Epics are missing in Epic panel on Team managed project board

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Summary

Not all epics in the project are displayed in the Epic Panel on the Team-managed Software Project Boards. 

Environment

Jira Cloud

Diagnosis

Confirm that the Epic Panel in the Backlog displays all the Epics in the Project. The Epics are missing on the board.

Cause

An Epic will only be displayed under the Epic panel of the Team-managed project Board if at least one of its child issues is displayed on the board. 

Solution

To view your Epics on the Epics panel of the board, ensure that the Epics have child issues and at least one of the child issues(for each epic) is available on theBoard.

You can achieve this by dragging and dropping the standard issue from the Backlog to the Board.

Updated on March 4, 2025

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