Automate responder field updates in Jira Cloud for incident management

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Summary

Learn how to automate responder field updates in incident management during transitions and approvals.

Solution

The responder field

The responder field is a unique system field that pulls data directly from Opsgenie. Automation components don't yet support this field directly. To update responders during a transition or approval, use advanced JSON field editing.

Using the advanced field editing

Use the following JSON structure to add a team and/or user to the Responders field:

{ "update": { "Responders": [ { "add": [ { "ari": "ari:cloud:identity::team/<atlassian_team_id>", "type": "team" }, { "ari": "ari:cloud:identity::user/<account_id>", "type": "user" } ] } ] } }

Replace <atlassian_team_id> and <account_id> with the identifiers for the team or user you want to add. If you need to remove existing values from the Responders field, replace add with remove.

Cloud ID: Go to https://<instance>.atlassian.net/admin/jira-service-desk/portal-only-customers. The Cloud ID appears in the URL, such as https://admin.atlassian.com/s/<cloud_id>/jira-service-desk/portal-only-customers.

Atlassian team ID: Find it in the URL of the team’s page on JSM, such as https://<instance>/jira/people/team/<atlassian-team-id>.

Account ID: Find it in the URL of the user’s account page on the Administration hub, such as https://admin.atlassian.com/o/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/users/<account_id> or https://admin.atlassian.com/s/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/users/<account_id>.

After the transition or approval runs, confirm that the Responders field contains the intended team or user. To remove a value instead, verify that the existing responder is no longer shown after using remove.

Updated on August 18, 2026

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