POST /rest/api/2/priority

Creates an issue priority.

Deprecation notice: The iconUrl parameter was sunset on 16th Mar 2025, and replaced with avatarId. See CHANGE-1525.

Permissions required: Administer Jira global permission.

Servers

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
statusColor String Yes

The status color of the priority in 3-digit or 6-digit hexadecimal format.

name String Yes

The name of the priority. Must be unique.

description String No

The description of the priority.

iconUrl String No

The URL of an icon for the priority. Accepted protocols are HTTP and HTTPS. Built in icons can also be used. Either the iconUrl or avatarId must be defined, but not both.

Valid values:

  • "/images/icons/priorities/trivial_new.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/highest_new.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/highest.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/low.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/trivial.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/blocker.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/high.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/medium.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/minor.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/critical_new.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/lowest.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/lowest_new.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/major_new.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/critical.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/high_new.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/low_new.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/blocker_new.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/minor_new.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/major.png"
  • "/images/icons/priorities/medium_new.png"
avatarId Integer No

The ID for the avatar for the priority. Either the iconUrl or avatarId must be defined, but not both. This parameter is nullable and will become mandatory once the iconUrl parameter is deprecated.

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