Update project rest API is not working

[Rohit_Shrivastava]

The link to the url - https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/#api-rest-api-3-project-search-get

The update project rest api doesn't seem to be working. First, the documentation says "all parameters are optional in the body of the request" but the api doesn't work without 'permissionscheme' parameter. Also, when run, this api returns a 403 error but in the UI the changes made are reflected.

[Dario B]

Hello @Rohit_Shrivastava ,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

If I understand correctly, you are reporting 2 different issues:

1. the documentation for the Update project endpoint (PUT /rest/api/3/project/{projectIdOrKey}) says all the parameters are optional but this does not work without providing the 'permissionscheme' parameter
2. Even if you get status 403 FORBIDDEN in return to your REST API call, you can see that the request was actually correctly executed.

Can you kindly confirm my understanding is correct or provide more details about the issue you are reporting?

Can you also confirm that:

• This is for Jira Cloud (free instance)
• You are authenticating the REST API calls with email address and API Token and not with username and password
• You are providing at least one parameter when calling the Update project endpoint

Cheers,
Dario

[Rohit Shrivastava]

Hi Dario,

Your articulation of the issues is very accurate. Both the points mentioned by you are exactly the same issues which I'm facing. It shows 403 error in postman but when I check in UI, the update is successful (which I sent in as a body parameter in api call)

Please find my answers inline-

• This is for Jira Cloud (free instance)
  Rohit: Yes
• You are authenticating the REST API calls with email address and API Token and not with username and password
  Rohit: Yes
  
• You are providing at least one parameter when calling the Update project endpoint
  Rohit: Yes

[Dario B]

Hello @Rohit Shrivastava ,

I am able to reproduce the issue and I can see that the Update project REST API endpoint (PUT /rest/api/3/project/{projectIdOrKey}:

• Works as documented for standard (non-free) sites
• Fails returning below error on Cloud Free sites:
  

  "Changing permission schemes is not allowed on the Jira Software or Core Free plans."

This is because  Project permissions, roles, and issue-level security aren't configurable when you're on the Free plan. Therefore, I have opened below bug ticket in our system in order to have this issue addressed:

• [JRACLOUD-74569] Update project REST API endpoint (PUT /rest/api/3/project/{projectIdOrKey}) does not work in free instances 

Please vote for the above bug ticket and set yourself as a watcher so that you will be notified in case of any update/progress. The bug will be addressed according to the Atlassian Cloud bug fixing policy.

Cheers,
Dario