Deleted Jira issues? Yep, been there.

[#1]

You’re in the middle of a sprint, everything seems to be moving along... and then suddenly someone says:
"Wait, wasn’t there an issue for that?"

You start searching. Nothing.
Check the backlog. Nothing.
Ask around. Everyone kind of remembers it, but no one knows where it went.

Sometimes it’s a mistake — someone accidentally deleted it.
Other times it’s “cleanup” that went a little too far.
And then there’s that classic: "I thought it was in a different project..."

I’ve had stories disappear with comments, worklogs, valuable context — and it really messes with the flow. Not just for devs, but also for PMs, testers, the whole team. Especially mid-sprint when you’re counting on that one task to close a bigger piece of work.

And what a mess when the deleted issue was a customer-reported bug 🫨🫨🫨 
Now you’re not just confused — you’re explaining to a client why their problem doesn’t exist anymore.

So Sevidev built a little app for ourselves called Who Deleted My Issues?
It does exactly what it says — tracks deleted issues, shows who deleted them, and lets you restore them if needed.

Basically, a safety net for your project. Like a recycle bin for Jira — but smarter. And of course with access control. Admin can grant view access to both Jira and Project Administrators.

If you’ve ever lost an issue and had that “am I going crazy?” moment, you’ll get it 😅

So try it. For free of course 😊

Happy to share more if anyone’s curious!

[Susanna Babayan]

Hi @Celinathanks for sharing the info!

I'm curious: does your "Who Deleted My Issues?" app only track issues deleted after it's installed, or does it have any way to recover or provide information about issues that were deleted before the app was implemented?

[Celina]

Hi @Susanna Babayan

It works only after you install and configure it :)