The latest update brings a more efficient version ordering for the version filter.
Now, versions are displayed in reverse order with the newest at the top. This change eliminates the need to scroll to the bottom, and puts the versions you’re are most likely to include in your release notes at your fingertips.
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Bugfixes and Improvements
500 Error in SSR Fixed a server-side rendering issue that was causing a 500 error.
Resolved 404 Errors for Older Remote Links Older remote links now correctly redirect to the new location.
Today we are launching the private beta of the Released Product Hub.
The Product Hub brings all your product roadmaps and release notes into one central place. Whether you’re improving communication with internal teams or customers, keeping everyone in the loop is easier than ever.
How does it work?
Once enabled, every Jira instance gets its own Product Hub at https://yourinstance.releasedhub.com. You can list your Portals there and easily publish your release notes and roadmaps. This means you no longer need to embed your release notes before sharing them, making it much easier to get started.
You can customize the color scheme, logo, and description for your Product Hub and Portal pages. The settings from the Portal will automatically apply to the Page and Widget embeds, so you won’t have to set them up separately in three different places.
A new theme
The Portals in the Product Hub look a bit different from what you’re used to. We wanted to give them a design that’s more unique. But don’t worry—if the new style isn’t quite right for you, you’ll be able to switch to a more familiar theme in the next few weeks.
New publishing settings
We’ve made it easier to publish by combining the page and widget embed options into one channel called Portal. When you publish to the Portal, your post will show up both on the standalone portal and in the embeds. Think of the page and widget embeds as different views of the Portal, so publishing is now simpler and quicker.
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What’s coming soon?
Access control
The main feature missing is permissions. We are building the ability to make Portals private, restricted or publicly accessible. Those permissions will also carry through to the embeddable views.
Custom domains
While releasedhub.com is a neutral domain, we know that using your own domain looks much more professional when communicating with customers. We will work on custom domains right after the initial release of the Product Hub.
Join the beta
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If you’re using Released for public communication, sign up for the beta and give the Product Hub a try. Simply click on the Join the beta link in the Portal section or sign up here and we will onboard you as soon as possible.
In the next few days, we’re adding a new service to Released that will start collecting events from the embeds. This is the first step toward building an analytics feature that will provide insights into how many users are reading your posts.
If your site or app is protected by a Content Security Policy you’ll need to add the following Released domain to your policy to prevent CSP warnings from appearing in your logs.
Please note that this policy cannot be copied as-is and instead must be merged with your existing policy, otherwise your own assets will be blocked by this policy.
The data we are collecting is completely anonymized. We do not collect user names, email addresses or any other personal identifiable information.
For more details on how to set-up your CSP policy, please refer to our documentation.
This week we made a few small, and one big improvement to Released. Let’s start with the big one.
Spaces are now called “Portals”
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At first, we went with the name “Space” to indicate it was separate from where you communicate with users. But after living with it for a bit, we realized we might’ve been overthinking it. And users were confused as well. That’s why spaces are now called portals.
Just think of the portal as having two sections: the admin side in Jira, and the public side.
Publish to…
To clear up any confusion around the publishing process, we’ve changed the “Publish” button to say “Publish to…”, so it’s more obvious that users can choose where they want to publish their post.
Changelog Description Field
We’ve renamed the “Released Description” custom field to “Changelog Description” . This makes it clear that the field is meant for documenting changelog details, not the public roadmap description.
Bugfixes
We fixed an issue that prevented users from mapping field options to columns during roadmap creation in Chrome. It was caused by a chrome bug that breaks drag & drop behavior on top of an iframe. If you want to know more, you can watch Alex Reardon get into the details of the bug.
You can now customize important details like your brand’s logo and the sender name, making sure every email feels distinctly yours. This helps reinforce your brand and ensures your customers recognize your messages at first glance.
On top of that, we’ve made it easier to manage replies. By setting a specific reply-to address, you can make sure that any customer responses land right in your inbox.
These updates put more power in your hands to create a seamless and professional email experience for subscribers.
Enable users to stay up-to-date with changelogs by subscribing to email notifications.
Users can now easily subscribe to updates through a "Subscribe" button on the widget and page embed views.
After entering their email address, they will receive a confirmation email to verify their subscription. Once confirmed, subscribers will receive a beautiful email in their inbox every time a new post is published.
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Keep in mind
Email notifications are only sent when a post is published for the first time; subsequent updates will not trigger additional emails.
Portals are finally coming to Released, and we would love to hear what you want us to build.
Today you can embed your changelog and roadmap into your website, or push updates to Slack and Confluence. That's great, but we know keeping tabs on multiple products can still be a bit of a juggling act.
That’s where portals (and you) come in.
We're super keen to:
Learn about the challenges you're facing right now
Get your take on our prototype
Hear from you about the features you'd love to see
Flagged tickets are now easier to spot! Instead of just a label that says “Impediment,” we've added a bright red flag icon and a yellow background to catch your eye. It's an instant heads-up that something needs your attention. No more squinting at text labels.
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Note: The visual treatment is only applied if the “Flagged” field is included in the view.
Bugfixes and Improvements
Non-English Localization Fix for JPD Roadmaps We fixed an issue where JPD roadmaps wouldn’t work if the project was created in a foreign language. It resulted in a translated name for the archived custom field, which broke the filter query.
Please be advised that we will be conducting scheduled maintenance this Sunday, September 1st. During this period, the publishing of roadmaps will be temporarily unavailable.
Public roadmaps and release notes will remain accessible during that time.
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we work to enhance our services. Should you have any questions or require assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our support team.
Users can now access roadmaps directly through the Embed Widget, eliminating the need to navigate to an external website or documentation page. You’ll find a new Roadmap section within the widget, allowing seamless switching between the Changelog and Roadmap.
Introducing text highlighting and color-coded ratings on Roadmaps. Emphasize important updates and improve readability with fancy looking colors. We also added some more color to the roadmaps; read on for all the details.
Text Highlighting
With text highlighting, you can now make important details stand out.
How It Works
Easily add background colors to selected text. Whether you’re announcing new features, marking important updates, or calling out specific details, this tool provides a simple yet powerful way to draw attention to the information that matters most.
Use Cases
Feature status indicators: Clearly indicate the status of features, such as marking a feature as “Beta” to inform users that it’s still in development. Edition-specific features: Highlight features available only in premium or other specific editions, making it clear to users which features they have access to. Critical updates: Use highlighting to ensure users don’t overlook critical updates, such as changes in terms of service or major bug fixes.
Seamless Integration with Confluence
Once you’ve highlighted your text, you can publish to your portals or directly to Confluence, where it will retain its formatting. We are converting our colors to the recently added Confluence highlight colors, to integrate more seamlessly with other content created in Confluence.
Getting Started
To start using text highlighting, simply select the text you want to emphasize and choose a background color from the editor’s options. It’s that easy to make your content more impactful!
Support text highlighting to call out features that are in beta, only available in certain editions, or critical updates and announcements. This enhancement includes background coloring and text color changes for better contrast, along with a button in the bubble menu for setting backgrounds. Rendering is also supported in Embeds and Confluence.
We also added a new "Default" option to remove any text color or highlights.
Bugfixes and Improvements
Support rating colors from default JPD project on Roadmaps Ratings now display in their respective colors for the Value, Effort, and Impact fields on Roadmaps, instead of all in blue.
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Column Mapping and Project Updated Flash During Rendering Resolved an issue where column mappings and project updates would momentarily flash during the rendering process.
Keeping your team and stakeholders informed can be challenging when important updates are scattered across different platforms. Teams often struggle to ensure that everyone is on the same page, leading to miscommunication and missed opportunities.
To solve this, our latest integration allows you to embed product updates and roadmaps directly into your Cosmos intranet dashboard, making sure everyone in the company always has access to the latest information right where they need it.
With Released, Cosmos users can now seamlessly embed product updates and roadmaps directly into their Cosmos dashboards. Whether it’s sharing upcoming features, tracking progress, or keeping your team aligned, this integration ensures that your most important information is always front and center.
For more details on how to set up the integration, see our documentation.
Bugfixes
Fixed an issue where the roadmap description is saved as empty if opened but not edited before saving.
We’ve introduced a significant update to how column settings are managed. The migration to a new drag-and-drop library not only reduces the bundle size but also aligns the experience with the Roadmap feature. Additionally, you’ll now be alerted when trying to add issues without a description, eliminating a point of confusion that some customers have raised.
Bugfixes and Improvements
Column settings migration Migrate column settings to the pragmatic drag-and-drop library to reduce bundle size and ensure consistency with the Roadmap experience.
Opening the roadmap description without editing causes the description to be saved as empty When you open the roadmap description without making any edits and save, the description will be saved as empty.
Bug pasting YouTube or Loom links into the editor When pasting YouTube or Loom links, the editor inserts the URL twice instead of rendering the video.
Indication that issues without a generated description can't be added You will now receive an alert when attempting to add an issue without a generated description, preventing silent failures and ensuring clarity.
After last week's big roadmap launch, we're focusing on polish this week and improving your experience while using Released.
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One of the quick wins we shipped: you can now filter with more date options, like "last 3 months" and "last year," which will help those of you working on longer release cadences.
Bugfixes and Improvements
Better scroll restoration in the Page embed Navigating back to the changelog’s main page is a little more robust now and should scroll more intuitively even when the embed is nested in complex scrollable hierarchies. Don't forget to use the header offset property if you have overhanging nav bars or other elements that might block the content! We’ll keep your content aligned with a matching margin during scroll.
Use the correct value for checkbox settings during preview Resolved an issue where opening the install instructions would incorrectly override the preview of any checkbox settings.
Accurate drag preview when mapping roadmap columns We fixed an issue where drag previews didn't quite follow the cursor.
Animated border fix during template generation Your template generating experience is once again aesthetically pleasing.
Two-toned icons We’ve freshened up our icons to be a little friendlier.
Today we are releasing the last feature as part of our Roadmaps beta, field configuration. Roadmaps will become available to all customers next week, July 16th.
The field configuration demo below provides a glimpse of what you can expect from Roadmaps. Let’s dive in.
Field Configuration
Users can now add custom fields to items on the roadmap, providing more context and customization. Simply navigate to display options to view and manage available fields, adding them to the card and detail view as needed. Supported fields include Status, Labels, Date, Select, Multi-select, and more, allowing for a high degree of flexibility and detail in project management.
Supported fields
And here is the list of fields that we are supporting with this initial release.
Status
Labels
Date
Select
Multi-select
Issue type
Checkboxes
Radio Buttons
We have a couple more on our list that we will implement in the coming weeks. Please let us know if there are any specific field types you would like to see supported.
Bugfixes and Improvements
AI template improvement AI-generated titles and introductions for templates are now more consistent and free of markdown characters.
Issue when changing field type for column mapping Resolved a bug where switching the field type for column mapping improperly displayed existing field options and a permission error.
We just launched Released on Product Hunt! If you’ve got a moment, we’d really appreciate your support. Head over, give us an upvote, and share your thoughts!
Slack’s release notes are popular for their engaging, humorous, and user-friendly tone. They don’t just list updates—they tell a story, making the technical details more relatable and enjoyable to read.
This week we are bringing you a brand new tutorial that will guide you through the process of creating similarly captivating release notes in seconds, generated from your Jira tickets.
Let’s be honest, our release notes have been a bit quiet lately. We want to give you a peek behind the scenes at what’s been happening.
Preparing for the public release of Roadmaps
It’s been a long time coming, but we wanted to get one key feature in before we are opening Roadmaps to the public: Field configuration
It’s great to have have a title and description that can be publicly shared, but sometimes a little more detail us useful. That’s why we are building out the ability to display other fields as well. Once that works is complete, we will also release Roadmaps to the public.
Emails notifications
One of our most requested features, email notifications, is almost here! We’ve been working on it behind the scenes for weeks, and it’s nearly ready. Here a sneak peek:
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Bugfixes and Improvements
Ensure images are published before returning a post in the public posts response Images are now guaranteed to be published before a post is returned in the public posts response, ensuring all post content is fully visible to users immediately.
We've introduced a new Select component designed for complex, multiple select scenarios, improving the way you manage selections within Released.
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Additionally, a revamped Select component is now available for basic single item selections, ensuring a more streamlined and efficient user experience.
This change addresses a number of bugs we’ve experienced with the old components and lays the foundation for future improvements to the filter interface.
Although this update is categorized as a small improvement, it was everything but. We hope you enjoy the attention to details that went into it.
We’ve made a major change to how you configure the AI settings in Released.
Why the change?
We found the default tone-of-voice settings didn’t always match the user’s expectations. And writing good, custom prompts takes a lot of testing and experience.
As a result we made a couple of changes that overall improve AI generated descriptions:
Example-based prompts
Removal of tone-of-voice-defaults
No More Default Tone of Voice Settings
We have removed the default tone of voice settings from issue-specific prompts. If you want to customize the tone for a specific issue type, you can still do it through the custom prompt option. Using examples to guide the AI is the easiest way to produce the tone you’re looking for.
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Example-Based Prompts
We replaced the black box that was the default prompt with the option to provide examples. Now, you can provide two examples of how you want your release notes written. These examples act as a template, guiding the AI to match your desired writing style and tone of voice.
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Practical Tips
To make the most of these changes, here are a few tips:
Be Specific with Examples: Choose examples that represent the tone of voice and style you want. The more precise, the better.
Detailed Descriptions: Include as much relevant detail as possible when writing Jira issue descriptions to help the AI understand the context and produce better content.
Experiment and Adjust: Don’t be afraid to tweak your examples and prompts. Experimenting with different styles can help you find what works best.
For a slightly more in-depth summary, please read our blog.
Bugfixes and Improvements
Label Sanitization Issue Fixed a bug where Confluence labels containing certain special characters were not properly sanitized, resulting in a 400 Bad Request error.
Version search broken Fixed an issue where searching for exact versions or using a period (.) in the search term fails to return results.
We're excited to share that Released is now officially SOC2 Type II compliant!
The main reason we pursued SOC2 certification is straightforward: earning customer trust. When you entrust us with your data, you expect top-notch security measures and practices. Achieving SOC2 compliance not only showcases our dedication to data security but also saves us from repeatedly filling out those lengthy 140+ question security questionnaires.
SOC2, developed by the AICPA, evaluates companies on five key criteria: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
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We’re not just keeping this to our Enterprise customers. We’re making our SOC2 reports available to all users, including those on the free tier, at no extra cost. Security and compliance are for everyone.
We have revamped the portal page in the Jira project context. It now features the exact same page view of the portal that you get when you embed it on your website.
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Not only can you customize the look and feel of this page, but you can also display your Released roadmap within your Jira project.
And to make it easier to review your published roadmap, we now show a “View” link when you hover over the status lozenge.
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Access transparency
Not all users may have access to every project within a space. Consequently, some cards may not be visible on the roadmap, and certain configuration options may be unavailable.
To eliminate confusion, we have added subtle messaging to inform users when they are missing permissions, ensuring they understand exactly why they cannot make changes.
Bugfixes and Improvements
Permalink Routes for Embedded Roadmap Issues Directly link to specific issues within the embedded roadmap using new permalink routes.
Database Index Row Size Fix Resolved an issue where the index row size exceeded the B-tree maximum. You probably didn’t notice.
Released Roadmaps has been in private beta for a couple of weeks now.
We opened it up to a larger group of users last week and now have more than 50 customers trialling it.
A big Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who has submitted feedback and bug reports. Building a cross-project roadmap app on top of Jira isn’t trivial. Your feedback has been invaluable and has helped us to get one step closer to the public release.
Quality and easy of use
Our focus has been on fixing reported issues and building a better foundation. You might have noticed that drag & drop on the roadmap feels different. That’s because we completely replaced the underlying library, to provide a much faster and smoother experience.
When working with multiple projects, permissions can get complicated. And the resulting user experience can be… unexpected. That’s true for Jira, but also true for apps like ours.
That’s why we worked hard on making the experience as intuitive as possible and providing guidance when a user lacks the required permissions.
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Bugfixes and Improvements
Increased Issue Limit on Boards The issue limit for boards has been increased to 500 issues.
Improved Error Handling for Card Movement Experience seamless card management with enhanced error handling when moving cards between columns.
Editor Block Popup Improvement The popup now repositions to avoid being cut off on smaller screens.
Roadmap Card Movement Fix The issue with moving cards on the roadmap has been resolved.
Card Movement Flickering Fix Resolved an issue causing flickering when moving tickets between columns.
The main feature holding back a wider rollout of the Roadmaps beta was the lack of filtering. Early adopters told us that filters were essential to sharing only specific items.
Filters are here, and more powerful than ever. In addition to the basic filter options that you already know from the Changelog, we also added a new JQL (Jira Query Language) mode for even more flexibility.
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Tailor your view to display only the issues that matter most, giving you the power to create highly customized roadmaps based on JQL.
Rich Text Roadmap Descriptions
You can now add a rich text description to your roadmap. This feature empowers you to provide context to your roadmap using text, images or even a Loom video. Allowing you to provide high level context that may not be covered by individual roadmap items.
Publishing feedback
Experience a new visual cue when you publish a roadmap with the introduction of a delightful animation. The publish date lozenge will now feature a vibrant green color to clearly indicate that the roadmap has been published.
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Bugfixes
Roadmaps no longer show a blank screen due to the absence of the "Ideas archived" field when JPD is not installed.
Moving cards on the roadmap now works as expected for issues using the status field.
Roadmaps have improved to gracefully handle scenarios where you lack browse permissions for certain projects.
Scrollbars now intelligently show or hide when you open the roadmap issue dialog, eliminating the initial “jumping” of the dialog.
An error message now displays if a search in the Roadmap fails, providing clarity instead of leaving a blank screen.
Go beyond the typical status-based columns. With custom field support for column mapping, you can now map custom field options to your board columns. Bringing a another dimension to your boards.
Supported field types
Status
Single select
Priority
Single version
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Whether you're delineating by product area, tracking progress through quarters, organizing your agenda with a Now/Next/Later view, or prioritizing tasks for efficient workflow management, Released opens up a level of customization that aligns with your teams’ specific needs.
Support for Jira Software
Custom column fields not only added a whole lot of flexibility, but it also opened up the door for Jira Software Support. Now you can create high level roadmaps from Jira Product Discovery, or provide more detailed updates from your Jira Software Project. Feeling adventurous? Why not creating a board with issues from Jira Software and Jira Product Discovery. Mix and match any way you want!
Bugfixes and Improvements
Issue Selection and Highlight Fixed an issue where selecting tasks did not highlight related blocks, restoring both selection and highlighting functionality.
Linked Projects Display on Roadmap Creation When creating a new roadmap, you'll see linked projects that are included, with a direct link to modify linked project settings if needed.
Roadmap Embed Rendering Text-heavy issues now render correctly within the roadmap embed, ensuring all content is displayed as intended.
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