Can we change issue id of an existing issue to another

Question

Hi,

I have issue ID ABC-001, ABC-002 which was accidentally moved to project XYZ where the issue ID changes to XYZ-004, XYZ-005 now I again moved it to ABC project but now the issue id is ABC-003, ABC-004. How can I restore the original ID.

ABC-003 should be ABC-001 and ABC-004 should be ABC-002 is it possible?

michael_coffey · Answer

My company would also like this because we prefer to have the first 25 issues or so be the same id from project to project, mainly dealing with release/testing.  If someone starts a project and does not clone the issues over in the proper order then the id doesn't align anymore.  Or they make new issues before the release/testing issues are cloned this misalignment can happen.

vishal03kadam · Answer

Hi Vickey,

The reason is we have code commits associated with it.

Vickey Palzor Lepcha · Answer

It can be done at Database level but changing issue key is not a recommended action though - read the following KD on project key change and issue key change.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver073/changing-the-project-key-format-861253229.html