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Character limit of Description field in Jira Software cloud

Mayur Gaikwad/Tech PMO
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March 28, 2024

Hi,

What is the maximum character limit of 'Description' field in Jira software. 

One of the team wants this to be more than 500 characters and i have an understanding that its just 250 characters only

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Mohanraj Thangamuthu
Atlassian Team
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March 28, 2024

Hello, Good day. Please refer to https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-68949

Ste Wright
Community Champion
March 29, 2024

Hi @Mayur Gaikwad/Tech PMO 

Character limit is 32,767 :)

The 255 character limit is for single-line text fields, like Summary.

Ste

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