Issue edit, assign, add comment and workflow buttons are missing after Jira upgrade to 9.4

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Summary

Issue edit, assign, add comment and workflow radio buttons are missing after a Jira Upgrade.

Environment

9.4

Diagnosis

On reviewing the atlassian-jira.log, below error is observed for Issueoperations plugin:

2023-03-14 15:21:27,795+0000 main ERROR [c.a.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] There was an error loading the descriptor 'View Issue Ops Bar Transitions Factory' of plugin 'com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issueoperations:1.0'. Disabling. com.atlassian.plugin.module.ModuleClassNotFoundException: Couldn't load the class 'com.atlassian.jira.issue.transitions.TransitionLinkFactory'. This could mean that you misspelled the name of the class (double check) or that you're using a class in your plugin that you haven't provided bundle instructions for. See https://developer.atlassian.com/x/mQAN for more details on how to fix this. at com.atlassian.plugin.module.ClassPrefixModuleFactory.getModuleClass(ClassPrefixModuleFactory.java:45)

Issueoperations Plugin is in Uninstalled State:

<plugin> <key>com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issueoperations</key> <name>Issue Operations Plugin</name> <version>1.0</version> <vendor>Atlassian</vendor> <status>UNINSTALLED</status> <vendor-url>http://www.atlassian.com</vendor-url> <framework-version>1</framework-version> <bundled>Provided</bundled> </plugin>

In the issue view, the usual buttons (issue edit, assign, add comment and status) are missing.

Cause

It happens because of the customization on the <JIRA_INSTALL>/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/system-issueoperations-plugin.xml file.

Solution

Check your previous customization's which is made on system-issueoperations-plugin.xml file and be sure that it's compatible with Jira 9.4.

Updated on March 13, 2025

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