✅ Rollout Complete
Product: Jira platform
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| Announced | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Rollout started | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Rollout ended | 27 Apr 2026 |
| Source | Atlassian blog ↗ |
When editing a description, pressing the Escape key will now preserve your unsaved changes as a draft instead of discarding them. This update helps prevent accidental data loss and makes it easier to continue editing where you left off. Open any work item in Jira Cloud and start editing the description field.
Type your changes, then press the Escape key.
Re-enter edit mode to see your unsaved changes retained as a draft.
| Date | Status | Week |
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| 9 Mar 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 16 Feb 2026 | 🆕 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 | ↗ |
