Invalid data after using script runner to clone an issue as a post-function in JIRA workflow

[Jeannette Lamb]

After raising this question, https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/170553/how-to-manage-transition-of-support-issues-to-the-product-backlog-in-jira, I used the built in script to clone an issue if the resolution = "Entered into Product Backlog". It successfully clones the issue and sets the status in the new project to "New" which is correct but it appears to now have invalidated or corrupted existing data in the project. A query in the issue navigator to return all issues in the project where status=new returns invalid results. The newly cloned issues are not returned but 1007 issues which are actually not in status = new are returned. Please Help!

[Jeannette Lamb · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your suggestion Danial. Strangely, the issue appeared to have corrected itself a few hours later. An issue search for items where status = New returned the correct 50 records instead of a random 1007 records. As a precaution, we still went ahead with the reindex. All seems ok today. My only concern is that this will happen again when I run the script runner post-function again.

[AhmadDanial]

Hey there, Jeanette.

You are welcome. Glad to know that the issue is fixed on your side now. Perhaps Jamie will be able to help if you hit into the same problem after running the post-function again.

Warm regards,

Danial

[JamieA]

Most likely Jeanette actually assigned a new value to the statusObject.name, when she meant to compare. This will cause weirdness like this.

[JamieA]

cfValues['Severity'] = "Level 1/Critical"

This is also wrong. Should be ==.

[JamieA]

issue.priority = '1'

That's not valid, see my answer on your other question about this.

[JamieA]

Also can you post any code you have attached to this function, either or both of the "condition" and "additional code"

[Jeannette Lamb]

This is the latest I've tried.  The condition works but setting the priority doesn't.

Condition:

issue.resolution?.name == 'Entered into Product Backlog'
cfValues['Severity'] = "Level 1/Critical"

Additional Issue Actions:

issue.priority = '1'

The invalid results issue seems to have been resolved.

[JamieA]

> The newly cloned issues are not returned but 1007 issues which are actually not in status = new are returned

There's no way it's going to modify 1007 issues - sounds like something else is screwed up. Maybe indexing is broken... as Ahmad says, reindex.

[AhmadDanial]

Hey there, Jeannette.

Since you suspect that there might be some invalidated / corrupted data in the project, have you tried to reindex your instance? More over, you can also clear off the outdated / corrupted cache in your instance just to see if it helps (You can backup your instance first if you are concerned that you might hit into any other problems along the way)

• Shutdown JIRA instance
• Delete the contents of JIRA Installation Directory\work directory
• Delete the contents of JIRA Home Directory\caches\indexes\comments directory
• Delete the contents of JIRA Home Directory\caches\indexes\entities directory
• Delete the contents of JIRA Home Directory\caches\indexes\issues directory
• Restart JIRA instance
• Perform re-indexing

Hope this helps.

Warm regards,

Danial