{"errorMessages":["You do not have permission to create issues in this project."],"errors":{}}(base)

[Skynet]

It is interesting I get this error because I have provided admin access to the project for the user who is trying to connect.  My goal is to create a issue under the project via REST API. I checked and user has access to REST API. 

In GUI User is able to create Issue but not via REST.

Any suggestions appreciated. 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Admin means admin.  It does not mean "do everything".  You will need to grant them "create issue" permission as well.

[Aya Bouznari]

how to do this please, i have the same error ?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

The account you are using for the REST call needs to be granted "create issue" permission in the project.

[Juan Jimenez]

I am having exactly the same problem as described above.  I have create a Personal Access Token for the very account I am able to create issue types in JIRA through the browser.

This simple command should work:

curl -v -D- -H "Authorization: <pat removed for obvious reasons>" \

     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

     --request POST \

     --data '{"fields": {"project": { "key": "CIP"},"summary": "curl","description": "curl script","issuetype" : {"name": "Task"}}}'  https://<company_name>.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/issue

But it does not with the error:

{"errorMessages":["You do not have permission to create issues in this project."],"errors":{}}

Some AI LLM tool suggested this:

Verify PAT Permissions:

Go to your Atlassian account settings

Navigate to Security > Personal access tokens

Check that your token has the necessary permissions (read:jira-work, write:jira-work)

Consider creating a new token with explicit permissions for issue creation

But I do not see those options on my JIRA installation.  I can only create tokens with an expiry date.  Nothing else.

This is the JIRA I am using:

Build Number: 100283
Build Date: 2025-04-10T17:15:24.000+0200
Deployment Type: Cloud

If you still think we are doing something wrong, can you suggest some different way of debugging this that is different than what I have tried already?

Thank you!