Scheduled digests
A scheduled digest drafts a "what changed" note on a regular cadence from any JQL scope. It waits in History for review. It is never published automatically.
Create a schedule
- Open WhatShipped in the project sidebar and choose the Digests tab.
- Choose New schedule.
- Fill in:
- Name, for example "Weekly what shipped". This becomes the page title, with the date.
- JQL scope. It starts with a sensible default for the project. It may span several projects, for example
project in (ACME, BILL). - Audience: any of your voices. - Cadence: weekly or fortnightly. - Weekday and hour. Hours are in UTC. - Choose Save schedule. The JQL is checked by Jira when you save.
When it runs
WhatShipped checks schedules once an hour. A digest set for 09:00 UTC starts some time between 09:00 and 10:00.
Each digest covers the time since the schedule last ran. The issues then go through the same visibility rule and checks as any other note.
What you see
- Each schedule shows its name, cadence, audience and status.
- When a digest is ready, the tab shows how many are awaiting review. Open them from History.
- A digest window with no matching issues still appears in History, marked empty, so you can see it ran.
Status and problems
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scheduled | Waiting for its next run |
| ok | Last run completed |
| missed | The run started more than 3 hours late. It is flagged, not skipped silently |
| paused | Turned off, by you or because its target broke |
Target broken. If a publish fails because the Confluence parent was deleted or you lost edit access, schedules using that target are paused. Fix the target in Project settings, then turn the schedule back on with its Enabled switch.
Budget spent. If the site's monthly budget is used up when a digest falls due, History shows a failed note with a budget message. The schedule continues next time.
Background jobs delayed. If the hourly check has not run for over 26 hours, the project page shows a warning. The vendor is alerted.
Pause or delete
Use the Enabled switch to pause a schedule. Use Delete to remove it. Deleting a schedule does not delete notes it already made.
Sprint digests
For a one-off sprint digest, use Digest a sprint on the same tab, or the sprint's actions menu. See Release notes and sprint digests.
One-off digests
For a single digest from any JQL, use Generate from JQL on the Releases tab. See Release notes and sprint digests.
Not available yet
Publishing digests automatically.