Edit an Issue and Verify the Change
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Recipe · 3 steps
Edit an Issue and Verify the Change
with Jira
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Apply a field edit to a Jira issue and confirm the stored result.
- Capture the summary and labels before the edit so the change can be confirmed as a real difference.
- Edit the issue. The fields map sets the summary and description outright, while the update map adds a label additively so existing labels survive. This operation returns 204 with no body on success.
- Re-read the issue and confirm the stored summary now matches what was sent and that the update timestamp advanced.
What you'll need to have ready
- issueIdOrKey: The id or key of the issue to edit (e.g. PROJ-123).
- newSummary: The replacement summary for the issue.
- newDescriptionText: The plain text body rendered into the replacement Atlassian Document Format description.
- addLabel: A label to add to the issue without disturbing its existing labels.
- notifyUsers: Whether watchers are emailed about the update.
For your developer
Arazzo workflow jira:edit-issue-verify, 3 operations: getRestApi3IssueByIssueIdOrKey → putRestApi3IssueByIssueIdOrKey → getRestApi3IssueByIssueIdOrKey. Specs on APIs.io.