Can you undo a bulk change?

[Raj Vora]

Once you perform a bulk change, is there any way to undo it?  Does JIRA by any chance keep a history of bulk changes that were performed so you can undo them if need be.  Thanks.

[Joe Pitt · Accepted solution]

No. You'd have to restore from a backup, which would put JIRA back to the way it was and lose any other changes you've made.  It is probably too late, but always assume something will go wrong and backup before making major changes like this. 

[Raj Vora]

Okay, sounds great.  Thanks.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

The changes are recorded, but only as they affect each issue.  Jira doesn't care how a change was made - single action by user, REST, as part of a batch of bulk edits, automation etc.  It just logs the change.

[Ahmet Kilic]

If you are not in production luckily, then you may use "CSV Update" from Production Instance. :)

[Raj Vora]

I created a suggestion for adding the capability to undo bulk change, feel free to vote for it; hopefully it will gain some traction:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-68075

[Joe Pitt]

I seriously doubt it will be done.  The only practical way it would work would be to take a snapshot of the issues involved and all the changes to be done and store them in a temporary file that could be backed off immediately after the change. Once any of the issues are touched it would invalidate the snapshot and backoff ability.  I've done lots of bulk edits in many tools over the years and have always known the before and after values so you should be able to put them back if needed. If nothing else export all the issues you're changing before the change and you'll be able to update them to the old values using the csv importer as long as you put the issue key in the spreadsheet.