Triggering builds from Jira Automation using API calls is failing on Bamboo Data Center with error: No content to map to Object due to end of input

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Summary

Triggering builds from Jira Automation using API calls is failing Bamboo with 400 HTTP error

Environment

This issue was observed on Bambo 9.4.4 integrating with Jira Cloud but other Bamboo versions may be affected.

Diagnosis

After configuring the automation in Jira cloud and clicking on validate the below error was observed from Jira cloud, with error 400 Bad Request:

1 { "errors": [ "No content to map to Object due to end of input" ], "fieldErrors": {} }

Cause

To resolve this issue, you need to ensure that the API call from Jira includes the correct payload, even if it is an empty JSON object.

Solution

In the payload section add an empty JSON object and then test the validation again

1 {}

Updated on March 5, 2025

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