“This app might stop working soon.” What now?
Atlassian is ending support for Connect, the older way apps are built for Jira and Confluence Cloud, on January 31, 2027. Since mid-2026 it marks every app that still uses Connect with a banner. Most apps will move to Forge in time; this page helps you find the ones that won't.
Connect support ends in 78 days.
The dates
- July to October 2026: Atlassian rolls out the banners on the Connected apps admin page and inside affected apps.
- January 31, 2027: Connect end of support (moved from December 2026). No more security or feature updates for Connect apps; using them is at your own risk.
- After that: Connect features can stop working one by one as the platform changes.
Is this app still on Connect?
Type an app name from your Connected apps page. We check its latest version on the Atlassian Marketplace.
What each banner means
“This app version is running on a platform that will be unsupported soon.”
Yellow
A newer Forge version of the app already exists. You are on the old one.
Do this: Update the app. Some updates need a site admin to approve new permissions.
“This app is running on a platform that will be unsupported after January 2027.”
Blue, with a "Learn more" link
The vendor has told Atlassian it will move the app to Forge before the deadline.
Do this: Read the vendor's plan from the link and check back in December.
“This app is running on a platform that will be unsupported after January 2027.”
Yellow
The vendor hasn't said it will migrate, is undecided, or said no. This is the one to act on.
Do this: Send the vendor the message below. If there's no clear answer, plan a replacement.
“Same yellow banner, on a private or custom app”
Yellow
An app your company (or a contractor) built still runs on Connect.
Do this: Ask whoever built it to move it to Forge; Atlassian has a guide for private apps.
No banner under an app's name means it has no Connect parts left: nothing to do.
Check your apps in 10 minutes
- Go to admin.atlassian.com, choose your organization, then Apps > Connected apps (or Sites > your site > Connected apps). The banner sits under each affected app's name.
- Write down every app with a yellow banner, and note what your teams use it for and how many people depend on it.
- For a "newer version" banner: update the app now and approve any new permissions.
- For the other yellow banners: send the vendor the message below and ask for a date.
- If the vendor can't give a Forge date before January 31, 2027, choose a replacement on the Atlassian Marketplace (filter by "Runs on Atlassian"), export the app's data, and switch before the deadline.
Message to send the vendor
Paste this into the vendor's support portal (linked from the app's Marketplace listing):
Forge migration before Connect end of support (January 31, 2027)?
Hi, we use your app on our Atlassian Cloud site. Our admin page shows "This app is running on a platform that will be unsupported after January 2027." Is a Forge version of the app planned, and on what date? Will we need to do anything (approve an update, reconfigure, or move data)? If you don't plan to migrate, please let us know so we can plan ahead. Thanks!
Private or custom apps
Apps your company built itself don't come from the Marketplace, so no vendor will migrate them for you. Ask the team or contractor that built the app to move it to Forge, and read Atlassian's guide for private apps.
Already on Forge: our apps
If you're replacing an app, these are built on Forge from day one and show no banner:
- Askbase: Q&A for Confluence: questions and accepted answers inside Confluence pages.
- Specdock: OpenAPI, Swagger, AsyncAPI, Mermaid and PlantUML on Confluence pages.
- Heartbeats for JSM: Cron and heartbeat monitoring for Jira Service Management, for teams leaving Opsgenie.
Questions
Will my app stop working on January 31, 2027?
Not necessarily on that day. After January 31, 2027 Connect gets no security or feature updates, so it becomes use-at-your-own-risk and parts of an app can break over time as Atlassian changes the platform. Apps whose vendor never migrates are the ones at risk.
Is the banner a security alert?
No. It tells you the app uses Connect, the older way of building apps for Atlassian Cloud. Many apps show it while their vendor finishes the move to Forge.
Why does an app that already uses Forge still show a banner?
Atlassian shows the banner for any app that still includes Connect parts, even if most of the app runs on Forge. Ask the vendor when the Connect parts will be removed.
Can I fix it myself?
Only by updating the app when a Forge version exists. Otherwise the vendor (or, for a private app, its developer) has to migrate it.
How do I spot apps that are already safe?
Apps with no banner on the Connected apps page, and Marketplace apps with the "Runs on Atlassian" badge, are built on Forge.
Source: Atlassian, “What admins see” (Connect end of support)