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Git Integration (formerly Qodo Merge) – AI code review agents for pull requests. This documentation describes the Qodo v1 experience. For the Qodo v2 documentation, click here.

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Jira Cloud

There are two ways to authenticate with Jira Cloud:

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1. Jira App Authentication

The recommended way to authenticate with Jira Cloud is to install the Qodo app in your Jira Cloud instance. This will allow Qodo to access Jira data on your behalf. Installation steps:
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Go to the Qodo integrations page.
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Click on Connect Jira Cloud to connect the Jira Cloud app.
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Click Accept.
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After installing the app, you will be redirected to the Qodo registration page where you’ll see a success message.
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Qodo is now able to fetch Jira ticket context for your PRs.

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2. Email/Token Authentication

You can create an API token from your Atlassian account:
1
Log in to the API tokens page on Jira.
2
Click Create API token.
3
Enter a name for your new token and click Create.
4
Click Copy to clipboard.
Add the following lines in your configuration file:
[jira]
jira_api_token = "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
jira_api_email = "YOUR_EMAIL"

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Jira Data Center/Server

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Using Basic Authentication

You can use your Jira username and password to authenticate with Jira Data Center/Server. In your Configuration file/Environment variables/Secrets file, add the following lines: 
jira_api_email = "your_username"
jira_api_token = "your_password"

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Validating Basic authentication via Python script

If you are facing issues retrieving tickets in Qodo with Basic auth, you can validate the flow using a Python script. The following steps will help you check if the basic auth is working correctly, and if you can access the Jira ticket details:
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Run:
pip install jira==3.8.0
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Run the following Python script. Make sure to replace the placeholders with your actual values:
from jira import JIRA

if __name__ == "__main__":
    try:
        # Jira server URL
        server = "https://..."
        # Jira PAT token
        token_auth = "..."
        # Jira ticket code (e.g. "PROJ-123")
        ticket_id = "..."

        print("Initializing JiraServerTicketProvider with JIRA server")
        # Initialize JIRA client
        jira = JIRA(
            server=server,
            token_auth=token_auth,
            timeout=30
        )
        if jira:
            print(f"JIRA client initialized successfully")
        else:
            print("Error initializing JIRA client")

        # Fetch ticket details
        ticket = jira.issue(ticket_id)
        print(f"Ticket title: {ticket.fields.summary}")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error fetching JIRA ticket details: {e}")
To integrate with Jira, you can link your PR to a ticket using either of these methods:

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Method 1: Description Reference

Include a ticket reference in your PR description, using either the complete URL format https://<JIRA_ORG>.atlassian.net/browse/ISSUE-123 or the shortened ticket ID ISSUE-123 (without prefix or suffix for the shortened ID).

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Method 2: Branch Name Detection

Name your branch with the ticket ID as a prefix (e.g., ISSUE-123-feature-description or ISSUE-123/feature-description).

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Jira Base URL

For shortened ticket IDs or branch detection (method 2 for JIRA cloud), you must configure the Jira base URL in your configuration file under the [jira] section: 
[jira]
jira_base_url = "https://<JIRA_ORG>.atlassian.net"
Where <JIRA_ORG> is your Jira organization identifier (e.g., mycompany for https://mycompany.atlassian.net).

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Multi-JIRA server configuration

Qodo supports connecting to multiple JIRA servers using different authentication methods.

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Email/Token (Basic Auth)

Configure multiple servers using Email/Token authentication in your configuration file. Example Configuration: 
[jira]
# List of Jira Server URLs
jira_servers = ["https://company.atlassian.net", "https://datacenter.jira.com"]

# List of API tokens (for Cloud) or passwords (for Data Center)
jira_api_token = ["cloud_api_token_here", "datacenter_password"]

# List of emails (for Cloud) or usernames (for Data Center)
jira_api_email = ["user@company.com", "datacenter_username"]

# Default server for ticket IDs
# Each repository can configure its own jira_base_url in a local config file
# to choose which server to use by default.
jira_base_url = "https://company.atlassian.net"

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PAT Auth

Configure multiple servers using Personal Access Token authentication in your configuration file. Example Configuration: 
[jira]
# List of JIRA server URLs
jira_servers = ["https://server1.jira.com", "https://server2.jira.com"]

# List of PAT tokens
jira_api_token = ["pat_token_1", "pat_token_2"]

# Default server for ticket IDs
# Each repository can configure its own jira_base_url in a local config file
# to choose which server to use by default.
jira_base_url = "https://server1.jira.com"
Mixed Authentication (Email/Token + PAT): 
[jira]
jira_servers = ["https://company.atlassian.net", "https://server.jira.com"]
jira_api_token = ["cloud_api_token", "server_pat_token"]
jira_api_email = ["user@company.com", ""]  # Empty for PAT

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Jira Cloud App

For Jira Cloud instances using App Authentication:
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Install the Qodo app on each JIRA Cloud instance you want to connect to.
2
In your configuration file, set the default server for ticket ID resolution:
[jira]
jira_base_url = "https://primary-team.atlassian.net"
Full URLs (e.g., https://other-team.atlassian.net/browse/TASK-456) will automatically use the correct connected instance.