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  2. JSWSERVER-15723

JIRA Software Server has no current documentation on deleting a sprint

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      Summary

      JIRA Software Server does not have any current documentation on the process/steps/limitations of deleting sprints

      Expectation

      I was expecting to find a related page in the 'JIRASOFTWARESERVER' space, but there is no page that exists in that space currently.

      Related docs

      Old Agile 6.7.x documentation on this:
      https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AGILE067/Deleting+a+Sprint

      Current JIRA Cloud doc:
      https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRASOFTWARECLOUD/Deleting+a+sprint

      Side note:

      JIRA Cloud allows users to delete closed sprints. However JIRA server currently does not allow this, there is an existing feature request for this functionality in server: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSW-9220

      However in server you can only delete planned sprints.

            [JSWSERVER-15723] JIRA Software Server has no current documentation on deleting a sprint

            Tomasz Bartyzel added a comment -

            Hey Mark,

            sorry for the confusion in the docs. When you delete a sprint, only the sprint gets deleted. The uncompleted issues go to the backlog, while the completed ones remain in Jira although they aren't visible in the backlog (you can find them with search/query).

            In your example, the uncompleted issue will remain in the second sprint (the one it's currently in). The deletion of the first sprint will not affect it at all.

            I made the changes to the documentation.

            Tomasz Bartyzel added a comment - Hey Mark, sorry for the confusion in the docs. When you delete a sprint, only the sprint gets deleted. The uncompleted issues go to the backlog, while the completed ones remain in Jira although they aren't visible in the backlog (you can find them with search/query). In your example, the uncompleted issue will remain in the second sprint (the one it's currently in). The deletion of the first sprint will not affect it at all. I made the changes to the documentation.

            Mark Finta added a comment -

            I really want to clarify something.  According to the documentation (https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwareserver075/deleting-a-sprint-935562578.html), it says that when you delete a completed sprint, you also delete the issues associated to the sprint.  Is this true?  If true then to what extent?  What if an issue was in a completed sprint but incomplete, got added into another sprint, but then that completed sprint gets deleted.  Does that issue then get deleted?  This feature is nice, but the fact that if it deletes issues makes this a very dangerous feature for large development teams in JIRA.

            Mark Finta added a comment - I really want to clarify something.  According to the documentation ( https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwareserver075/deleting-a-sprint-935562578.html ), it says that when you delete a completed sprint, you also delete the issues associated to the sprint.  Is this true?  If true then to what extent?  What if an issue was in a completed sprint but incomplete, got added into another sprint, but then that completed sprint gets deleted.  Does that issue then get deleted?  This feature is nice, but the fact that if it deletes issues makes this a very dangerous feature for large development teams in JIRA.

            Tomasz Bartyzel added a comment -

             

            The ability to delete sprints has been introduced with JIRA Software 7.5, and is described here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwareserver075/deleting-a-sprint-935562578.html 

            As for previous versions, the docs now mention that you can delete planned sprints, but not the active or completed ones, just to avoid confusion: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRASOFTWARESERVER073/Using+your+Scrum+backlog

             

            Tomasz Bartyzel added a comment -   The ability to delete sprints has been introduced with JIRA Software 7.5, and is described here:  https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwareserver075/deleting-a-sprint-935562578.html   As for previous versions, the docs now mention that you can delete planned sprints, but not the active or completed ones, just to avoid confusion:  https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRASOFTWARESERVER073/Using+your+Scrum+backlog  

              tbartyzel Tomasz Bartyzel
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