Add a comment to a Jira issue with an ADF body via REST API v3

domain: atlassian.com · 7 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. POST https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/comment.
  2. Body: {"body":{"type":"doc","version":1,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Your comment text"}]}]}}.
  3. Optional visibility restriction: {"visibility":{"type":"role","value":"Administrators","identifier":"Administrators"}} — type is strictly 'group' or 'role'; for groups prefer identifier (group ID) over mutable group names.
  4. Optional ?expand=renderedBody returns the comment rendered as HTML alongside the ADF.
  5. Requires Browse Projects + Add Comments project permissions (plus issue-level security access if configured). Auth: Basic (email:API token) or OAuth2 write:jira-work.
  6. Success: 201 with the comment object (author.accountId, echoed ADF body, created/updated, self). Documented errors: 400/401/404/413.
  7. Official docs: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-comments/#api-rest-api-3-issue-issueidorkey-comment-post

Known gotchas

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