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A more secure way to connect apps to Jira Cloud and Confluence Cloud using OAuth 2.0

🆕 Rolling Out — New This Week

Product: Jira Service Management

Announced9 Mar 2026
Rollout started9 Mar 2026
Rollout ended
SourceAtlassian blog ↗

We are excited to announce OAuth 2.0 as a new authentication type for Cloud Application Links. This authentication type offers an industry-standard authentication protocol that enables secure, modern, and reliable connections between Atlassian products. To start using OAuth 2.0 Application Links in Jira and Confluence: Go to Jira or Confluence. Go to the Jira/Confluence settings. Find Application links. Follow the prompts to create a new Application Link using OAuth 2.0.

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