Release Notes
7.1.0
February 26, 2025
Below are the latest features and improvements introduced in NASA – Not Another Standup App. Each item highlights what’s new, why it matters, and any relevant steps to begin using it.
Personal Filters for Jira & Confluence
What’s New?
- Users can now create custom filters that pull data from both Jira (via JQL) and Confluence (e.g., watched or starred pages).
- Personal filters remain private to the user who created them, enabling more fine-grained control over My Update.
Why It Matters
- Saves time by focusing each participant on exactly the issues or docs that matter to them.
- Reduces clutter in shared, team-level filters—everyone can define their own view.
How to Use
- Go to Settings → Filters → Add Filter, and choose Jira or Confluence as the data source.
- Set up filter parameters (status, priority, JQL, watched pages, etc.).
- Mark the filter “Active” so it appears in My Update under your Personal View.
Confluence Export (Team Journal)
What’s New?
- Option to export the Team Journal directly into your Confluence space, creating a brand-new page under a chosen parent page or folder.
- Export triggers either automatically at meeting end (if you enable it) or via a manual “Export” button in each Team Journal.
Why It Matters
- No more copy-paste to Confluence—one-click publishing for your meeting’s final notes.
- Better traceability since your meeting outcomes are documented in the same platform that stores your requirements or design docs.
How to Use
- Ensure Confluence Connection is active (see Settings → Data Sources).
- Go to Team Journal after the meeting and choose Export to Confluence.
- Pick your target Confluence space and parent page, and set the page title.
Team Meeting: Drag and Drop Items Across Topics
What’s New?
- In Team Meetings, Scrum Masters or Coverers can now drag items from one agenda topic to another in real-time.
- Reorder or move tasks for better structure during the live meeting.
Why It Matters
- Agile discussions often shift focus mid-meeting. Drag & drop ensures your agenda adapts to emerging priorities.
- Great for brainstorming or planning sessions where items need re-grouping on the fly.
How to Use
- Start your Team Meeting.
- Drag an item’s “handle” (or use the contextual menu) to move it to a new topic.
- Changes appear instantly for all meeting attendees.
Revised User Permission Management
What’s New?
- Administrators can now decide which Jira users or groups have access to NASA directly within Jira’s group-management settings.
- This high-level permission does not affect the roles of Scrum Master, Coverer, or Participant in each stream—rather, it determines who can see and install NASA at all.
Why It Matters
- Large organizations may wish to roll out NASA to specific departments or pilot teams first.
- Ensures only the appropriate set of users are licensed and able to create or join streams.
How to Use
- Go to your Jira Administration → User Management.
- Assign or remove users from the Jira group(s) that control NASA visibility.
- In NASA’s Settings or Manage Apps, verify your group-based policy is correct.
Create Comments on a Confluence Page
What’s New?
- When referencing a Confluence page in NASA (either in My Update or Live Meeting), you can add comments that sync to Confluence itself.
- Optionally, keep the comment local to NASA only if it’s not relevant for the broader Confluence audience.
Why It Matters
- Minimizes context switching—no need to open Confluence in a separate tab just to add feedback.
- Retains a single source of truth for each document, whether you’re in NASA or Confluence.
How to Use
- Add a Confluence page to My Update or the live meeting.
- Choose “Add Comment” and select whether to mirror it to Confluence.
- Save to see it appear in the page’s comment thread if you opted to push it live.
Video Meeting Link in Meeting Lobby
What’s New?
- You can add a direct video meeting link (Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, etc.) to the NASA Meeting Lobby screen.
- Participants see it immediately upon joining, avoiding confusion about where the call is hosted.
Why It Matters
- Eliminates extra steps of sending links via email or chat.
- Ensures remote or hybrid teams can jump into the audio/video meeting from a single NASA interface.
How to Use
- Under Settings → Notifications or in your stream’s general settings, paste in your preferred video link.
- In the Meeting Lobby, a button or hyperlink guides participants directly to the call.
Performance Optimization
What’s New?
- Behind-the-scenes improvements to how NASA loads filters, My Update content, and Team Meeting items.
- Noticeably faster response times when switching between Personal and Scrum Master filters.
Why It Matters
- High-volume Jira boards and active Confluence spaces load more efficiently.
- Better real-time user experience in the live meeting environment.
How to Benefit
- No extra configuration required—just update NASA to the latest version.
- For best results, refine broad filters so only essential items appear.
6.4.0
October 30, 2024
- New: Team Meetings (formerly question-based standup beta) with configurable settings.
- Updated timer logic for Team Meetings: individual timings for each question/ agenda item
- Interactive meetings: Scrum Masters, Meeting Facilitators and Coverers can add items (issues, text, comments) during a live Team Meeting
- ADVISED: Limit live additions to one user at a time to avoid parallel item issues; full collaboration is coming soon, pending the availability of some new Atlassian Forge features
- Agenda added for live team meetings, containing an overview of the questions/ agenda items, including their timings
- Drag & Drop functionality for standup items in My Update and the live Team Meeting (Scrum Masters & Coverers only)
- Preview of other participants’ updates in My Update that can be enabled in the settings for each meeting
- The current active participant is highlighted within the avatar group of a regular meeting (not the live Team Meeting)
- Pagination fixes in Streams Overview and added a loading animation
- Jira Issue cache optimizations and pre-fetching for faster loading times
- Numerous CSS and styling improvements