Overview

Forge Feature Flags is now available as part of Forge Early Access Program (EAP). To start testing this feature, sign up using this form.

Forge Feature Flags is an experimental feature offered to selected users for testing and feedback purposes. This feature is unsupported and subject to change without notice. Do not use Forge Feature Flags in apps that handle sensitive information and customer data. The Feature flags EAP is fully functional in development, staging, and production environments.

Note: Feature flags are not available in Atlassian Government Cloud or FedRAMP environments. See, Limitations.

Atlassian's feature flags system allows you to control feature rollouts and manage deployments safely in your Forge apps. This guide covers how to create, configure, and use feature flags through the Atlassian Developer Console.

Quick start

Quick start guide

Get started with feature flags in minutes. Create your first flag and see it in your app.

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Core concepts

Understand how feature flags work, target a specific cohort using feature flags, and best practices for implementation.

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Tutorial: Page bookmark Confluence app with Feature flags

Build a practical page bookmarking feature controlled by feature flags. Learn how to implement feature flags in both frontend and backend code.

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What you can do

Safe deployments - Deploy code without immediately activating features
Instant rollbacks - Disable problematic features instantly
Gradual rollouts - Release features to specific user groups or percentages
Customer targeting - Enable premium features for specific customers
Environment control - Test features in different environments

Current limitations

During EAP, the following features are not available:

Atlassian Government Cloud and FedRAMP environments
Analytics and evaluation metrics
Scheduled/automated rollouts
Experimentation

For complete details, see Limitations.

Next steps

Quick start guide - Get started with feature flags in minutes
SDK - Learn about SDK for Forge node runtime
Tutorials - Build apps with feature flags step-by-step
Limitations - Understand current constraints