How to create stories automatically for a reoccuring story in different features

[Nisha Garg]

I would like to create reouccring regression stories in different feature with the help of automation

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Nisha Garg 

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[John Funk]

Hi Nisha - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

See if this Article helps you.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Creating-a-Flexible-Recurring-Task-Issue/ba-p/2040862

[Germán Morales _ Hiera]

Hi Nisha,

Assuming you are on Jira Cloud and you have permission to create automation rules, I would start with a simple scheduled rule.

Example approach:

1. Trigger: Scheduled
- Run weekly, monthly, or whatever cadence matches your regression cycle.

2. Optional JQL in the trigger:
- Use this if you only want the rule to run for specific Features.
- For example, filter Features by project, label, component, fix version, or status.

3. Action: Create work item
- Work type: Story
- Summary: Regression testing - {{now.format("MMM yyyy")}}
- Description: Add your standard regression checklist or test scope.
- Parent: set this to the Feature if the Story should be created under a specific Feature.

4. If the same story needs to be created under multiple Features:
- Use a scheduled trigger with JQL to find the Features.
- Then use a branch over the matched work items.
- Inside the branch, create one Story for each Feature and set the Parent to the current Feature.

I would also add a label like `regression-auto` to the created stories. That makes it easier to report on them later and to prevent duplicates if the rule runs again.

[Varsha Joshi]

Hi @Nisha Garg 

You could write some automation - use a manual trigger or trigger based on some event. Have you tried that?

[Nisha Garg]

Hi Varsha, 
Can you please give me steps for it? 

[Varsha Joshi]

Trudy has some great suggestions on how to get started. I would suggest give it a try and then post if you run into any issues.