How to Use a Webhook with a Custom Event

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Summary

As per the Jira documentation, we indicate Jira supports WebHooks for standard issue-related events only. This guide instructs how to use WebHooks for custom events.

Solution

  1. Add a Send transition to webhook event to the transition with the custom event as seen below and described in detail in the Advanced workflow configuration page:

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  2. You can view which transitions meet this condition by going to the system events page in your Admin console here https://<INSTANCE_NAME>.atlassian.net/secure/admin/ListEventTypes.jspa OR:

    1. Log in as a user with the JIRA Administrators global permission, as per Managing global permissions.

    2. Choose Admin > System. Select Advanced > Events to open the View Events page.

    3. Keyboard shortcut: g + g + start typing events

  3. NOTE the Locations of the Workflow & Transition in relation to the associated Event and the difference between:

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Updated on April 8, 2025

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