Geeting error while creating issue "You do not have permission to create issues in this project."

[Nisha Rathod]

• Using Jira cloud API, I am trying to create an issue using the V3 API version. I have created API tokens via Manage Account->Security->Create API token with scope. Still I am getting the error like "You do not have permission to create issues in this project."

• Request example:

curl --location 'https://test.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/issue' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic dGVzdEBnbWFpbC5jb206YXBpLXRva2Vu' \
--header 'Cookie: atlassian.xsrf.token=f4be895521f08ab95d1adde5f37871e0e86b5cce_lout' \
--data '{
"fields": {
"description": {
"content": [
{
"content": [
{
"text": "Exposure Remediation verification",
"type": "text"
}
],
"type": "paragraph"
}
],
"type": "doc",
"version": 1
},
"duedate": "2025-06-11",
"issuetype": {
"id": "10001"
},
"project": {
"key": "SCRUM"
},
"summary": "Exposure Remediation"
}}'

• Response:

  {

  "errorMessages": [

  "You do not have permission to create issues in this project."

  ],

  "errors": {}

  }

[Karan Sachdev · Accepted solution]

Hey @Nisha Rathod

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

The endpoints shared in the documentation hold good for API tokens without scopes.

If you're using API tokens with scope, the URI will be:

https://api.atlassian.com/ex/jira/<cloudId>/rest/api/3/issue

This is stated in the document: Create an API token with scopes

PS. Please validate that you have permission to create issues in the specified project.

Thanks!

[Nisha Rathod]

Hey @Karan Sachdev 
Thank you for clarification. Its works!

[arielei]

Hey @Nisha Rathod 

Go to your project settings -> permission scheme and check if you have:

1. Browse project
2. Create Work-items

permissions.

[Nisha Rathod]

Hey

I can't see this option in my account. If possible can you provide link or refernce.