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Type:
Suggestion
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Component/s: Administration - Localization
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Issue Summary
Jira Cloud returns localized responses in Chinese when the request contains Accept-Language: *, instead of falling back to the default language.
Integrations that send Accept-Language: * may receive responses in an unexpected language, leading to inconsistent behavior across environments and making localization difficult to predict.
Steps to Reproduce
- Create or use an existing Atlassian service account.
- Generate an API token for the service account.
- Authenticate to the Jira Cloud REST API using Basic Authentication with the service account email and API token.
- Include the following request header: *Accept-Language: **
- Observe the language of the response.
Expected Results
Jira Cloud should apply the default site language as fallback language when Accept-Language: * is provided.
Actual Results
The API returns localized responses in Chinese, despite no explicit preference for Chinese being provided in the request.
Workaround
Set Accept-Language to the desired language (for example, Accept-Language: en) instead of using Accept-Language: *.
Alternatively, omit the Accept-Language header if appropriate, as this returned English in our testing.