This page lists the major changes in each release of Google Issue Tracker.
March 13, 2023
Users who can comment on an issue can now react to comments with a "thumbs up" and view who has reacted.
October 26, 2022
Google Issue Tracker now has a new way for teams to communicate the summarized status of an issue. It is a markdown-enabled text field called Status Update that is located at the top of the Issue Details Page. It can be populated by the team that owns the bug.
October 12, 2022
Google Issue Tracker now has comment filtering, which allows users to filter comments using predefined filter types. There are 4 filters available: Full history, All comments, Users' comments and Team and Assignee comments. The filter level can be selected in the top right side of the Comments panel.
September 28, 2022
The Issue Details view now includes a summary section. This section aggregates issues and links that are mentioned in the comments, and it can be expanded or collapsed.
May 20, 2022
Google Issue Tracker has launched multiple enhancements to the "Issue Details" view. These changes are focused on work tracking via the parent/child issue hierarchy and at-a-glance discovery.
Changes include:
- A new "Dependencies" tab with a tree-based view for managing issue hierarchies
- A new header that makes fixed, closed, and duplicate statuses more obvious
- A red indication of "Blocked" in the header next to the issue title
- A breadcrumb trail that shows the ancestors and parent of the current issue
- New issue types like Project, Epic, and Story.
- Component display changed to take up less space when there is also a parent hierarchy present
- Issue title is editable inline
Feb 2, 2022
Google Issue Tracker no longer requires you to sign in to see publicly-viewable issues.
Aug 17, 2021
Issue editors can now archive and unarchive an issue.
May 10, 2021
Google Issue Tracker now provides an indicator if there are unread, major updates to an issue. The read/unread status is updated automatically as you view issues. You can also manually change the read/unread status by bulk editing issues.
April 23, 2021
Google Issue Tracker now supports Dark Mode. To use it, click the "Change Theme" button in the top right corner of the UI.
This changes the UI to a more night-friendly appearance. This won’t change any of the visual components or data.
February 12, 2020
When you hover over a username in Google Issue Tracker, a new hovercard appears that allows you to assign the user to the issue, cc the user, and view the issues assigned to the user. The options for assigning and cc-ing the user only appear if you have Edit issues access.
February 2 2021
The Google Issue Tracker settings now appear on a Settings page instead of a dialog. This change supports URLs that link to specific sections of the product settings, and it allows for additional sections in the future. The existing settings have not changed.
July 21, 2020
As of July 21, 2020, the Google Issue Tracker legacy UI is no longer available.
July 14, 2020
On July 21, 2020, the Google Issue Tracker legacy UI will no longer be available.
March 2020
March 3, 2020
The Google Issue Tracker Material UI is now the default interface for all users. If you need to access the legacy UI, click Back to legacy UI at the top of the Google Issue Tracker window.
February 2020
February 24, 2020
Starting March 3, 2020 the Google Issue Tracker Material UI will become the default user interface for all users. The Material UI includes a new look and feel as well as support for richer text inclusion via Markdown comments.
You can continue to access the legacy UI by clicking Back to legacy UI at the top of the Google Issue Tracker window.