Jira, Jira Service Management

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Atlassian has rolled this Jira and Jira Service Management removal back, so it is not reaching cloud sites for now. It removes existing functionality, so admins should check what depends on it before it reaches their sites.

Rolled back
Medium impact
Admin review: removal

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What changed

3 Feb 2025 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 it lands

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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load-bearing, bottom to top

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