Create workflow

This will be removed on February 1, 2026; use Bulk create workflows to create both team and company-managed scoped workflows.

Creates a workflow. You can define transition rules using the shapes detailed in the following sections. If no transitional rules are specified the default system transition rules are used. Note: This only applies to company-managed scoped workflows.

Conditions

Conditions enable workflow rules that govern whether a transition can execute.

Always false condition

A condition that always fails.

{
"type": "AlwaysFalseCondition"
}

Block transition until approval

A condition that blocks issue transition if there is a pending approval.

{
"type": "BlockInProgressApprovalCondition"
}

Compare number custom field condition

A condition that allows transition if a comparison between a number custom field and a value is true.

{
"type": "CompareNumberCFCondition",
"configuration": {
"comparator": "=",
"fieldId": "customfield_10029",
"fieldValue": 2
}
}

comparator One of the supported comparator: =, >, and <.

fieldId The custom numeric field ID. Allowed field types:

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com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:jsw-story-points

fieldValue The value for comparison.

Hide from user condition

A condition that hides a transition from users. The transition can only be triggered from a workflow function or REST API operation.

{
"type": "RemoteOnlyCondition"
}

Only assignee condition

A condition that allows only the assignee to execute a transition.

{
"type": "AllowOnlyAssignee"
}

Only Bamboo notifications workflow condition (deprecated)

A condition that makes the transition available only to Bamboo build notifications.

{
"type": "OnlyBambooNotificationsCondition"
}

Only reporter condition

A condition that allows only the reporter to execute a transition.

{
"type": "AllowOnlyReporter"
}

Permission condition

A condition that allows only users with a permission to execute a transition.

{
"type": "PermissionCondition",
"configuration": {
"permissionKey": "BROWSE_PROJECTS"
}
}

permissionKey The permission required to perform the transition. Allowed values: built-in or app defined permissions.

Previous status condition

A condition that allows a transition based on whether an issue has or has not transitioned through a status.

{
"type": "PreviousStatusCondition",
"configuration": {
"ignoreLoopTransitions": true,
"includeCurrentStatus": true,
"mostRecentStatusOnly": true,
"reverseCondition": true,
"previousStatus": {
"id": "5"
}
}
}

By default this condition allows the transition if the status, as defined by its ID in the previousStatus object, matches any previous issue status, unless:

ignoreLoopTransitions is true, then loop transitions (from and to the same status) are ignored.

includeCurrentStatus is true, then the current issue status is also checked.

mostRecentStatusOnly is true, then only the issue's preceding status (the one immediately before the current status) is checked.

reverseCondition is true, then the status must not be present.

Separation of duties condition

A condition that prevents a user to perform the transition, if the user has already performed a transition on the issue.

{
"type": "SeparationOfDutiesCondition",
"configuration": {
"fromStatus": {
"id": "5"
},
"toStatus": {
"id": "6"
}
}
}

fromStatus OPTIONAL. An object containing the ID of the source status of the transition that is blocked. If omitted any transition to toStatus is blocked.

toStatus An object containing the ID of the target status of the transition that is blocked.

Subtask blocking condition

A condition that blocks transition on a parent issue if any of its subtasks are in any of one or more statuses.

{
"type": "SubTaskBlockingCondition",
"configuration": {
"statuses": [
{
"id": "1"
},
{
"id": "3"
}
]
}
}

statuses A list of objects containing status IDs.

User is in any group condition

A condition that allows users belonging to any group from a list of groups to execute a transition.

{
"type": "UserInAnyGroupCondition",
"configuration": {
"groups": [
"administrators",
"atlassian-addons-admin"
]
}
}

groups A list of group names.

User is in any project role condition

A condition that allows only users with at least one project roles from a list of project roles to execute a transition.

{
"type": "InAnyProjectRoleCondition",
"configuration": {
"projectRoles": [
{
"id": "10002"
},
{
"id": "10003"
},
{
"id": "10012"
},
{
"id": "10013"
}
]
}
}

projectRoles A list of objects containing project role IDs.

User is in custom field condition

A condition that allows only users listed in a given custom field to execute the transition.

{
"type": "UserIsInCustomFieldCondition",
"configuration": {
"allowUserInField": false,
"fieldId": "customfield_10010"
}
}

allowUserInField If true only a user who is listed in fieldId can perform the transition, otherwise, only a user who is not listed in fieldId can perform the transition.

fieldId The ID of the field containing the list of users.

User is in group condition

A condition that allows users belonging to a group to execute a transition.

{
"type": "UserInGroupCondition",
"configuration": {
"group": "administrators"
}
}

group The name of the group.

User is in group custom field condition

A condition that allows users belonging to a group specified in a custom field to execute a transition.

{
"type": "InGroupCFCondition",
"configuration": {
"fieldId": "customfield_10012"
}
}

fieldId The ID of the field. Allowed field types:

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com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:grouppicker

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com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multiselect

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:radiobuttons

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multicheckboxes

com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-epic-status

User is in project role condition

A condition that allows users with a project role to execute a transition.

{
"type": "InProjectRoleCondition",
"configuration": {
"projectRole": {
"id": "10002"
}
}
}

projectRole An object containing the ID of a project role.

Value field condition

A conditions that allows a transition to execute if the value of a field is equal to a constant value or simply set.

{
"type": "ValueFieldCondition",
"configuration": {
"fieldId": "assignee",
"fieldValue": "qm:6e1ecee6-8e64-4db6-8c85-916bb3275f51:54b56885-2bd2-4381-8239-78263442520f",
"comparisonType": "NUMBER",
"comparator": "="
}
}

fieldId The ID of a field used in the comparison.

fieldValue The expected value of the field.

comparisonType The type of the comparison. Allowed values: STRING, NUMBER, DATE, DATE_WITHOUT_TIME, or OPTIONID.

comparator One of the supported comparator: >, >=, =, <=, <, !=.

Notes:

If you choose the comparison type STRING, only = and != are valid options.

You may leave fieldValue empty when comparison type is != to indicate that a value is required in the field.

For date fields without time format values as yyyy-MM-dd, and for those with time as yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm. For example, for July 16 2021 use 2021-07-16, for 8:05 AM use 2021-07-16 08:05, and for 4 PM: 2021-07-16 16:00.

Validators

Validators check that any input made to the transition is valid before the transition is performed.

Date field validator

A validator that compares two dates.

{
"type": "DateFieldValidator",
"configuration": {
"comparator": ">",
"date1": "updated",
"date2": "created",
"expression": "1d",
"includeTime": true
}
}

comparator One of the supported comparator: >, >=, =, <=, <, or !=.

date1 The date field to validate. Allowed field types:

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:datepicker

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:datetime

com.atlassian.jpo:jpo-custom-field-baseline-end

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duedate

created

updated

resolutiondate

date2 The second date field. Required, if expression is not passed. Allowed field types:

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:datepicker

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:datetime

com.atlassian.jpo:jpo-custom-field-baseline-end

com.atlassian.jpo:jpo-custom-field-baseline-start

duedate

created

updated

resolutiondate

expression An expression specifying an offset. Required, if date2 is not passed. Offsets are built with a number, with - as prefix for the past, and one of these time units: d for day, w for week, m for month, or y for year. For example, -2d means two days into the past and 1w means one week into the future. The now keyword enables a comparison with the current date.

includeTime If true, then the time part of the data is included for the comparison. If the field doesn't have a time part, 00:00:00 is used.

Windows date validator

A validator that checks that a date falls on or after a reference date and before or on the reference date plus a number of days.

{
"type": "WindowsDateValidator",
"configuration": {
"date1": "customfield_10009",
"date2": "created",
"windowsDays": 5
}
}

date1 The date field to validate. Allowed field types:

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:datepicker

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:datetime

com.atlassian.jpo:jpo-custom-field-baseline-end

com.atlassian.jpo:jpo-custom-field-baseline-start

duedate

created

updated

resolutiondate

date2 The reference date. Allowed field types:

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:datepicker

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:datetime

com.atlassian.jpo:jpo-custom-field-baseline-end

com.atlassian.jpo:jpo-custom-field-baseline-start

duedate

created

updated

resolutiondate

windowsDays A positive integer indicating a number of days.

Field required validator

A validator that checks fields are not empty. By default, if a field is not included in the current context it's ignored and not validated.

{
"type": "FieldRequiredValidator",
"configuration": {
"ignoreContext": true,
"errorMessage": "Hey",
"fieldIds": [
"versions",
"customfield_10037",
"customfield_10003"
]
}
}

ignoreContext If true, then the context is ignored and all the fields are validated.

errorMessage OPTIONAL. The error message displayed when one or more fields are empty. A default error message is shown if an error message is not provided.

fieldIds The list of fields to validate.

Field changed validator

A validator that checks that a field value is changed. However, this validation can be ignored for users from a list of groups.

{
"type": "FieldChangedValidator",
"configuration": {
"fieldId": "comment",
"errorMessage": "Hey",
"exemptedGroups": [
"administrators",
"atlassian-addons-admin"
]
}
}

fieldId The ID of a field.

errorMessage OPTIONAL. The error message displayed if the field is not changed. A default error message is shown if the error message is not provided.

exemptedGroups OPTIONAL. The list of groups.

Field has single value validator

A validator that checks that a multi-select field has only one value. Optionally, the validation can ignore values copied from subtasks.

{
"type": "FieldHasSingleValueValidator",
"configuration": {
"fieldId": "attachment,
"excludeSubtasks": true
}
}

fieldId The ID of a field.

excludeSubtasks If true, then values copied from subtasks are ignored.

Parent status validator

A validator that checks the status of the parent issue of a subtask. Ìf the issue is not a subtask, no validation is performed.

{
"type": "ParentStatusValidator",
"configuration": {
"parentStatuses": [
{
"id":"1"
},
{
"id":"2"
}
]
}
}

parentStatus The list of required parent issue statuses.

Permission validator

A validator that checks the user has a permission.

{
"type": "PermissionValidator",
"configuration": {
"permissionKey": "ADMINISTER_PROJECTS"
}
}

permissionKey The permission required to perform the transition. Allowed values: built-in or app defined permissions.

Previous status validator

A validator that checks if the issue has held a status.

{
"type": "PreviousStatusValidator",
"configuration": {
"mostRecentStatusOnly": false,
"previousStatus": {
"id": "15"
}
}
}

mostRecentStatusOnly If true, then only the issue's preceding status (the one immediately before the current status) is checked.

previousStatus An object containing the ID of an issue status.

Regular expression validator

A validator that checks the content of a field against a regular expression.

{
"type": "RegexpFieldValidator",
"configuration": {
"regExp": "[0-9]",
"fieldId": "customfield_10029"
}
}

regExpA regular expression.

fieldId The ID of a field. Allowed field types:

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:select

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multiselect

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:radiobuttons

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multicheckboxes

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:textarea

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:textfield

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:url

com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:float

com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:jsw-story-points

com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-epic-status

description

summary

User permission validator

A validator that checks if a user has a permission. Obsolete. You may encounter this validator when getting transition rules and can pass it when updating or creating rules, for example, when you want to duplicate the rules from a workflow on a new workflow.

{
"type": "UserPermissionValidator",
"configuration": {
"permissionKey": "BROWSE_PROJECTS",
"nullAllowed": false,
"username": "TestUser"
}
}

permissionKey The permission to be validated. Allowed values: built-in or app defined permissions.

nullAllowed If true, allows the transition when username is empty.

username The username to validate against the permissionKey.

Post functions

Post functions carry out any additional processing required after a Jira workflow transition is executed.

Fire issue event function

A post function that fires an event that is processed by the listeners.

{
"type": "FireIssueEventFunction",
"configuration": {
"event": {
"id":"1"
}
}
}

Note: If provided, this post function overrides the default FireIssueEventFunction. Can be included once in a transition.

event An object containing the ID of the issue event.

Update issue status

A post function that sets issue status to the linked status of the destination workflow status.

{
"type": "UpdateIssueStatusFunction"
}

Note: This post function is a default function in global and directed transitions. It can only be added to the initial transition and can only be added once.

Create comment

A post function that adds a comment entered during the transition to an issue.

{
"type": "CreateCommentFunction"
}

Note: This post function is a default function in global and directed transitions. It can only be added to the initial transition and can only be added once.

Store issue

A post function that stores updates to an issue.

{
"type": "IssueStoreFunction"
}

Note: This post function can only be added to the initial transition and can only be added once.

Assign to current user function

A post function that assigns the issue to the current user if the current user has the ASSIGNABLE_USER permission.

{
"type": "AssignToCurrentUserFunction"
}

Note: This post function can be included once in a transition.

Assign to lead function

A post function that assigns the issue to the project or component lead developer.

{
"type": "AssignToLeadFunction"
}

Note: This post function can be included once in a transition.

Assign to reporter function

A post function that assigns the issue to the reporter.

{
"type": "AssignToReporterFunction"
}

Note: This post function can be included once in a transition.

Clear field value function

A post function that clears the value from a field.

{
"type": "ClearFieldValuePostFunction",
"configuration": {
"fieldId": "assignee"
}
}

fieldId The ID of the field.

Copy value from other field function

A post function that copies the value of one field to another, either within an issue or from parent to subtask.

{
"type": "CopyValueFromOtherFieldPostFunction",
"configuration": {
"sourceFieldId": "assignee",
"destinationFieldId": "creator",
"copyType": "same"
}
}

sourceFieldId The ID of the source field.

destinationFieldId The ID of the destination field.

copyType Use same to copy the value from a field inside the issue, or parent to copy the value from the parent issue.

Create Crucible review workflow function (deprecated)

A post function that creates a Crucible review for all unreviewed code for the issue.

{
"type": "CreateCrucibleReviewWorkflowFunction"
}

Note: This post function can be included once in a transition.

Set issue security level based on user's project role function

A post function that sets the issue's security level if the current user has a project role.

{
"type": "SetIssueSecurityFromRoleFunction",
"configuration": {
"projectRole": {
"id":"10002"
},
"issueSecurityLevel": {
"id":"10000"
}
}
}

projectRole An object containing the ID of the project role.

issueSecurityLevel OPTIONAL. The object containing the ID of the security level. If not passed, then the security level is set to none.

Trigger a webhook function

A post function that triggers a webhook.

{
"type": "TriggerWebhookFunction",
"configuration": {
"webhook": {
"id": "1"
}
}
}

webhook An object containing the ID of the webhook listener to trigger.

Update issue custom field function

A post function that updates the content of an issue custom field.

{
"type": "UpdateIssueCustomFieldPostFunction",
"configuration": {
"mode": "append",
"fieldId": "customfield_10003",
"fieldValue": "yikes"
}
}

mode Use replace to override the field content with fieldValue or append to add fieldValue to the end of the field content.

fieldId The ID of the field.

fieldValue The update content.

Update issue field function

A post function that updates a simple issue field.

{
"type": "UpdateIssueFieldFunction",
"configuration": {
"fieldId": "assignee",
"fieldValue": "5f0c277e70b8a90025a00776"
}
}

fieldId The ID of the field. Allowed field types:

assignee

description

environment

priority

resolution

summary

timeoriginalestimate

timeestimate

timespent

fieldValue The update value.

If the fieldId is assignee, the fieldValue should be one of these values:

an account ID.

automatic.

a blank string, which sets the value to unassigned.

Connect rules

Connect rules are conditions, validators, and post functions of a transition that are registered by Connect apps. To create a rule registered by the app, the app must be enabled and the rule's module must exist.

{
"type": "appKey__moduleKey",
"configuration": {
"value":"{"isValid":"true"}"
}
}

type A Connect rule key in a form of appKey__moduleKey.

value The stringified JSON configuration of a Connect rule.

Forge rules

Forge transition rules are not yet supported.

Permissions required: Administer Jira global permission.

Create workflow

Conditions#

Always false condition#

Block transition until approval#

Compare number custom field condition#

Hide from user condition#

Only assignee condition#

Only Bamboo notifications workflow condition (deprecated)#

Only reporter condition#

Permission condition#

Previous status condition#

Separation of duties condition#

Subtask blocking condition#

User is in any group condition#

User is in any project role condition#

User is in custom field condition#

User is in group condition#

User is in group custom field condition#

User is in project role condition#

Value field condition#

Validators#

Date field validator#

Windows date validator#

Field required validator#

Field changed validator#

Field has single value validator#

Parent status validator#

Permission validator#

Previous status validator#

Regular expression validator#

User permission validator#

Post functions#

Fire issue event function#

Update issue status#

Create comment#

Store issue#

Assign to current user function#

Assign to lead function#

Assign to reporter function#

Clear field value function#

Copy value from other field function#

Create Crucible review workflow function (deprecated)#

Set issue security level based on user's project role function#

Trigger a webhook function#

Update issue custom field function#

Update issue field function#

Connect rules#

Forge rules#

Request

Responses

Conditions

Always false condition

Block transition until approval

Compare number custom field condition

Hide from user condition

Only assignee condition

Only Bamboo notifications workflow condition (deprecated)

Only reporter condition

Permission condition

Previous status condition

Separation of duties condition

Subtask blocking condition

User is in any group condition

User is in any project role condition

User is in custom field condition

User is in group condition

User is in group custom field condition

User is in project role condition

Value field condition

Validators

Date field validator

Windows date validator

Field required validator

Field changed validator

Field has single value validator

Parent status validator

Permission validator

Previous status validator

Regular expression validator

User permission validator

Post functions

Fire issue event function

Update issue status

Create comment

Store issue

Assign to current user function

Assign to lead function

Assign to reporter function

Clear field value function

Copy value from other field function

Create Crucible review workflow function (deprecated)

Set issue security level based on user's project role function

Trigger a webhook function

Update issue custom field function

Update issue field function

Connect rules

Forge rules