We’ve made backlog items easier to write, review, and connect across your workflow— rom capturing different perspectives to adding richer context and improving how key details are referenced.

Write multiple user stories per story

Features are often used by more than one type of user. You can now capture those different perspectives in a single story by including multiple user stories. This shared context gives teams a fuller picture of how a feature should work and helps guide better decisions.

A story with two user stories capturing different user needs.

Enhanced product themes

Product themes now support descriptions, making it easier to explain their goals. You can also navigate directly from a story to its theme for context, and the product themes list is sorted by recent activity so the most relevant ones stay visible. These changes make product themes clearer and more practical for grouping stories around broader objectives.

A list of product themes with descriptions and activity details.

Improved acceptance criteria highlighting

When you open a link to a specific acceptance criterion, Atono highlights it clearly and keeps that highlight visible long enough for you to spot it quickly—even when a story has many acceptance criteria. That makes it easier to find what’s being discussed and keep collaboration focused on the right details.

Automatically link stories and bugs in comments and activities

Building on last release’s automatic linking in descriptions, acceptance criteria, and other freeform text, Atono now also links story and bug IDs (like STORY-123 or BUG-456) in comments and activity entries. That makes it faster to navigate between related work and trace context across backlog items without breaking your flow.