Is there a way in Jira Cloud to prevent users from deleting issue links while still allowing them to

Question

We want to allow users to create links between issues (e.g., “is blocked by”, “relates to”), but we need to restrict the ability to remove existing links.
Currently, the “Link issues” permission applies to both adding and removing links.
Is there any workaround or more granular control available for this

Brita Moorus · Answer

Hey, @Alessandro Micheli! Unfortunately restricting removing links is not possible. However, you can build an automation rule that restores the link and notifies the user by adding a comment that they tried to remove the link.

You can build the automation that is triggered when work item link is deleted:

Additionally, you can add more validations to the rule, if necessary.

Hope this helps! ✨

Oleksii Melnyk _MOY Apps_ · Answer

Hi! Try to prohibit users from changing links, but at the same time make a manual rule for Jira Automation, which will make such a link upon entering the key. You can add types of links there in the selector and the main thing is that the rule works on behalf of Jira Automation.

Nikola Perisic · Answer

Welcome @Alessandro Micheli

Unfortunately, no, created links cannot be restricted. Applying issue security to an existing issue with the security levels that would include certain users is the closest solution to this.