Automation doesn't update the status when the customer replies


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Summary

With email settings configured to allow emails with valid issue keys to be processed by the handler, sometimes the automation rule is similar to the template When a comment is added → update the status (Project Settings > Automation > Templates) doesn't execute successfully for customer replies.

This article helps build a workaround that would consider replies from all unlicensed users and execute the rule successfully.

Environment

Jira Service Management

Diagnosis

A user is treated as a customer on a ticket if the user is part of any of the below fields

  • Reporter
  • Request Participants
  • Organization member
  • Approver

Cause

The email configuration allows emails with a valid issue key in the subject line to be processed into comments. This doesn't add the sender as a Request Participant on the ticket(unlike the cc functionality) and therefore the sender is part of any of the fields that would treat them as a customer on the ticket. Therefore, the rule fails at the condition "User is a customer

Solution



Last modified on Oct 29, 2024

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