Remove Watchers in Post-Function

Question

Hi there,

I have a Create Sub-tasks post-function that's creating 10 different sub-tasks (part of an onboarding proecess) in a Task workflow (using Bob Swift CoT). The problem is, the executor of that transition does not want to be set as a Watcher on each subsequently created Sub-Task, only the main Task.

In the Create transition of the Sub-Task workflow I have this Scriptrunner custom script post-function:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def user = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()

def locale = ComponentAccessor.getLocaleManager().getLocaleFor(user)

def watcherManager = ComponentAccessor.getWatcherManager()
def watchers = watcherManager.getWatchers(issue, locale)

watchers.each { watcher ->
watcherManager.stopWatching(watcher, issue)
}

However, the executing user of the transition on the Task is still being set as a watcher for each produced Sub-Task. Any ideas on how to get around this? Thank you so much!

-Andrew

Andrew Zimmerman_rvmutq · Answer

Copy that, thanks @PD Sheehan. I'll play around with this!

Cheers,

Andrew

PD Sheehan · Answer

The example I included removes all watchers from all sub-tasks.

You would need to implement additional logic if you just want to remove watchers from the recently created sub-tasks.

Something like this for example:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def user = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()
def locale = ComponentAccessor.getLocaleManager().getLocaleFor(user)
def watcherManager = ComponentAccessor.getWatcherManager()

def threshHold = use (groovy.time.TimeCategory) {2.minutes.ago.toTimestamp()}

issue.subTaskObjects.findAll{it.created >= threshHold }.each{subTask ->
def watchers = watcherManager.getWatchers(subTask , locale)
   watchers.each { watcher ->
      watcherManager.stopWatching(watcher, subTask )
   }
}

Andrew Zimmerman_rvmutq · Answer

Ah, I see. And would it remove watchers form any subtasks recently created in Jira altogether, or just those created from this specific transition?

I'm also looking into playing around with the executing user for each specific CoT transition. That would, in theory, work -- but it's failing to produce sub-task issuetypes when the post-functions execute as my bot user, despite proper project permissions set. (This is a whole other issue though, ha).