Jira startup stuck at indexing due to connection timeout to Bitbucket cloud endpoint

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Summary

Jira startup can take long time when Jira is configured with Bitbucket cloud integration if the cloud endpoints are not reachable by the node.

Environment

9.4.11

Diagnosis

In case of this problem, following error can be seen in the logs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 IssueIndexer:thread ERROR [c.a.j.p.d.spi.bitbucket.BitbucketCommunicator] Exception while trying to fetch UUID from OAUTH credentials. Check if the credentials are correct. com.atlassian.jira.plugins.dvcs.spi.bitbucket.clientlibrary.request.BitbucketRequestException: Failed to execute request: https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0 ... Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Connection timed out (Read failed) at java.base/java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method) at java.base/java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead(SocketInputStream.java:115) at java.base/java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:168) at java.base/java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:140) at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketInputRecord.read(SSLSocketInputRecord.java:484) ...

In the thread dump files, it is also possible to see that indexer thread is waiting for the endpoint.

Example of thread dump waiting for endpoint.

Cause

This issue can occur if Jira is integrated with Bitbucket cloud but is unable to access the cloud endpoints.

Solution

The IP addresses in the following article should be configured to be accessible by Jira instance:

Updated on March 3, 2025

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