Issue Summary

When using the Create Issue V3 Rest API, if you provide a description greater than 32767 characters, the API call will fail with the following error:

{
    "errorMessages": [
        "CONTENT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED"
    ],
    "errors": {}
}

Despite the error, it will increase the project's pcounter (current issue number), impacting on the number of the next created tickets.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Make an API call to the Create Issue V3 endpoint: /rest/api/3/issue
2. Make sure the description used has more than 32767 characters
3. After the failure, create a ticket via the UI and check if the ticket number is sequential

Expected Results

Error 400 - Bad Request
API fails and project's pcounter not incremented.

Actual Results

Error 400 - Bad Request
API fails and project's pcounter is being incremented.

Additional notes

The Issue ID will also be incremented alongside the pcounter

Workaround

• Add a treatment on the description to limit it to 32767 characters before making the API call
• Or use the Create Issue V2 Rest API: /rest/api/2/issue. It doesn't cause the issue.