Jira Align connector is creating duplicate issues in Jira Align Self-Hosted instances

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Summary

This article aims to solve an issue reported by customers whereby the Jira connector creates duplicate features and stories in Jira Align.

Solution

This duplication of items behavior usually happens in 2 situations:

  1. When there is more than one connector pointing to the same Jira instance.

    1. Please make sure that each connector points to a different Jira URL

    2. In case of multiple servers (like one prod and one DR), verify if there is not an instance of the connector running pointing to the same Jira instance

  2. In the case of more than one web server running the application, pointing to the same database.

    • In case of more than one web server running the application, make sure only one of the servers is running the connector service.

    • To facilitate the understanding let's call them Appserver_1 and Appserver_2.

      • Leave service AgileCraft_Jira_jiraalign_<CUSTOMER_NAME>_1 running on Appserver_1

      • Stop service AgileCraft_Jira_jiraalign_<CUSTOMER_NAME>_2 from Appserver_2 and set the startup type as manual (this will prevent the connector service starts automatically in case of server restart).

Updated on April 14, 2025

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