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WidgetAI: Pentium 386 ready

WidgetAI is a new migration tool for the Rally App SDK deadline. Built on the largest combined catalog of Rally apps in the world, it converts legacy ExtJS to typed React in minutes. Now in beta.

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Rally App SDK EOL: A Survival Guide

October 2026 is coming. Before you panic-rebuild every custom app, here's how to figure out which ones Rally already replaced, and what to do about the rest.

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A Geological History of the Rally Platform

A first-person account of building Rally's App SDK and the first enterprise Kanban board, and why the Oct 2026 EOL deadline feels like déjà vu.

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News

Platform changes, release notes, and things Rally admins should know.

Rally's Drag-to-Estimate Widget Lands Just in Time for PI Planning Rally shipped a native Estimation Board Widget for Custom Views in Q2 2026. Drag artifacts into relative-size columns and the plan estimates write themselves. Built for the planning ceremonies your team already runs.
Rally's New 2D Matrix Widget Replaces One More Custom Page Rally shipped a native 2D Matrix Widget for Custom Views in Q2 2026. Broadcom positions it explicitly as a replacement for legacy Custom Pages. If your team built a pivot-style artifact view on the App SDK, this is your drop-in.
Rally Ships Migration Tools for Legacy Custom Pages Broadcom shipped one-click migration tools for Legacy Custom Pages in Q2 2026, the first automated help for the App SDK EOL. Here's what the tool does, what it converts, and what it doesn't.
Rally AI Artifact Attachments Are Now Live Rally's AI Writing Assistant now reads your artifact attachments as context. Attach a spec, PDF, or CSV to a work item and the AI uses it when helping you write.
Rally Velocity & Throughput Widget Now Available in Custom Views Rally shipped a native Velocity/Throughput widget for Custom Views on April 6, 2026. If your team built a velocity app on the App SDK, you finally have an official replacement.
Rally Q1 2026 Roundup: The Biggest Custom Views Quarter Yet Rally shipped over 20 features in Q1 2026, most of them in Custom Views. Move Widget, Endorsed Widgets, color-coded tags, and more.
Rally Idea Manager Reaches End of Life March 31 Broadcom is retiring Rally Idea Manager on March 31, 2026. Unlike OpsHub, there's no bundled replacement, here's what to do before the deadline.
Rally's MCP Server Is Now Generally Available Rally shipped a Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants query and update work items from your IDE. Here's what it does and how to enable it.
Rally OpsHub Integration Reaches End of Life March 31 Broadcom retires the bundled OpsHub integration for Rally on March 31, 2026. Free ConnectALL licenses are available, here's what to do before the deadline.
Rally's Built-In Tool for Finding All Your Custom Pages Rally shipped an admin tool to search and manage every Legacy Custom Page in your subscription. It's the first step in your App SDK migration.
Rally Custom Views Now Track Revision History Rally added revision history for Custom Views in March 2026. Every edit is now logged, a big deal for regulated industries planning App SDK migration.
Legacy Custom Pages Now Visible to All Users Broadcom expanded Legacy Custom Page visibility to all Rally users in Q1 2026. Facing the Oct 31 App SDK deadline? Now you can see what you're working with.