August 10, 2021

• Atlassian Connect installation lifecycle security improvements 

  Added support for signed-install. Read more here
• Corrected an issue with previewing an announcement.

April 7, 2021

• Added a Whitelist HTML tags parameter in Global Configuration to specify which HTML tags can be used in the announcement body. By default, some commonly used HTML tags are already allowed for use. Administrators must use this feature cautiously to avoid any possible security vulnerabilities.
  
  
• Changed default notification format to Markdown from HTML. The notification editor now uses a rich text editor to allow use of HTML tags and Markdown content easily.
• Added support to scroll through multiple announcements of type banner, and accept or dismiss an announcement as required. Note that this is not available for Announcer for Jira cloud as Jira does not support banners.

December 14, 2020

Introducing Announcer for Jira cloud - Jira cloud users can now use the Announcer for Jira app to configure announcements to communicate important information. These announcements are displayed in the targeted Jira project(s) issue view. Also, Jira dashboard users can use the Announcer for Jira gadget to see the list of all the acknowledged announcements and view the active announcements configured for them by an administrator.

October 22, 2019

• Added a Remind Me Later option to temporarily mute the announcement for a specific time period as defined by an Administrator. Administrators can enable the option, which appears next to the Acknowledge button, for end users in an announcement. The button text, explainer text, and, the length of time till the user receives the message again, can be customized in the Global Configuration screen.
• Added a new look and feel to the announcements and global configurations.
  
• Added support for announcements of type, Flag. The Announcer Configuration screen now displays the Flag option as shown:
  
  After configuring the announcement, it is displayed as a flag on the page as shown:
  

February 5, 2015

• Corrected an issue where the announcements do not consistently show up on the content pages.

February 4, 2015

• Changed the "Announcer for Confluence" homepage to point the the document URL in the add-on information.
• Fixed an issue with the deletion of announcements not reloading the announcement summary.

September 23, 2014

• Fixed an issue with "Announcer for Confluence" where the spinner kept spinning for instances that have not yet acquired a license.
• Fixed an issue where the targeting of spaces may not work in some cases.