Connection setup has a test which should be executed in first place (it may not be successful until the remote JIRA does not have corresponding connection set).
So configuration sequence is as follows:
If you get negative test over and over:
The plugin uses connection to synchronize configuration.
Even though no Contract is defined yet, there may be configuration exchange over network between two JIRA instances. |
You can look for these errors in log files too.
Configuration synchronization can be forced on contract level:
If you see warning flag next to the link - that means there were some changes in configuration that awaits to be sent to the remote.