Restore Deleted Jira Tickets? Our Guard Dog Kept a Copy

0:21Right. Last time I told you I still have a job. I do. I look after our demo site, and this set is where I live.

0:30I sleep under the desk, and on Tuesdays the cleaner dusts me.

0:35Oh, it's the boss. Hi, Mihai. Did you finally find my salary?

0:42Big news? Go on.

0:44Hm? Wait... the price cut came out of my raise? Oh. No, you're not joking.

0:51Two weeks at the beach. Lovely. Who minds leanzero-demo? Oh. Me, on my own.

1:00Oh, ok, ok, yeah sure. Uhmm, I will take care of it Mihai, don't you worry.

1:06So. No raise, and no beach for me. well if that's what's going on, then I think it makes sense to redecorate leanzero-demo a bit.

1:16First stop: Payback Demo. I'm taking the name as a sign. I run this space, so I can change almost anything. Starting with this description.

1:28There. Now it says what I really think of it. Small stuff first, let's see who notices... Next victim.

1:39Three days old, and nobody's touched it. Off to In Progress. Let them wonder who started it. Ooh, and this one's been bugging me.

1:50Still too subtle. New description... "works on my machine." And now, straight to Done. Untested. Somebody finds that in a month and cries.

2:04Nothing. No alarm, no email, nobody asking who did it. I could get used to this.

2:11It's quiet. Too quiet, if you ask me. Let's delete something.

2:18Oh, look. Jira says it's irreversible. That's kind of the point.

2:23I'll even type it for them. Delete. And, poof.

2:29Hold on. Did something just bark?

2:32Okay, that card wasn't there a second ago. And that number? Never seen it. Let's have a look.

2:39Uh... that's my ticket. Same title, same description. And a note saying it's a new issue.

2:46WEIRD... ok nevermind, must be my imagination.

2:49Well. Let's go bigger. Somebody's supposed to check every ticket in In Review before it's done.

2:58So In Review comes out, and nobody checks anything ever again.

3:02Now I save it, before I change my mind. Not that I will.

3:08Come on, load. I've got a villain laugh to do.

3:13MUHAHAHAHAHA

3:18Wait, what is going on? Is that a... dog?

3:21You mangy thing, you're not allowed here! Go on! Get!

3:27He's not budging. Fine, you can stay there, Scooby-Doo. I've got a workflow to admire.

3:33Hey. Did you just put In Review back? You did, didn't you.

3:38Mihai went to the beach and left a dog to babysit me.

3:44Okay. Time to go. Quietly, like a ninja, before he does anything else... Actually, no. One last thing.

3:55If I can't have the workflow, nobody gets the space. Now, where's that delete button...

4:01There you are. Am I sure? Oh, I'm very sure. Hasta la vista, Payback Demo.

4:09That ticket came back. Let me make sure this one's really dead.

4:17Huh. Still here? It's supposed to be dead.

4:21Right. Round two. This time I'm doing it properly...

4:28Where's Delete space? Where's anything? The dog took my admin role.

4:38Huh. Locked in. That's new. Well, I've learned that revenge is a fool's tool and I probably should find ways to redeem myself...

4:47IN JAIL.

4:49In jail, for now. I'm the guard dog that comes with CogniRunner. Mihai installed it before he left.

4:58A guard dog, in an app? What is this, a John Wick sequel? He never mentioned you. Besides, I hardly did anything.

5:06He didn't need to. Payback Demo is on my protected list, so I watch what happens to it.

5:13Then you're not very good at it. I tidied up three tickets and you didn't say a word.

5:19Tidying's allowed. Deleting isn't. I keep copies of the tickets here, so the one you deleted came back as a new one. Same with the space. I fished it out of the trash.

5:31So you're basically Lassie for Jira... Adorable. The bark was you, then. And my workflow? You just sat there.

5:40I had help. Mihai set up two AI agents for me. One fixed your workflow, and the other one took your admin role.

5:49Two AI agents. For me. I'm flattered. Okay, the workflow was me. The space? Anyone could have clicked that.

6:01Anyone could. You did. It's right here, next to your name.

6:06Fine. Okay. Yes, it was me. My raise paid for his price cut, so Payback Demo finally earned its name. How do I fix this, officer?

6:18Then you can have your role back, on one condition. Next time you want to make a big change, you tell me first.

6:28Tell a dog?! Okay. Say I wanted a testing step. That ticket I sent to Done never got tested.

6:37In writing. Which project, what you're changing, and for how long. Once it's approved, I leave it alone.

6:45Signed with a paw print, I assume.

6:48Adding a testing step. Declared. To my parole officer. And who approves it? Mihai's at the beach!

6:58He approves from the beach. He's very quick when it doesn't cost him anything.

7:03Unlike my raise. Right. Where was I?

7:09A new status. I'm calling it Testing, because somebody should.

7:15Before Done, please. Not after.

7:20Alright, alright, I know where it goes. Save it.

7:24There. Now we just sit here and wait, don't we?

7:29We do. I'm very good at waiting.

7:32Great. A professional waiter. Truly gripping.

7:38Okay. Did you keep your paws off it?

7:42Still there. Look, Testing stayed!

7:45You told me first, and Mihai said yes. So I stayed out of it.

7:51A dog with a rulebook. Mihai never taught me anything. How did he teach you?

7:58Teach me? He's at the beach. He just wrote me a listener. Pull up a chair.

8:04It wakes up every time I undo something on Payback Demo.

8:10Hang on. Payback Demo, and spaces coming back from the dead? That's very specific.

8:18Very.

8:18So I keep you in work. You're welcome. And then you bite?

8:23I don't bite. The agent does. Mihai tells it what to do, in plain English: take her admin role.

8:32Excuse me? Not even a please!

8:35Relax. This one's a practice run. Nobody goes to jail.

8:40Shame. I had a list.

8:43Put the list away. I'm not his only helper. He's got virtual administrators too.

8:49Her name's Nadia. Mihai names all of us. I got "the dog."

8:55Nadia sounds like a Bond villain... Is she here to replace me?

8:59Not yet. She works whatever Mihai puts in her queue.

9:04I hate her already. Please tell me she can't read my diary.

9:10She can read Payback Demo.

9:13My crime scene, lovely. And can she change it? Let me guess... nothing?

9:18Nothing. Not until Mihai says so.

9:23Does she at least get a lunch break? Because I've never had one.

9:28No. She checks her queue every hour. No lunch.

9:32She gets working hours. And hard limits.

9:36Hard limits. Nobody ever gave me those. Look how that turned out.

9:41One last look. Then she's hired.

9:46So it's an intern.

9:48One that reads first.

9:50Read first. The bar is on the floor, and I still tripped over it.

9:55Now, the space and the workflow... could you tell Mihai they were just his imagination?

10:00He already got the email.

10:03Of course he did. Betrayed by a dog... how very Julius Caesar. If you fancy being a Jira admin for five days, our demo site will make you one. Just don't tell the dog.

10:20I kept my job, by the way. You'll find me on our website, with my new supervisor. He sheds.