Increase the number of issues that can be bulk edited in Jira

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Platform notice: Server and Data Center only. This article only applies to Atlassian products on the Server and Data Center platforms.

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

Summary

By default, Jira has a 1000 issue limit on the number of issues that can be modified in bulk.

This limit is in place to prevent issues with system stability. 

Environment

Jira Server and Data Center.

Solution

The bulk edit limits are in place to prevent issues with system stability.

Please increase this amount slowly and test frequently to avoid system stability issues. 


  1. Add jira.bulk.edit.limit.issue.count=2000 to jira-config.properties.
    1. Edit the Jira config properties file in Jira
  2. Restart JIRA.
  3. Verify it appears in the startup logs, e.g.:

    ___ Application Properties _________________
    
         ...
         jira.bulk.edit.limit.issue.count              : 2000

 You are now able to bulk edit more issues.

Last modified on Feb 22, 2024

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