Issue Summary

Jira Data Center (including Jira 11) still mandates the Oracle JDBC 19.3.0.0 ojdbc8 driver, which dates back to 2019. This has not been updated despite years of Oracle bugfix and security patch releases.

Current Situation

• Jira 11 requires JDK 21, yet the certified driver is ojdbc8 (compiled for Java 8)

• The 19.3.0.0 version is the initial release of the 19c driver — no subsequent bugfix releases have been certified

• Other Atlassian DC products (e.g., Crowd) already certify ojdbc11 23.6.x, showing this is achievable within Atlassian

Request:

1. At minimum, certify the latest Oracle 19c JDBC bugfix release (currently 19.x.x.x) instead of the 2019 baseline 19.3.0.0

1. Evaluate and certify the ojdbc11 or ojdbc17 driver variants, which are optimized for newer JDK versions — particularly relevant since Jira 11 mandates JDK 21

1. Establish a regular cadence for re-certifying JDBC drivers to avoid falling years behind

Why this matters:

• Running a 7-year-old driver introduces unnecessary security risk

• Customers miss out on driver-level bugfixes and performance improvements

• The ojdbc8 variant cannot leverage JDK 11+ optimizations available in ojdbc11/ojdbc17

• Atlassian's own products are inconsistent — Crowd is years ahead of Jira in driver certification