Rank field is multiplying like rabbits

Susan Hauth _Jira Queen_

In our custom field configuration we had a single field called "Rank" that is type "Global Rank" and is configured for all projects. I even put a little description to "DO NOT DELETE" because we use greenhopper to prioritize many of our projects. In the last couple of weeks I noticed that Rank had somehow managed to reproduce itself as an additional custom field over and over again. It seems to be multiplying like rabbits.

We do specify to use "Rank" for ranking in Agile, but we haven't touched that configuration in quite a while. So not sure what's going on and I don't want to delete them in case that messes up ranking in one of the projects, but it seems to be increasing.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

That is very odd. What does your log file say about it?

When you go into Greenhopper and configure which field(s) it should use for ranking, do you see the same huge long list of rank fields?

That aside, I really don't think it should be a problem if you deleted the extra ones. I'm worried about how they're being added, but the main global one should be fine as it is.