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title: "JMWE for Jira Cloud 1.2.6-AC release notes"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/JMWEC/466322479/JMWE%20for%20Jira%20Cloud%201.2.6-AC%20release%20notes"
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> Macro (aura-html)

This version brings major new features as well as many improvements:

# Highlights of this release:

##   
<span style="color: #000000">**Many post-functions can now act on specified **</span>*<span style="color: #000000">**target issues**</span>*

Many post-functions that were previously acting on the *current issue* can now operate on specified *target issues*. The target issue(s) can be the:

- **Current issue** *This is the default option.*
- **Sub-tasks of the current issue**
- **Parent issue of the current sub-task**
- **Issues that belong to the current issue (Epic)**
- **Epic of the current issue**
- **Child issues of the current issue in the Portfolio hierarchy**
- **Parent issue of the current issue in the Portfolio hierarchy**
- **Issues linked to the current issue through any link type**
- **Issues linked to the current issue through a specific link type**
- **Issues returned by a Nunjucks template**
- **Issues returned by a parameterized JQL search**

These are the post-functions that now support specifying target issue(s):

- **Assign to Last Role Member**
- **Assign to Role Member**
- **Clear Fields**
- **Comment Issue(s)**
- **Delete Issue(s)**
- **Email issue(s)**
- **Sequence of Post-functions**
- **Set field value**
- **Shared Action**
- **Transition issue(s)**

Existing post-functions that operate on *linked issues*, such as the *Clear fields of linked issues* post-function, are now marked as *deprecated* and it is recommended to use their generic version (e.g. the *Clear fields* post-function) when adding a new post-function. However, these deprecated post-functions *will not be removed* and will continue working, but they will not receive future enhancements that might be added to their generic counterparts.

The following table lists post-functions that are now deprecated, together with their generic equivalent:

| Instead of | Use |
| --- | --- |
| Comment linked issues | Comment Issue(s) |
| Transition linked issues | Transition issue(s) |
| Transition parent issue | Transition issue(s) |
| Set field of linked issues | Set field value |
| Clear fields of linked issues | Clear fields |

# Other new feature and improvements

- <span style="color: #000000">New </span><span style="color: #172b4d">Build-your-own (scripted) post-function to run an arbitrary Nunjucks script. This can be used to make REST calls to external systems or to make calls to the Jira Cloud REST API.</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">The Create Issue(s) post function now has an option to ignore fields that are invalid for the new issue type</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Link Issues post-function now has a "real" Conditional Execution option, separate from the filtering of issues returned by the JQL search</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Scheduled Actions now have a "run now" button to run a scheduled action immediately</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">The Create Issue post-function now supports longer configurations</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">The Copy Comments to Linked Issues post-function can now be used for </span>*<span style="color: #172b4d">bi-directional</span>*<span style="color: #172b4d"> synchronization of comments - it won't create a ping-pong of comments between the two issues</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Build-your-own validators now have access to the original issue, i.e. the issue as it was before the user made changes on the transition screen, through the </span>`originalIssue`<span style="color: #172b4d"> variable</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">The Field required validator now supports the Time Spent field</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Build-your-own conditions and validators now have access to the issue changelog</span>

# Bug fixes

- [[MWEC-515](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/MWEC-515)] - Create Issue(s) post-function: the transition.context.newIssueKey variable should only be set at the end of the post-function
- [[MWEC-535](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/MWEC-535)] - Post functions don't throw errors anymore and thus won't stop sequences
- [[MWEC-537](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/MWEC-537)] - Some 403 errors are reported as overloading errors when they're real security errors
- [[MWEC-539](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/MWEC-539)] - Copying from the JSD Organizations field to another field doesn't work
- [[MWEC-541](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/MWEC-541)] - Post-function view: clicking on the warnings in post function configuration doesn't filter on that post-function
- [[MWEC-547](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/MWEC-547)] - The "Restrict to Project Role" option on the "Copy comment to related issue" post-function is not visible in the post-function summary
- [[MWEC-548](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/MWEC-548)] - Handle the incorrect messages being logged during the Create/Clone issue post-function execution
- [[MWEC-551](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/MWEC-551)] - Field Required Validator doesn't work for the Organizations field