Insights Automation: Looking up Insight objects in automation when the IQL contains an & throws an error and returns no results

Issue Summary

When looking up Insight objects (or branching on IQL) in Jira Automation, if the IQL contains an & (or a placeholder with an &) the IQL won't execute and will return an error.

However, the same IQL executed within the Insight UI works fine.

This is reproducible on Data Center: no

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an object with a Name containing an & (e.g. "A & B")
2. Create an automation rule (schedule trigger, lookup objects action)
3. Add an IQL like "Name = "A & B"
4. Execute the automation rule

Expected Results

The IQL is executed and the object with name "A & B" is returned in the results

Actual Results

An error is returned like "IQL has invalid syntax... token recognition error at..."

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available