PROBLEM STATEMENT
I want users logging into Jira via SSO but the Login Gadget does not show my SSO option.

DESCRIPTION
In Jira, you can have multiple authentication options such as basic authentication and a SSO provider. When you navigate to your Base URL, users see the basic authentication login prompt at $BASE_URL/secure/dashboard.jspa but do not see the SSO option until they click on "login" from the upper-right corner and get to the main login page, $BASE_URL/login.jsp

RESEARCH PERFORMED

• Users can pick which authentication method is available on the login page from Settings -> System -> Authentication Methods but this does not impact the login gadget at $BASE_URL/secure/dashboard.jspa
• This relates to the following article Customize the Login Gadget

IDEA
We should add controls that automatically update the Login Gadget to show the same Authentication Methods that would be allowed on the Main Login Page ($BASE_URL/login.jsp).

Administrators should not have to modify source code to get this to work.

WORK AROUND
Follow the steps from this article, Customize the Login Gadget, to add the other authentication methods to the login gadget at $BASE_URL/secure/dashboard.jspa