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Show checklist always

New Issue View in Jira does not show an empty checklist by default.

Jira administrator can enable showing empty checklist in New Issue View by switching the toggle in Jira settings > Apps > Issue Checklist > Global Settings page as presented in the screenshot below.


Toggle behavior


Old Issue ViewNew Issue View
Toggle disabled (default)An empty checklist is visibleAn empty checklist is not visible
Toggle enabledAn empty checklist is visibleAn empty checklist is visible