Today we release JIRA Client 3.7, which supports the latest JIRA 7.0 Release Candidate (RC3) and comes with a number of improvements and fixes.

Support for JIRA 7.0

This version of JIRA Client supports JIRA 7.0. The JIRA Client desktop application can connect to any supported JIRA server. However, if you use the JIRA Client server plugin, you must install the correct version: 3.7 for JIRA 6.3 to 7.0+, and previous versions of the plugin for JIRA 5.2 to 6.4.x.

Bundled with Java 8 runtime

JIRA Client is now fully compatible with the Java 8 runtime. The OS X and Windows distributions are bundled with the latest Java 8 version, which allows JIRA Client to utilize its improved SSL support.

Note: Linux users need to obtain and install Java 8 runtime manually from Oracle.

Other improvements

• Now JIRA Client shows version statuses (not yet released, released, archived) depicted by an icon. Archived versions are displayed separately, after unarchived ones.
• Status category color is reflected in status icon.

Upgrade

The upgrade is recommended for everyone who has a license with active maintenance.

Keep your current version of the JIRA Client server plugin if you are running a JIRA version older than JIRA 6.3. Please upgrade your JIRA Client server plugin if you are running JIRA 6.3 and later.

The JIRA Client desktop application upgrade procedure is as usual:

1. Back up your workspace.
2. Install the new version over the old one.
3. Run JIRA Client and wait until it finishes synchronizing JIRA configuration.

Dmitry Peshehonov
ALM Works Team

Links:

• JIRA Client Plugin at the Atlassian Marketplace
• Download JIRA Client
• Free 30-Day Evaluation License