A project tracker migration can lose the context that makes issues useful. For Redmine alternatives, trial a project with real workflows, rather than exporting only issue titles.
Migration sample
- Include custom fields, statuses, priorities, watchers, attachments, wiki pages, and issue relationships.
- Rebuild one workflow with approval rules and notifications; confirm who can transition each state.
- Map users and permissions before importing comments, so authorship is not silently reassigned.
- Test search, filtered views, reports, email ingestion, and links from commits or external systems.
- Compare counts and a few individual records after import; retain an accessible archive and rollback window.
A migration is ready when teams can follow an issue from report to resolution without losing ownership or history.
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