--- title: "Release Notes 10 July 2025" canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/7TFJ/2186936321/Release%20Notes%2010%20July%202025" format: markdown --- > Macro (aura-html) **Release date**: 7/10/2025 Our team is thrilled to announce the latest release of 7pace Timetracker for Jira. --- # Enhancements ## Lock time periods We’re excited to launch the ability to [lock time periods](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/7TFJ/pages/2183954434) in 7pace Timetracker for Jira! This feature allows admins to lock time periods for editing, ensuring that time-tracking data remains accurate and reliable. This feature is handy when admins generate reports at the end of a reporting period and want to prevent any adjustments from being made. With this release, 7pace Timetracker admins can lock time periods to prevent edits, helping ensure time-tracking data stays accurate and audit-ready. With this feature, you can create time schedules once and then lock time across all views. Need to make changes? Admins can unlock periods at any time for added flexibility. Watch the video below to see it in action, or [read the full documentation](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/7TFJ/pages/2183954434) to get started. > Macro (iframe)
Video transcript: An essential aspect of time tracking from a manager's perspective is the ability to lock past periods for editing. This feature allows managers to prevent modifications, such as adding, changing, or deleting worklogs for specific historical time periods. This is critical for ensuring accurate and consistent time reporting. Once data has been finalized, for example, by generating an invoice or exporting time entries to an HR system, further changes should be restricted to maintain reliable data. Locking past periods in 7pace TimeTracker for Jira is an action that is performed and managed by admins. Use the following steps to manage and lock time periods. Click Settings > Time Periods > Create Schedule. First, define a Cadence. Here, there are three options, Weekly, Every 2 Weeks, and Monthly, Then select a Start date. In this example, the start date is July 1st. After defining the first period, subsequent periods are automatically generated. Likewise, if the Cadence is set to Monthly and the Start date is set to July 15th, the next new time period begins on August 15th. Note that for Monthly cadences, the Start date cannot be set to the 29th, 30th, or 31st of the month since these dates don't exist in every month. Save the schedule. Now, from the Time Periods link in the left-hand pane, the defined time period is visible. Note that past time periods will also be displayed, and the most recent one will be at the top of the page. Click the Lock Time button. The Lock Time window displays and alerts you that time will be locked for everyone. To proceed, click Yes, lock time. Now, the Time Periods page displays the period as locked, the date it was locked, and the admin who locked the time. And when you click the link to the Times Explorer, locked worklogs can no longer be edited. This lock applies to all views, including Monthly, Weekly, Times Explorer, and Item View. The Split Time Periods feature is beneficial to teams who require weekly time period locking, but operate on a monthly billing cycle. In this scenario, a weekly time period that begins on Monday can be automatically split at the end of the month. For example, the weekly time period would begin on Monday, July 28th, but would be automatically split on the last day of the month, a Thursday. To summarize, the ability to define time periods and lock them ensures accuracy and consistency in time reporting.
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