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Trouble Adding Agent

Tony Dormann
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December 1, 2025

I've been having trouble for a few weeks now getting a new agent set up on my JTSM project. I'm currently running a team-managed project on a free subscription plan which includes 3 seats. Every time he tries to access the queues he keeps getting redirected to the customer portal, no matter what I try. It's becoming quite frustrating. 

Things I've Tried: 

--Verified that I have enough available seats (it's just myself and this one other agent I'm trying to add) In fact, from the project site it's indicating at the top of my screen that I have 1 agent left, so it's recognizing that I have another agent.

--Added user on the admin site using company email and granted permission to the JTSM app and designated him as an Agent

--Added user from the project under Project Settings > People and access and set role to Service Desk Team

--Verified that he's using the correct URL to access the project and not the customer portal

--Tried removing him completely from the admin site and the project site and re-inviting first from the admin site, then from the project site

The only thing I see that looks odd is that under "People and access" I see the username but there is no email address, although I walked him through the invite/email verification.

Also, he was added originally as a customer using the same email address, which I believe may be the problem. I would remove him completely as a customer, but I've learned that there is a known issue with team-managed projects that makes it impossible to remove customers. I've even tried removing his customer account from any and all organizations. Still no luck. 

Does anybody know what I can do to possibly work around this? Tried reaching out to tech support and they've been less than helpful. 

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Marc -Devoteam-
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December 2, 2025

Hi @Tony Dormann 

Check this KB; https://support.atlassian.com/jira/kb/duplicate-account-issues-in-jira-service-management-cloud/

Did you als remove the JSM custom from within the site settings?

Melbrin NGOUILOU
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December 2, 2025

I was exactly thinking about the problem in the KB. Great @Marc -Devoteam- 

@Tony Dormann don't forget to clear cookies when trying again...

Tony Dormann
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December 4, 2025

@Marc -Devoteam- I appreciate you providing this article. However, it doesn't provide a fix, it only tells me how to identify that the user has duplicate accounts. I already know they have duplicate accounts. I've spent weeks researching and testing every troubleshooting step for this issue and am having no luck. Meanwhile my boss who is requesting access has been unable to get in, which isn't a good look for this product. Is there a fix for this or do I literally have to rebuild my entire site as a company-managed site JUST so I can delete a customer account?

Marc -Devoteam-
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December 5, 2025

Hi @Tony Dormann

The article provides a fix for such duplicate users.

In the section FIX ACCOUNT PROBLEM there is a link for the fix.

The article provides the way to find the users and a link to an article to fix this issue.

Link: https://support.atlassian.com/user-management/docs/migrate-a-portal-only-customer-to-atlassian-account/ 

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