update does not work for description just like in example

[Tomasz Sabramowicz]

I try to update the issue description field using this EXAMPLE that is in official Atlassian documentation but it gives me error that "update" cannot be used for description.

I try different options but it does now update my description but overwrites it.

Can anyone tell me what is not right here?

if this is official example why it does not work with the "update" statement ?

[Charlie Misonne]

Hi Tomasz and welcome to the Atlassian community!

I found an old bug report for Jira server/ data center and I think it is applicable for Cloud too. See this comment: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JIRAAUTOSERVER-190?focusedId=2619480&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-2619480

Can you try with this code?

    "update": {
        "description": [{
            "set": "a new description"
        }],
        "labels": [{
                "add": "test-label"
        }]
    },
    "fields": {
        "summary": "woohoo! a new summary"
    }
}

[Kalyan Sattaluri]

hello @Tomasz Sabramowicz 

If you mean this LINK where you got your example, then that link does need updates for certain fields.

Please look at the official API docs: LINK

Especially this blurb: "Note that the description, environment, and any textarea type custom fields (multi-line text fields) take Atlassian Document Format content."

what this mean is, if you need update description, the JSON to use:

{
    "fields": {
        "description": {
            "type": "doc",
            "version": 1,
            "content": [
                {
                    "type": "paragraph",
                    "content": [
                        {
                            "type": "text",
                            "text": "add your description here"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}