How to link multiple issues as "blockers" to the current issue I'm working.

Question

Is there a way to link multiple issues that are blocking my current issue all at one time, or in bulk? Currently I have to click the "Link Issue" button, and then add each link that is blocking my Issue, one at a time. I'd like to find a way to link multiple issues as blockers in an faster way.

Emerson Stamps · Answer

Thanks for your info, looks like the JIRA product my company has does not have this capability.

Emerson Stamps · Answer

Thank you Trudy! I'll research these two third party apps.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Emerson Stamps

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

This same question has come up with one of my clients.

In Jira Cloud it is not possible to use the native Bulk Change function to modify issue links.

As you have found, with the native Link Issue function you have to enter the key for each issue that you want to link, and then select that issue from the list of matching issues, and repeat that process for each issue.

I have found two third party apps that provide "bulk" linking functionality. If you are willing to consider third party apps, you might want to look at these:

Bulk Linker

Advanced Bulk Edit

There are other apps that also indicate they support bulk modifications of links. These are the only two I have looked at so far.