Close duplicate issues with automation
Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.
Summary
This solution can be used when duplicated issues must be closed once created.
Solution
Create an automation that will start when an issue is created
Add a Lookup Issues action with the query below:
1
summary ~ "\"{{issue.summary}}\""
Add a condition to check if there were multiple issues with the same summary:
1
{{lookupIssues.size}} > 1
Add an action to close the issue

Updated on March 10, 2025
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