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Clone an issue

POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/issues/{issue_iid}/clone

Clones a specified issue to a project. Copies as much data as possible as long as the target project contains equivalent criteria, such as labels or milestones. If you have insufficient permissions, an error message with status code 400 is returned.

Authorizations

Section titled “ Authorizations ”

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
id
required
One of:
string

The ID or URL-encoded path of the project

issue_iid
required
integer

The internal ID of a project issue

Request Body required

Section titled “ Request Body required ”
Media type application/json
object
to_project_id
required

The ID of the new project

integer
nullable
with_notes

Clone issue with notes

boolean
nullable
Example generated 
{
  "to_project_id": 1,
  "with_notes": true
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

201

Section titled “ 201 ”

Created

Media type application/json
object
id
integer format: int64
iid
integer
project_id
integer format: int64
title
string
description
string
state
string
created_at
string format: date-time
updated_at
string format: date-time
closed_at
string format: date-time
closed_by
object
id
integer format: int64
username
string
public_email
string
name
string
state
string
locked
boolean
avatar_url
string
avatar_path
string
custom_attributes
Array<object>
object
key
string
value
string
web_url
string
labels
Array<string>
milestone
object
id
integer format: int64
iid
integer format: int64
project_id
integer format: int64
group_id
string
title
string
description
string
state
string
created_at
string
updated_at
string
due_date
string
start_date
string
expired
boolean
web_url
string
assignees
object
id
integer format: int64
username
string
public_email
string
name
string
state
string
locked
boolean
avatar_url
string
avatar_path
string
custom_attributes
Array<object>
object
key
string
value
string
web_url
string
author
object
id
integer format: int64
username
string
public_email
string
name
string
state
string
locked
boolean
avatar_url
string
avatar_path
string
custom_attributes
Array<object>
object
key
string
value
string
web_url
string
type

One of [“ISSUE”, “INCIDENT”, “TEST_CASE”, “REQUIREMENT”, “TASK”, “TICKET”]

string
assignee
object
id
integer format: int64
username
string
public_email
string
name
string
state
string
locked
boolean
avatar_url
string
avatar_path
string
custom_attributes
Array<object>
object
key
string
value
string
web_url
string
user_notes_count
integer
merge_requests_count
integer
upvotes
integer
downvotes
integer
start_date
string format: date
due_date
string format: date
confidential
boolean
discussion_locked
boolean
issue_type
string
web_url
string
time_stats
object
time_estimate
integer
total_time_spent
integer
human_time_estimate
string
human_total_time_spent
string
task_completion_status
object
count
integer
completed_count
integer
weight
integer
blocking_issues_count
integer
has_tasks
boolean
task_status
string
_links
object
references
object
short
string
relative
string
full
string
severity

One of [“UNKNOWN”, “LOW”, “MEDIUM”, “HIGH”, “CRITICAL”]

string
subscribed
boolean
moved_to_id
integer format: int64
imported
boolean
imported_from
string
service_desk_reply_to
string
epic_iid
string
epic
object
id
string
iid
string
title
string
url
string
group_id
string
human_readable_end_date
string
human_readable_timestamp
string
iteration
object
id
integer format: int64
iid
integer
sequence
integer
group_id
integer format: int64
title
string
description
string
state
integer
created_at
string format: date-time
updated_at
string format: date-time
start_date
string format: date
due_date
string format: date
web_url
string
health_status
string
Example 
{
  "id": 84,
  "iid": 14,
  "project_id": 4,
  "title": "Impedit et ut et dolores vero provident ullam est",
  "description": "Repellendus impedit et vel velit dignissimos.",
  "state": "closed",
  "created_at": "2022-08-17T12:46:35.053Z",
  "updated_at": "2022-11-14T17:22:01.470Z",
  "closed_at": "2022-11-15T08:30:55.232Z",
  "closed_by": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "public_email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gravatar.com/avatar/1",
    "avatar_path": "/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
    "custom_attributes": [
      {
        "key": "foo",
        "value": "bar"
      }
    ],
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "labels": [
    "bug"
  ],
  "assignees": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "public_email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gravatar.com/avatar/1",
    "avatar_path": "/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
    "custom_attributes": [
      {
        "key": "foo",
        "value": "bar"
      }
    ],
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "public_email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gravatar.com/avatar/1",
    "avatar_path": "/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
    "custom_attributes": [
      {
        "key": "foo",
        "value": "bar"
      }
    ],
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "type": "ISSUE",
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "public_email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gravatar.com/avatar/1",
    "avatar_path": "/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
    "custom_attributes": [
      {
        "key": "foo",
        "value": "bar"
      }
    ],
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "start_date": "2022-11-18",
  "due_date": "2022-11-20",
  "issue_type": "issue",
  "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/issues/14",
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 12600,
    "total_time_spent": 3600,
    "human_time_estimate": "3h 30m",
    "human_total_time_spent": "1h"
  },
  "task_completion_status": {
    "count": 5,
    "completed_count": 3
  },
  "weight": 5,
  "blocking_issues_count": 2,
  "has_tasks": true,
  "task_status": "2 of 4 tasks completed",
  "references": {
    "short": "&6",
    "relative": "&6",
    "full": "test&6"
  },
  "subscribed": false,
  "moved_to_id": 1,
  "imported": false,
  "imported_from": "github",
  "service_desk_reply_to": "user@example.com",
  "iteration": {
    "id": 1,
    "iid": 1,
    "sequence": 1,
    "group_id": 1,
    "title": "Iteration I",
    "description": "Iteration description",
    "state": 1,
    "created_at": "2022-01-31T15:10:45.080Z",
    "updated_at": "2022-01-31T15:10:45.080Z",
    "start_date": "2022-01-01",
    "due_date": "2022-01-31",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/iterations/1"
  }
}

400

Section titled “ 400 ”

Bad Request

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

Not Found