The fields "Epic Link" and "Parent Link" will be removed from the Jira REST API

[#1]

This announcement is relevant to you if you're using the fields "Epic Link" and "Parent Link" in:

• Custom scripts that use Jira REST API
• The Marketplace apps installed in your Jira

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The deprecation of Epic link, parent link, and other related fields in REST APIs is now extended:

• Parent Link will be removed on 13 June 2025
• Epic Link will be removed on 13 September 2025

These fields have already been removed from webhooks and change history.

Please ensure your custom scripts or Marketplace apps no longer reference these fields. Use the field "Parent" instead.

[Alan Fabiano]

Why?

[Jeramy]

I agree, why?

[Kim-Stacey Kidder]

Any recommendations re. tools/strategies to best audit and identify scripts and apps within our instance that are using these fields? 

[Ethan_Heimstead]

Just for further information, If we are using the above in our JIRA automations within JIRA, would this cause those to break? I am assuming the automations in JIRA are just a UI for API calls and this could result in breaks if not addressed by admins.