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🐞Bug fix: JQL section now is visible in full-width layout with Group By fields

Fixed an issue in the new Confluence editor where JQL sections using Group By fields were not rendered in full width, even when the template layout was set to Full Width. The generated Confluence pages will now correctly display the JQL section across the full page width, ensuring consistent and expected layouts.

Bug

🐞 Bug fix: Group By variables with formatted non-English text now work correctly

Fixed an issue where Group By variables containing foreign-language or Unicode characters failed validation when formatting (bold/italics) was applied. The system now correctly recognizes formatted variables, allowing templates to save and execute without errors across all languages ✅

Bug

🗄️🔐Rule execution logs data is now stored on the client’s Jira server

As part of Atlassian’s platform evolution, ARNR is gradually moving to Forge. To support this, ARNR attachment data - including email bodies, PDFs, Word, HTML content and more will be directly stored in system-generated Jira issues within a project configured by your admin, for improved reliability, compliance, and alignment with Atlassian Forge 🚀
Existing rule logs remain unchanged, and logs older than 90 days are automatically cleared. A new Logs Settings tab under App settings (Jira admin only) lets you:

• Configure log retention (up to 90 days)

• Select a Jira project where log data is automatically stored

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Linked Issues field configuration now available in Spotlight & Helper app 🔗✨

The Linked Issues field now supports additional configuration options in both the Spotlight variable section and the Helper app (Confluence templates) 🎯
You can configure settings like link types to include and hide link type labels, bringing it in line with other supported fields and making customization clearer and more consistent across templates and the Confluence editor.

Story

🐞 Bug Fix: Error while generating AI suggestions using AI generator tab

We’ve resolved an issue that could cause errors when generating AI-powered release notes or summaries using a large number of issues using AI generator tab. The system now handles larger issue sets more reliably, ensuring long and detailed content is generated successfully without interruptions.

Bug

🚀 ARNR UI now powered by Forge

We’ve migrated to Atlassian Forge using Custom UI 🎉 This brings better performance, improved security 🔐, and future-ready experience, fully aligned with Atlassian’s platform standards.

Story

🐞 Bug Fix: Error while generating AI suggestions using AI generator tab

We’ve resolved an issue that could cause errors when generating AI-powered release notes or summaries using a large number of issues using AI generator tab. The system now handles larger issue sets more reliably, ensuring long and detailed content is generated successfully without interruptions.

In-sprint Bug

🐞 Bug Fix: Sprint Selector no longer shows up in variable selector when not used in template

Resolved an issue in ARNR templates where the Sprint Selector appeared in the variable selector when the user Previews the template or executes the Rule even when the template did not use Sprint variables.
Now, the selector is displayed only when Sprint variables are included in the template and stays hidden otherwise. ✔️🎯

Bug

🚀 Upgraded ARNR AI Engine to GPT-5

ARNR now runs on GPT-5, enabling support for significantly larger inputs and producing smarter, richer summaries, release notes, and reports. ✨📈 Expanded Custom Prompt Limit
Custom prompt capacity has increased from 500 to 1,200 characters, allowing you to convey more detailed and contextual instructions. 📝🔧 Configurable GPT-5 Model (Advanced Edition)
Advanced users can now connect and configure their own GPT-5 model directly with ARNR for highly customized AI outcomes. 🧠⚙️🛠️ Available Across AI Features
These upgrades are applied across:

• AI Rule Action

• AI Generator tab

• AI Macro in Template Builder

• AI Template Builder

Story

📊Export ARNR usage data right from the app📥

A new Export button has been added to the Logs tab (both In-Project and Cross-Project views) to export ARNR logs from the last 90 days ⏳📤

• When used from the In-Project screen, it exports logs only for that selected project 📁

• When used from the Cross-Project screen, you can choose to export either All Projects data or only the Cross-Project data 🌐

Once the export is generated, a download link to the Excel file will be sent to the logged-in user’s email address 📧📄

Story

Group issues by any Jira field on Release Pages

We’ve added a new way to organize issues on your release pages, you can now group issues by the Jira field of your choice for a cleaner and more structured view.

What’s new ✨

• Group by Field 2
  Use the selected Field 2 value (e.g., Issue type, Assignee, Status) as a section header.
  Issues are neatly organized under each heading, and the field is no longer repeated inside every issue card.

• Supports a wide range of Jira fields
  Including Issue Type, Status, Priority, Labels, Components, Assignee, Reporter, Versions, Sprint, Dates, Story Points, Time Tracking, and more.

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🐞Bug Fix: Issue Descriptions in PDFs Now Render Correctly for Scheduled Triggers

When a PDF rule was executed through a scheduled trigger, the issue description appeared in the PDF as raw HTML (e.g., <p>, <br>, <ul>) instead of properly formatted text.We’ve resolved this behavior.

✅ What’s Fixed

• PDFs generated from scheduled rule executions now correctly render the formatted issue description.

• No more raw HTML tags in the output.

Bug

⚙️ Enhanced Comment Controls for ARNR Reports

The Comments feature in ARNR just got smarter. While comments were always supported, you can now fine-tune how they appear in your reports to better match your team's needs and reporting style.

🔧 What’s Improved

• “Number of Comments” setting → choose how many recent comments to include (up to 10)

• Optional timestamp display → show or hide the comment creation date 🕒

Story

🐞 Bug fix: Confluence (New Editor) draft template now opens in the correct space

We’ve fixed a bug 🐛 where creating a Confluence (New Editor) template didn’t redirect to the selected space with the draft template. Instead, users were being redirected to the Confluence home page, ignoring their chosen space. 🏠With this fix, when you create a draft template and select your desired instance and space, the system will now correctly open the draft page in that specific space. 📄✨

Bug

🐞 Bug fix: Shruti Darekar variable now gets replaced correctly in scheduled rule executions

We’ve fixed a bug 🐛 where the Shruti Darekar variable in templates was not getting replaced with its value when a rule was triggered via a scheduled trigger (e.g., hourly or daily runs). ⏱️Previously, this caused actions depending on the Shruti Darekar variable to display incomplete information during scheduled executions.

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🐞Bug fix: Scheduled rules now resume automatically after being re-enabled

We’ve fixed an issue where scheduled rules did not resume execution after being disabled and then re-enabled from the Rule Listing page. ⚙️Previously, even after re-enabling a rule, it wouldn’t run again until the rule was manually opened and saved causing missed executions.Rules will now automatically resume from the next applicable schedule as defined by the cron configuration. ✅

Bug

📄 Support custom variables in PDF template title, last page, and header/footer sections

🎉 You can now use custom variables in the title page, last page, and header/footer sections of your PDF templates just like in Word templates.In the Advanced Settings section you can now manually add custom variables, and they’ll be correctly replaced with the expected data when generating PDFs. ✨

Bug

👤 Improved handling for missing user details in rule and template listings

We’ve enhanced the Rule Listing and Template Listing pages to ensure better clarity and consistency. ✨Previously, if the user details were missing, the Created by or Last modified by fields appeared blank or broken.Now, in such cases, you’ll see “No user found” displayed instead. 🙌This update improves the overall readability and ensures your listings always look clean and informative. ✅

Story

🚀 Migrate settings and configuration module to Atlassian Forge

We’ve upgraded our settings and configuration module to run on Atlassian Forge. ⚙️✨It might require manual upgrade on your current instances.

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You can now customize how linked issues appear in your reports! 🎉

We’ve added two new configuration options under JQL → Fields → Linked Issues → ⚙️ Additional Configuration:

1. Link types to include – Select specific issue link types (e.g., blocks, is blocked by, developed by) to display in your reports. If none are selected, all linked issues will be shown by default.

2. Hide link type label – Choose to hide link type labels and display only the linked issue keys in a clean, unified list.

These options give you finer control 🎯 over which linked issues appear and how they’re presented helping you create more focused, readable, and customized reports 📝.

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🛠️ Bug fixes and improvements

🖼️ Images in Confluence pages
Fixed an issue where Jira attachment images were not always displayed correctly in Confluence. Images will now publish more reliably.🔑 Authentication handling
Improved the way access tokens are managed to make the app more efficient and stable. 🚀

Bug

🛠️ Bug fix: Shruti Darekar variable in scheduled triggers

We fixed an issue where the Shruti Darekar variable was not being replaced correctly when rules were triggered using “Scheduled before N days of release”.✅ The variable now works as expected in scheduled triggersWith this fix, your scheduled release notes and reports will always display the correct version driver. 🚀

Bug

✨ New Confluence templates in template gallery

We’ve added more ready-to-use Confluence templates in template gallery so you can publish and share information faster 📝. With this update, you’ll now find Confluence versions of the following templates ✅ Newly added templates:

• 📊 Sprint review report

• 📦 Version workload report

• 🗓️ Release planning report

• 🐞 Bug tracking and resolution report

• 🤝 Weekly customer support report

• 🚀 Daily stand-up report

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🛠️ Fix: Rule execution and logging issues resolved

We’ve fixed an issue where Confluence rule actions were getting stuck in progress, and the executed rules did not appear in the Logs tab✅ What’s fixed:

• Rule actions now execute without getting stuck.

• Executed rules are correctly logged in the Logs table.

• Confluence pages are generated successfully when rules run.

Bug

🛠️Fix: Description fields now populate correctly in Confluence pages

We’ve fixed an issue where description fields from the JQL section were not appearing in Confluence pages generated via the new editor.Now, when using a Confluence template with a JQL section that includes the description field, the generated page will now display the description values as expected 🚀

Bug

🛠️Fix: Projects now appear correctly in cross-project screen

We’ve resolved an issue where projects added as exceptions under “Access ARNR in-project screen” settings were not showing up in the cross-project screen.When the in-project screen is disabled for all projects but a project is added as an exception, that project will now appear and can be accessed from the cross-project screen as expected.

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🛠️Fix: Email action now supports Jira groups with special characters

We’ve fixed an issue where emails were not being delivered to users if they belonged to Jira groups with special characters in their names (e.g., #test, test#, !dev#qa).Email action will now correctly send notifications to all users in Jira groups, regardless of whether the group name contains special characters. ✉️✨

Bug

🛠️ Fix: Confluence space and template selector issues resolved

We’ve fixed a issue in the Publish to Confluence (new editor) action to make rule creation smoother and more reliable:✅ What’s fixed:

• Space selector binding issue – Previously, when selecting a space from the source template dropdown, the choice didn’t reflect immediately. Users had to select the space twice for it to appear. This is now resolved — your first selection will be retained.

This improvements ensure a seamless experience when creating or editing Confluence rule actions. 🚀

Bug

📌 New: Automatically link Confluence pages in Jira releases

We’ve introduced a new Jira operation action that makes it easier to keep your project documentation and releases in sync 🎉 Now, when you publish a Confluence page through ARNR, you can automatically link them to the Related Work section in Jira Releases. This helps your team quickly track, reference, and share important project information — all in one place. What’s new:

• ➕ New action: Jira operation

• 🔗 Link related work to version: Automatically adds Confluence and Release Page links under the Related Work section in Jira

• ✅ Works with Confluence (New editor) action

This update makes it simple to connect your releases with the right documentation and ensures nothing gets lost between Jira and Confluence.

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🐞 Bug fix: Email failures with more than 50 recipients

We’ve fixed an issue where emails sent through the default provider failed if the recipient list exceeded 50.
Now, the system automatically splits large lists into smaller batches so your notifications, release updates, and rule-based emails are delivered reliably.

Bug

🛠️ Fixed issue with AI-generated output on cross-project screen in Confluence

We have fixed a bug that was preventing users from creating AI-generated outputs in Confluence for the cross-project screen. You can now generate and publish AI-powered content without interruptions, ensuring smoother collaboration and documentation in Confluence. 📑✨

Bug

🚀 Faster app load with optimized AI setting check

Previously, the app made multiple checks for all projects when loading, which caused slow performance for customers with many projects in the AI exception list. We’ve fixed this by checking only the accessed project, resulting in faster load times and improved scalability.

Bug

🎬 Generate and share video reports with ease

We’ve introduced new video reports in ARNR , upload it to our secure servers, and send you a download link straight to your inbox ✉️✨. Here’s what’s new: