Breaking Changes

Groovy Version Upgrade

Date of Change: 4 October 2023

We updated ScriptRunner for Confluence Cloud to Groovy 4!

We have identified breaking changes that could affect your scripts. Adaptavist ScriptRunner Support is available to you for these issues. 

Groovy 4 breaking changes

Conflicting isser and getter methods

This change was discovered after the first Groovy 4 communication from ScriptRunner for Confluence Cloud, so it may require your attention even if you followed our initial instructions. The fix for this must be implemented by 31 December 2023.

We have created a temporary workaround for this issue. Your scripts will not break until we remove this workaround on 31 December 2023.

If you are using objects of classes that implement conflicting isser and getter methods and you are using the property syntax to get the getter value, your code can break with Groovy 4.

FIX: In Groovy 4, if you are using objects of classes that implement conflicting isser and getter methods, and using the property syntax to get the getter value, you must re-write the logic to use the getter method directly.

For example, in Groovy 2, the get call below returns the value of JsonArray object (contents of array ), and the JsonNode class has conflicting isser and getter methods:

groovy
def theArray = get("/rest/api/2/issuetype")
        .header('Accept', 'application/json')
        .asJson().body.array
 
theArray // In Groovy 2 this is used to return the value of getArray() method of JsonNode

In Groovy 4, theArray will be the return value of the method isArray() of JsonNode. So the above code should be written as:

groovy
def theArray = get("/rest/api/2/issuetype")
        .header('Accept', 'application/json')
        .asJson().body.getArray()

Node not found and issues related to getter functions in Groovy

This change was discovered after the first Groovy 4 communication from ScriptRunner for Confluence Cloud, so it may require your attention even if you followed our initial instructions. The fix for this must be implemented by 31 December 2023.

We have created a temporary workaround for this issue. Your scripts will not break until we remove this workaround on 31 December 2023.

The Groovy 2 import statement import groovy.util.slurpersupport breaks with Groovy 4.

FIX: To fix your scripts that use that import statement, please replace the package name with import groovy.xml.slurpersupport.

Unable to resolve class XmlSlurper

The Groovy 2 import statement import groovy.util.XmlSlurper breaks with Groovy 4.

FIX: To fix your scripts that use that import statement, please replace it with import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper.

Unexpected input for ,

The new Groovy 4 parser does not allow empty objects in an array list. Scripts with code like "a","b",,"c","d" breaks with Groovy 4. 

FIX: To fix your scripts that have empty arrays or lists, please remove the empty objects by adding quote marks (""), like "a","b","","c","d" . 

Groovy 4 warning

These are the four changes in Groovy 4 that we have identified that are in use by our customers, but there is a potential for scripts to break from other changes. Please review the Groovy 4 Release Notes to understand the full changes.

New URLs for ScriptRunner

Date of Change: after 12th April 2021

The URLs used for hosting ScriptRunner for Jira and Confluence Cloud are changing. Cloud instances using a cloud firewall may encounter problems due to this change.

We advise all users with a cloud firewall to ensure that access to the following wildcard URL is permitted:

For more information on this change, or if you are having ongoing issues, please contact Adaptavist Support.

Groovy Version Upgrade

Date of Change: 17th June 2020

We upgraded the version of Groovy that your scripts run on from 2.4.17 to 2.5.12.

We do not anticipate any significant changes in behaviour to your scripts.

Release notes are available on the Groovy website and some specific breaking changes are described in the version 5 release notes.

New URL for Frontend Assets

Date of Change: 24th March 2020

To align with Atlassian Cloud app security requirements, the frontend URL for assets (JS, CSS, and images) were updated. Cloud instances using a cloud firewall may encounter problems due to this change.

We advise all users with a cloud firewall to ensure the following URL is allowlisted:

For more information on this change, or if you are having ongoing issues, please contact Adaptavist Support.

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