Upgrades Troubleshooting
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Note that this knowledge base article was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center knowledge base articles for non-Data Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.
*Except Fisheye and Crucible
- JIRA Upgrade from Versions 3.9 or Below Fails due to Database Schema Change
- 'Disabling Indexing' or 'Cannot Create Directory' Errors Appear When Upgrading JIRA
- Jira Data Center functionality fails due to the error The Project argument and its backing generic value must not be null
- 'The project you are trying to view does not exist' Error Message Due to Project Key Pattern
- JIRA Fails to Start Due to 'Class org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLogFactory does not implement org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory'
- [ARCHIVED] NoClassDefFoundError when Upgrading to JIRA 4 EAR or WAR Version
- NullPointerException on the Dashboard after an Upgrade
- Upgrade Fails Due to 'Content is not allowed in prolog' Error
- Upgrade to JIRA 4.3.1+ Fails with 'Unprocessed Continuation Reference' Error
- Cannot log into JIRA after successful upgrade from 4.4.5 to 5.1.8 - NoSuchMethodError
- Can't login after restoring a backup
- Upgrading JIRA with the installer throws NullPointerException
- Jira Server and Data Center build and version numbers reference
- JIRA Upgrade or Startup failed due to UnsupportedOperationException
- After upgrading to version 2.13 or higher, the Universal Plugin Manager disappears from JIRA
- Upgrade Failed Due to 'The home directory cannot be a sub-directory of the installation directory. Aborting the upgrade error...'
- Edit or Update Issue results in a NullPointerException
- After upgrade JIRA shows 500 error page with message User has no unique key mapping
- Upgrading JIRA fails with nullPointerException
- Error Creating Issue: Property '<name>' not found.
- JIRA returns 404 Error when searching for issues