Versions listed in the Backlog seem to be broken now

[Sean Sullivan]

We use Release Versions to track planned release milestones which may span multiple sprints. I like to display these Versions and filter by them within the Backlog.  It also is nice to easily drag and drop stories between Versions when priorities change.

Recently I learned you can control the sort manually within the Release page by putting them in the opposite order you want them displayed in the Backlog list for filtering.  This was a big usability discovery for me (despite its very odd inverse design).

However, today I enabled some new UI improvements to Jira and the Versions now appear to be sorted in some totally random (and bad) order.  I no longer seem to be able to force the sort order.

Has anyone else experienced this?  Is there a new way to force the sort order or is there just a bug I need to wait to be resolved here?

[Ste Wright · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sean Sullivan 

What's the new UI improvement you enabled?

If it was the new enhancements to boards/backlogs, you could try turning it back off and see what happens - to do this:

1. Go to any Board
2. In the upper-right corner, select the breadcrumbs (3-dots icon)
3. Toggle the enhancement setting to OFF

^ Let us know if this resolves the issue.

Ste

[Sean Sullivan]

It is the "Enhance my Board and Backlog" feature.  Generally speaking, the changes do make working with the backlog better.

I turned off the enhancement and the version sorting got fixed.

Ideally, I would like to have the version sorting work and enable the new UX. :)

[Ste Wright]

I'd provide this as feedback (using the "Give feedback" option in the breadcrumbs icon) so Atlassian is made aware of this!

Ste