How to transition all Jira issues mentioned in pull request commits using the new Jira Flows automat

[Nika Zupanc]

Hello,

I am new to Jira automation and any help would be greatly appreciated :)

How can I create a Jira automation so that if a pull request contains multiple commits with different Jira issue keys (for example PS-18, PS-19, PS-20), all of those issues are automatically transitioned to In Progress or Done?

I am currently using the new Jira Flows builder. I managed to create an automation that detects PS- in the PR title or commit messages, but the problem is that the transition only happens for one “main” work item instead of all issues referenced in the commits.

Example:

• Commit 1: PS-18 Add tests

• Commit 2: PS-19 Fix validation

• Commit 3: PS-20 Add auth checks

What I want:

• all issues (PS-18, PS-19, PS-20) should transition automatically.

Current behavior:

• Jira seems to detect the commits,

• but the “Transition the work item” action only transitions one issue.

Does the new Jira Flows builder support iterating through all issue keys found in commits?
Or is the only recommended solution:

• 1 pull request = 1 Jira issue?

Thanks for the help.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Nika Zupanc 

First, did you confirm the smart value {{pullRequest.commits.message}} actually contains a list of  work item keys?  For example, does:

• one commit message contain multiple keys, and / or
• there are multiple items in the list smart value {{pullRequest.commits}} and each contains one or more keys

Let's assume it is one of those, and you want to branch over the keys to transition the work items.

• You could use the flatten function to combine the messages from all of the commits:

{{pullRequest.commits.message.flatten}}

• And then add a regular expression with the match() function to extract your work item keys, removing any duplicates with the distinct function: 

{{pullRequest.commits.message.flatten.trim.match("(PS-\d+)").distinct}}

• Finally, use the results to build a dynamic JQL expression for branching to each one and perform the transitions:

key IN ( {{pullRequest.commits.message.flatten.trim.match("(PS-\d+)").distinct.join(", ")}} ) 

I wrote those expressions without testing with an actual PR and commits, so please adjust the regex to meet your needs and test accordingly.  Perhaps test by just writing the smart value expression results to the audit log before attempting to transition the work items.

Kind regards,
Bill