trying to add attachment from one issue to another via rest api

Ankit kharola_saerg1

Hi , i am working on a forge app where i have to clone some issues i was trying to just copy the attachments array of the issue i am trying to clone to the new issue that i am creating. do we have to download the attachment content if i want the same attachment in the new issue? 

Gor Greyan

Hi @Ankit kharola

Yes, you need to download and re-upload the attachment content when cloning issues in a Forge app.

In Jira, the attachments array contains metadata (Filename, MIME type, URL to download the file), but not the file content itself. So simply referencing the same attachment in a new issue won't work - Jira won't display them in the new issue.