Mentioning a user in comments shows the Atlassian Account ID instead of the Atlassian display name.

Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.

Summary

Email notification sent from being mentioned in comments shows the Atlassian Account ID instead of the Atlassian display name.

Environment

Jira Cloud

Diagnosis

NA

Cause

Under Jira Personal Settings, the "Email Notification Format" is configured to get emails in plain text.

Solution

Please navigate to Jira Personal Settings and update the "Email Notification Format" dropdown to HTML.

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Updated on March 21, 2025

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