When a new component is created, clone or create issue.

[TechComp]

When a new component is created, I want the issues in any different component to be automatically create to the newly opened component by updating the component field field.

For example, I have a component called Finance 2024. I am creating a new component as Finance 2025 and I want to create same issues in Finance 2024 for Finance 2025.

How can I do this in Jira Data Center with automation or scriptrunner ?

[Utkarsh Agarwal]

Hi @TechComp 

Jira Data Center does not emit any event on component creation, as components are part of project configuration. This means neither Jira automation nor ScriptRunner listeners can detect when a new component is created.

To replicate issues from an existing component (e.g., Finance 2024) to a newly created one (e.g., Finance 2025), you can probably implement a scheduled Groovy script that:

• Periodically polls the project’s components and detects newly added ones based on a naming pattern (e.g., Finance \d{4}).
• Identifies the previous component by sorting or regex comparison.
• Retrieves issues using JQL (e.g., component = "Finance 2024").
• Creates new issues with the same field values, updating the component field to point to the new one.

This is the only viable approach since no native event hook exists for component creation in Jira Data Center.

Kind Regards
Utkarsh