Jira

Sort the timeline by date

Jira timelines get a sorting dropdown that shows the current sort field and adds sorting by start date and end date. It is coming soon to Atlassian Cloud.

Coming soon
Low impact
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What it is

Improvement

Jira adds a sorting dropdown to the timeline. It stays in sync with the sorting controls in the column headers and shows which field the timeline is sorted by. Users can also sort by explicit start and end dates, which they cannot do today. It applies to both business and software timelines.

Users

Users see a new sorting dropdown in the timeline toolbar, can sort by start or end date, and can change direction with arrows or clear sorting with the x.

Written from Atlassian's release note and checked against it automatically. Atlassian's original stays the source of truth.

What changed

2 Nov 2026 Retitled. It was: timeline_date_sorting
30 Oct 2026 Status changed from planned to coming soon
30 Oct 2026 Added to Atlassian's release notes as planned
30 Oct 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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