Release Notes for 10.105.X

The Atlassian Jira Align team is pleased to announce Jira Align v.10.105. 

• Enhancements and Features
• Defect Fixes

Enhancements and Features

These features for 10.105 were released to environments on the continuous release track on February 4, 2022, in version 10.105.0. The features will then be released to environments on the bundled release track on February 18, 2022, in version 10.105.2:

Jira Connector: Rest API PAT authentication

Jira Server and Data Center customers can now use a Personal Authentication Token (PAT) to authenticate the Jira API. On the Jira Settings page, selecting a connector in the Connector dropdown, then selecting Jira Connectors brings up a Manage Jira Connectors modal with all the needed configuration settings.

PAT Authentication is now included in the Authentication Type options for the Jira connector. To set up PAT authentication, select PAT Authentication as the authentication type, then type the Jira PAT in the corresponding field that displays.

In the scope of these changes, we’ve also simplified the UI for the info icon next to the Authentication Type field. Now, instead of several separate links, this link leads to authentication types information inside our Jira Integration Setup article.

Finally, we’ve improved the Test connectivity information at the bottom of the modal. The link text has been changed to Test connecting to /rest/api/2/serverinfo for better guidance about the exact type of connectivity that is being tested when selecting this link.

Status Reports enhancement

We’ve improved Status Reports pages by linking the colored bars displayed in the Progress column to global settings.

Previously, these colors were hard-coded, and in-progress work items always displayed an orange color, which is sometimes associated with risks or delays. When the report was shown to upper management, stakeholders would often think that everything was in a state of high risk, while in fact, the work was ongoing.

Now, Progress colors for epics, stand-alone features, and capabilities are tied to global color settings, which can be configured according to your preferences. Global color settings can be found at Administration > Platform > General.

API 2.0: Custom field support for themes, capabilities, stories, and objectives

The API 2.0 has been updated to support multiple operations with custom fields. The following actions are now enabled:

• Themes, capabilities, stories, and objectives: Use GET to collect all custom field metadata through the /{id}/editmeta URL:

  • Example: GET /rest/api/2/stories/123/editmeta

    This step is necessary to understand what custom field values currently exist, before using POST, PUT, or PATCH to modify them.

• Themes, capabilities, stories, and objectives: Add and modify values for existing custom fields managed from Details Panels Settings — POST, PUT, and PATCH.

  • Custom Text Input

  • Custom Text Area

  • Custom Dropdown

  • Custom Multi Dropdown

API 2.0: Links support

You may now perform POST, PUT, and PATCH operations against the Links section found within Details panels for epics, features, and stories.

Defect Fixes

The list of defect fixes will be updated to reflect changes in weekly maintenance releases. You can see the contents of individual maintenance releases in the Supplemental Release Notes section.