Summary

Restarting Jira with the jira.clone.prefix value set to bank causes it to reset to the default value on Oracle databases

Environment

• Any supported Oracle database.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install Jira using Oracle database.
2. Go to Jira Administration > System, General Configuration, button Advanced Settings (upper right corner) and modify the value of the jira.clone.prefix to a single space
3. Restart JIRA

Expected Results

• The clone prefix key value remains as it was before the restart.

Actual Results

• The jira.clone.prefix key value is reset to "CLONE -"

Workarounds

1. Using another of the supported platforms database.
2. Create a file with the name "jira-config.properties" at JIRA_HOME and specifie the "jira.clone.prefix" property as follows:

   jira.clone.prefix=

3. An space can be indicated as the value instead of and empty value, which will be accepted and will not be reset after the restart.

Notes

• If the value is changed it will work as expected until the instance is restarted.
• In more recent versions (Jira 7.11+) Jira will not accept empty as a valid value and will instead revert to the default "CLONE -" immediately.