Changelog Description Field (optional)

Learn how to configure Jira to view and edit the AI-generated descriptions right on your Jira ticket.

Released AI-generates descriptions for your Jira tickets based on their title and internal description. By default, the description is stored in issue properties.

To be able to view and edit the generated description on the Jira issue itself, you have the option to store the description in a custom field. To do so, add the "Changelog description" custom field to every issue type you want to include in your release notes.

Configuring the description field

Select the type of project that contain the issues for your release notes and follow the instructions below to set up the custom field.

Team-managed projects

You must have the administrator role to configure issue types in team-managed projects. Learn more about team-managed project roles.

To add the Changelog description field to your issue types:

1. In the project sidebar, click Project settings > Issue types.

2. Select the issue type you want to edit.

3. Search for the Changelog description field in the Fields sidebar on the right.

4. Drag the Changelog description field into the description fields section in the middle. Jira will highlight the dropzone with a blue border.

5. Click Save changes.

Repeat these steps for each issue type in your project.

For more detail see: Customize an issue's field in team-managed projects.

Company-managed projects

You must have the Jira administrator global permission to configure issue screens in company-managed projects.

You can control which screens a custom field will appear on when an issue is created, edited, or transitioned through workflow. To change which screens a custom field is associated with, follow these steps:

1. Go to Issues.

2. Under Fields, click Custom fields.

3. Find the Changelog description custom field and click More > Associate to screens.

4. Check the boxes next to the screens you want the custom field to appear on.

5. Click Save.

To add more screens or remove screens, click the custom field's Screens link and then click Add or remove associated screens.

For more details see: Configure issue custom fields.