Issue Summary

When you have a default issue security that would hide the issues from the reporter, Epic Link (Parent) is not saved but other fields.

This is reproducible on Data Center: (yes) / (no)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Set an issue security with the default issue security level that hides the issue from the reporter
2. Create a story from the Parent Epic, the issue is hidden (expected) but the Epic Link is not saved.
3. See the attached video

Expected Results

The epic link should be retained since it is not a post-function.

Actual Results

The epic link is lost.

Workaround

use an automation rule: