Release notes for 11.25.X

The Atlassian Jira Align team is pleased to announce Jira Align v.11.25. 

• Enhancements and features
• Bug fixes

Enhancements and features

These features for 11.25 were released to environments on the continuous release track on May 22, 2026, in version 11.25.0. The features will be released to environments on the bundled release track on June 5, 2026, in version 11.25.1.

The new features grid page graduates from beta

The updated features grid page is now generally available (GA) for all customers. This modernized experience offers more usable ways to find and edit features, bringing it into alignment with our updated epics grid.

• New columns: We’ve added support for Jira Space, Focus Areas, and dedicated Epic and Capability columns (replacing the single Parent column).
• New filters and sorters: You can now filter by Jira Space and External ID, and sort your grid by Program Increment.
• Import and export support: You can now import features directly from the new grid. We’ve also expanded export coverage to include Solutions, Age, Teams, and Objectives.

 

The new features page can be enabled by switching on the Program > Features (New) system role toggle.

Test out the beta capabilities grid experience

A beta version of the modernized capabilities grid is now available! This update brings the same great user experience and performance improvements found in our modernized epics and features grids to the capability level.

 

The beta features page is disabled by default and can be enabled by switching on the Solution > Capabilities (Beta)system role toggle.

On-premise environments: After you install Jira Align 11.25.X, you can enable the new capabilities page by contacting Atlassian Support. We'll make the new page available by default in a future version of Jira Align.

In this initial beta release, you can explore:

• A modernized capabilities page, with full support for saved views and starred pages.
• 22 columns
• 13 filters
• 8 sorters

We'll continue to add more columns, sorters, filters, and the Export action in future updates.

Ranking behavior change for themes

Themes are now created without a default rank value. Previously, new themes were assigned a placeholder rank of "1000" for Enterprise and Enterprise+Program Increment ranks. Now, new themes are created as unranked across all rank types, consistent with how other work item types behave.

Epics grid: New columns and filters

We've enhanced the modernized epics grid to provide more data at a glance and better filtering options.

• New columns: You can now add Risks, Objectives*, and Strategic Value Score as columns to your grid view.
• New filters: We've added support for filtering by Risk, Objective*, Milestone, and MVP status.
• Improved navigation: When you select the link icon next to an epic ID in a details panel, the URL will now correctly link back to the new grid experience if the panel was opened from there.

*Note: Column and filter support for objectives will come to on-premise environments in a later version.

Grids and Roadmaps: Enhanced custom hierarchy filtering

We've improved how you filter by custom hierarchies on both grid pages and roadmaps, making it easier to find work items associated with specific organizational levels.

Previously, selecting a room in a custom hierarchy filter would respect the hierarchy strictly, and not show items unless they were directly associated with that room.

Now, when you select a high-level room in a filter, the results will now automatically include all work items belonging to that room or any of its descendant rooms.

Notes:

• Custom hierarchy filters are now available to all users, even if the custom hierarchies system role toggle is not enabled. This matches the same behavior implemented on roadmaps.
• Enhanced filtering is not currently supported when navigating directly from within a custom room.

New grids: Persistent URLs

Opening a work item in new grid pages now copies the item's ID in the URL in the address bar. Sharing the URL or opening it in a new tab will navigate you to the grid page and automatically open that work item's details panel.

Ideation: Category field required

As part of resolving JIRAALIGN-7341, we've updated the idea creation process to ensure every new idea is correctly categorized and visible within ideation views.

Previously due to a UI issue, it was sometimes possible to create an idea without selecting a category, which resulted in the idea being hidden from the UI. As part of fixing this behavior, Category is now correctly identified as a required field. You must select a category before you can save a new idea.

API: Health status endpoints for themes and capabilties

To match the behavior of epics in the API, we’ve released two new health status endpoints for themes and capabilities. These endpoints allow you to programmatically retrieve health data recorded in status reports or roadmaps.

Use the following endpoints to run GET commands against health status:

• rest/api/2/themes/{id}/statuses
• rest/api/2/capabilities/{id}/statuses

Audit log optimizations

We've optimized how changes are recorded in the audit log to reduce noise and improve performance. "Phantom" changes to product increments, where no actual data was modified, will no longer be logged. This addresses a concern where erroneous entries were cluttering the audit history.

Bug fixes

This list of resolved bugs will be updated weekly to reflect changes from maintenance and bug fix releases.

We’ve corrected the following bugs that were discovered while investigating related issues, building new enhancements, and performing maintenance:

11.25.0

• Identified and resolved a vulnerability related to the portfolio room.
• Identified and resolved a vulnerability related to the process steps.
• On the roadmaps page, scroll bars did not display when horizontal scrolling was possible.
• Starred page names were displaying incorrectly in the top navigation bar.