Markdown for attachments broken

Question

I'm unable to find where this question has been answered but the new JiraCloud release does not render links to attachments according to the documentation.  When I enter [^attachment.txt], it shows up as that rather than creating a link.

Toggling to the older view reveals my text was converted to \[^attachment.txt]

I tried changing the renderer to the "Default renderer" but my text shows up as [^attachment.txt] with no link and no apparent way to fix it.

Bridget Maloney_sbinpw · Answer

Very exciting, thank you so much @Earl McCutcheon !  I am now watching this issue!

Earl McCutcheon · Answer

Hello @Bridget Maloney  And @Marty Combs ,

Thanks for the ping and I am circling back to this one to make sure you saw the update we posted last week on the feature request:

* https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-72208

Noting that we have this one set to "in progress" currently and will be rolling out soon but the work to implement will not start to go into effect until after the upcoming full transition to the new issue view at the end of this month, so it is still a way out in development but it is in the pipeline as a top priority, noting:

Atlassian update - 18 March 2021
Hi everyone,

Work on attachment referencing in the new issue view has begun! When this feature is released, you’ll be able to reference existing attachments in comments and fields using the editor. This ticket is a top priority we’re currently working on and will be done after we transition everyone to the new issue view.

Make sure to watch this issue for updates on our progress.

Regards,

Atlassian

Please add yourself as a watcher on the request to be notified when the feature is launched.

Regards,
Earl

Bridget Maloney_sbinpw · Answer

Hi @Earl McCutcheon ,

I was wondering if you had any updates on the ability to paste markdown for an attachment?  It seems like normal links work and formatting like this is how it would intuitively work:

[Attachment Name](^attachmentName.txt)

This is something that my team and I also frequently use - although we also like other benefits in the new editor and do not want to completely convert back.

This markdown functionality seems like an optional thing that would help everyone - standard users can use the interface while power users can continue to use the markdown for everything they need to.

My scenario is that I manually write the markdown outside of Jira and paste in - all other markdown items work, however attachments need to be manually circled back and edited with the editor - which means I sometimes miss them :)

Do you know if there are plans to use the link markdown with attachments?  Can you please help?

Thank you,
Bridget