What is the character limit for the Description field of a Portfolio Epic in Jira Align
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Summary
Most of the text-based fields in Jira Align have a hard-coded character limit.
This article confirms the character limit for the Description and Title fields of a Portfolio Epic.
Environment
Jira Align
Solution
The character limits for Portfolio Epics ( sometimes known as an Initiatives) are:
Description Field = "123000" characters
Title Field = “250”.characters
ℹ️ The error "Description: Text length exceeded = 12300 Characters" is seen when the maximum character limit is reached.
Updated on April 2, 2025
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