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Something others might find handy: a Confluence user macro that displays the latest Atlassian product release versions (with release notes), and release dates.Here it is live:

Latest product versions

It works by querying www.atlassian.com's JSON resources, at URLs such as https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/current/jira-software.json. The jQuery code can be found on bitbucket – improvements welcome.

Installation

To add this to your Confluence:

  1. Log in as an administration
  2. Search for 'user macros'
  3. Create a new macro calledatlassianversions:

    In the body, fill in:

    ## @noparams
    
    <h4>Latest product versions</h4>
    <table id="productTable"></table>
    <!-- Chrome refuses to load because Bitbucket sets the MIME type to text/plain, not text/javascript:  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://bitbucket.org/redradish/atlassian-versionscraper/raw/master/createversiontable.js"> -->
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.redradishtech.com/src/atlassian-versionscraper/createversiontable.js">
    // This line intentionally left blank - https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/21353/cant-use-script-tag-in-user-macros
    </script>
    

    i.e.:

  4. Save the macro.

Then on a test page, insert the macro:

Done! You might also like to display this on your Confluence dashboard.

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