
- 1.49 Changes in Jira v7.38.0, Confluence v4.37.0
- 1.50 Changes in Jira v7.7.0, Confluence v4.7.0
- 1.51 Changes in Jira v7.8.0, Confluence v4.8.0
- 1.52 Changes in Jira v7.7.0, Confluence v4.7.0
- 1.53 Changes in Jira v7.5.0, Confluence v4.5.0
- 1.54 Changes in Jira v7.4.0, Confluence v4.4.0
- 1.55 Changes in Jira v7.3.0, Confluence v4.3.0
- 1.56 Changes in Jira v7.2.0, Confluence v4.2.0
- 1.57 Changes in Jira v7.1.0, Confluence v4.1.0
- 1.58 Changes in Jira v7.0.0, Confluence v4.0.0
Our two apps share the same codebase, but are released separately. This causes a deviation in the app versions
Changelog
Changes in Jira v7.87.0, Confluence v4.86.0
Aug 25, 2026 09:32 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.08.002 AB732631
Changes
[Improvement] There is now a stacked icon indicating that a group holds several product licensing types, preventing visual clutter in group drop-downs. A list of all products of which the group holds a license to are displayed on hover.
[Maintenance] Core dependencies have been updated
Changes in Jira v7.86.0, Confluence v4.85.0
Jul 22, 2026 10:37 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.08.001 FE56A67F
Changes
[New feature] It is now possible to download a CSV of all users on the Users page for the given search filters
[Improvement] It is now possible to create scheduled cleanups for dates after 28. They will be clamped down to the nearest end of the month if needed
[Improvement] Several stability changes in the batch jobs
UI changes on the Settings page
Changes in Jira v7.85.0, Confluence v4.84.0
Jul 22, 2026 15:24 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.07.008 DA6166A0
Changes
[Bugfix] Fixes product activity mapping causing faulty activity for certain customers
[Improvement] - We now show how many batch jobs are currently queued in the app.
Changes in Jira v7.84.0, Confluence v4.83.0
Jul 20, 2026 13:47 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.07.007 3B4408EA
Changes
UI change - Changed from Slider to Carousel on the Dashboard overview
Changes in Jira v7.83.0, Confluence v4.82.0
Jul 16, 2026 16:08 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.07.006 3FFD4353
Changes
[Improvement] Add better gateway timeout handling for new endpoint in the batch jobs
We will now automatically remove protected groups that no longer exist instead of displaying them as
Unavailable
Changes in Jira v7.82.0, Confluence v4.81.0
Jul 15, 2026 15:35 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.07.005 3D8951A1
Changes
VERSIONING CHANGE: Changed to rolling releases, meaning every customer will get all new releases.
Changes in Jira v7.81.0, Confluence v4.80.0
Jul 15, 2026 13:20 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.07.004 1D93D495
Changes
Changing out some Atlassian API endpoints after deprecation
Changes in Jira v7.80.0, Confluence v4.79.0
Jul 14, 2026 16:09 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.07.003 05E76E3C
Changes
[Bugfix] - Fixes problem with counting in the history page
Changes in Jira v7.79.0, Confluence v4.78.0
Jul 14, 2026 13:26 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.07.002 86326476
Changes
[Improvement] Created a new user sync task to handle stale users. Users that are not longer returned from the API, but exists in our database
[Improvement] We will now automatically start a scheduled cleanup job at a later time, when it was not started for some reason at its intended time.
Changes in Jira v7.78.0, Confluence v4.77.0
Jul 2, 2026 10:46 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.07.001 898CD39F
Changes
[Bugfix] Fixes bug where rerunning add to group jobs would fail.
[Bugfix] Fixed timezone issue on "Date retrieved" on dashboard
[Improvement] We now show a better error when we are unable to fetch the license graph on the dashboard
[Improvement] Added better retry logic for some API endpoints
Changes in Jira v7.77.0, Confluence v4.76.0
Jun 16, 2026 12:11 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.06.004 D0C2D944
Changes
Improves stability for very large customers
Changes in Jira v7.76.0, Confluence v4.75.0
Jun 8, 2026 12:33 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.06.003 D0C2D944
Changes
[New feature] The domain picker will now fetch existing domains from the Users stored in the database
Changes in Jira v7.75.0, Confluence v4.74.0
Jun 5, 2026 14:02 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.06.002 E41AADF0
Changes
Hotfix broken user sync for certain customers do to Atlassian API changes
Changes in Jira v7.74.0, Confluence v4.73.0
Jun 5, 2026 10:09 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.06.001 8B72A97F
Changes
[New feature] Now possible to rerun a previous job from the History page
[Removed] Legacy CSV upload feature
Lots of internal improvements
Changes in Jira v7.73.0, Confluence v4.72.0
May 29, 2026 12:40 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.05.001 0561EE9B
Hotfix
Fixes a problem with failed jobs due to changes in Atlassian’s APIs
Changes in Jira v7.72.0, Confluence v4.71.0
Apr 14, 2026 16:09 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.04.001 6DE14940
Changes
The app should now load faster
Added the ability to create a scheduled cleanup based on a previously ran manual cleanup in the history page
Added the ability to copy a scheduled cleanup to the manual cleanup page
Changes in Jira v7.71.0, Confluence v4.70.0
Mar 23, 2026 09:44 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.03.004 DAAD6F9D
Changes
The real time job status box will no longer be removed automatically after a batch job is done if the user hover over the box.
The Jira app now supports Jira Product Discovery.
We now only show at most the products that the customer has enabled for that site.
Update a lot of dependencies
Changes in Jira v7.70.0, Confluence v4.69.0
Mar 11, 2026 15:04 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.03.003 98916D07
Changes
Fixes bug where it was not possible to export a CSV with over 1000 users
Changes in Jira v7.69.0, Confluence v4.68.0
Mar 10, 2026 12:06 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.03.002 6F3EB635
Changes
Fixes bug where it was not possible to export a CSV if the list included protected users
The data in the app will now correctly be refreshed after a batch job is completed
Fixes a bug where the batch job task list got reset after a while.
Changes in Jira v7.68.0, Confluence v4.67.0
Mar 1, 2026 21:37 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.03.001 DE0AFB36
Big release
Changes
Changed name of the app to reflect the marketplace changes.
From Automated User Cleanup & Deactivator
To Kantega User Management & License Optimizer
Two new user sync tasks. Both of them have two different ways of fetching data based on rate limiting
Adds rate-limiting handling for batch job tasks where we are unable to use different APIs
Bulk actions started from the Users page now runs through the same backend as Cleanup jobs. The results can now be found in the History page
Changes in Jira v7.67.0, Confluence v4.66.0
Feb 4, 2026 16:34 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.02.001 8D7E8561
Changes
It is now possible to see when a scheduled cleanup should run.
We now support customers that have over 300 groups per user.
Changes in Jira v7.66.0, Confluence v4.65.0
Feb 3, 2026 14:16 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.02.001 B1368B75
Changes
Now JSM self-reactivation also works for customers with the old management experience.
Fixes a problem with management experience type detection logic caused by unannounced Atlassian API changes.
Add better handling of Gateway timeout errors on some Atlassian APIs
Changes in Jira v7.65.0, Confluence v4.64.0
Jan 28, 2026 14:27 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.012 9D719D45
Changes
Added the ability to revert previously ran cleanups.
Changes in Jira v7.64.0, Confluence v4.63.0
Jan 22, 2026 14:07 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.011 05E72FD1
Changes
Added better error handling for cleanups
We now store and log the reason a specific user was NOT AFFECTED or PARTIALLY AFFECTED by a Cleanup. This info is available in the context menu for a user in the Users page.
Changes in Jira v7.63.0, Confluence v4.62.0
Jan 21, 2026 15:57 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.010 2DDA7B33
Changes
Added user permission caching. Speeding up the loading of the admin panel substantially.
Added a way to see what cleanup rules was applied to a certain job in the job history page.
Other internal changes
Changes in Jira v7.62.0, Confluence v4.61.0
Jan 14, 2026 14:00 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.008 34102ABD
Changes
New Selection criteria: User login activity.
This makes it possible to only cleanup users based on if they have used that product or not
Old management experience optimizations.
Changes in Jira v7.61.0, Confluence v4.60.0
Jan 13, 2026 11:01 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.007 567E62E6
Changes
Added toggle in Selection Criteria for a cleanup for disabling days inactive threshold. The other rules will still work.
Changes in Jira v7.60.0, Confluence v4.59.0
Jan 12, 2026 09:29 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.006 9BB0FDFA
Changes
Batch jobs will now longer work if the customer does not have an active license for the app
Changes in Jira v7.59.0, Confluence v4.58.0
Jan 8, 2026 13:42 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.005 5DE53AAE
Changes
Additional Rate-limit cost estimation logic update
Changes in Jira v7.58.0, Confluence v4.57.0
Jan 7, 2026 09:38 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.004 4962046B
Changes
Rate-limit cost estimation logic update
Changes in Jira v7.57.0, Confluence v4.56.0
Jan 6, 2026 18:02 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.003 A8CCE6D2
Changes
Added internal rate limiting cost estimation for upcoming rate-limiting
Changes in Jira v7.56.0, Confluence v4.55.0
Jan 5, 2026 16:36 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.002 8850528E
Changes
Buxfix: Fixes display problem for batch jobs with Partial success. It was showing the same number twice instead of both affected and not-affected counts
Changes in Jira v7.55.0, Confluence v4.54.0
Jan 5, 2026 12:14 CET
Internal versioning: V2026.01.001 9C064AF5
Changes
Buxfix: Fixes a problem with remove product access not working due to malformed URL.
Bugfix: Now shows the correct job status when there is not affected users in a cleanup job.
Changes in Jira v7.54.0, Confluence v4.53.0
Dec 30, 2025 10:35 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.010 716C3CDA
Changes
Buxfix: Fixes a performance problem with the timezone picker in the Settings page.
Changes in Jira v7.53.0, Confluence v4.52.0
Dec 19, 2025 13:56 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.009 42DEE6CC
Changes
Buxfix: Fixes a problem where the real-time job progress update sometimes stopped.
Changes in Jira v7.52.0, Confluence v4.51.0
Dec 17, 2025 12:22 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.008 64C4DA17
Changes
Added optimization for old management experience customers User synchronization job. Making the sync faster.
Changes in Jira v7.51.0, Confluence v4.50.0
Dec 16, 2025 14:28 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.007 FCEF594B
Changes
Added new real-time progress update to the user sync and cleanup jobs in the admin panels top right corner.
Changes in Jira v7.50.0, Confluence v4.49.0
Dec 15, 2025 12:57 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.006 AFE44526
Changes
Add new product key mappings for new management experience
Changes in Jira v7.49.0, Confluence v4.48.0
Dec 15, 2025 11:00 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.005 A7992EE5
Changes
Add new product key mappings
Changes in Jira v7.48.0, Confluence v4.47.0
Dec 15, 2025 09:36 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.004 900A2338
Changes
Added more data to user-debug info modal. It is now possible to see product activity from multiple sources.
Lots of small internal backend changes
Changes in Jira v7.47.0, Confluence v4.46.0
Dec 9, 2025 14:43 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.003 DF129799
Changes
Dependency upgrades
Fixes a problem where schedules could not be deleted
Changes in Jira v7.46.0, Confluence v4.45.0
Dec 8, 2025 09:15 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.002 4BFD2AAA
Changes
Adds a way for customers to retrieve debug info for a specific user in the Users page. For support case.
Changes in Jira v7.45.0, Confluence v4.44.0
Dec 5, 2025 15:33 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.12.001 C17F269B
Major changes
New History page with filtering sorting and more data about each job. Each job can now have multiple actions
New backend for cleanups, moving more storage to SQL. This will improve performance and scalability.
Added a new Reactivate users bulk operation on the Users page
It is now possible to display up to 500 users at a time in the Users page
Lots of other internal changes
Changes in Jira v7.44.0, Confluence v4.43.0
Nov 25, 2025 11:05 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.11.002 461F7AFF
Internal improvements
Add better debugging tools for failed migrations
Changes in Jira v7.43.0, Confluence v4.42.0
Nov 24, 2025 09:30 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.11.001 835FCBC5
New features:
Added modal button for seeing the next scheduled cleanups in schedules page
Added area chart for license count the last 30 days for different products on the dashboard
User syncs now run more often based on the amount of time it used last time and how many times it has failed in a row.
It will now run at most 1 time each hour, and at least 1 time each day.
Other changes:
Remove Roles page from the app
Moved History page to its own page in the side navigation
Upgrade dependencies
The app now loads twice as fast on initial load
UI changes in the Users-page
Changes in Jira v7.41.0, Confluence v4.40.0
Oct 14, 2025 09:30 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.10.002 3CCD9A5E
Bugfixes
Fixes a styling bug in Safari
Fixes a bug with the user profile urls in confluence
Changes in Jira v7.40.0, Confluence v4.39.0
Oct 13, 2025 09:00 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.10.001 28B9B4BC
Changes
Will now start a new user sync when Organisational credentials (API key) changes
New Feature:
Added select all checkbox in Users page and it is able to process any number of users.
Changes in Jira v7.39.0, Confluence v4.38.0
Sep 24, 2025 16:40 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.09.009 674E09BE
Bugfix
Add Unlicensed access in addition to Customer access, to the new Self-assign product access via JSM
Changes in Jira v7.38.0, Confluence v4.37.0
Sep 24, 2025 15:40 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.09.008 CD3B2499
New Feature
Self-assign product access via JSM.
Let your users give themselves access to products via JSM.
Read more in the User guide: https://kantega-sso.atlassian.net/wiki/x/FADhfg
…31 releases with incremental rewrites.
Changes in Jira v7.7.0, Confluence v4.7.0
Jun 6, 2025 10:00 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.06.001 B40C3C67
Storage changes
The app now stores and caches a lot more data in the SQL database hosted by Atlassian. This will add a lot of new capabilities in the time to come.
We are now storing the following PII for all users
Atlassian account id
email
Needed for searching by email in the user table and for matching cleanup criteria by email
name
Needed for searching by name in the user table
NOTE: Data is stored and hosted on Atlassian’s infrastructure and respects our customers data-residency choices.
Changes in Jira v7.8.0, Confluence v4.8.0
Jun 10, 2025 12:30 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.06.002 728E74C1
Bugfix
Fixes a problem where some cleanup jobs were unable to start
Changes in Jira v7.7.0, Confluence v4.7.0
Jun 6, 2025 10:00 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.06.001 B40C3C67
Storage changes
The app now stores and caches a lot more data in the SQL database hosted by Atlassian. This will add a lot of new capabilities in the time to come.
We are now storing the following PII for all users
Atlassian account id
email
Needed for searching by email in the user table and for matching cleanup criteria by email
name
Needed for searching by name in the user table
NOTE: Data is stored and hosted on Atlassian’s infrastructure and respects our customers data-residency choices.
Changes in Jira v7.5.0, Confluence v4.5.0
May 22, 2025 10:20 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.05.05 64760669
Bugfix
Fixes compatibility with Atlassian’s last-activity endpoints after they changed it’s behaviour
Changes in Jira v7.4.0, Confluence v4.4.0
May 8, 2025 10:20 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.05.04 64760669
Bugfix
Fixes a problem where some Jira app installations did not get updated product activities
Changes in Jira v7.3.0, Confluence v4.3.0
May 7, 2025 16:50 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.05.03 3DE26CE8
Logs for debugging only
Changes in Jira v7.2.0, Confluence v4.2.0
May 7, 2025 14:20 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.05.02 F84C9072
Changes
Add two new user actions on the live-user table
New button for copy accountId to clipboard
New button for showing user last active details
Changes in Jira v7.1.0, Confluence v4.1.0
May 6, 2025 15:25 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.05.01 1C24EAC3
Internal upgrades only
Update dependent packages
Add custom metrics
Changes in Jira v7.0.0, Confluence v4.0.0
Apr 30, 2025 15:00 CET
Internal versioning: V2025.04.04 CF4552F5
Major release requiring manual update
This is because of scope and architecture changes
New confluence scope
read:confluence-userneeded for correctly reading active status of confluence users with Old user management experienceIntroduced SQL database
No other changes