---
title: "Jira / Atlassian Cloud Legacy Jira dashboard Forge modules deprecated: 2027-05-17 | Harbyn"
description: "Jira / Atlassian Cloud Legacy Jira dashboard Forge modules deprecated, effective May 17, 2027; replacement: dashboards:widget, dashboards:backgroundScript."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-09-23-legacy-jira-dashboard-forge-modules-deprecated"
last-updated: 2026-09-29
---

# Jira / Atlassian Cloud Legacy Jira dashboard Forge modules deprecated

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-09-23-legacy-jira-dashboard-forge-modules-deprecated>.

Deprecation - Jira / Atlassian Cloud. high severity. Announced. Upcoming.

The legacy dashboard modules are deprecated and will be removed on May 17, 2027. They are replaced by the new dashboard modules.

204 days left: the deadline is May 17, 2027.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Jira / Atlassian Cloud](https://harbyn.com/vendors/atlassian-jira.md) |
| Kind | Deprecation |
| Severity | high |
| Status | Announced |
| Announced | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Effective | May 17, 2027 |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Lead time | 230 days of warning |
| Symbols | `jira:dashboardGadget`, `jira:dashboardBackgroundScript` |
| Replacement | `dashboards:widget`, `dashboards:backgroundScript` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Jira / Atlassian Cloud, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/changelog/> (changelog, fetched 2026-09-29 02:31 UTC, sha256 `177f0873b19306daebe7007c6e2731e0e0491b6472ca8cf3da0bf02a541ae39d`)

## Related changes

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- [editJiraIssue gains optional ranking inputs](https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-09-26-editjiraissue-gains-optional-ranking-inputs.md) (Behavior change, announced Sep 26, 2026)
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### Changes at other vendors

- [AWS Lambda: Python 3.10 runtime deprecation](https://harbyn.com/changes/aws-lambda/2026-10-08-python-3-10-runtime-deprecation.md) (effective Oct 31, 2026)
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- [GitHub: X-GitHub-Stateless-S2S-Token header ignored from 2026-11-30](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-02-x-github-stateless-s2s-token-header-ignored-from-2026-11-30.md) (effective Nov 30, 2026)
- [Supabase: @supabase/server framework adapters are deprecated and will be removed on December 1, 2026](https://harbyn.com/changes/supabase/2026-10-05-framework-adapters-in-supabase-server-are-deprecated.md) (effective Dec 1, 2026)

[All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)
