Bitbucket

Feature deprecation: Sunsetting native issues

This Bitbucket change has been rolling out to Atlassian Cloud sites since 20 Aug 2026. It deprecates existing functionality, so admins should plan the move before support ends.

Rolling out since 20 Aug 2026
High impact
Admin review: deprecation

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Where the rollout is

First published 14 Aug 2026 Done
Rollout starts 20 Aug 2026 Done

What we would do

Bitbucket Cloud has removed native issues and the Issues API endpoints. Any script or integration that called them now fails, so move tracking into Jira and repoint those integrations.

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What changed

14 Aug 2026 First published by Atlassian

Atlas Bench began tracking Atlassian Cloud on 29 Oct 2026. Changes before that date are not in this history.

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Where this change sits on the Stack

Every change is sorted onto the layer it touches first. This one lands on Governance and Change.

Agents and Automation

Rovo, Agents in Jira, Forge, MCP with Claude and Copilot, agent lifecycle, usage and cost governance.

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Governance and Change

Permission architecture, audit and compliance, ITSM and change control, change management, strategic reporting and budgets.

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Platform and Migration

Migration of every kind, tool consolidation, licensing, standardization, the system of work.

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Identity and Access

Human and non-human identity, SSO, SCIM, least privilege, access reviews, Guard cleanup, Agent SSO readiness.

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