Groovy Script failing in 5.2.x or Later
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Summary
Symptoms
Groovy scripts that were in use before an upgrade to 5.2.x or later no longer work.
The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log
:
1
groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: fullName for class: com.atlassian.jira.crowd.embedded.ofbiz.OfBizUser
Diagnosis
Scripts that refer to the issue.reporter?fullName property will fail.
Cause
This is caused by breaking changes in the API between JIRA 4.x and JIRA 5.x.
Solution
Resolution
Refactor the code in question to use the new property:
issue.reporter?displayName
ℹ️ This is to make way for changes related to JRA-1549
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