Jira does not refresh a scripted custom field even when the links to calculate this scripted field

Question

Jira does not refresh a scripted custom field even when the links to calculate this scripted field have been modified. It seems that when you clone an issue with a scripted custom field, you can not modify it. So my question is how do you modify a scripted field on on a Jira issue? Do you use REST API or write a groovy script to modify it?

Vineela Durbha · Answer

@Steven F Behnke

I have added the above value but it still doesnt work. Any other way to make it work?It displays old value and only gets refreshed after updating the request

Steven F Behnke · Answer

Disable the caching on the scripted field. This is basically required when scripting a field that 'talks' to linked issues.

https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/latest/jira/scripted-fields.html#_more_advanced_notes_on_caching

enableCache = {-> false}

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Mostly the cached value.  It sees the Lucene index as the "source of truth", but in most cases looks for the cached value before reading the index.

(This is a lot of the reason I say "oversimplified" when I say "scripted fields are calculated when indexing")