Editing an issue

Follow these steps to edit the title, description, status, assignee, priority, estimate, or labels of an issue.

To edit an issue

1. Choose the issue that you want to edit to view the issue details. For help on finding your issue, see Finding and viewing issues.

2. To edit the issue title, choose the title, enter a new title, and press enter.

3. To edit the description, choose the description, enter a new description, and press enter. You can use Markdown to add formatting.

4. In Tasks, you can view and manage the tasks for the issue. If there are no tasks, you can have Amazon Q analyze the issue and recommend tasks that can break down the work in the issue into separate items that can each be assigned to a user. For more information, see Managing tasks on issues.

5. To edit the Status, Estimate, or Priority, choose an option from the respective dropdown menus.

6. In Labels, you can add an existing label, create a new label, or remove a label.

   1. To add an existing label, choose + Add label and choose the label from the list. You can enter a search term in the field to search all labels containing that term in the project.

   2. To create a new label and add it, choose + Add label enter the name of the label you want to create in the search field and press enter.

   3. To remove a label, choose the X icon next to the label you want to remove. If you remove a label from all issues, the label will appear in the Unused labels section in the Labels section of issue settings. Unused labels appear at the end of the list of labels when using filters or adding labels to an issue. You can find an overview of all labels (used and unused) and issues that have them in the issue settings.

7. To assign an issue, choose + Add an assignee in the Assignee section, then search and choose the assignee from the list. You can choose + Add me to quickly add yourself as the assignee.

8. In Attachments, you can add, download, or remove attachments. For more information, see Working with attachments.

9. To link a pull request, choose Link pull request, and then either choose a pull request from the list or enter its URL or ID. To unlink a pull request, choose the unlink icon.

   Tip

   After you add a link to a pull request to an issue, you can quickly navigate to it by choosing its ID in the list of linked pull requests. You can use the URL of a pull request to link pull requests that are in different projects than the issue board, but only users that are members of that project will be able to view or navigate to that pull request.

10. (Optional) Add and set an existing custom field, create a new custom field, or remove a custom field. Issues can have multiple custom fields.

    1. To add an existing custom field, choose the custom field from the list. You can enter a search term in the field to search all custom fields containing that term in the project.

    2. To create a new custom field and add it, enter the name of the custom field you want to create in the search field and press enter. Then choose the type of custom field you want to create and set a value.

    3. To remove a custom field, choose the X icon next to the custom field you want to remove. If you remove a custom field from all issues, the custom field will be deleted and you will no longer see it when filtering.