Depends on D21022. Ref T13493. The JIRA API has changed from using "key" to identify users to using "accountId".
By reading both identifiers, this linkage "just works" if you run against an old version of JIRA, a new version of JIRA, or an intermediate version of JIRA.
It also "just works" if you run old JIRA, upgrade to intermediate JIRA, everyone refreshes their link at least once, then you upgrade to new JIRA.
This is a subset of cases and does not include "sudden upgrade to new JIRA", but it's strictly better than the old behavior for all cases it covers.