How to fetch all the issues whose inward issueLinkType = "blocks"?

[Deepak Kumar]

Actually when I am writing in jql issueLinkType = "blocks", It is fetching all the issues whose inward issueLinkType = "blocks" and issueLinkType = "is blocked by". But I only want to fetch those issues whose inward issueLinkType = "blocks". What should I write in jql for this?

[Jack Brickey · Accepted solution]

Have you tried the following?

issueLinkType = "blocks" And issueLinkType != "is blocked by"

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Deepak Kumar 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Referring to the documentation for using the issueLinkType criteria for searching:

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/advanced-search-reference-jql-fields/#Issue-link-type

When searching issueLinkType, Jira searches all three properties [Name, Inward Description, Outward Description]. This can mean you're unable to isolate issues with a specific inward or outward description if the link type's name and either of the descriptions are the same. This is the case for the default "Blocks" link type, where the name and outward description are "blocks".

If you need to be able to search specifically for issues with an outward description of "blocks", for example, a Jira administrator must change the name of the link type to something else. If you're a Jira admin, take a look at Configuring issue linking for more info.