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Jira expression for archived work items

Harrison Ponce
Community Champion
January 23, 2026

I have a Scriptrunner validator that is failing because it is still checking against issues within an epic that are actually archived but still technically part of the parent.

Is there a Jira expression I can use to check against an issue (work item's) archive status? That way I can have the custom validator ignore archived items.

I've searched through the expression types, the forums here, and tons of Scriptrunner examples but haven't found anything.

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Trudy Claspill
Community Champion
January 23, 2026

Hello @Harrison Ponce 

It doesn't appear that this is easily accessible through an expression.

Per an answer on this post there is a field called "softArchive" that is updated when an issue is archived/unarchived.

https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/how-to-check-issue-is-archived-or-not-using-rest-api/qaq-p/3148924

The post. says this is recorded in the changelog. I see that changelog is accessible through Expressions. Maybe you can access that to figure out if the issue is archived or not.

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