TikZ is missing from the diagram type picker and there is no way to turn it on
What you are seeing
TikZ is missing from the diagram type picker and there is no way to turn it on.
#Why it happens
TikZ is off by default in the picker's default list, and the Jira edition has no settings surface that could override that list.
#What to do
Use another language for new diagrams. Existing TikZ diagrams still render. Only creating new ones is blocked. There is no workaround in Jira.
#Settings involved
Setting | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Admin / project / site settings | - | - |
Diagram (gadget configuration). Diagram | - | - |
Diagram (gadget configuration). Language | - | - |
#Limits that apply here
Limit | Value | What happens |
|---|---|---|
Diagram title length | - | The Title input is capped at 50 characters. Titles are used verbatim as attachment filenames with no de-duplication or sanitisation, so two diagrams with the same title produce two identically named a |
Browse page size | - | Each JQL page requests 12 issues and the list reveals 12 rows at a time; Show more loads the next batch. (The shared hook's own default is 50; the Diagrams page overrides it to 12.). |
Concurrent diagram previews on the browse pa | - | Diagram content is downloaded one attachment at a time through a throttle, so thumbnails on a busy site fill in progressively rather than all at once. |
#A few things that catch people out
The licence banner's own links are broken in Jira (a Confluence admin path, and a Marketplace URL missing its listing id).
#Related
Save appeared to succeed but the diagram is now missing from the issue entirely
On edit, the old attachment is deleted before the new one is uploaded, and an upload failu
Very large diagrams do not render at all
Diagram source under 4,300 encoded characters is rendered through a GET URL; larger source
Something is missing or looks wrong
The rest of this family.
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