I have recently bumped into an issue where I couldn't mention other users in the comment in one of the projects I built through Jira Service Management although everyone has access to Jira software. In short, i can mention another user in Project 1, but not in Project 2.
Have you tried checking the permissions and restrictions for the two projects? I would recommend checking the settings for the projects, to make sure they are identical.
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