Historically, the main Weld repositories — Weld Core, Weld API, and Weld Parent — used the WELD JIRA project to track bugs and feature requests. Other projects like Weld Testing already used GitHub Issues. This split meant that contributors had to know which tracker to use for which project, and filing a JIRA issue required a separate account.

Over the past few weeks, we have been gradually enabling GitHub Issues across all remaining repositories and updating our documentation and contribution guides to reflect the change. With that work now complete, GitHub Issues is the single place for all new bug reports, feature requests, and enhancement proposals across every Weld project.

The main benefit is simplicity — if you already have a GitHub account, you can file an issue in any Weld repository without needing to create a separate JIRA account. Issues, pull requests, and discussions now all live in one place, making it easier to cross-reference and track progress.

Use the issue tracker in the relevant repository:

The WELD JIRA project will remain available in read-only mode. All existing issues, comments, and release notes will stay accessible so that we do not lose track of the history behind older changes and decisions. However, no new issues should be created there — please use GitHub Issues going forward.

For questions or broader discussions that do not fit into a specific issue, use GitHub Discussions on the Core repository or reach out via the weld-dev mailing list.