There seems to be updated or conflicting information on reusing a project key in Jira Cloud.
Some posts and documentation give me the impression that a Jira Cloud admin would have to contact Atlassian to request project information be deleted from "the database" before a project key could be reused.
How do I delete or reuse the project key?
"...it [Jira] will still prevent you from using a key that existed before, even if you change the project key or even delete the original project. It needs a record of removed projects for the history search, so it stops you creating projects with keys that have existed before."
"The only workaround is to go into the database and remove the old project key from the table it is stored in..."
- Nic Brough [Adaptavist] COMMUNITY CHAMPION Aug 25, 2016
However, a current Atlassian Cloud support document (Last modified on May 31, 2018), seems to indicate that an old project key will "be available" if the original project is deleted.
Editing a project's details
"The old project key will only be available if you delete the project it was previously associated with.
- Atlassian
The statement from the Atlassian Cloud support document would lead me to believe that I could reuse a project key by simply deleting the project . . . unless:
- the statement "if you delete the project" includes more than the Jira admin deleting the project from the Admin Projects page.
- the statement "be available" doesn't mean readily usable; it just means it's possible to reuse it, but additional actions are required.
Any clarification on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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