Jira Software version: v7.10.1
When making a user field update (PUT) using REST, the response is successful but the field isn't actually updated. Same happens with POST when creating a new task and trying to set the custom user field. I've tried:
- Assigning user with /assignee
- Updating a custom user field (+ setting this field when creating task)
The API call I made, with basic auth, from postman:
{ "fields":
{ "customfield_10901":
{ "emailAddress": "xyz@xyz.com" }
}
}{ "emailAddress": "xyz@xyz.com" }The response:
- 204 No Content
- X-AUSERNAME header returns the correct user to the email informed.
But the field stays empty as you can see below:

Is there anything that could solve this?