Is Jira Being Phased Out? What Ends in 2029, What Stays
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The question shows up under “People also ask” on almost every Jira search: is Jira being phased out? It comes from three real changes that all sound like an ending. Atlassian stopped supporting Server, announced the end of Data Center, and renamed its own product. Read together, they say something narrower: self-managed Jira is ending. Jira is not.
Every date on this page is from Atlassian’s own pages, read on 13 November 2026.
Short answer: no. Jira Cloud continues. What ends is Jira you run yourself: Server support ended on 15 February 2024; Data Center stopped selling to new customers on 30 March 2026 and becomes read-only on 28 March 2029. In 2024 Jira Software and Jira Work Management became one product, Jira, and since then Jira has been renaming “issues” to “work items” and “projects” to “spaces”.
Server: already over
Jira Server, the oldest self-managed edition, is finished. Atlassian’s knowledge base puts it in one line at the top of its Data Center articles: “Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024.” If a Jira still runs on a Server licence, it gets no fixes from Atlassian, including security fixes.
Data Center: read-only from 28 March 2029
On 8 September 2025 Atlassian announced the end of Data Center in a post titled “Ascend to the cloud”. The Data Center end of life page has the dates:
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| March 30, 2026 | “new customers will no longer be able to purchase new Data Center subscriptions or new Marketplace Data Center apps” |
| March 30, 2028 | the last day existing Data Center customers can buy new subscriptions, apps and expansions |
| March 28, 2029 | “Data Center subscriptions and any associated Marketplace apps will expire on this date, making Data Center products and apps read-only” |
Until the last date, Atlassian says it will provide “Technical support”, “Security bug-fixes for critical vulnerabilities” and “Connectors from Atlassian Data Center products to Atlassian Cloud”. It also mentions extended maintenance by exception for organisations that cannot move in time.
Included: Jira Software Data Center, Jira Service Management Data Center, Confluence Data Center, Crowd Data Center, the Data Center mobile apps and the Marketplace apps for them. Not included: Bitbucket and Bamboo Data Center, which “will not end of life”, and Jira Align Data Center.
The rename: one Jira since 2024
On 1 May 2024 Atlassian announced “the next era of Jira”: “We’ve taken the best of Jira Work Management and Jira Software to make a single project management tool.” For existing customers: “If you currently have a Jira Software subscription, the new Jira is available to use today with no changes to pricing.” Jira Work Management no longer exists as a separate product; its business projects are part of Jira.
The words changed too. Atlassian’s JQL reference now says: “We’re updating terminology in Jira,
moving from “issue” to “work item”, and “project” to “space”.” Filters keep working (“There are no
changes to existing JQL queries”), but some of the new names do not work in JQL yet: on our test
site linkedWorkItems() and space = KEY failed in November 2026. Which new names work is in the
JQL cheat sheet.
So why does “phased out” keep coming up?
- The words “end of life” are real, they just apply to an edition, not the product.
- The names are disappearing. “Jira Software”, “Jira Work Management”, “issue” and “project” are all leaving the interface, so a search for any of them turns up a retirement notice.
- Alternatives write about it. Several pages ranking for the question come from vendors selling a Jira replacement, and they lead with the Data Center dates.
Is Jira itself in decline? Atlassian’s own figure, from the September 2025 announcement: “99% of our 300,000+ customers” already use its cloud platform, “and nearly all of our new customers” choose it.
What a team should do now
On Jira Cloud: nothing about the phase-out. Watch the limits instead, because the cloud adds new ones every few months: 700 fields per space since March 2026, more configuration limits since September, and automation billed by steps from 3 December 2026. All of them, with dates, are in Jira limits 2026.
On Data Center: plan the move for 2027 rather than 2029.
- Check the calendar. The last chance to grow a Data Center licence is 30 March 2028.
- List your Marketplace apps and check each has a cloud version. Data Center apps expire with the product.
- Look at your configuration against cloud limits before you migrate. Atlassian gives migrated spaces at 90 % or more of a limit a three-month exemption, not a permanent one.
- Rebuild the reports you get from exports: cloud exports go up to 10,000 work items each (Jira export to Excel).
Still on Server: you are already past end of support; treat the move as a security fix.
All our own apps are built for Jira and Confluence Cloud on Atlassian Forge and run inside Atlassian’s cloud. If a Data Center app is missing from your cloud list, see whether one of our products covers it.
Sources
- Atlassian, Data Center End of Life, read 13 November 2026.
- Atlassian, Ascend to the cloud: The next chapter for Atlassian and our customers, 8 September 2025.
- Atlassian, Welcome to the next era of Jira, 1 May 2024.
- Atlassian knowledge base, the Server end of support note on its Data Center articles, for example Exporting Jira’s issues using CSV in batches.
- Atlassian, JQL keywords (the terminology note).
Frequently asked questions
Will Jira be discontinued?
No. Jira Cloud continues and is where Atlassian puts new features. What ends is self-managed Jira: Server support ended on 15 February 2024, and Jira Data Center reaches end of life on 28 March 2029, when it becomes read-only.
What happens to Jira Data Center in 2029?
On March 28, 2029 at 23:59 PST, Data Center subscriptions and their Marketplace apps expire, "making Data Center products and apps read-only", Atlassian says. Until then it keeps technical support, fixes for critical security bugs and connectors to Atlassian Cloud.
Can I still buy Jira Data Center?
Not as a new customer: new Data Center subscriptions stopped on March 30, 2026. Existing Data Center customers can buy new subscriptions, apps and expansions until March 30, 2028.
Is Jira Software being renamed?
Yes, in 2024 Jira Software and Jira Work Management were combined into one product called Jira, and existing Jira Software subscribers got it "with no changes to pricing". Jira has since started calling issues "work items" and projects "spaces".
Is Bitbucket Data Center ending too?
No. Atlassian says Bitbucket and Bamboo Data Center "will not end of life"; their customers get a Bitbucket Hybrid License for both Data Center and Cloud. Jira Align Data Center is also outside the end of life.
Are people still using Jira?
Yes. In September 2025 Atlassian said 99 % of its more than 300,000 customers already use its cloud platform and nearly all new customers choose the cloud.