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Field notes on Jira governance, configuration drift, and what an event stream can tell you that a status board cannot.
JiraAtlassianAudit LogYour Jira Remembers 180 Days. Your Auditor Asks About Two Years.
The site audit log holds up to six months, the organization log 180 days, automation logs 90. Audits ask about periods that are longer than all three. Why evidence has to exist before anyone asks for it, and what continuous history changes.
2026-09-14
JiraAtlassianGovernance5 Questions in the Atlassian Universe with Martin Runge
Martin Runge, Head of Atlassian Practice at XALT, on how long Jira actually remembers who changed what, why backup is more the customer's job than most Cloud teams realize, and what separates a logged change from an authorized one.
2026-09-10
DORAoperational resilienceJiraWhat DORA Really Asks of Your Approvals
DORA no longer asks whether an approval control exists, but whether it still works across your whole Jira over time. That drift never shows in a single ticket. Here is where Article 9 fits, and why the evidence you need is already in your Jira history.
2026-08-19
