Adding work types: Changes to default behavior
🆕 Rolling Out — New This Week
Product: Jira platform
| Announced | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Rollout started | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Rollout ended | — |
| Source | Atlassian blog ↗ |
Description
Section titled “Description”In Jira, when you add a new work type via Jira settings or by using the REST API, it will no longer be added to the Default Work Type Scheme automatically.
Status history
Section titled “Status history”| Date | Status | Week |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 23 Feb 2026 | 🆕 Rolling Out — New This Week | ↗ |