December 2025: What’s New from Atlassian

As we wrap up 2025, the Atlassian ecosystem is undergoing a massive transformation! 🚀
From groundbreaking new features to updates designed to streamline every workflow, the latest news is officially here, promising to empower teams with even greater agility and collaborative power.
If you haven’t had the time to catch up with the news yet, don’t worry—I’ve done the “dirty work” for you and summarized all the major drops in one place (you’re welcome! 😂).
So, grab a coffee ☕️, settle in, and get ready for the December breakdown! 👇🏻
| What’s new? | More on it | Target role |
|---|---|---|
| Role-Based Access Revolution! | Announcement! A new phase of role-based access in Confluence is here | Admins |
| Say Goodbye to Jira Report Macro! | Notice: Removal of Jira Report Macro Template | Users |
| Race Mode: Gamify Your Collaboration! | Introducing Confluence Race Mode | Users |
| What’s new? | More on it | Target role |
|---|---|---|
| Control Who Edits Your Goals! | Introducing editor permissions for Goals | Admins |
| OKRs Get a Boost! | Goal Types and better support for OKRs are coming soon | Users |
| Automate Admin Tasks with New APIs! | New Organization APIs to power admin automation | Admins |
| Monitor System Health Like a Pro! | Atlassian’s new System Health feature is now in open beta! | Admins |
| Teams Directory: All Your Teams, One Place! | Centrally view and manage teams in your new teams directory in Atlassian Administration | Admins |
| Archive Teams, Declutter Instantly! | Archive Teams: Keep your workspace clean without losing your history | Admins |
| Visualize Team Hierarchies Easily! | How to easily visualize team hierarchies in Atlassian | Admins |
| Beta: Teams in Confluence Permissions! | Beta: Teams now in Confluence permissions | Admins |
| What’s new? | More on it | Target role |
|---|---|---|
| All Your Dev Insights, One View! | Introducing Development feature in Jira | Users |
| Overviews Out, Powerful Planning In! | Deprecation notice: We’re removing Overviews for more powerful planning and tracking in Jira | Users |
| Become a Jira Champion! | Champion better teamwork with Jira: Jira Adoption Guide | Users |
| Group By Anything in List View! | Organize Your Work, Your Way: New Group By Options in Jira List View | Users |
| Multiple Sandboxes for Safer Testing! | Multiple Sandboxes Now Generally Available! | Admins |
| Custom Onboarding for Everyone! | Custom Onboarding in Jira | Users |
| What’s new? | More on it | Target role |
|---|---|---|
| Beta: Safe Config Promotion! | Expression of Interest: Closed Beta for JSM Config Promotion | Admins |
| JSM Advent Calendar: Daily Surprises! | JSM Advent Calendar series | Users |
| SCIM for Portal-Only Accounts! | Portal-only account – SCIM available now | Admins |
| Try the New JSM Summary Page! | Try out the new JSM Summary Page | Admins |
| What’s new? | More on it | Target role |
|---|---|---|
| Rovo Office Hours: Get Live Help! | Rovo Office Hours | Users |
| Bi-Monthly Rovo Agent Updates! | What’s New in Rovo Agents: Your Bi-Monthly Update | Users |
| Build High-Impact Rovo Agents! | How to Create a High-Impact Rovo Agent: Lessons from NORA, Atlassian’s Onboarding AI | Users |
| AI-Powered Workflows in Jira & Bitbucket! | Article: Reimagining software delivery with AI-powered workflows in Jira & Bitbucket | Users |
| Atlassian AI in Service Management Q&A! | AI series ep #2: The Atlassian Approach to AI in Service Management Q&A | Users |
| Level Up Your Rovo Agent’s Prompts! | Tips and Tricks: Level Up Your Rovo Agent’s Prompts! | Users |
| Unito Connectors Supercharge Rovo! | Supercharging Rovo with Unito connectors, now available in the Atlassian Marketplace | Admins |
| Track Rovo MCP Server Usage! | Track Atlassian Rovo MCP server tool usage in your organization’s audit logs | Admins |
| Manage Your Own Allowlist! | Manage your own allowlist | Admins |
| What’s new? | More on it | Target role |
|---|---|---|
| Fix Connections After Renaming Types! | Fixing Connections after Renaming Types | Users |
| Data Center Integration Goes Live! | Jira Product Discovery integration with Jira Data Center is live | Users |
| What’s new? | More on it | Target role |
|---|---|---|
| Confluence Power-Up Retiring Soon! | Update on Confluence within Trello | Users |
| What’s new? | More on it | Target role |
|---|---|---|
| Confluence 10.2 LTS Release! | Now available: Confluence Data Center 10.2 Long Term Support (LTS) release | Admins |
| What’s new? | More on it | Target role |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Ways Teamwork Collection Brings AI Magic! | Article: 6 new ways Teamwork Collection is bringing AI magic to Jira, Confluence, and Loom — powered by Rovo | Users |
📣 COMING SOON
If like me, you’re curious to know about all the upcoming features in the cloud, I recommend checking out this link: roadmap.
That’s all from my side, see you soon! 😎
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