Clone a work item

If you ever need to create a duplicate of a work item, there’s no need to do everything manually. Cloning enables you to duplicate a work item within the same project, copying over most information from a work item like the Summary and Description fields and more.

Cloned work items exist as a separate entity to the original work item. Their only connection is that, upon cloning, the two work items are linked — though you can unlink them any time.

In the cloning process, some information from the original work item isn’t automatically cloned but can be included:

• Attachments

• Subtasks

• Links

• Custom fields (if they’re set up to be cloned)

• Comments

• Child work items (for Epics).

To clone a work item:

1. Open a work item.

2. Select ··· > Clone.

3. Edit the Summary.

4. Edit the Assignee and Reporter (if required).

5. Choose what to Include (if any).

6. Select Clone.

Keep in mind, the prefix Clone is automatically added to the Summary of a cloned work item.

Your project admin can use automation to remove the prefix in bulk. Learn more from our Community and see an example of the rule

Automatically clone a work item

With Jira automation rules, you can set a work item to clone automatically on a schedule.

Once the new work item is cloned and created, it inherits the automation rule which will be turned on automatically.