24/09/2026
If you build or run Forge apps, here is a small backend change that quietly makes installs smoother.
Atlassian is improving how Forge permission checks work in Jira for asApp requests. The evaluation is simplified, and permissions no longer need to sync to Jira at installation time, which removes overhead from the install process.
1️⃣ It is an internal implementation change to how asApp permission checks are evaluated in Jira, with no permission sync required at install.
2️⃣ Nothing to do. How you declare permissions and use asApp in your Forge apps stays exactly the same.
3️⃣ It is rolling out progressively, tenant by tenant, so it reaches sites gradually rather than all at once.
No new feature, no UI, nothing to configure. Just less overhead behind every install. Atlassian keeps trimming the friction out of Forge, one quiet change at a time, and those add up for the apps running at scale.
Which bit of Forge friction would you most want smoothed next?