Issue Summary

System/App (connect) accounts are getting created as Atlassian accounts instead of App.

This affects results returned via APIs as well.

The below API call will return accountType = Atlassian for App accounts.

GET https://<sitename>.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/user/search?accountId=<accountId>

The wiki API will also return accountType = Atlassian for App accounts.

https://<sitename>.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/search/user?cql=user=<accountId>

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run any of the above APIs for the App account

Expected Results

The accountType is correct for System/App accounts. We have 3 valid values for accountType.

• atlassian: A regular Atlassian user account.
• app: A system account used for Connect applications and OAuth 2.0 to represent external systems.
• customer: A Jira Service Desk account representing an external service desk

Actual Results

System/App (connect) accounts are getting created as accountType = "atlassian" instead of "app". 

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available