Current Limitations

JIRA Client is not a full substitute for JIRA's web interface. It addresses most of use cases and we're working on supporting every feature that you request. Yet the current version has limited functionality.

Performance

Currently, JIRA Client can download and handle effectively up to 40,000 issues.

If you have more issues in JIRA, that's ok unless you work with each and every issue. Use queries to download issues only for your project, or only open issues, or use whatever filter that defines which issues you are working with.

If you need to work with more issues anyway, give it a try. JIRA Client won't stop on issue number 40,001, though it may seem slower and require more memory.

Functional Limitations

Following is the list of standard JIRA features that are not supported by JIRA Client (as of version 3.5):

• JQL search and JIRA-based saved filters are not supported;
• Custom field types not fully supported: multiple version picker, multiple group picker, multiple user picker.
• Context-based values in custom fields (when available options are dependent on project and/or issue type).
• Issue deletion is not supported (no action to delete an issue; if an issue that has been downloaded is deleted on server, it will remain in JIRA Client).
• Grouping versions as "Released/Unreleased" and "Archived/Unarchived" - supported only in distributions.
• List of users is not automatically downloaded (users "table" is populated based on issues downloaded).
• Free text search by relevancy is not supported (JIRA Client will search for exact words only).
• Cloning of issues is not supported.
• History of changes is not supported.

I Need an Unsupported Feature

When you find out that you can't do something with JIRA Client, you can always press F9 and JIRA Client will take you to the issue's web page in JIRA. You have to be online, of course.

You are also welcome to request a feature that you need.