Adding work types: Changes to default behavior
✅ Rollout Complete
Product: Jira Service Management
| Announced | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Rollout started | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Rollout ended | 27 Apr 2026 |
| 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
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| 9 Mar 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 23 Feb 2026 | 🆕 Rolling Out — New This Week | ↗ |
| 16 Mar 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 23 Mar 2026 | ✅ Rollout Complete | ↗ |
| 30 Mar 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
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| 13 Apr 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 20 Apr 2026 | ✅ Rollout Complete | ↗ |
| 27 Apr 2026 | ⏳ Rolling Out | ↗ |
| 4 May 2026 | ✅ Rollout Complete | ↗ |