The "Worth noting this period" section provides intelligent insights into team workflow health by automatically detecting patterns that could impact velocity and collaboration. It analyzes activity across the selected time period and surfaces up to three actionable findings.
Optimal's Insight engine identifies critical issues such as PRs waiting for review and blocking progress, team members accumulating commits without opening PRs for early feedback, review responsibilities becoming concentrated on one person, or growing backlogs from more work opening than closing. Each insight includes relevant metrics and context-aware guidance.
Hovering over any item in this section highlights the corresponding dates on the calendar to visualize when issues occurred. This proactive visibility helps engineering leaders spot bottlenecks, balance team workloads, and address process friction before they escalate into larger delivery risks.
Navigational and UX Improvements to the Activity Page
Easily scroll through the month or week with your keyboard arrow keys.
Toggle between Week, Month, and Today.
Filters have been clearly labeled at the top of the page.
Team name and time period have improved typography for easier visibility.
New Activity Details Pane
We overhauled the old activity details pane with a new one that is more performant and easier to read, allowing you to grasp all the details in your preferred format.
You can switch between the default group view or switch to a timeline view to see the order in which activities took place. This is especially helpful if you're trying to better understand how engineers utilize their day.
Added tags to the header so you can quickly get a count of the key activities such as PRs, Commits, Merges, Reviews, and Comments.
Improved Integration Page
The integration page received a design refresh. Integrations are better separated, making it easy to manage.
Disabled integrations fade out subtly so they're out of your view, helping you focus on what’s connected.
Re-designed Jira Integration Page
We redesigned our Jira integration page to ease the integration process for both Jira Cloud and Jira Server users.
All tokens are now properly validated when being inserted as a new integration or when updating tokens.
Error messages are more detailed and provide exact steps when the Jira integration fails.
We improved the help section and instructions for both cloud and server setups.
Enhancements
Improved the overall loading performance of all pages.
Made links easily shareable with improved link history.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where updating Jira tokens would result in a failed token validation.
Fixed a bug where AI insights would crash the PR Cycle Time page.
Fixed a loading bug on the Cycle Time page to consolidate loading screens.
What is Optimal Insights
Optimal Insights connects to GitHub and shows you how your engineering team actually ships. It breaks down PR cycle time so you can see exactly where work slows down, surfaces patterns behind the data with built-in AI insights, and visualizes your team’s weekly rhythm. You can also see where engineering time goes (features vs bugs, debt, or security) and whether AI tools like Copilot are actually improving speed.
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