Automation error: No parent issue to get assignee

Question

I have made a project rule in a next-gen Jira project, that assigns sub-tasks to the assignee of the parent issue.

The rule runs successfully, but in the audit log, it says "No parent issue to get assignee".

The subtask does have a parent, and the parent issue has an assignee to copy.

Is this a bug, or is the parent-child link somehow broken?

Petter Gonçalves · Answer

Hello @Tobias Kaufmanas

Thank you for the screenshot provided.

Your logic is completely correct: The rule is run before the parent gets set in the subtask, and this is causing the rule to fail.

To fix this behavior, you must add the action "Re-fetch issue data" to the rule before the final action:

Let us know if it works for you.

Tobias Kaufmanas_og36dd · Answer

Hi Petter.

Here is the rule I tried:

When I look at the history panel, I can see that the parent gets assigned after the issue creation:

I am suspecting that maybe the rule is run before the parent gets set, when using the "Add a child issue" button, then there won't be a parent to copy from yet?

The rule you attached is working when commenting the parent issue, then the subtasks get assigned, so the link seems to work.

Thanks for looking into this.

- Tobias

Petter Gonçalves · Answer

Hello @Tobias Kaufmanas

Thank you for reaching out.

Indeed, Jira Next-gen projects have a different architecture than Classic projects, so some functions in Jira automation might not work as expected as explained in the Bug issue reported below:

NextGen Software projects are fairly broken in cloud automation

However, the link between sub-tasks and parent issues seems to be working fine in the automation of Next-gen projects. I tested it with the following rule and updated the sub-tasks issues just as expected:

That being said, in order to further investigate what can be causing the behavior you are facing, could you please provide us the complete rule you configured and test if the rule above works for you?