Lifecycle guide for Jira from Atlassian

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2025-12-12

What is Jira?

Automate product release and end-of-life management

Jira is a web application for error management, problem handling and operational project management developed by Atlassian. Jira was historically used especially in software development, but has now additionally established itself in non-technical areas of many companies. Typical use cases include task management, requirements management and help desks. Jira can be used for process management and process improvement through its workflow management functions.

The entire lifecycle of Jira

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Jira. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.