Today we're releasing JIRA Client 2.3, the next major upgrade of our desktop client for Atlassian JIRA. This release adds several long-awaited features and improves integration with JIRA.

This version introduces the following features:

• Comments can now be edited in JIRA Client if the user has sufficient permissions in JIRA.
• Support for converting issues into sub-tasks and vice versa, as well as moving sub-task to another parent issue.
• See the list of issues you have recently changed, using Ctrl+/ or click on the status bar message.
• Issue table configuration (columns, sorting order) is remembered separately for each query.
• Query Builder allows to search for issues that have no value in a given field.
• New search condition in Query Builder, Text Search, works like Quick Search field at the top of the main window.
• Finding issues with Quick Search by specifying only the number part of the issue key.
• Navigation area can now be hidden with a button on the toolbar, or by double-clicking on a tab.
• Background synchronization can now be suppressed for selected connections by using Right Click | Get Changes in Background.

Moving issues to sub-tasks requires JIRA 3.9 or later, and editing comments requires JIRA 3.11 or later.

Besides the new features, we have fixed a number of bugs in JIRA integration and significantly improved support for JIRA Studio. See the change log for details.

How to Upgrade

To upgrade from a previous version:

1. Backup your workspace.
2. Install the new version over the old one and start JIRA Client.
3. Reload JIRA configuration using Connection | Reload JIRA Configuration.

This version may be used in a free 30-day trial mode or with any JIRA Client license key with active maintenance subscription. JIRA Client Lite may be used freely with any JIRA server running on a Starter license, or with a JIRA server that hosts a sponsored open-source project.

As always, many thanks to everyone who sent us feature requests and bug reports on the previous versions and the beta version. Please, keep feedback coming!

Dmitry Peshehonov
ALM Works Team

Links:

• Download JIRA Client
• Change log
• Forum
• Issue tracker