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title: "Release notes May 2024"
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**Release date**: 5/30/2024

Our team is thrilled to announce the latest release of Clone Plus for Jira.

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# New features

## New clone options

The new **Versions **and **Components **clone options are now available on the *Clone Plus for Jira* page, which enables you to clone the versions and components in the original issue. If you select these clone options and are unavailable in the parent issue, the new **Versions** and **Components** fields will be created in the cloned issue.

## A new checkbox for the Comments clone option

A new **Keep original comment date **checkbox is now available for the **Comments **clone option on the *Clone Plus for Jira *page. You can select this option to retain the original date in the cloned issue.

![image-20240424-111853.png](media://ab1380e5-c577-4931-a036-55e98b7422d3)

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# Enhancements

## User interface updates on the Properties page

On the [Clone operations](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCPP/pages/71274379/Configuration+overview#Clone-operations) > *Create clone operation* > *Properties* page, the following user interface updates are done:

- The **Ignore fields** field name is changed to **Field includes**.
- The **Select Ignore fields **drop-down list name **is changed **to** Select field includes**.
- The **Select Field excludes **field name is changed to** Select field excludes**.

Also, the field help for the **Field includes** field is updated.

## Clone Plus Web Panel updates

When you select the :Clone_Plus_button:**Clone Plus** quick-add button to clone an issue, the Clone Plus Web Panel now displays the functionality of the app and the **Start cloning** button using which you can clone an issue.

![image-20240424-140637.png](media://a01c1f0e-8e29-44a0-8819-e4e199e68760)

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