Size limit for a comment added for an issue in JIRA

Question

Hi,

Is it there any limit on the no: of lines for a comment added to an issue in JIRA. Is every line of the comment treated as a separate comment by itself ?

Say ,if we have a comment with 100  lines, how is this interpreted. Would it be a single comment, or is the comment broken down to multiple comments. what is the size limit for a comment.

Thanks

Andy - PTC Redundant · Accepted Answer

@Preethi Srinivasan 
No limit and no, not treated as separate comment by itself.

100 lines of comment is just 1 comment.

Important question back to you would be why you need comments in Jira of 100 lines.... ?

Surely no one on the team will read that... or?

Sounds like Wiki work that should be in Confluence and then linked to Jira. Intrigued to know more about your needs if you willing to share more info on the scenario you have at hand.

Payne · Accepted Answer

The number of lines don't really matter in and of themselves; they consume end-of-line characters (CR and/or LF), which contribute to the overall length of the comment, which may be limited by the jira.text.field.character.limit option in Advanced Settings.