Release notes August 2019 - February 2024

Filter roadmap by epics

Released on 14th February 2024

You can now filter by epic in Swanly roadmaps, making it easier to get the right view you need!

The latest libraries were also updated to prevent any security vulnerabilities and additional bugs were fixed.

Open

Create and delete the roadmap

Released on 31st October 2023

You can now rename your roadmap or delete it altogether in Roadmap settings!

To rename or delete the roadmap go to Swanly > Edit roadmap > Roadmap settings

Open

Create multiple roadmaps in Swanly!

Released on 12th September 2023

Roadmaps lets you create an unlimited number of roadmaps in Swanly. This allows multiple teams across an organization – in development, product, marketing, and beyond – to meet their unique roadmapping needs, making it a go-to tool for cross-project planning. Roadmaps can consist of issues teams are working on or releases teams have committed to delivering.

To create a new roadmap go to Swanly > Click on the dropdown next to the app icon on the left > Create new roadmap

Sync the light/dark theme with your Jira!

Released on 12th June 2023

No more switching between themes. When you load Swanly it'll be automatically shown in the same theme as your Jira - either Light🌕 or Dark 🌑

To switch your Jira to the dark theme click on your avatar in the top right corner > Theme > Dark.

Swanly got a big upgrade - Epic burndown chart in the issues view, new filters, and more! 🚀

Released on 21st March 2023

New filters are now available in he List view and +Add issue panel. You can filter using JQL or use your Saved filters so you can easily switch between different views.

To quickly asses progress of your Epic, Story or other parent issue you can use a new issue progress panel. There you can find a burndown chart, sum up of story points, statuses or even timetracking based on the child issue progress.

And based on your feedback we also added a new view were you can easily disable/enable Swanly in all your Jira projects at a glance. You can find it in Apps > Manage your Apps > Swanly roadmap - Enable projects.

Performance and security updates 🔒

Released on 8th February 2023

We lifted the limit of how many issues can be loaded on a single roadmap to 2.000 issues/releases. If you can't find issue that you're looking for you can always use filters to get the right view.

And last but not least an improvement to the audit logs and history. When you do the changes from Swanly (for example change issue title, status, and so on) the changes will be logged in the issue history with the user who done the change.

On top of that we improved onboarding, app security, improved app performance and fixed a few bugs.

Improved performance and small upgrades

Released on 11th October 2022

With the latest improvements, Swanly now loads significantly faster as well as updates in the app take less time than before.

There is also a new limit to the number of issues you can load on the roadmap which is 1.000. If you exceed this number you can use roadmap filters to get the view you need.

We also added a few smaller improvements:

• ability to order Issue list view by Issue key

• added history activity logs for changing release start date, release end date and when moving unresolved issues to the next release

• new in-app chat icon

New limitless Swanly filters!

Released on 2nd August 2022

The new Swanly update is a bomb 💣 Get the roadmap view you need with new unlimited Swanly filters!

We improved Swanly filters to bring you more basic filters that you can use out of the box like

• Project, Assignee, Status category, Issue type, Template

• Project category,

• Labels,

• Components,

• Fix versions/Releases.

But you can also use advanced filters where you can filter using JQL with hints as you type to make building your filter query much easier.

And last but not least - Saved filters. You can use Jira saved filters to create different timeline views and switch between them in a matter of seconds with your favorite ones always on the top.

New ways to group roadmap, quickly remove activity from the roadmap, and more!

Released on 21st June 2022

New updates to Swanly are here. You can now customize your roadmap view with additional grouping options.

You can group your issues by Project category, Sprint, Fixed version/release, and Component.

This will allow you to for example view the roadmap of your issues per sprint or release across projects!

We also added a quick remove action on your roadmap. When you schedule the issue on the roadmap and you want to remove it just right-click on the activity and select the "Remove from roadmap" option in the dropdown.

We've also done a few UI fixes, bug fixes, and improvements to logs.

What's next?

• New filters to roadmap and table views

New in Swanly: Roadmap export, Learning center & Linked issues

Released on 28th April 2022

A batch of new improvements arrived in Swanly.

👉 Now you can export your roadmap as PNG and share it with your team outside Jira.

👉 Get quickly onboard with Swanly with a new educational videos

👉 See linked issues like blocked, related, and so on in the Issue report panel in Swanly

👉 Group by and Colour is now saved in your personal preferences so the roadmap settings stay the same when you leave the app and come back

What's in the works?

• Filter improvements: Saved filters, JQL, and more basic filter options

New structured roadmap view - See roadmap in hierarchical view Epics > Stories > Sub-tasks

Released on 13th April 2022

Swanly issue roadmap is getting a major upgrade! 🍄 Now you can structure your roadmap to see the hierarchical view of your issues, for example Epic > Story > Sub-task.

When using the Epic hierarchy view you will be able to see Epics on the roadmap and to see their stories you can click on them to expand the view on the roadmap.

You can switch to the new structured view in the timeline toolbar in the top right corner under the button called "Hierarchy". And if you would like to go back to the flat structure as before just select the "No hierarchy" option from the menu.

Change colors of Issues and Releases in the roadmap 🎨

Released on 21st March 2022

With the latest Swanly release you'll be able to customize your timeline roadmap by selecting colors for your releases and issues.

Selected issue color is also stored in the Jira field called "Issue color" so your Swanly roadmap always shows with the same colors as your Jira project roadmap. 👏

But that's not all, you can also change roadmap coloring from default to either Status category, Template or Project.

With the Status category coloring option, all issues are color based on if they're done (green 🟢), in progress (blue 🔵) or open (grey ⚪️). And if the issue is flagged in Jira (blocked) it turns red 🔴.

When you choose Project as color then all issues/releases get a color assigned automatically based on to which project they belong.

The Template option is similar, colors get automatically assigned based on the Template.

And last but not least, we've added a handy Flag icon on the issue roadmap that appears when the issue is Flagged in Jira. Great way to see the blocked issues at glance.

What's in the works

• Hierarchical view on the roadmap (Epic > Stories > Sub-tasks)

• Improving Linked issues section in the Issue report view

New toolbar and bugfixes 🛠

Released on 2nd March 2022

We've done some spring cleaning on Swanly and fixed bugs that were hanging on our backlog.

On top of that, we also changed the looks of the Swanly roadmap toolbar. It's now in a horizontal position in the top right corner of your roadmap, we removed icons and added text so it's easier to navigate. Give it a try! 👀

Hierarchies in the list view (Epic > Story > Subtask) 🎉

Released on 16th February 2022

We're excited to introduce you to the latest Swanly feature - hierarchies in the Issue List view.

Now you can view issues in the List view in a hierarchical structure, eg. Epics, under them Stories, and under the Stories Sub-tasks. You can also switch between the hierarchy top level either Stories or Epics to further customize the view and filters.

Hierarchies are great for all of us who are looking for a way to view their Epics or Stories in a structured way with an ability to drill down to its child issues when you need more details.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg 👉 the hierarchal view is very soon coming to the roadmap view as well 🤩

Change issue status in the detail view and drag&drop improvements!

Released on 17th November 2021

We didn't wait long to bring you a new set of improvements for our favorite Drag&Drop feature! Now you can grab the whole issue/release on the roadmap and move it to different dates. It really doesn't get much simpler than that 🤓

And as a bonus, we improved the performance of drag&drop making the planning experience much smoother.

We also added a new status button to the issue report detail view in Swanly so you can quickly see the issue status and change it without leaving the app.

And last but not least, we added a new project setting that enables you to hide Swanly in the project menu 👉 read more about this feature.

What's in the works?

• Hierarchies in the issue list view & release reports

• Advanced timeline filters

If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the app even further let us know!

New Drag&Drop improvement: Rescheduling activities on the timeline

Released on 21st October 2021

A newest Swanly's improvement allows you to reschedule issues and releases on the roadmap by dragging and dropping the start or end of the activity.

This makes planning issues and releases in Swanly much faster. The next improvements to drag&drop are going to bring the ability to drag and drop the whole activity on the roadmap to reschedule and then we'll focus on drag&drop support for stages.

What's in the works?

• Drag and Drop the whole activity and stages

• Advanced timeline filters

• Ability to hide Swanly in selected projects

If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the app even further let us know!

Drag and drop to change status or assignee and other improvements

Released on 27th September 2021

Now you can quickly change issue or release status and assign the issue to someone by simply dragging and dropping from the "Add issue/release" panel to the swimlane on the timeline.

We also introduced a few changes to improve your experience when using the roadmap. Now when you click on the activity on the timeline the report panel opens. To expand the stages click on the arrow at the start of the activity.
And if your activities are shorter and the title doesn't fully fit, Swanly shows a truncated title.

What's in the works?

• rescheduling activities on the timeline using drag&drop

• advanced timeline filters

• ability to hide Swanly in selected projects

If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the app even further let us know!

Assignee swimlanes, Drag&Drop scheduling & new filters

Released on 18th August 2021

The new Swanly release is here packed with great improvements that'll make working with Swanly easier than before!

We've added filters to the unschedule issues/releases panel that you can access by clicking on +Add issue/release. Now you can filter the list by Project, Status, Status category, and Issue type to help you find items you're looking for faster.

Speaking of faster scheduling we've added a Drag&Drop to the Unscheduled issues/releases. Simply drag and drop the item from the list on the timeline to schedule it! Activities will be scheduled with a default length depending on the zoom level you're on, try it out and see for yourself!

And last but not least you can now group your issue roadmap by the assignee, try to use this view next time you want to check who is working what 👀.

And as an addition to this, we also added the assignee filter to the roadmap and list view and the editable assignee field to the issue report pannel.

What's in the works?

• rescheduling activities on the timeline using drag&drop

• advanced timeline filters

• ability to hide Swanly in selected projects

If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the app even further let us know!

Connect Swanly issue timeline to Jira dates fields 💥

Released on 19th July 2021

With this release, you will be able to connect the Swanly issue timeline to any date field in Jira. This will for example allow you to keep Swanly and Jira roadmaps view in sync if you connect Swanly to "Start date" and "Due date" Jira fields.

The setting is available in Swanly Issue settings and you can read more on how to set it up in the following documentation. 👉 Connect issue start and end date with Jira fields

We also added a new Issue type filter to the List view and to the Roadmap filters so you can easily filter by epics, stories, and so on.

What are we working on now? 👀

• Filters in the Add issue and Add release pannel

• Assignee filter for issue list view and roadmap

• Group issue timeline by an assignee

I hope you like Swanly's latest features, if you have any suggestions on how we can improve the app even further let us know!

Small improvements and bugfixes

Released on 20th May 2021

We did a little clean-up 🧽 after the last major Swanly release. Now when you access Swanly you'll be taken to the latest view you used - Issue or Release.

We also fixed few bugs including:

• Swimlanes changing position when zooming in or out

• Improvements to the responsiveness of List view

• and many more...

🚀 In the upcoming releases, we're focusing on small improvements to the issue view.

Swanly V3 is now live! 🚀🎉

Released on 29th April 2021

We’re really excited to announce the launch of Swanly v.3! We hope our hard work over the past months has paid off and that you love it as much as we do! 🙂

Based on the requests we got from our amazing customers, we’ve improved on many of our features: → The app is now super fast to load and work with! → Yearly, quarterly, monthly and weekly zoom views are now available. → Roadmap has been redesigned, adding work-duration and drill-down phases for issues and releases. → New report panels are more informative, with more useful data to analyze. → The new toolbar offers more functionality for navigating the roadmap. → Release and issue stage templates have also gotten an upgrade. → Releases and issues can now be tracked in one place. → How many Jira apps do you know have dark mode?!

For a quick overview of the changes made, take a look at this Swanly v3. vs. v2 article!

The Swanly Issue Timeline Beta is out! 📣

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-12-07

In our new Swanly Issue Timeline, you can schedule any type of issue from any projects allowing you to create a cross-project roadmap view of Epics, Stories, or Other types of issues.
Each scheduled issue has its own report based on its child issues including burndown chart and time tracking.
Follow this video to get started 👉 https://youtu.be/qcOKFRD_p5c
This is our initial Issue Timeline release and any feedback and ideas are more than welcome! Contact Appfire support for more information.

Permissions for Swanly are here! 🔑

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-06-29 - 2020-07-22

By default, every user in your Jira instance can do anything in Swanly. If you're looking for a way to restrict access to Swanly or certain features then this release is for you.
Swanly now offers 3 permissions roles:

• Administer Swanly (global permission)

• View Swanly Releases (project permission)

• Edit Swanly Releases (project permission)

To read more about permissions, how to set them up have a look at our wiki.

📋 We also added project name to the List view of releases when there is only one project in the release so it's easier for you to navigate across.

What we're working on now:

• Assign issues to the release stages

• Issue timeline

• Timeline redesign and zoom levels

💡 If you have any suggestions that could make Swanly better let us know here.

2.3.8 - 2.3.11 (MP: - 2.1.35-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-06-29 - 2020-07-22

Summary

Fixed a number of issues and made small changes to improve the overall experience.

Share your release detail with others 📡

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-06-03

You can now share Release detail with others via URL link. The link will open the release detail in full screen. 

The Release Burndown chart is here! 📉

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-05-26

We're introducing a new Release Burndown chart for Jira classic, Next-gen, and cross-project releases.
Easily see the progress your team has done on the release from the release detail - the chart renders automatically for each release.
Choose the progress representation on the chart from the Count of issues, Story points, or Estimated time.

2.3.5 (MP: 2.1.32-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-04-10

Improved onboarding 

Details

** Story
* [SWAN-585] - Improve on-boarding

2.3.4 (MP: 2.1.30-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-04-05

Added a synchronization button in the configuration panel to enable fixing any sync-related issues.

Details

** Task
* [SWAN-577] - Change swanly navigation icon to SVG

** Story
* [SWAN-579] - Synchronisation script

2.3.3 (MP: 2.1.28-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-02-25

Introducing release templates to enable fast release planning without having to manually input individual dates for each stage. Also added timeline swimlanes filtering capabilities and moved the navigation buttons.

Details

** Story
* [SWAN-526] - Store Filters in user preferences,
* [SWAN-528] - Timeline filters,
* [SWAN-529] - Release templates,
* [SWAN-545] - Timeline toolbar

** Bug
* [SWAN-512] - Can't save the stage dates on safari,
* [SWAN-546] - Error in release detail panel `Cannot read property 'length' of null`

2.3.2 (MP: 2.1.27-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-02-13

Enabled the option to navigate the timeline using Release Type swimlanes and added timeline search suggestions.

Details

** Story
* [SWAN-511] - Release type swimlanes,
* [SWAN-525] - Suggested results dropdown in the Search bar

** Improvement
* [SWAN-527] - Store toggle (projects vs release types) in user preferences

** Bug
* [SWAN-507] - Error after some time of inactivity: RangeError: Invalid array length

2.3.1 (MP: 2.1.26-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-02-06

Adding Affected Version tab to release details, upgrading the stages section UI and additional improvements

Details

** Improvement
* [SWAN-493] - Update Release dates redesign,
* [SWAN-500] - Add refresh button to the history tab

** Story
* [SWAN-510] - Affected version support

** Bug
* [SWAN-488] - Release dates in the list calculate also with release types which aren't currently active,
* [SWAN-489] - For release type Other the end-of-release bell not showing on the timeline,
* [SWAN-491] - When creating releases in Swanly in one tab the other tab doesn't update and there are errors,
* [SWAN-506] - Error when adding issue in onAttachSubmit function

2.3.0 (MP: 2.1.25-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-01-28

Project level timeline for releases and introducing user preferences with persistent list/timeline toggle.

Details

** Improvement
* [SWAN-487] - User preferences (persistent view),
* [SWAN-501] - Make project avatars in list view smaller

** Story
* [SWAN-492] - Project level Timeline

** Bug
* [SWAN-503] - Error in capturing history when there's no user avatar,
* [SWAN-504] - Error in capturing history Log.objectId passed as null,
* [SWAN-505] - Fix component caching declaration for Release History,
* [SWAN-509] - App errors when removing a project from timeline,
* [SWAN-515] - Error occurs when you delete version in jira which belongs to x-project release and open release detail in swanly

2.2.3 (MP: 2.1.24-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-01-21

Introducing the History tab in the Release details panel (not real-time) + stacking project avatars in list view.

Details

** Improvement
* [SWAN-494] - Improve design of Project avatars in the List view

** Story
* [SWAN-498] - As a user, I want to have a log of changes for each release so that I can understand who updated the release and when

2.2.2 (MP: 2.1.23-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2020-01-16

Added a refresh button to update issues list, improved the add/create issue module, improve navigation and sorting state of the release list, and additional bugs

Details

Bug
- Release button doesn't react in cross-project release when I delete one project,
- When updating stage dates in Swanly it doesn't reflect real-time in the table view,
- Creating issue to release with issue type other than default causes issue type dropdown to go back to the default one after creation.,
- Issues list doesn't refresh when switching back and forth between releases,
- Due to a very remote scenario timeline view error when navigating to a certain date,

Improvement
- Improve performance of Add issue functionality,
- Add a small button with a sync icon to refresh the issues list manually

- Table list view resets when doing changes outside the list

2.2.1 (MP: 2.1.22-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2019-12-24

A number of bug fixes including version release state not changing in Jira when setting all stages as Done in Swanly

Details

Bug

- Release type name isn't visible in Release detail when it's too long,

- The release isn't tagged "released" in Jira when all stages are done,

- Cross-project releases - when I change the date in Swanly it doesn’t change the date in Jira (build stage),

- Selecting long titled issues shows the blank field,

2.2.0 (MP: 2.1.21-AC)

Jira Cloud • Released 2019-12-22

Summary

Added one of the most requested features: Creating new associated issues or adding existing issues to a release in Swanly release panel  

Details

Story

- Associate issues with versions in Swanly release panel

2.1.20

Jira Cloud • Released 2019-12-18

Introduced timezones for stage & release date updates; Removed the mandatory dates for releases; Enabled clearing dates for stages; Enabled rendering stages on timeline with only one date

Details

Story

- Show stage on the timeline when it has only one date set,

- Allow deleting of the stage dates in Release details,

- Dates for the initial build phase shouldn't be mandatory

2.1.19

Jira Cloud • Released 2019-11-12

Performance optimisation for Stage updates & bug fixes

Details

Story
- Performance optimisation for Stage updates

Bug
- Cross-project releases don't sync changes made in JIRA releases

2.1.18

Jira Cloud • Released 2019-11-07

List view filter improvements

Details

• Split the List view filter into 3 filters: Projects, Status, Type

• Added the Type column in the List view

2.1.17

Jira Cloud • Released 2019-09-25

Performance improvements

Details

• Timeline load optimization - significant cut on load times

• Release update request performance improvements - initial tweaks

• Bug fixes

Release types

Jira Cloud • Released 2019-09-09

Details

Types of releases

Launching a new feature or deploying a hotfix, for web or mobile, in Canada or Germany only. With the new Types of Releases functionality, you can choose to classify each release.

Custom stages for each type

Create as many types of releases as you need and customize the stages, enabling different workflows with each release.

Extended options while creating

Handle information about the type and stages while creating the release. Choose to setup a release in one go or bypass the extra information.

Introducing time management

It is a common practice for stages to take place on the same day. eg. The testing phase ended today at 2 pm and deployment started half an hour later. Track all of it in Swanly.

Scope focused releases

Our users care about the scope of each release and for that reason we moved issues related information in a central area in the Release Details panel. This change enables us to continue to build scope related features.

2.1.13-AC

Jira Cloud • Released 2019-08-10

Summary

Performance improvements & Filter fix

Details

Significantly faster loading of projects in dropdowns
10 times faster Create & update release actions
Fix List view filter