Is it possible to enforce minimum charcaters in description of tempo worklogging?

[Kottu Jessy Kanth]

Im trying to implement minimum character enforcement in tempo work logging,
I didnt find any option from internet,
So hoping here,
Kindly share your thoughts on this.

thank you.

[Christos Markoulatos]

Hi @Kottu Jessy Kanth 👋
To my knowledge there’s no built-in way in Tempo or Jira Cloud to enforce a minimum number of characters in worklog descriptions. The only native option is making the description mandatory in Tempo settings.

If you need stricter control, you have two options, but both work after the fact:

• Jira Automation – to check and notify users when the description is too short.
• ScriptRunner – to add custom logic (and similar apps like Regex Custom Fields exist, but they only work on issue fields, not Tempo worklogs).

So for worklogs in Cloud, there’s no real-time enforcement, only soft checks or later validation.

Links that might help:

• Configuring Logging Time Options (Tempo)
• Automation smart values for worklogs

If someone else from the community please chime in!

[Kristian Walker (Adaptavist)]

Hi Kottu, 

As Christos said, there is no way for the work logs screen to dynamically check if the number of characters entered is a certain amount. 

With ScriptRunner for Jira Cloud, you can use a workflow validator to prevent a transition if the workflow is not entered in a transition.

A validator would also ensure that users are unable to transition the issue to the next status until all worklogs contain the minimum number of characters. This would be the closest solution you could achieve with ScriptRunner. 

I hope this helps. 

Regards,

Kristian