Email templates configuration missing from administration
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Summary
You notice that the Email Templates page is missing from the administration section in Jira.
Environment
This knowledge base article applies to Jira Software 9.0+ and Jira Service Management 5.0+.
Diagnosis
When you navigate to Administration → System you notice that the Email Templates option is missing from the left menu.
Cause
It is likely that the property com.atlassian.jira.email.templates.readFromJiraHome is set to false in jira-features.properties. This file is located in Jira-install/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes.
Solution
Edit jira-features.properties and set the com.atlassian.jira.email.templates.readFromJiraHome to true:
#Custom email templates
com.atlassian.jira.email.templates.readFromJiraHome=trueAfter making this change, restart Jira and confirm that the Email Templates option is back.