What happens if a user is deleted in the synched Active Directory?

Question

Hello all,

recently my company decided to completely delete users who left the company after 30 days of contract end. We have a direct link to our AD from JIRA.

What will happen within the issues where such users have roles assigned? Will we still see the name of the user in the issues or will the name disappear or what else will happen?

Thanks!

Marco Nowak_g3wnkz · Answer

Even when these are maintained not in JIRA but in our common AD?

Ollie Guan · Answer

Hello @Marco Nowak ,

Never try to delete users, the correct choice is to disable these accounts.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Delete-Inactive-Jira-users-in-Jira/qaq-p/857569

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Remove-Delete-Inactive-jira-user-from-Users/qaq-p/1116653

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/unable-to-delete-user/qaq-p/96557