---
title: "Jira / Atlassian Cloud editJiraIssue gains optional ranking inputs: 2026-09-26 | Harbyn"
description: "Jira / Atlassian Cloud editJiraIssue gains optional ranking inputs, announced Sep 26, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-09-26-editjiraissue-gains-optional-ranking-inputs"
last-updated: 2026-09-29
---

# Jira / Atlassian Cloud editJiraIssue gains optional ranking inputs

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-09-26-editjiraissue-gains-optional-ranking-inputs>.

Behavior change - Jira / Atlassian Cloud. low severity. Announced.

Three optional inputs have been added to rank a work item relative to another on a board or backlog, and to select a custom rank field.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Jira / Atlassian Cloud](https://harbyn.com/vendors/atlassian-jira.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | low |
| Status | Announced |
| Announced | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Symbols | `editJiraIssue`, `rankBeforeIssue`, `rankAfterIssue`, `rankCustomFieldId` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Jira / Atlassian Cloud, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://developer.atlassian.com/changelog/> (changelog, fetched 2026-09-29 02:31 UTC, sha256 `8c41090e2fababc7a3631600521056e8272392ab0a0f2c8c6588dc9cd7252871`)

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