In an embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises receiving, by an issue tracking system, a request to associate an issue maintained by the issue tracking system with a feature flag maintained by a feature flag system; generating, by the issue tracking system, feature flag system issue data; effecting, by the issue tracking system, a redirect to the feature flag system and communicating the feature flag system issue data to the feature flag system; receiving, by the issue tracking system, a feature flag update from the feature flag system; processing, by the issue tracking system, the feature flag update to derive feature flag data therefrom; and associating, by the issue tracking system, the feature flag data with the issue.