Track time to Harvest from any Jira issue.

Setting up the Jira Integration

Harvest for Jira works for Jira cloud products only: Jira Software, Jira Service Desk, and Jira Core. The add-on is available for no additional cost (although you do, of course, need Harvest and Jira accounts to use it).

To install the add-on, follow the steps below:

1. Sign in to your Jira instance as an admin.
2. Click the admin dropdown menu and choose Add-ons. The Find new add-ons screen will load.
3. Locate Harvest Time Tracking (Official).
4. Click Install to download and install your add-on.
5. You’re all set. Click Close in the Installed and ready to go dialog.

Atlassian's move to Forge

Atlassian is retiring its older app platform (Connect) on 31 January 2027, and Harvest Time Tracking has been rebuilt on its new platform (Forge). You don't need to reinstall anything or move any data. When the upgrade is available for your Jira site, a Jira admin will be asked to approve it, and Atlassian rolls these upgrades out site by site.

After the upgrade, the Harvest Time Tracking panel works the same way. Timers you start from Jira are the same Harvest timers, and time already tracked against your Jira issues stays linked to those issues.

If you got an email from Atlassian about Connect apps, you don't need to do anything else for Harvest.

Using the Jira integration

Once you’ve installed the add-on, you’re ready to start tracking time from your Jira account. When you navigate to an issue in your Jira account, you’ll see a new Harvest Time Tracking section in the right column at the top.

Click Open Harvest Time Tracking, then select your project and task to start tracking your time. The notes field will be populated with the Jira issue ID and title:

You’ll be able to see how much time has been tracked to this issue in Jira. Your Harvest timesheet entries will also have a link back to the Jira issues.