Issue Summary

Starting with Jira 8.4.0, checkbox options that consist of a single blank space will no longer render on the Create Issue screen. See below screenshots for clarification.

Environment

Jira 8.4.0 and above.

Steps to Reproduce

• Create a new custom field of type Checkboxes
• Add an option to the field consisting of a blank space:
  

Expected Results

Empty checkbox option should render on the Create Issue screen, as per this 7.13.8 example:

Actual Results

Empty checkbox option does not render in Jira 8.4.0+:

Workaround

Instead of a blank space, use the

  

HTML entity to designate a whitespace. This will render as an empty option on the Create Issue screen: