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Is there a way to check if a field is in ADF

James Kallagunta
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December 8, 2025

Using the Jira fields api (rest/api/3/field) there is a schema which includes a type the issue is fields such as description have a type of string but are in ADF but fields such as summary are also a string but are not in ADF format is there a way of being able to tell which fields are in ADF?

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Mohanraj Thangamuthu
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December 8, 2025

Hello, Good day. Summary field uses plain text format. Thanks!

James Kallagunta
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December 9, 2025

Yes the summary field does, but there isn't way to distinguish that using the API. Summary's schema type is string but is in plain text while Description's schema type is string but is in ADF. How do you tell the difference?

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