Issue limits in team-managed projects

Jira issues are displayed on your Jira board, in your backlog, and on your project timeline However, your board, backlog, sprint section, and timeline can each only show up to 5,000 issues at a time.

Issue limits on the board and backlog

If your board or backlog has exceeded the issue limit, it will only display the first 5,000 issues. We’ll show you a warning message to let you know when your board or backlog is approaching the 5,000 issue limit, and again if the number of issues goes over the limit.

To reduce the number of issues on your board:

• Move issues to your backlog (if the backlog is enabled)

• Move issues to a new sprint (if your team uses sprints)

• Move issues to a new project

• In Kanban projects, clear “done” issues from your board

To reduce the number of issues in your backlog:

• Move issues to a sprint

• Move issues to a new project

Issue limits in the sprint section

If you’re using sprints to organize work in your backlog, the total number of issues across all your sprints must be less than 5,000 for Jira to display them all. If there are more than 5,000 issues across your sprints (or in a single sprint, if you’ve only created one sprint) only the first 5,000 issues will display. We’ll show you a warning message to let you know when your sprint section is approaching the 5,000 issue limit, and again if the number of issues goes over the limit. Issues that belong to completed sprints are not included in the 5,000 limit.

To reduce the number of issues in the sprint section:

• Move issues to your backlog

• Move issues to a new project

How to use sprints