# Release Notes

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### **2025**

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**14 Nov 2025**

[Create Work Item - Post Function](/workflow-building-blocks-for-jira/post-functions/create-work-item-post-function.md) – New!

* Automatically create new work items during workflow transitions
* Set flexible field values for the new item
* Create hierarchy links (Parent / Child) or standard issue links
* Execute conditionally using preconditions from Ultimate Validator
* Assign a custom actor to perform the work

**18 Sep 2025**

Preconditions – [Siblings Source](/workflow-building-blocks-for-jira/administrator-guide/automatically-sync-statuses-of-related-work-items.md#sibling-preconditions)

* Siblings – all work items under the same parent, excluding the current work item
* Useful for cases such as: when the last child of an Epic is closed → close the parent automatically

**15 Sept 2025**

[Transition Work Items - Post Function](/workflow-building-blocks-for-jira/post-functions/transition-work-items.md) – New!

* Choose related items to work on: Current, Parent, Children, Sub-tasks, or Linked items
  * Filter by issue type or link type
* Choose a target status
* Choose an actor to perform the work
* Use powerful preconditions from Ultimate Validator
* Set fields during the transition
  * Copy field values from the Parent or other fields

**14 Aug 2025**

Ultimate Validator – Transition Operators

* Check the status the issue is transitioning **from**.
* Check the status the issue is transitioning **to**.

**12 Aug 2025**

Ultimate Validator – First & Last Operators

* Use the `first` or `last` operator to test a specific item in an array

**8 Aug 2025 - Paid version**

[Edit Work Item - Post Function](/workflow-building-blocks-for-jira/post-functions/edit-work.md)– New!

*  Choose an actor to perform the work
* Use powerful preconditions from Ultimate Validator
* Edit multiple fields at once
* Copy field values from Parent, Epic, or other fields
*  Add or remove items from multi-select fields

Ultimate Validator – When / Then logical connectors

* Then – validate a state only when previous conditions are met
* And When – define multiple conditional blocks and require all to be fulfilled

**1 Aug 2025**

Time tracking fields validation

* Validators now check that Time Spent, Original Estimate, and Remaining Estimate are not empty or zero when required

**11 Jul 2025**

Ultimate Validator

* Organizations: new operators
* Request Language: new operators

**16 Jun 2025**

Dark Theme 

*  Added support for Jira’s dark mode

**20 Feb 2025**

Ultimate Validator & Ultimate Condition new operators

* Text: to lower case
* Text: match (regex)
* Status category: is Done, is In Progress, is To Do

**11 Feb 2025**

Ultimate Validator & Ultimate Condition

* Cascading select: validate parent or child option value or ID
* Cascading select: ensure both options are selected
* Sprint state picker: check if issue belongs to the current sprint (state equals active)

**4 Feb 2025**

Ultimate Validator & Ultimate Condition – Beta release 🎉

* Build complex validation rules using an intuitive wizard to ensure an issue meets specific conditions based on its state, fields, or user attributes before it is moved.

**27 Jan 2025**

Fields Required Validator & Condition

* Improved support for Rich Text fields

### **2024**

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**25 Oct 2024**

Linked Issues Validator

*  Added support for checking issues under an Epic (stories)

**17 May 2024**

Linked Issues Validator

* Support for testing children of Initiatives

**7 May 2024**

Custom Validation Messages

* All validators now support expressions in validation messages

**13 Apr 2024**

Fields Required Validator - New!

* Make fields mandatory before a transition can be completed

**12 Mar 2024**

Initial Release 🎉

* Linked Issues Validator & Condition
* Jira Expression Validator & Condition
* Dates Compare Validator & Condition


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