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Assignee field always blank in backlog until refresh

Brent Lee
Contributor
April 27, 2026

I have several users that are experiencing an issue where the Assignee field only shows themselves until they force a refresh. Obviously the permissions are correct since it shows after refresh but is there anything I can do to have it work the first time?

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John Funk
Community Champion
April 27, 2026

Hi Brent,

Can you share some more details? Are they doing something in the wok item before clicking into the Assignee field? Or are they just coming into the work item and clicking into the Assignee field. Are all of those users using the same browser? Are others NOT having the problem? Do they use a different browser or version? 

Brent Lee
Contributor
April 27, 2026

Hi John,

This is on first look in the Backlog screen. I personally have never been able to recreate it but others on the same team have experienced the same issue.  AS you can see in the images below, the first example only shows the current user as an option to assign on the first try. After the refresh the rest of the assignable users appear.screen_2.pngScreen_1.png

Waiting to hear back on browser versions etc. but the above is what it looks like from their end.

John Funk
Community Champion
April 28, 2026

So this is just happening in the Backlog and not on the screen itself? 

Brent Lee
Contributor
April 28, 2026

Yes. We are all on Chrome 146.0.7680.165

I figure there's nothing I can really do about this but wanted to make sure.

John Funk
Community Champion
April 29, 2026

You should probably open a support ticket with Atlassian to let them take a look. 

https://support.atlassian.com/contact#/

 

Please post back here if there is any resolution. Best of luck!

 

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