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I've hooked up Github for Rovo dev, but when going to generate code, the list of repos is empty

Iain Phillips
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March 25, 2026

I can see that it's configured with access to the repos in the plugin configuration and has completed backfill.

Is there a step I'm missing?

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Dr Valeri Colon _Connect Centric_
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March 28, 2026

@Iain Phillips welcome to the community. You may not be missing a step in Rovo itself. For Generate code, the repo picker only shows repos that are usable by Rovo Dev in Jira, not just repos the GitHub connector has indexed. The repo needs to be GitHub Cloud, under 20 GB, you need read/write access, and for private repos the GitHub org must be connected to that Jira site. If backfill finished but the list is still empty, I’d check the Jira-site connection and your repo permissions first. 

Iain Phillips
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March 30, 2026

@Dr Valeri Colon _Connect Centric_ Thanks so much for your response and for helping out!

Github cloud - yes

Read/write access - I'm owner

Under 20GB - some will be over, some under, but none showing

Jira site connection - I think that's where I'm expecting the backfill status to show as correct, but might be wrong?

Dr Valeri Colon _Connect Centric_
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March 30, 2026

@Iain Phillips thanks for checking all that—that helps narrow it down. If none are showing (even the smaller repos), it’s likely not size-related. Backfill completing just means indexing worked, but Generate Code depends on the GitHub org being explicitly linked to the Jira site used by Rovo Dev, not just the connector.

I’d double-check:

  • The same Atlassian site is selected in Rovo Dev
  • GitHub org is connected at the org/site level (not just user auth)

If that all looks right, this may be a provisioning issue → worth raising with support.

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