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+name: Jira Ticket Check
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, edited]
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      jira-project-pattern:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        description: 'Regex pattern for Jira project keys (e.g., "DEVEX|DEV|PROJ")'
+        default: '[A-Z]+'
+      check-commits:
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Whether to check commit messages for Jira tickets'
+        default: true
+      fail-on-missing:
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Whether to fail the workflow if no Jira ticket is found'
+        default: true
+      verify-ticket-exists:
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Whether to verify the ticket exists in Jira via API'
+        default: true
+      jira-instance:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        description: 'Jira instance URL (e.g., revolutionparts.atlassian.net)'
+        default: 'revolutionparts.atlassian.net'
+    secrets:
+      JIRA_GITHUB_USER_EMAIL:
+        required: false
+        description: 'Jira account email for API authentication'
+      JIRA_GITHUB_USER_API_TOKEN:
+        required: false
+        description: 'Jira API token for authentication'
+
+jobs:
+  check-jira-ticket:
+    name: Verify Jira Ticket Link
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Extract Jira ticket from branch name
+        id: branch-check
+        run: |
+          BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.head_ref }}"
+          JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN="${{ inputs.jira-project-pattern }}"
+          if [ -z "$JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN" ]; then
+            JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN="[A-Za-z]+"
+          else
+            # Make pattern case-insensitive by adding both cases if it's a simple pattern
+            # For complex patterns, rely on grep -i flag
+            JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN=$(echo "$JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN" | sed 's/\[A-Z\]\+/[A-Za-z]+/g' | sed 's/\[A-Z\]/[A-Za-z]/g')
+          fi
+          JIRA_PATTERN="${JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN}-[0-9]+"
+          
+          if [ -z "$BRANCH_NAME" ]; then
+            echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          # Case-insensitive search
+          if echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -qiE "$JIRA_PATTERN"; then
+            TICKET=$(echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -oiE "$JIRA_PATTERN" | head -1)
+            # Normalize to uppercase for Jira API (Jira ticket keys are uppercase)
+            TICKET=$(echo "$TICKET" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
+            echo "ticket=$TICKET" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=branch" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "✅ Found Jira ticket in branch name: $TICKET"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Extract Jira ticket from PR title
+        id: pr-title-check
+        if: steps.branch-check.outputs.ticket == ''
+        run: |
+          PR_TITLE="${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
+          JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN="${{ inputs.jira-project-pattern }}"
+          if [ -z "$JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN" ]; then
+            JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN="[A-Za-z]+"
+          else
+            # Make pattern case-insensitive by adding both cases if it's a simple pattern
+            # For complex patterns, rely on grep -i flag
+            JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN=$(echo "$JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN" | sed 's/\[A-Z\]\+/[A-Za-z]+/g' | sed 's/\[A-Z\]/[A-Za-z]/g')
+          fi
+          JIRA_PATTERN="${JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN}-[0-9]+"
+          
+          if [ -z "$PR_TITLE" ]; then
+            echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          # Case-insensitive search
+          if echo "$PR_TITLE" | grep -qiE "$JIRA_PATTERN"; then
+            TICKET=$(echo "$PR_TITLE" | grep -oiE "$JIRA_PATTERN" | head -1)
+            # Normalize to uppercase for Jira API (Jira ticket keys are uppercase)
+            TICKET=$(echo "$TICKET" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
+            echo "ticket=$TICKET" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=pr_title" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "✅ Found Jira ticket in PR title: $TICKET"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Extract Jira ticket from PR description
+        id: pr-description-check
+        if: steps.pr-title-check.outputs.ticket == ''
+        run: |
+          PR_BODY="${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}"
+          JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN="${{ inputs.jira-project-pattern }}"
+          if [ -z "$JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN" ]; then
+            JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN="[A-Za-z]+"
+          else
+            # Make pattern case-insensitive by adding both cases if it's a simple pattern
+            # For complex patterns, rely on grep -i flag
+            JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN=$(echo "$JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN" | sed 's/\[A-Z\]\+/[A-Za-z]+/g' | sed 's/\[A-Z\]/[A-Za-z]/g')
+          fi
+          JIRA_PATTERN="${JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN}-[0-9]+"
+          
+          if [ -z "$PR_BODY" ]; then
+            echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          # Case-insensitive search
+          if echo "$PR_BODY" | grep -qiE "$JIRA_PATTERN"; then
+            TICKET=$(echo "$PR_BODY" | grep -oiE "$JIRA_PATTERN" | head -1)
+            # Normalize to uppercase for Jira API (Jira ticket keys are uppercase)
+            TICKET=$(echo "$TICKET" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
+            echo "ticket=$TICKET" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=pr_description" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "✅ Found Jira ticket in PR description: $TICKET"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Extract Jira ticket from commits
+        id: commit-check
+        if: steps.pr-description-check.outputs.ticket == ''
+        run: |
+          CHECK_COMMITS="${{ inputs.check-commits }}"
+          if [ "$CHECK_COMMITS" != "true" ]; then
+            echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN="${{ inputs.jira-project-pattern }}"
+          if [ -z "$JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN" ]; then
+            JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN="[A-Z]+"
+          fi
+          JIRA_PATTERN="${JIRA_PROJECT_PATTERN}-[0-9]+"
+          BASE_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
+          HEAD_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
+          
+          if [ -z "$BASE_SHA" ] || [ -z "$HEAD_SHA" ]; then
+            echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          # Get all commit messages between base and head
+          COMMIT_MESSAGES=$(git log --pretty=format:"%s" ${BASE_SHA}..${HEAD_SHA} 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          
+          # Case-insensitive search
+          if [ -n "$COMMIT_MESSAGES" ] && echo "$COMMIT_MESSAGES" | grep -qiE "$JIRA_PATTERN"; then
+            TICKET=$(echo "$COMMIT_MESSAGES" | grep -oiE "$JIRA_PATTERN" | head -1)
+            # Normalize to uppercase for Jira API (Jira ticket keys are uppercase)
+            TICKET=$(echo "$TICKET" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
+            echo "ticket=$TICKET" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=commits" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "✅ Found Jira ticket in commit messages: $TICKET"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Determine final ticket
+        id: final-ticket
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "${{ steps.branch-check.outputs.ticket }}" ]; then
+            echo "ticket=${{ steps.branch-check.outputs.ticket }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=${{ steps.branch-check.outputs.found_in }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          elif [ -n "${{ steps.pr-title-check.outputs.ticket }}" ]; then
+            echo "ticket=${{ steps.pr-title-check.outputs.ticket }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=${{ steps.pr-title-check.outputs.found_in }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          elif [ -n "${{ steps.pr-description-check.outputs.ticket }}" ]; then
+            echo "ticket=${{ steps.pr-description-check.outputs.ticket }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=${{ steps.pr-description-check.outputs.found_in }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          elif [ -n "${{ steps.commit-check.outputs.ticket }}" ]; then
+            echo "ticket=${{ steps.commit-check.outputs.ticket }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=${{ steps.commit-check.outputs.found_in }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "ticket=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "found_in=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Fail if no Jira ticket found
+        if: steps.final-ticket.outputs.ticket == ''
+        run: |
+          FAIL_ON_MISSING="${{ inputs.fail-on-missing }}"
+          if [ "$FAIL_ON_MISSING" != "true" ] && [ -n "$FAIL_ON_MISSING" ]; then
+            echo "⚠️  No Jira ticket found, but fail-on-missing is disabled"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          # Default to true if not specified (for direct PR triggers)
+          if [ -z "$FAIL_ON_MISSING" ]; then
+            FAIL_ON_MISSING="true"
+          fi
+          
+          if [ "$FAIL_ON_MISSING" != "true" ]; then
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          echo "❌ No Jira ticket found in branch name, PR title, PR description"
+          CHECK_COMMITS="${{ inputs.check-commits }}"
+          if [ "$CHECK_COMMITS" == "true" ]; then
+            echo "   or commit messages."
+          else
+            echo "."
+          fi
+          echo ""
+          echo "Please ensure one of the following contains a Jira ticket key (e.g., DEVEX-600, DEV-123):"
+          echo "  - Branch name: ${{ github.head_ref }}"
+          echo "  - PR title: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
+          echo "  - PR description"
+          if [ "$CHECK_COMMITS" == "true" ]; then
+            echo "  - Commit messages"
+          fi
+          echo ""
+          echo "Jira ticket format: [PROJECT-KEY]-[NUMBER] (e.g., DEVEX-600)"
+          exit 1
+
+      - name: Verify ticket exists in Jira
+        id: verify-ticket
+        if: steps.final-ticket.outputs.ticket != ''
+        run: |
+          VERIFY_TICKET="${{ inputs.verify-ticket-exists }}"
+          # Default to true if not specified (for direct PR triggers or when default is used)
+          if [ -z "$VERIFY_TICKET" ]; then
+            VERIFY_TICKET="true"
+          fi
+          
+          if [ "$VERIFY_TICKET" = "false" ]; then
+            echo "⚠️  Ticket verification is disabled, skipping API check"
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          JIRA_EMAIL="${{ secrets.JIRA_GITHUB_USER_EMAIL }}"
+          JIRA_TOKEN="${{ secrets.JIRA_GITHUB_USER_API_TOKEN }}"
+          
+          if [ -z "$JIRA_EMAIL" ] || [ -z "$JIRA_TOKEN" ]; then
+            echo "⚠️  Jira credentials not provided, skipping ticket verification"
+            echo "⚠️  To enable verification, provide jira-email and jira-api-token secrets"
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          TICKET="${{ steps.final-ticket.outputs.ticket }}"
+          JIRA_INSTANCE="${{ inputs.jira-instance }}"
+          if [ -z "$JIRA_INSTANCE" ]; then
+            JIRA_INSTANCE="revolutionparts.atlassian.net"
+          fi
+          
+          # Create base64 encoded credentials
+          AUTH_STRING=$(echo -n "${JIRA_EMAIL}:${JIRA_TOKEN}" | base64)
+          
+          echo "🔍 Verifying ticket $TICKET exists in Jira..."
+          
+          # Make API request to check if ticket exists
+          # Use a unique delimiter to separate body from HTTP code
+          TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
+          HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s \
+            -X GET \
+            -H "Authorization: Basic ${AUTH_STRING}" \
+            -H "Accept: application/json" \
+            -w "%{http_code}" \
+            -o "$TEMP_FILE" \
+            "https://${JIRA_INSTANCE}/rest/api/3/issue/${TICKET}")
+          
+          # Read the body from the temp file (this is clean JSON)
+          BODY=$(cat "$TEMP_FILE")
+          rm -f "$TEMP_FILE"
+          
+          if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "200" ]; then
+            echo "✅ Ticket $TICKET exists in Jira"
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            
+            # Extract status from Jira API response (status is nested: fields.status.name)
+            # Try using jq first (if available), then fall back to grep/sed
+            if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              STATUS=$(echo "$BODY" | jq -r '.fields.status.name // empty' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+            fi
+            
+            if [ -z "$STATUS" ]; then
+              # Fallback: extract status using grep/sed pattern matching
+              # Look for "status" object followed by "name" field
+              STATUS=$(echo "$BODY" | grep -o '"status"[^}]*"name":"[^"]*' | sed 's/.*"name":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/' | head -1 || echo "")
+            fi
+            
+            if [ -z "$STATUS" ]; then
+              # Alternative: look for any "name" field that appears after "status" in the JSON
+              STATUS=$(echo "$BODY" | sed -n 's/.*"status"[^}]*"name":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' | head -1 || echo "")
+            fi
+            
+            # Normalize status to lowercase for comparison
+            STATUS_LOWER=$(echo "$STATUS" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+            
+            # Check if status is in the list of invalid statuses
+            INVALID_STATUSES="backlog|open|closed|done|ready to release"
+            if echo "$STATUS_LOWER" | grep -qiE "($INVALID_STATUSES)"; then
+              echo "❌ Ticket $TICKET is in an invalid status: $STATUS"
+              echo ""
+              echo "Tickets in the following statuses cannot have work logged against them:"
+              echo "  - Backlog"
+              echo "  - Open"
+              echo "  - Closed/Done"
+              echo "  - Ready to Release"
+              echo ""
+              echo "Please move the ticket to an active status before creating a PR."
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            
+            if [ -n "$TITLE" ]; then
+              echo "   Title: $TITLE"
+            fi
+            if [ -n "$STATUS" ]; then
+              echo "   Status: $STATUS"
+            fi
+          elif [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "404" ]; then
+            echo "❌ Ticket $TICKET does not exist in Jira"
+            echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 1
+          elif [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "401" ] || [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "403" ]; then
+            echo "⚠️  Authentication failed or insufficient permissions to verify ticket"
+            echo "⚠️  HTTP Status: $HTTP_CODE"
+            echo "⚠️  Continuing without verification..."
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "⚠️  Unexpected response from Jira API"
+            echo "⚠️  HTTP Status: $HTTP_CODE"
+            echo "⚠️  Response: $BODY"
+            echo "⚠️  Continuing without verification..."
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Fail if ticket does not exist
+        if: steps.final-ticket.outputs.ticket != '' && steps.verify-ticket.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        run: |
+          TICKET="${{ steps.final-ticket.outputs.ticket }}"
+          JIRA_INSTANCE="${{ inputs.jira-instance }}"
+          if [ -z "$JIRA_INSTANCE" ]; then
+            JIRA_INSTANCE="revolutionparts.atlassian.net"
+          fi
+          echo "❌ Jira ticket $TICKET does not exist in Jira"
+          echo ""
+          echo "The ticket key was found in your PR, but it does not exist in Jira."
+          echo "Please ensure you're using a valid Jira ticket key."
+          echo ""
+          echo "Link: https://${JIRA_INSTANCE}/browse/$TICKET"
+          exit 1
+
+      - name: Success message
+        if: steps.final-ticket.outputs.ticket != '' && (steps.verify-ticket.outputs.exists == 'true' || steps.verify-ticket.outputs.exists == '')
+        run: |
+          TICKET="${{ steps.final-ticket.outputs.ticket }}"
+          JIRA_INSTANCE="${{ inputs.jira-instance }}"
+          if [ -z "$JIRA_INSTANCE" ]; then
+            JIRA_INSTANCE="revolutionparts.atlassian.net"
+          fi
+          echo "✅ Jira ticket found: $TICKET"
+          echo "   Found in: ${{ steps.final-ticket.outputs.found_in }}"
+          echo "   Link: https://${JIRA_INSTANCE}/browse/$TICKET"