--- title: "Release notes" canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/BGdc/3540189297/Release%20notes" format: markdown --- | **Title** | **Release date** | **Highlights** | | --- | --- | --- | | [BigGantt 8.70.11.1](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540025844) | 6/29/2026 | **Jira compatibility**:** **Jira 11
- [bugs] - Critical fix for Activity Stream error in Jira 11. - Fix for permissions when a user does not have access to the Root box. - JCMA patch set. | | [BigGantt 8.70.1.2](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539796462) | 6/23/2026 | **Jira compatibility**:** **Jira 10
- [bugs] - Fix for log4j class loader. | | [BigGantt 8.70.1.1](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540157035) | 6/23/2026 | **Jira compatibility**:** **Jira 10
- [compatibility notice] - Starting with this version, you no longer need to update the **BigTemplate** application. | | [BigGantt 8.70.11](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540026097) | 4/23/2026 | - [jira compatibility] - BigGantt **8.70.11** is compatible with **Jira 11** or higher. | | [BigGantt 8.70.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539960361) | 4/20/2026 | - [ENHANCEMENTS] - Use the custom filters to filter by a component field. - Filter for empty values of numeric and date fields. | | [BigGantt 8.64.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540320338) | 12/8/2025 | - [NEW] - Cloning tasks now supports cloning Jira epics. - [ENHANCEMENTS] - Resources panel in Gantt - track team workload in hours, man-days, percent, or story points, with new quarterly, yearly, and timebox aggregations. - A shareable link is valid for 360 days after its last use. - The task details window has been updated. - Create notes for Jira work items, BigPicture boxes, and basic tasks. - Display the **Priority icon** on the left side next to the taskbar on the Gantt timeline. | | [BigGantt 8.58.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540582430) | 9/1/2025 | - [NEW] - New homepage. - [ENHANCEMENTS] - Editable built-in “Sprint” and “Priority” fields have been added. - Expand and collapse sub-tasks on the task timeline. - Right-click on the Gantt timeline to open the task details window for a task without dates. | | [BigGantt 8.53.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540287551) | 6/5/2025 | - [ENHANCEMENTS] - Shortcuts to **quick filters** can be added to your screen. - The **custom filters** panel can be used to filter by - issue type - priority - empty values - Jira labels - Information about when the **resource** was **archived** is accessible on the resource page. | | [BigGantt 8.50.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540582550) | 3/31/2025 | - [ENHANCEMENTS] - When** task grouping **is turned on, the same task can be listed in multiple groups. It applies to fields that hold multiple values for the same task. - In the **task** **Custom filters panel**, you can specifically search for tasks for which a given field is empty (for example, there is no assignee). - The built-in field **color** has been renamed **manual color**. | | [BigGantt 8.49.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539502161) | 3/18/2025 | - [NEW] - The new **custom filters panel** lets you build queries using both built-in and native Jira fields. The search is run for all task types (including basic tasks, Trello tasks, and additional tasks based on sprints, versions etc.) - [ENHANCEMENTS] - The **date range filter** has shortcut buttons for commonly used periods. | | [BigGantt 8.48.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540746275) | 3/3/2025 | - [ENHANCEMENTS] - Users can be automatically archived and restored. | | [BigGantt 8.47.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540418632) | 2/12/2025 | - [MINOR CHANGES] - **Structure builders configuration**: the save button is pinned to the bottom of the configuration screen and always remains visible. | | [BigGantt 8.46.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540254815) | 1/27/2025 | - [MINOR CHANGES] - In this release, changes were made to BigTemplate's infrastructure to support future enhancements. | | [BigGantt 8.45.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539567677) | 1/9/2025 | - [MINOR CHANGES] - In this release, changes were made to BigTemplate's infrastructure to support future enhancements. | | [BigGantt 8.44.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539600218) | 12/16/2024 | - [NEW] - Filter by panel introduced to the Gantt module. | | [BigGantt 8.43.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539960605) | 11/27/2024 | - [NEW] - Select a parent task and its children in the Gantt module. | | [BigGantt 8.42.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540058783) | 11/14/2024 | - [NEW] - A Jira administrator can disable the **onboarding survey**. - [ENHANCEMENTS] - Critical Path is supported by portfolio boxes | | [BigGantt 8.41.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539993397) | 10/17/2024 | - [NEW] - Multi-select users and groups on the Security page - [ENHANCEMENTS] - Redesigned Dependencies section in the Infobar (Gantt module) | | [BigGantt 8.40.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539764205) | 9/26/2024 | - [NEW] - Default scheduling mode can be set up per task type. - [ENHANCEMENTS] - Gantt module is available in portfolio boxes - Tasks are moved when absences are added/removed from the assignee. | | [BigGantt 8.39.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539764313) | 9/5/2024 | - [NEW] - BigGantt is compatible with Jira 10 - “Auto-basic” scheduling mode introduced | | [BigGantt 8.38.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539764385) | 8/6/2024 | - [MINOR CHANGES] - In this release, changes were made to BigPicture's infrastructure to support future enhancements. | | [BigGantt 8.37.1](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539567752) | 7/16/2024 | - [NEW] - Multi-select when assigning resources to workload and holiday plans - Field mapping reminders - [ENHANCEMENTS] - Task data in columns is loaded incrementally (Gantt module) - Faster box synchronization - Optimized queries to Jira | | [BigGantt 8.36.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540647975) | 7/1/2024 | - [ENHANCEMENTS] - The resource capacity is automatically changed to 0 when the user is archived | | [BigGantt 8.35.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539993479) | 6/17/2024 | - [MINOR CHANGES] - In this release, changes were made to BigPicture's infrastructure to support future enhancements. | | [BigGantt 8.34.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3539862268) | 6/3/2024 | - [NEW] - sub-box built-in field has been added to the app - [ENHANCEMENTS] - filtered results can display child items of the search results - when timeboxes are visible above the timeline, their name is displayed | | [BigGantt 8.33.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540680950) | 5/9/2024 | - Minor changes. | | [BigGantt 8.32.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540516911) | 4/17/2024 | - [ENHANCEMENTS] - floating tooltip shows the date while setting a new marker | | [BigGantt 8.31.0](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BGdc/pages/3540189386) | 4/4/2024 | - [ENHANCEMENTS] - double-click on a marker to edit it - today’s marker shows the date - when sorting, the default task order is ascending - during box creation, today’s date is by default entered as the box end date - [BUGS] - clicking on a gantt chart to exit the right-click pop-up menu doesn’t trigger date assignment |