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  1. Automation for Cloud
  2. AUTO-1128

Cloning an issue with a table in the 'Description' field breaks if there is more than a single newline

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    • Severity 3 - Minor
    • Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Jira Work Management

      Issue Summary

      When cloning an issue using the 'Clone issue' action in automation, if the 'Description' contains a table and there is more than a single newline between text, the table breaks in the cloned issue

      Note that this behaviour only occurs when cloning using automation.

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Insert a table in the 'Description' field
      2. Add some text and add more than a single newline in a cell
      3. Configure an automation rule with the 'Clone issue' action and trigger the rule

      Before cloning:

      After cloning:

      Expected Results

      The format of the table should be preserved as is from the original issue to the cloned issue

      Actual Results

      The table is broken

      Workaround

      Remove the extra newline

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              f1754156efb5 Vipul Reddy
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