When running the automation to clone an issue it creates multiple issues.

[Karen Borba]

Every time I run the automation it creates 5 new tasks. I need it to create only 1.

[Karen Borba]

I ran the rule and it created 5 issues. 

[Karen Borba]

[Laurie Sciutti]

Hi @Karen Borba and welcome to the Community!  Can you provide some details or screenshots of your rule?  

[Trudy P Claspill]

Hello @Karen Borba 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

To properly help you debug your Automation Rule we need to see your rule. Please provide screen images showing the entire rule and the details of each step.

It can also help us debug your rule if you share the content of the Audit Log for the when the rule executed and gave you unexpected results.

[Trudy P Claspill]

@Karen Borba 

The information you provided indicates that the issue is only being cloned once by that Automation rule. What makes you think that the automation is creating 5 new tasks?

[Trudy P Claspill]

Hello Karen,

You said "I ran the rule and it created 5 issues".

However the rule is actually triggered, not manually run. The trigger is the transitioning of an issue to the Open status.

The sample you provided from the Audit log documents that when the rule runs it creates just one new issue.

Additionally, your rule will only create new issues if the Summary of the triggering issue contains specific text.

The issue you highlighted in your latest image don't show that same Summary text, and the issue keys that are visible don't match the issue keys shown in the Audit Log sample you provided.

So, those issues were not created by this rule.

If you think that a rule is creating the issues based on something you did to the issue you highlighted in the Open column in your latest image, here is what you can do to try to figure out which rule did that.

View the issue details for the issue you highlighted in the Open column.

On the right side of the issue details expand the panel named Automation.

Click on the Refresh button in the upper right corner of that panel. That will update the panel to show the Automation Rules that have recently been executed for that issue.

You may or may not be able to click the link for the rule(s) to see the details and execution history. That will depend on your level of access and the scope of the rule.

I suspect that if there is a rule executing against that issue and creating 5 copies of the issue, it is not the rule that you have shared with us.

If you want to share the details of the rule that was actually run, and the information from its Audit Log, then we can suggest next steps in debugging it.