A better way to improve descriptions with Google Docs links
✅ Rollout Complete
Product: Jira platform
| Announced | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Rollout started | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Rollout ended | 27 Apr 2026 |
| Source | Atlassian blog ↗ |
Description
Section titled “Description”You can now use Google Docs links when improving work item descriptions. This update makes it easier to bring in content from your favorite document tool to help you write better work item descriptions. To use Google Docs links in the description improver: Open a work item where you want to improve the description. Paste a Google Docs link into the description field. Select Improve description. Follow the prompts to generate an improved description using your linked Google Doc.
Status history
Section titled “Status history”| Date | Status | Week |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 3 Nov 2025 | 🆕 Rolling Out — New This Week | ↗ |
| 16 Mar 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 23 Mar 2026 | ✅ Rollout Complete | ↗ |
| 30 Mar 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 6 Apr 2026 | ✅ Rollout Complete | ↗ |
| 13 Apr 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 20 Apr 2026 | ✅ Rollout Complete | ↗ |
| 27 Apr 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 4 May 2026 | ✅ Rollout Complete | ↗ |