Update the Priority of an Issue in Jira

    

        
        
        
            
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    import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption

// the key of the issue we will update
final String issueKey = "JRA-1"

// the name of the priority to set
final String priorityName = "High"

// set to true in order to send an email
final boolean sendMail = false

def issueService = ComponentAccessor.issueService
def loggedInUser = ComponentAccessor.jiraAuthenticationContext.loggedInUser
def issue = ComponentAccessor.issueManager.getIssueByCurrentKey(issueKey)

def availablePriorities = ComponentAccessor.constantsManager.priorities
def highPriority = availablePriorities.find { it.name == priorityName }

assert highPriority : "Could not find priority with name $priorityName. Available priorities are ${availablePriorities*.name.join(", ")}"

def issueInputParams = issueService.newIssueInputParameters()
issueInputParams.with {
    priorityId = highPriority.id
}

def updateValidationResult = issueService.validateUpdate(loggedInUser, issue?.id, issueInputParams)
assert updateValidationResult.isValid() : updateValidationResult.errorCollection

def updateResult = issueService.update(loggedInUser, updateValidationResult, EventDispatchOption.ISSUE_UPDATED, sendMail)
assert updateResult.isValid() : updateResult.errorCollection