Atlassian’s new navigation: General availability

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Many of you have been asking when you can adopt Atlassian’s new navigation—now you can! We’re thrilled to announce its General Availability (GA) for Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence, and Atlassian Home. In this article, you’ll find key details about the rollout timelines, admin controls, and other frequently asked questions.

Jira, Jira Service Management, and Jira Product Discovery	Atlassian Home	Confluence
Discover Jira’s fresh look and navigation.	Learn about Atlassian Home’s navigation.	Read about Confluence’s Navigation.

What to expect?

We know you and your teams have carefully built workflows around our products, so managing change is essential. That’s why we’ve taken a gradual, thoughtful approach to the rollout—actively listening to feedback and refining the experience along the way. Starting March 17, 2025, we’ll progressively roll out the new navigation to all Jira, Confluence, and Atlassian Home users.

See the table below to know when you can expect the new navigation for your sites.

Note:

• The rollout will begin at the indicated date, but it may take up to 3-7 days to reach all sites. 
• Rollout timing is based on PST, typically at 5.45 p.m.
• The timelines are subject to change, and we’ll provide more details as the dates approach. Keep an eye on this page and check the public roadmap for the latest updates and more information on the new navigation.  

Cohort	Timeline	Details
EAP and Beta participants	Ongoing	If you enrolled your site for new navigation during the EAP/Beta phase, the rollout process doesn’t impact you as we’ll not be disabling it for you and your users. You and users can continue the new navigation. We’ll remove the option to turn off the new navigation and enable the new navigation for all users on the site by mid-April 2025.
5% of sites on the Standard plan	March 17, 2025	We’ll start the new navigation rollout for 5% of sites on the Standard plan. The sites are chosen randomly and your admins are notified about the changes to the products.
Free plan	March 17, 2025	We’ll transition sites on the Free plan to the new navigation. Admins and users won’t be able to turn off the new navigation.
All sites for all plans have optional opt-in	April 14, 2025	If you’re an admin of a site, you can turn on the new navigation: For just yourself For everyone on the site
Sandbox environments	April 14, 2025	If your site has a Sandbox environment, admins can self-serve and choose to turn on the new navigation.
Standard plan	Mid-April to mid-May 2025	We’ll begin rolling out the new navigation to sites on the Standard plan in mid April 2025. If you’re an admin, we’ll remove the option to turn off the new navigation and enable the new navigation for all users on the site. For Jira and Atlassian Home, users can still turn off the new navigation only for themselves till the end of May 2025. This will not affect anyone else on the site.
Premium and Enterprise plan	Early to late July 2025	We’ll begin rolling out the new navigation to sites on the Premium and Enterprise plan in early July 2025. If you’re an admin, we’ll remove the option to turn off the new navigation and enable the new navigation for all users on the site. For Jira and Atlassian Home, users can still turn off the new navigation only for themselves till the end of July 2025. This will not affect anyone else on the site.
100% rollout	End of July 2025	All users of all plans are on the new navigation with no ability to turn it off.

Timeline change log:

• March 31, 2025: Changed sandbox and opt-in date from mid-April 2025 to April 14, 2025. Shifted Premium and Enterprise timeline from end of June to early-late July 2025. Updated "edition" terminology to "plan" to reflect Admin Hub labelling.
• April 16, 2025: Added a note for rollout timing and what to expect.

Admin controls for new navigation

We know that change can be challenging, and introducing new changes to your team needs planning. So to ensure you and your team are comfortable with the new navigation, we’re giving admins additional flexibility.

If you’re an admin:

• You can turn on the new navigation only for yourself

• You can turn on the new navigation for everyone on the site

Jira

Jira labs for admins

Turn on the new navigation To access admin controls for new navigation: From the top right corner, select Settings > Personal Jira settings. Go to Jira Labs to see the controls for New navigation. After changing the toggle, please refresh your browser window, and ask end-users to do the same, to see the changes reflected.

Turn off the new navigation To access admin controls for new navigation: From the top right corner, select Settings > General settings. Go to Jira Labs to see the controls for New navigation. After changing the toggle, please refresh your browser window, and ask end-users to do the same, to see the changes reflected.

As an admin, you can delay turning on the new navigation for everyone on your site for a few weeks before we enable it for everyone by default. After the new navigation has been turned on for everyone on the site, your users can still turn it on/off for a certain time (3-8 weeks) before the option is removed.

Jira labs for users

When your admin turns on the new navigation for your site, you can turn on/off the new navigation for a few weeks. This will only affect you and not all users on the site.

Turn on the new navigation: From the top right corner, select Settings > Personal Jira settings. Under Jira Labs, you can toggle the switch on for New navigation. After changing the toggle, please refresh your browser window to see the changes reflected.

Turn off the new navigation: From the top right corner, select Settings > General settings. Under Jira Labs, you can toggle the switch off for New navigation. After changing the toggle, please refresh your browser window to see the changes reflected.

Atlassian Home

Personal settings for admins To turn on/off the new navigation: From the top right corner, select Settings > Personal settings. Go to Navigation to see the controls. After changing the toggle, please refresh your browser window, and ask end-users to do the same, to see the changes reflected. As an admin, you can delay turning on the new navigation for everyone on your site for a few weeks before we enable it by default. After the new navigation has been turned on for everyone on the site, your users can still turn it on/off for a certain time (3-8 weeks) before the option is removed.

Personal settings for users When your admin turns on the new navigation for your site, users can turn it on/off for a few weeks. This will only affect you and not all users on the site. To turn on/off the new navigation: From the top right corner, select Settings > Personal settings. You can toggle the switch on/off for Navigation. After changing the toggle, please refresh your browser window to see the changes reflected.

Confluence

Configuration for admins To access admin controls for new navigation: From the top right corner, select Settings > Configuration. Go to New features to see the controls for New navigation. After changing the toggle, please refresh your browser window, and ask end-users to do the same, to see the changes reflected. As an admin, you can delay turning on the new navigation for everyone on your site for a few weeks (3-8 weeks) before we enable it by default. Once the new navigation has been turned on for everyone on the site, you and your users can’t go back to the old navigation.

Configuration for end users If the Confluence admin has turned on the new navigation for the site, users cannot turn it off.

Frequently asked questions

Question	Response/Answer
The webinar, Unpacking the New Atlassian Global Navigation Experience from Kristin Perchal, shows a different timeline. Has the timeline changed?	Yes, the timeline shown in the webinar has changed. Due to high demand, we’re accelerating the timelines to start from March 17, 2025 to July 2025. Please see the public roadmap and timelines above for an accurate representation. Note: We will notify you if there are any further changes to the timelines and how they affect you and your users.
I have mixed subscriptions/plans for my products. When will my site get the new navigation?	To maintain consistency across products, you’ll get the new navigation based on the product that has the highest plans. For example, if your site has Jira on a Premium plan and Confluence on a Standard plan, then both products will get the new navigation according to the Premium plan's timelines, i.e., in July 2025.
Where can I leave feedback on the new navigation?	On the bottom left side, select Give feedback on new navigation to leave feedback on the product.
Where can I find documentation for new navigation?	Here are the official support documentation for the new navigation: Jira’s new navigation Confluence’s new navigation Atlassian Home’s new navigation

We’ll keep this page updated as we get closer to the release dates and other frequently asked questions. So watch this page and join the group in the meantime.

Regards,
The Atlassian navigation team

[G subramanyam]

Thank you @Varsha Patel . These are the brand new look and feel navigations. Eagerly waiting to get a hands-on.

[Dirk Ronsmans]

Hi @Varsha Patel ,

For the Jira labs settings would it not be:

From the top right corner, select Settings > Personal Jira Settings >  General 

Instead of: From the top right corner, select Settings > General settings.

Also, for the Sandbox environment, when would that start to appear?

[ALICE CAUDY]

We want to know which user has the new navigation enabled. Is there any API endpoint for this ?

[Yatish Madhav]

Thanks @Varsha Patel on this article!

[Brent Lee]

Are the Quick Start guides and videos mentioned in the webinar available yet?

[Varsha Patel]

@Dirk Ronsmans Thank you for the call-out. The path depends on the navigation experience you're on. I've updated the article to reflect when users switch between the experiences. 

[Patricia Francezi]

Not sure I got on how to enable for the instance. 

Both paths are point to personal labs. 

[Varsha Patel]

@Patricia Francezi The path to Jira labs is different based on the experience you're on (the old navigation or the new navigation).

• To turn on the new navigation (when you're on the old navigation), the path to Jira labs is via Personal Jira settings.
• To turn off the new navigation (when you're on the new navigation), the path to Jira labs is via General Settings. 

[Patricia Francezi]

@Varsha Patel

I Meant for the entire site, would I use the same path for personal lab? 

If you’re an admin:

• You can turn on the new navigation only for yourself

• You can turn on the new navigation for everyone on the site

[Varsha Patel]

@Patricia Francezi Yes, you'll find both those options in Jira labs.

[Patrick van der Rijst]

First impression: looks awesome!

My feedback:

• When it's turned on just for me, I don't see the new issue types. 
• On a Free site I did see the new icons, but I still saw a lot of references to the naming "issue type" in fixed custom field descriptions
• When I click on a software project, I get to the boards right away, for service management projects I can't click on the project, I have to follow the dropdown menu to choose the specific view I want to end up in. I would like it to bring me to the last thing I visited in the project, a specific queue, board, calendar. 
• When I navigate from "recent" or "starred" to a service management project it does guide me to the queues right away.
• For boards I would like to see different icons wether it's a kanban or scrum board

[Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_]

The timeline for Standard editions doesn't pan out, or does it  @Varsha Patel ?

We won't be able to Opt-In/try out until Mid-April but will probably get the enforced rollout in Early April already?

I myself have access to multiple sites that already have the new UI but my users aren't so lucky.

Also - is there any official Enablement Material that shows the difference other than the multiple Community Posts that don't even come up in Google search (like this one)? I would like for the Atlassian Documentation to cover this topic with up to date info & screenshots.

[Shawn Stevens]

Should we as Admins be able to see the new navigation in the Jira Labs section. I have checked both Production and our Sandbox and I'm not seeing the option for an Admin to turn on the new Navigation. We are on Enterprise.  I have to assume this is still is waiting on the Mid-April timeframe?

I currently only see the following: 

 

[Shawn Stevens]

Sorry Double posted my question. 

[Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_]

The Rollout is still not announced in the Product Updates section on admin.atlassian.net - still no answer on my previous question regarding the dodgy timeline either.

I don't even criticise the new UI, but at least do the Rollout properly and don't just surprise Admins overnight. I can't enable my users before the Rollout but would like to save time in my calender for the day of. You make it impossible to do so....

[Addison Beyer]

Logging in to https://bitbucket.org now takes you to https://home.atlassian.com/ instead of your workspace in Bitbucket. Is this the expected behavior with the new navigation? If so, can this be turned off? What is the rationale for this redirect? If logging in at bitbucket the expectation is to stay at bitbucket.

[Gregg Brown]

This article: https://www.atlassian.com/blog/announcements/introducing-new-navigation

Says, "Sandbox testing: Admins can now self-serve and turn the new navigation on for Sandbox environments..."

Where can I find this setting to turn it on in our Sandbox environment?

[Darryl Lee]

@Gregg Brown I'm also anxious to get this in our Sandbox, but alas from the Timeline above:

Sandbox environments

Mid-April 2025

If your site has a Sandbox environment, admins can self-serve and choose to turn on the new navigation

[Gregg Brown]

Which is different from the main blog post article which says that admins can do it now, which is why I'm seeking clarification. I'm not sure why we're being told two different things, but here we are and the blog posts don't allow comments so I've had to come here to ask. 

[Darryl Lee]

@Gregg Brown I have a whole article in my head about this, but my theory is this:

The Blog site probably falls under the purview of Marketing or some team like that.

I would bet that getting an article published there requires multiple hoops of approvals, and that EDITING an article there is even more work, if possible at all.

So then, I'm guessing that because Community Forums have a low barrier to entry, PMs have found it to be a workaround for having a proper channel for Release Notes/Product Announcements.

This has been going on for frankly way too long, but yeah, that's my theory.

[Martina Guth]

Hi @Varsha Patel

I have two questions concerning the new navigation:

1. When will we be able to sign in for ourselves as an option to swap to the new navigation? We as System Admins and some users we think, it would make sense, would like to change for ourselves directly, not in June, when enterprise customers are in charge.
   1. What we want to reach out? We would like to be very familiar once we change for the whole company AND we want to spread the information and "easyness" to our users, whenever we talk to them directly.
2. Why is the customization of the vertical navigation different in Confluence and JIRA? A few days ago, it looked the same and now it is different. This is something, that is not really explainable to our users. 

Don´t get me wrong, I really like the new navigation and I am looking forward to making it available to our users.

Kind regards,

Martina

[Harrison Ponce]

We are very disappointed that the display site title feature is broken in the new navigation and

instead of working on it, your team changed the JAC issue from a bug to a suggestion.

Displaying the site title next to the logo for look and feel has been a long-standing feature and the option is even available in the new navigation settings(!!!), it just doesn't work in the new UI no matter how you configure it...which is called a...BUG.

JAC Issue for reference (Please vote, watch, comment!): Unable display the title of the site in New navigation.

@Varsha Patel @Josh Carolan @Matthew Hunter @Lakshmi Arunachalam @Kristin Perchal @Matt Kroeger 

[Michele Colson]

I really like the new navigation, but I dislike where you have moved linked Jira issues in Confluence. I now have to click on Details, then Jira work item to see the issues linked. It will be another click if I want to navigate to it. 

I think this should be front and center as it was before. It don't think that would compromise the new design. 

[Piotr_Śmiałek_Deviniti]

If you are app creators, please share our experience with new navigation and your apps there:
https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/how-are-vendors-adapting-to-the-new-jira-navigation/90867

hope we can help each other :)

[Varsha Patel]

@Gregg Brown Admins can self-serve and turn on the new navigation for Sandbox environments on April 14, 2025. Please watch this page for latest updates to the timelines.