Last updated May 7, 2025

Confluence Cloud Changelog

This page includes release notes and updates for Confluence Cloud app developers. Use this page to keep track of upcoming changes, deprecation notices, new features, and feature updates from Confluence Cloud.

Forge changelog

For updates about changes to the Forge platform, see the Forge changelog in the Forge documentation.

You can also ask questions and learn from other Confluence Cloud developers on the Atlassian Developer Community.

7 May 2025

Added Forge - New Confluence bridge APIs for Live Docs

We’ve added 3 new Confluence bridge APIs to improve how Forge apps can interact with Live Docs. When editing a Live Doc or Page, the content within the editor can be ‘ahead’ of its latest snapshotted or published version. These new Confluence bridge APIs allow Forge apps to interact with that latest content in the editor, even if it hasn’t been snapshotted or versioned yet.

  1. getEditorContent - Return an ADF object representing the latest editor content of an entire document.

  2. getMacroContent - Return an ADF object of the current Forge extension macro.

  3. updateMacroContent - Update the content of the current Forge macro.

Read more detailed documentation about these new Confluence bridge APIs here.

1 May 2025

Removed Deprecated REST API V1 endpoints removed from service

As of today May 1, 2025, the following deprecated Confluence REST API V1 endpoints have been removed from service. This means requests to these endpoints will result in a 410 error response. These endpoints have also been removed from REST API V1 documentation.

30 April 2025

Removed Removed a subset of Confluence page extension points

As of today Apr 30, 2025, the following Connect extension points will be removed from Confluence Cloud (see our deprecation notice from six months ago here):

  • page.metadata.banner

  • atl.page.metadata.banner

  • system.content.button

  • atl.editor.savebar

  • system.editor.precursor.buttons

  • system.content.metadata

Also, the following Connect extension point will no longer render a UI component on Confluence pages, but can still be used for running background scripts only.

  • atl.footer

Note that we are gradually rolling out this removal to customers. That means, in some instances you may still see the above extension points in Confluence Cloud. Understand that they may be removed at any point.

Developers using any of the removed Connect extension points should actively consider (if not already) transitioning to the following available extension points. This move is crucial to ensure app and experience continuity for end-users.

  • Forge

    • confluence:contentBylineItem

    • confluence:contentAction

    • confluence:contextMenu

  • Connect

    • system.content.action/secondary

    • contentBylineItem

    • system.content.action

    • system.content.action/primary

    • atl.general

    • system.content.action/modify

    • page.view.selection/action-panel

    • system.content.action/marker

Note that these changes only apply to extension points available when interacting with Confluence pages and live docs. Any extension points beyond the context of a Confluence page or live doc are not impacted.

More details

For more details on this deprecation and migration guidance, see our deprecation notice from six months ago here.

Added Background scripts is now GA

We’ve released a new Background Scripts module, which enables apps to run in the background of a Confluence page. See Confluence Background script for more information.

You can use background scripts to replace the atl.footer extension point in Connect.

More details

To use the new modules, you must first update the Forge CLI:
npm install -g @forge/cli@latest

16 April 2025

Announcement Internationalization for Forge is now generally availaible

Internationalization (i18n) for Forge apps is now generally available. This allows you to add translation support to your app so that it can adapt based on a user’s language and locale.

In addition to the Confluence and Jira modules that were supported during the EAP, internationalization support can now also be added to Bitbucket, Compass, and Jira Service Management modules, as well as Forge resolvers.

For more information, see Internationalization.

15 April 2025

Announcement Reminder: Please test & update your Confluence Cloud apps to function in Live docs by May 30, 2025

Live docs are coming to Confluence Cloud as new content type alongside existing Pages. Live docs can be updated instantly without having to publish, allowing teams to quickly collaborate on content. All sites in the Developer Canary Program have access to Live docs (as of November 2024).

We are asking developers to test their apps in Live docs and make sure that they are functioning as expected by May 30, 2025.

See more technical guidance on Live Docs in our developer community post here. We are also working on including all details in official documentation on developer.atlassian.com where relevant, but wanted to share with developers ahead of time.

14 April 2025

Announcement Forge Remote Data Residency (migrations) is now GA

Forge Remote Data Residency realm migrations is now available in GA. This release provides apps with the ability to support customer-initiated migrations between data residency regions.

Please review the documentation to learn more about how to support realm migrations in your app.

11 April 2025

Added Introducing the new admin key V2 REST API

We’ve added a new V2 REST API for the admin key feature for Confluence Cloud Premium and Enterprise customers.

This API can be used by organization or site admins to retrieve, enable, and disable admin keys for their users.

Go to the documentation to read more about this API.

Added Introducing the new HTTP header for admin keys

Organization or site admin users in Confluence Cloud Premium and Enterprise instances can make calls to any of our public REST APIs using an Admin Key by adding the following HTTP header to their requests:

HTTP Header Name: Atl-Confluence-With-Admin-Key

HTTP Header Value: true

If the calling user doesn’t have an active admin key granted to them at the time of the request, this HTTP header will simply be ignored.

7 April 2025

Added Forge’s useProductContext hook now supports subtype to differentiate Live Docs & Pages

We’re happy to announce that subtype is now available via Forge’s useProductContext hook, to help Forge apps determine if a page object is a Live Doc or a Page.

Now, the extension object returned from the useProductContext hook will return subtype: 'live' if a given page object is a Live Doc. Otherwise, it will return subtype: null

This change should be immediately available on sites in the Developer Canary Program for your testing purposes.

3 April 2025

Added AP.context.getContext() now supports subtype to differentiate Live Docs & Pages

We’re happy to announce that subtype is now available via AP.context.getContext() for Connect apps, to help them determine if a page object is a Live Doc or a Page.

When a content object of type: ‘page' is returned, it will return subtype: 'live' if it is a Live Doc, or subtype: '' if it is a Page.

This change should be immediately available on sites in the Developer Canary Program for your testing purposes.

2 April 2025

Deprecation Notice Extending deprecation period for V1 REST descendants APIs

We are extending the deprecation period for the following V1 REST APIs:

These APIs will be retired on Sep 30, 2025 (the date for retiring these was previously announced as Apr 30, 2025):

Additionally, the V2 API endpoint to get child pages will be retired on Sep 30, 2025.

Please use the new V2 APIs announced in changelog entry instead.

Announcement Extending the "Convert content body" v1 REST API deprecation period

We are extending the deprecation period of the Convert content body v1 REST API in Confluence Cloud to Aug 1, 2025.

The Confluence team is utlizing the additional time to address and fix bugs in the alternative Asynchronously convert content body endpoint, such as the issue tracked under CONFCLOUD-81273.

1 April 2025

Announcement Update to the waiver policy for apps requesting or storing Atlassian API tokens

We will not be issuing any new waivers for apps that need to request or store Atlassian user API tokens. This decision is part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing security and protecting customer trust.

Forge Apps that have already been granted waivers must ensure a lack of alternative solutions within Forge. They can continue to operate, but no additional waivers will be granted for new modules or new functionality within the same app.

Connect apps that have been granted waivers and any existing Connect app requesting or storing Atlassian user API tokens are required to migrate to Forge, with tokens stored in Forge encrypted storage.

More details

For more details, read our FAQ

31 March 2025

Added New openOnInsert parameter for Forge macro custom configuration

We’ve added a new optional parameter openOnInsert to the configuration object in the manifest of Forge macros. This allows developers to control if the custom configuration modal is automatically opened when first inserted.

For more information, see Macro.

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