While cloning the story epic is not getting added by default from last 2 weeks

Question

While cloning the story epic is not getting added by default from last 2 weeks and while adding epic also it is not user friendly like before.

Viswanathan Ramachandran · Answer

See also https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/Clone-EPIC-amp-Stories-to-New-Epic-and-link-New-Stories-via/qaq-p/2257134

Viswanathan Ramachandran · Answer

Hi @Swathi Rao

It is likely because Atlassian has been finalising the migration from the old Epic Link field to the new unified Parent field. This explains both issues you're seeing:

Now, Epics are treated as Parents. Currently, the native Jira Clone operation does not always carry over this new Parent relationship by default.

The Fix (Automation):
You can bridge this gap with a simple Jira Automation rule:

* Trigger: Workitem created

* Condition:

Summary ~ CLONE

* Next

* Action: Edit Workitem - Set Parent field.

Value: {{triggerIssue.parent.key}}

If you are in a Scrum/Kanban board, dragging and dropping a Story onto an Epic in the Epic Panel (in the Backlog view) still works and is often the most user-friendly"way to link them without typing.