Bitbucket Cloud has officially launched its integration with Atlassian's Forge extensibility platform, marking a milestone in delivering a fully extensible SCM and CI/CD experience tailored to evolving organizational needs.
- Forge enables developers to create custom apps hosted on Atlassian-managed infrastructure.
- New features include Custom Merge Checks and upcoming Dynamic Pipelines for smarter CI/CD workflows.
- The DevOps Automation Platform addresses growing complexity and bespoke organizational needs in cloud DevOps.
What happened
Bitbucket Cloud has announced the general availability of its integration with Atlassian’s Forge platform, a cloud app development environment that allows developers to extend Atlassian products using apps hosted on fully managed infrastructure. This integration is part of Bitbucket’s broader vision to become the most extensible and integrated source control management (SCM) and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) solution available on the cloud.
The launch includes features such as Custom Merge Checks, which were introduced in beta late last year, enabling teams to enforce custom merge conditions to improve code quality and workflow governance. Additionally, Bitbucket plans to release Dynamic Pipelines later this year, which will enhance CI/CD automation by making pipeline execution more context-aware and efficient.
Why it matters
The Forge integration addresses a significant challenge for cloud-based DevOps platforms: closing the flexibility gap that has historically favored on-premises solutions. By enabling teams to build bespoke extensions and automations tailored to their unique requirements, Bitbucket Cloud empowers organizations to manage increasing complexity in software development and operational processes as they scale.
This extensibility is critical as companies face heightened compliance demands, data security challenges, budget control needs, and collaboration complexities with growing teams. The DevOps Automation Platform built around Forge enables users to customize both frontend and backend aspects of their DevOps workflows, thereby improving efficiency, control, and adaptability in dynamic development environments.
What to watch next
Upcoming milestones include the full rollout of the Dynamic Pipelines feature, which promises to bring intelligent, context-sensitive automation to Bitbucket’s CI/CD processes. This will allow pipelines to adjust dynamically based on code changes or other triggers, streamlining build and deployment workflows and reducing manual overhead.
Bitbucket is also planning to establish open office hours with its engineering teams to provide a direct support channel for developers building on the Forge platform. Additionally, ongoing enhancements to the DevOps Automation Platform will expand the toolkit available for tackling complex business and compliance requirements, reinforcing Bitbucket Cloud’s position as a leading extensible cloud DevOps service.