Issue tracking systems and methods

An issue tracking system comprising:

• a processor,
• a communication interface, and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing sequences of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive a deployment update from a deployment system, the deployment update including deployment information in respect of one or more issues maintained by the issue tracking system;
• associate one or more issues maintained by the issue tracking system with deployment information by:
• processing the deployment update to identify the one or more issues to which the deployment information in the deployment update relates;
• extracting the deployment information from the deployment update;
• and
• associating the deployment information with each of the identified issues.

A computer implemented method comprising:

• accessing, by a deployment system, an artefact;
• performing, by the deployment system, a deployment based on the artefact;
• generating, by the deployment system, a deployment update, the deployment update identifying an issue maintained by an issue tracking system and including deployment information in respect of the performed deployment;
• communicating, by the deployment system, the deployment update to the issue tracking system.