...how is the JIRA server mission critical? is it tied to CI/CD somehow?
Jira Server is deliberately cobbled by the sequence table + no Aurora support and now EOL (no security updates 1 year after purchase!). DC edition scales horizontally if you have 100k.
Jira in general is a poorly thought out product (looking at you customfield_3726!) but it's held in such a high regard by users it's impossible to avoid.