I created a hello world panel app following the tutorial on https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/build-a-hello-world-app-in-jira/. Reports as successfully installed. I have deployed/installed and nothing shows up in the side panel. The UI doesn’t even have the ‘View App Actions’ as mentioned in the tutorial. How do I go about debugging?
This is a common frustration with Forge — the tutorials sometimes lag behind Jira’s UI changes. A few things to check in order:
The “View App Actions” moved. In the newer Jira issue view, it’s no longer a visible button. You need to open a Jira issue, click the three-dot menu (⋯) in the top right of the issue view, and look for your app name there. Atlassian renamed and relocated it. If you’re looking at the board view rather than an individual issue, you won’t see it at all — panel apps attach to the issue detail view.
Confirm where you’re looking. A jira:issuePanel module only renders when you’re viewing a specific issue. If you’re on the board, backlog, or project settings, nothing will appear. Open an actual issue.
Check your manifest.yaml. The module type matters. Make sure it says jira:issuePanel (not jira:issueActivity or something else). Post your manifest.yml here if you want me to look at it.
Verify deployment and installation targets:
bash
forge deploy
forge install --upgrade
The --upgrade flag is important — if you changed the manifest after the initial install, the site won’t pick up the new module definitions without it.
Check the logs:
bash
forge logs --group-by=NONE
This will show you if the app is throwing errors when Jira tries to render it. If you see nothing in logs, the app isn’t even being invoked — which points back to a manifest or installation issue.
Check which site it’s installed on:
bash
forge install list
Make sure it’s on the site you’re actually looking at, not a different dev instance.
Hard refresh the browser. Jira aggressively caches UI. Try Ctrl+Shift+R, or open an issue in an incognito window.
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