Backup when project admin changes workflow

[Jacques]

Hi,

We're currently working with Jira Software 7.5.0 and love the additional features that were given to project administrators. As from now they can edit their own project workflows.

HOWEVER, I have seen that when you edit a workflow within the project (either as project admin or system admin) Jira does not create a backup when you save a new version of the workflow.

Has anyone experienced the same? Is there a way to force Jira to create backup when editing a workflow as project administrator? (remember that project admins do not have system admin access).

Thanks!
--- Jacques.

[Alexey Matveev]

Hello,

When you edit a workflow a draft is created and you work with the draft. When you publish the draft Jira asks if you want to save a backup copy. If you say yes, then a copy of your current published workflow will be created and you can use the copy later for rolling back the changes.

[Jacques]

Hello Alexey,

What you say is true if you're editing the workflow from the admin / issues / workflow page.

This is not the case when you go to your project / workflows and edit it from there. Even doing this as a system admin you will see that Jira will not suggest to make a backup.

Please give it a try in a Jira 7.5.0 instance you have access to and let me know ;)

Thanks!
--- Jacques.

[Jacques]

When editing a workflow within the project context, the only entry you will see in atlassian-jira.log is something like:

2018-01-23 09:27:15,819 http-nio-8080-exec-12 INFO JACQUES 567x153371x1 ssxc4c 172.26.103.94,10.41.72.181 /rest/workflowDesigner/latest/workflows/publishDraft [c.a.jira.workflow.OSWorkflowManager] User 'JACQUES(jacques)' updated workflow 'Software Simplified Workflow for Project CUS' at 'Tue Jan 23 09:27:15 GMT 2018'

There is no mentioning of creating a backup... nor can a backup be found in the inactive list of workflows.