Bulk move worklogs

POST

/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/move

Moves a list of worklogs from one issue to another. This is an experimental API with several limitations:

You can't move more than 5000 worklogs at once.

You can't move worklogs containing an attachment.

You can't move worklogs restricted by project roles.

No notifications will be sent for moved worklogs.

No webhooks or events will be sent for moved worklogs.

No issue history will be recorded for moved worklogs.

Time tracking must be enabled in Jira, otherwise this operation returns an error. For more information, see Configuring time tracking.

Permissions required:

Browse projects project permission for the projects containing the source and destination issues.

If issue-level security is configured, issue-level security permission to view the issue.

Delete all worklogs and Edit all worklogsproject permission

If the worklog has visibility restrictions, belongs to the group or has the role visibility is restricted to.

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request POST '/rest/api/3/issue//worklog/move' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "ids": [
        1,
        2,
        5,
        10
    ],
    "issueIdOrKey": "ABC-1234"
}'

Request

Path Params

Query Params

Body Params application/json

Examples

Responses

🟢200OK

Returned if the request is partially successful.

This response does not have a body.

🟢204No Content

🟠400Bad Request

🟠401Unauthorized

🟠404Record Not Found

Modified at 2025-07-16 07:18:01

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