How to Require Reporter Approval Before Moving an Issue to Another Sprint?

[Marine Gasparyan]

We need to set up a process in Jira where a task assigned to a team member cannot be moved to another sprint without the original reporter's confirmation.

Scenario:

• USER_X (Reporter) assigns a task to a team member for a specific sprint (e.g., Sprint 2).
• The team member wants to move the task to another sprint (e.g., Sprint 3).
• Before the change happens, a confirmation request should be sent to USER_X.
• Only after USER_X approves, the task should be moved to the new sprint.

How can we implement this in Jira?
Would it require workflow customization, automation rules, or a marketplace app like ScriptRunner?

I have tried to send notificiation to reporter by writing scrip lissiner via ScriptRunner, but it throws an error 

assert resp.status == 204
       |    |      |
       |    400    false
       status: 400 - Bad Request
       body: {"errorMessages":["No recipients were defined for notification."],"errors":{}}

Script:

import groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder

import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper

def eventIssue = Issues.getByKey(issue.key as String)

Map sprintChange = changelog?.items.find { it["field"] == "Sprint" } as Map

if (!sprintChange) {

return;

}

def fromSprint = sprintChange.from as String

def toSprint = sprintChange.to as String

def issueReporter = eventIssue.getReporter() ? eventIssue.getReporter() : eventIssue.getCreator()

if (fromSprint != toSprint) {

def writer = new StringWriter()

def markupBuilder = new MarkupBuilder(writer)

 markupBuilder.div {

 p {

// update url below:

 a(href: "http://myjira.atlassian.net/issue/${issue.key}", issue.key)

 span(" has had sprint change request from ${fromSprint} to ${toSprint}")

 }

 p("<p><b>${eventIssue.assigneeUser}</b> need to change sprint from sprint: <b>${fromSprint}</b> to: <b>${toSprint}</b> for <b>${issue.key}</b> </br> <p> Please go and review the updates on the ticket.</p>")

 }

def htmlMessage = writer.toString()

def textMessage = new XmlSlurper().parseText(htmlMessage).text()

def recipients = [:]

 recipients.users = [[accountId: issueReporter.accountId]]

 recipients.reporter = true

 logger.info("Irecipients ${recipients}")

def resp = post("/rest/api/2/issue/${issue.id}/notify")

 .header("Content-Type", "application/json")

 .body([

 subject: 'Sprint Change Request',

 textBody: textMessage,

 htmlBody: htmlMessage,

 to: recipients

 ])

 .asString()

assert resp.status == 204

}

Would appreciate any guidance on the best approach to achieve this.

Thanks!

[Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_]

Hi @Marine Gasparyan

Please clarify: What ScriptRunner Component are you using for this? Is it the Listener?

I am looking forward to your feedback and clarification.

Thank you and Kind regards,
Ram