I'm attempting to run the attached js script as a post function between two workflow steps. Upon execution, the post function seemingly does not execute and the system behaves exactly as it did before I added this new post function. I'm unsure where the error log might exist for JIRA so instead I'll step you through some of my troubleshooting techniques to date: Gave the post function a bogus file path. It didn't so much as error out saying no such file. Ran the script on the "script fields" tab for groovy. I provided the script in the "script file path" to verify that the script was being found on the server. The script worked like a charm. Ran the script on script runner but it threw an error which I've attached. (lockedestimate.js.txt) (stacktrace.txt)

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Groovy "Script Post Function" not executing

How can I add the trigger issue as my parent for issues created from automation?

I'm using a next-gen project with Automation for Jira (cloud). I have a rule setup for whenever an epic is created to trigger creation of new issues (not sub-tasks) with certain fields set. I'm trying to set the trigger issue as the Epic of the newly created issues, but since "parent" isn't available until an Epic is linked to an issue, I'm unable to figure out how to properly do this. Is this possible in next-gen?

My advanced code block is:

{
"fields": {
"parent": "{{triggerIssue.key}}"
}
}

The error I get in the audit logs is:

Error creating issue: data was not an object (parent)

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That's not javascript (js), that's groovy, as such it needs to have the extension .groovy.

The exception shows you that the wrong interpreter is being invoked:

sun.org.mozilla.javascript.internal.EvaluatorException

If you have applied the updated workflow with the script post-function, there will be an exception in the logs.