Changes to when the parent field can be edited

In Jira, administrators can configure screens for an issue operation (create, view, and edit).

If a screen has been associated with the “Edit Issue” operation, only fields added to this screen should be editable. However, the parent field previously ignored the edit issue screen. If the parent field was not on the edit issue screen, it was still considered editable. We are changing this behaviour to make the parent field behave like other fields, and ensure it is not editable if the parent field is not on the edit issue screen.
To avoid problems arising from the change in behaviour, the parent field will be added to all existing screens configured for the edit issue operation.

When this change has rolled out, Jira administrators can remove the parent field from the edit issue operation screen if they wish to restrict the editing of the parent field.
Key changes

• The Parent field will not be editable if it is not on the edit issue screen
• The Edit Meta REST API will no longer return parent when it is not configured on the edit screen. See announcement: Atlassian developer changelog

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