JQL Parse Rest API not working

[Sri IT Services LLC]

When calling the below JQL Api (postman / CURL / Python Jira module) I am getting the project TM does not exists.

The Project TM exists.

curl --location 'https://sriitservicesllc.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/jql/parse?validation=strict' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Cookie: atlassian.xsrf.token=<removed>' \
--data '{
"queries": [
"project = \"TM\" and issuetype = \"Epic\""
]
}'  

Response

{

    "queries": [

        {

            "query": "project = \"TM\" and issuetype = \"Epic\"",

            "errors": [

                "The value 'TM' does not exist for the field 'project'."

            ]

        }

    ]

}

Python

2025-07-10 07:55:55,983 - INFO - Searching Jira for requirements with JQL: project = "TM" AND issuetype = "Epic"
2025-07-10 07:55:56,128 - ERROR - Failed to search for requirements with JQL "project = "TM" AND issuetype = "Epic"": The value 'TM' does not exist for the field 'project

Get Project

curl --location 'https://sriitservicesllc.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/project/TM' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <removed>' \
--header 'Cookie: atlassian.xsrf.token=<removed>'

returns the correct response back.

In UI when i do the JQL with above query i see the response coming back. 

[Jim Knepley - ReleaseTEAM]

Hi @Sri IT Services LLC, welcome to the community.

Cookie: atlassian.xsrf.token=<removed>

It looks like you're trying to authenticate with an XSRF token, which isn't for authentication, so the API seems to think you're an anonymous user.

From https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v2/api-group-jql/#api-rest-api-2-jql-parse-post, validation is performed in the context of the current user. If the API call doesn't recognize you, it's likely that anonymous users lack permission to the TM project and can't view it.

[Sri IT Services LLC]

JIRA_DOMAIN: str = os.environ.get('JIRA_DOMAIN', 'https://sriitservicesllc.atlassian.net')
JIRA_EMAIL: str = os.environ.get('JIRA_EMAIL', 'sriitservicesllc@outlook.com')
JIRA_API_TOKEN: str = os.environ.get('JIRA_API_TOKEN', '<REMOVED>')

jira = JIRA(server=jira_domain, basic_auth=(jira_email, jira_api_token))
jql: str = f'project = "TM" AND issuetype = "Epic"'

issues = jira.search_issues(jql, maxResults=100)

Error #
ERROR - Failed to search for requirements with JQL "project = "TM"": The value 'TM' does not exist for the field 'project'.

[Sri IT Services LLC]

@Jim Knepley - ReleaseTEAM  we are setting the bas_auth, This code was working few days before the token which i was using before was working fine and the current token is what it is throwing error.