The Jenkins project recently introduced significant UI changes designed to improve user experience, including updates to navigation and sidebar behavior. We’ve worked alongside the Jenkins team to ensure these upstream changes are seamlessly integrated into our solution beginning July 23rd, which means you’ll notice some changes to core navigation components in CloudBees CI.
What’s Changing in CloudBees CI?
Sidebar Behavior: The left sidebar is now conditionally visible based on page context.
Global actions have moved: Global Jenkins actions have moved from the sidebar to a hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) in the top-right of the header.
Hamburger Menu (☰): Primary actions that you use frequently (like “Manage Jenkins”) remain visible in the header, while secondary actions are housed in the hamburger menu.
Context-aware navigation: When you access an action from the hamburger menu, it temporarily moves out of the menu for easy access on that page.
How will this impact you?
Teams should review UI dependencies and update documentation accordingly.
Developers relying on specific page structures for plugins or automation may need to refactor.
Feedback and usability issues should be tracked by your team and reported to CloudBees at feedback.cloudbees.com.
We’re here to support you! While these changes aim to streamline the interface, it may take some time to familiarize yourself with the updated feature locations. These updates are part of an incremental redesign, with further improvements expected. Let’s continue working together to support both a streamlined CloudBees CI experience and a stronger Jenkins future.
For the full scope on all recent changes, view the CloudBees CI release notes.