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We release new versions of our Jira Data Center products frequently. As a Jira developer, it's important that you're aware of the changes. The following resources will help you keep track of what's happening.

Major changes that affect Jira Data Center developers are posted in the Atlassian Developer Community, like announcing EAP releases, adding new Jira modules, or the deprecation of API endpoints. You'll also find handy tips and articles related to Jira development.

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Early Access Program

An Early Access Program (EAP) release is a public development release leading up to the official release of a Jira version. Development releases are a snapshot of our work in progress, primarily focused on allowing Jira users to see the new features in advance and provide us with some useful feedback. EAP releases can include changes like:

• Changes to our APIs
• Database changes
• Changes to Jira bundled apps and libraries
• Changes in our supported platforms

Download the latest Jira EAP release

EAP releases include more mature Beta Release and Release Candidate (RC) but they generally don't introduce new changes. Instead, they provide bug fixes and tweaks to features introduced in earlier EAP releases.

Latest EAP

Starting from Jira 10.1, we've moved the communication about Jira Software Data Center and Jira Service Management Data Center development releases to the Jira development releases page. With this transition, we aim to provide you with a single source of information about improvements and changes to our products.

The EAP releases give you an opportunity to test and fix your apps in advance of an official release. Refer to the following table to prepare for the latest Jira version.

Jira Software 11.1 and Jira Service Management 11.1

Jira Software 10.7 and Jira Service Management 10.7

Jira Software 9.x/Jira Service Management 5.x

Starting from 9.13 and 5.13, new Jira releases support only Data Center licenses. If you try to upgrade to the Data Center-only release with your Server license, Jira will fail to start, and you'll need to downgrade to the version you were on before the upgrade or provide a valid Data Center license.

If you're using Atlassian Maven Plugin Suite (AMPS) to build your apps, remember to update its test data with a valid Data Center license to keep your apps compatible with Jira.

Earlier EAP releases

Check out our earlier EAP releases for the supported Jira versions.

Jira platform version 10.x
Jira platform version 9.x

Jira platform version 8.x