🧩 Question: Unable to Upload Evidence to Xray Server Test Runs — Status Update Works Fine

[Aryan Srivastava]

Hi Atlassian/Xray community,

We're using Xray Server (not Cloud), and we're building a custom internal tool to manage test executions via API. Here's the context:

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✅ What’s Working

• I can successfully fetch test executions using:

  GET /rest/api/2/search?jql=Project=RTM AND issuetype='Test Execution'

• I can fetch the test cases linked to a test execution via:

  GET /rest/raven/1.0/api/testexec/{testExecutionKey}/test

• I can fetch the testRunId of each test case using the value from:

  issue.fields.customfield_21623[].testRunId

• I can update the status of a test run with:

  PUT /rest/raven/1.0/api/testrun/{testRunId}
  Body: { "status": "PASS" }

  ✅ This works perfectly and updates in Jira UI.

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❌ What’s Not Working

I'm trying to upload .docx or .png files as evidence to a test run using the endpoint:

POST /rest/raven/1.0/api/testrun/{testRunId}/attachments

 I get the following error response:

<status>
  <status-code>404</status-code>
  <message>null for uri: https://mycompanyjira.com/rest/raven/1.0/api/testrun/2572671/attachments</message>
</status>

This happens even though:

• The test run ID is valid (verified via /api/test-runs)

• The test run has manual steps (we assume — but not 100% sure)

• The evidence files are small and standard (e.g., .docx, .png)

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🔄 What I Tried Instead

To work around the issue, I also attempted using:

POST /rest/raven/1.0/import/execution

 With this payload:

{
  "testExecutionKey": "RTM-622283",
  "tests": [
    {
      "testKey": "RTM-623929",
      "status": "PASS",
      "evidences": [
        {
          "data": "base64encoded",
          "filename": "test.docx",
          "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

But this also fails silently or does not attach the evidence, even though the status is updated.

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❓ Questions for the Community

1. Does POST /testrun/{id}/attachments only work if the test run has manual steps?

2. Are there any permissions or configurations required on the Jira/Xray side to allow attachments via API?

3. Should we be using POST /import/execution for uploading evidence instead — and if so, does it overwrite the execution or merge?

4. What is the recommended way to programmatically upload evidence to each test case inside a test execution on Xray Server?

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Any help or clarification would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks 🙏
— Aryan

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @Aryan Srivastava 

Welcome to the community.

Question 1: It seems (documentation based), Yes that this can only be on test with manual test steps. you could reach out to Xray support to get this confirmed.

Related is, I don't seem to find what type of evidence can be attached, might be the docx is not an option.

Question 2: No, this is based on Jira access.

The others I can't answer for you. I hope I could help.