"Create a sub-task" post function - assignee won't save

Artemy Matvienko

I'm trying to assign a newly created sub-task to a user group member via a post function that's supposed to trigger the sub-task creation.

I'm using the "Create a sub-task" post function from ScriptRunner.

The problem is that the assignee that I set in the script doesn't get applied to the created sub-task. It, instead, gets assigned to the project lead - the default assignee.

Here is the script:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

import org.apache.log4j.Logger
import org.apache.log4j.Level
def log = Logger.getLogger("com.acme.CreateSubtask")
log.setLevel(Level.DEBUG)

def groupManager = ComponentAccessor.getGroupManager()
def group = "TS Lead"
def user = groupManager.getUsersInGroup(group)?.get(0).getKey()
log.debug "user: "+user
if (! user) {
 log.warn ("Could not retrieve user from the "+group+" role")
 return
}
issue.assigneeId = user

According to multiple sources on this Q&A forum, 

issue.assigneeId = user

is the correct way to set the assignee. This makes the problem even more confusing.

I also tried moving the post function to the top and bottom of the post function queue for the transition, but it didn't make a difference.

I've printed to log the issue and assignee at the end of the script, and the values appear correct. This leads me to believe that the issue or its fields aren't being saved.

I've used a similar script in a post function to assign a user group user to the current issue, rather than a new issue, and that worked fine.

I'm using JIRA 7.1.9 and ScriptRunner is version 5.1.6.

Any ideas on how to solve this?

Alexey Matveev

What do you mean by the new issue? Do you mean that you get an issue in your post function and change the assignee field for it? If so, then it is correct that your values are not saved. 

Or you mean that this post function is on the create transition? Then you should  put  your post function last in the list and add the issue.store() function to the end of your script.