Clone actions for Epic issue types fails to create issue saying "cannot have Parent but parent is specified"

Issue Summary

When creating Epic issues through Clone Action, the following error message is shown in audit log:

Error creating issue
Issue type 10000 cannot have parent but a parent is specified. (issuetype), Issues with this Issue Type must be created in the same project as the parent. (project)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a rule to clone Epics
2. Set a Parent Link (Initiative)
3. Clone issue (with target issue type as a non subtask)

Expected Results

Clones the Epic setting the parent as expected.

Actual Results

The clone action fails saying that Epics can't have a Parent set:

Error creating issue Issue type 10000 cannot have parent but a parent is specified. (issuetype), Issues with this Issue Type must be created in the same project as the parent. (project)

Workaround

1. When the Parent is not required - Add the following to the Additional Fields section within the Clone Issue action:

{
   "fields": {
      "parent": null
   }
} 

2. When the parent is required - Update the parent after the issue creation.