Symptoms: Existing traceability links are missing not visible after Upgrading JIRA to Version 8.0.x.

Cause: With JIRA 8.0.x and above, the APIs used to sync JIRA issues was deprecated. As a result of this, JIRA artifacts are marked as deleted if JIRA is upgraded with to JIRA 8.x while using RMsis versions below v1RMsis 1.8.10-r355.

Upon upgrading RMsis to 1.8.10-r355 which is compatible with JIRA 8.0.x. , JIRA artifacts are re-synced and duplicates are created. From the user's perspective, it appears that the traceability links are lost. 

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Solutions:

If you have not upgraded JIRA to JIRA 8.x or you have tried upgrading on a test instance. Please follow the following steps to perform the upgrade:

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1. If you have database backup of previous version of RMsis database. Restore  
   1. Restore the backup to a new database and re-configure RMsis to use this database with RMsis 1.8.10-r355.
   2. This is the preferred option as it will eliminate the duplicate artifacts which got created due to re-sync and existing links & artifacts will remain visible.
2. If database backup is not available, please follow the steps mentioned below to resolve this issue:
   1. Login into JIRA using an administrator account and switch to RMsis Administration > Health & Diagnostics tab. 
   2. Click on Find Duplicate button, this will identify the newly created duplicates and list them. 
      • If duplicate artifacts are found, Remove Duplicates button will become active or else "No duplicate issues found" will be displayed.
   3. Click on Remove Duplicate button to restore the Traceability links.

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