Are Entity Properties for JIRA Server experimental?

[Andreas Löfgren]

Hello,

The following documentation shows an example of storing entity properties on issues using the Rest API:

https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/entity-properties/

However in the rest api documentation it is marked as "Experimental"

https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/8.5.9/#api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/properties

Reading the first article, I get the impression that I can go ahead and use these for my solution, but the REST API documentation made me a bit confused. 

Can I use this or is there a risk of these endpoints being deleted in the future without notice? Does anyone know or have some other information about this?

[Brant Schroeder · Accepted solution]

Andreas,

  Entity properties have been around since Jira 6.2 so you can be fairly certain that they are not going anywhere in the near future.  The API is marked experimental which means features and methods may change without notice.  This means that if you develop against it you will need to check before you upgrade to make sure that there are not any changes that could impact what you have done.  There have been several API calls that stayed in an experimental state for a long duration as Atlassian developed them.  

[Andreas Löfgren]

Hi Brant,

I see, if they have been around for that long it seems that it is unlikely they will be removed or changed drastically.

Thanks for answering!