In Jira Cloud, Why doesn't my custom field default value appear automatically?

[Cash Coyne]

I have a field called "Vulnerability Check Performed" where I set the default value to be "No":

But on the issue page, it defaults to "None":

How can I get it to default to "No". and I don't even want "None" to be possible, because if I clear the field after setting it, it changes to "None" and I want it to be "No".

How can I accomplish this?

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Cash Coyne 

If you want to eliminate the None option, you need to set the field as Required in the Field Configuration.

Note though that any pre-existing issue that did not previously have a value in the field will not automatically get the default value. They will continue to show None. If you go to the issue and attempt to edit that field, you will be forced to select a value.

If you want to back-fill issues that don't have a value in that field, you could do that using the Bulk Change function.