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title: "Release notes 19 January 2026"
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**Release date**: 1/19/2026

Our team is thrilled to announce the latest release of Reports and Timesheets for Jira.

Version: 4.2.0

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# Enhancements

We’ve improved in-app messages under **Administration** to guide users to enable **Reports and Timesheets** time tracking for Jira work items.

![Administration_TS approval.png](media://5b6169b5-4243-44c5-8ba1-714d81ceae65)

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# Bug fixes

The following bugs are fixed in this release:

- In reports, all description fields were showing empty values, like **Description**, **Time entry: Description**, and any other Rich Text fields.
  - The issue has been resolved, and the reports are displaying the description field values as expected.
- The timesheet approval URL in the email notification was throwing an error.
  - The issue has been resolved, and the timesheet approval URL in email notifications is working as expected.
- When users try to log hours against the non-project tasks, the app throws an error. (*Applies to Connect on Forge version only*).
  - The issue has been resolved, and users can now log hours for non-project tasks.
- A special character (such as “&”) in a report’s name was preventing the loading of Reports and Timesheets for Jira gadget on the Jira dashboard.
  - The issue has been resolved, and the reports are loading on Jira Dashboards as expected.
- The Issue key column was not getting sorted in reports on the Jira Dashboard.
  - The issue is resolved, and the Issue key column is sorting as expected.
- The option to open the issues link in a new tab was not working in reports.
  - The issue is resolved, and the *Open Link in new Tab* option is working as expected.

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