Summary

Attempting to save an agile team results in the following error:

"You must set a value for Auto-populate Estimate if it is enabled"

Environment

Jira Align

Diagnosis

Saving an agile team results in error:

Cause

“Auto-populate Estimate” is a field toggle present on the “Kanban Team” details panel. If the affected Agile Team was changed from a Kanban Team at some point in the past, the “Auto-populate Estimate” field can remain enabled in some circumstances which can lead to this error.

Solution

1. “Auto-populate Estimate” is a field toggle present on the “Kanban Team” details panel. If the affected Agile Team was changed from a Kanban Team at some point in the past, the “Auto-populate Estimate” field can remain enabled in some circumstances which can lead to this error.
   
2. Disable the "Auto-populate Estimate" toggle
   
   
3. Change the "Type" field back to "Agile Team"
   
   
4. Save changes.
5. You should now be able to assign the Team to a new Program without error.