How to fix Missing Development Panel in Jira Cloud Projects
Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.
Summary
The development panel is missing on some Jira projects
Users have the View development tools permission on these projects.
The system field Development is not added to the issue layout of these projects
Follow the steps below to easily restore the development panel visibility on your Jira issues.
Solution
Add the Development field to issue screens and layout
Go to the project and click on Project settings in the menu
Under Issues, select Layout
Search for the Development field in the sidebar
Add the Development field to the issue layout
Updated on April 23, 2025
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