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Bulk jobs

Last updated 24/08/2026

A bulk job runs your script once per work item matched by a JQL, in the background — no browser timeout. Start one from the Console (“Or run it across many work items now”): the script handles one item (context.issue), you supply the JQL, and Dry run is respected so you can rehearse a 10,000-item change before making it.

• Processed in batches in the background until the JQL is exhausted; cap 50,000 items per job.
• Track progress on the Bulk jobs tab: status, processed/failed counts, up to 20 error samples, and Cancel.
• A batch may occasionally be retried, so semantics are at-least-once — write idempotent scripts where double-processing would matter.
• context.issue carries summary, status, assignee, priority, issuetype; fetch more inside the script if needed.