[Includes] Post-Function - Error Handling
- Daniel Barrow
Make transition fail when an error occurs in this post-function - Select this option to make the transition fail when an error occurs while running the post-function. An error message is displayed to the user showing the transition failure.
By default Error handling is turned off. When it is turned off, all errors (Java Exceptions) raised by this post-function, including those raised by custom Groovy scripts, will be logged in the JIRA log file. However, they will not be reported to the user and will not prevent the transition from completing.Â
When designing new workflows or troubleshooting them, it may more convenient to be notified immediately of any such error during the execution of the transition. For example, on production Jira instances you might want to show errors only for the post-function(s) being created or updated, in order to avoid disrupting other workflows. To make errors raised by the current post-function prevent the transition from completing and show the error in the browser, select Make transition fail when an error occurs in this post-function.
When the Error handling option is selected on a specific extension, it overrides the configuration on the JMWE configuration page.
If you want to show all errors - to either All Administrators or All Users - configure the option globally on the JMWE configuration page. For example, on development and staging instances, you can activate error reporting for all JMWE post-functions so as to display all the errors (it is recommended to do so); on production instances you may want to activate error reporting only for administrators so that they can be made aware of configuration errors.