search_issues(): search endpoint deprecated and removed #2367
Description
Bug summary
Since yesterday /rest/api/2|3|latest/search REST API endpoint has been removed, so the seach_issues function no longer works.
See https://developer.atlassian.com/changelog/#CHANGE-2046
The new endpoint is almost identical, with a /jql suffix: /rest/api/3/search/jql
Please update!
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing issues
Jira Instance type
Jira Cloud (Hosted by Atlassian)
Jira instance version
No response
jira-python version
3.8.0
Python Interpreter version
3.9.19
Which operating systems have you used?
- Linux
- macOS
- Windows
Reproduction steps
# 1. Given a Jira client instance
jira: JIRA
# 2. When I call the function with argument x
jira.search_issues('updated >= -1d')
# 3. You'll get the error seen in the stack traceStack trace
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/srv/airflow/venv/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/jira/client.py", line 3557, in search_issues issues = self._fetch_pages(
File "/srv/airflow/venv/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/jira/client.py", line 817, in _fetch_pages
resource = self._get_json(
File "/srv/airflow/venv/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/jira/client.py", line 4358, in _get_json
else self._session.get(url, params=params)
File "/srv/airflow/venv/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 602, in get
return self.request("GET", url, **kwargs)
File "/srv/airflow/venv/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/jira/resilientsession.py", line 247, in request
elif raise_on_error(response, **processed_kwargs):
File "/srv/airflow/venv/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/jira/resilientsession.py", line 72, in raise_on_error
raise JIRAError(
jira.exceptions.JIRAError: JiraError HTTP 410 url: https://###masked####.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/search?jql=updated+%3E%3D+yesterday&startAt=0&validateQuery=True&fields=%2Aall&maxResults=50
text: The requested API has been removed. Please use the newer, enhanced search-based API instead. Deprecation details are available at https://developer.atlassian.com/changelog/#CHANGE-2046.
response headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=UTF-8', 'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked', 'Connection': 'keep-alive', 'Date': 'Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:13:38 GMT', 'Server': 'AtlassianEdge', 'Timing-Allow-Origin': '*', 'X-Arequestid': '2562c91d76b9df99424991e2bc9b2ef7', 'X-Aaccountid': '5fd8a6c2692b7901103a7638', 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache, no-store, no-transform', 'X-Beta-Ratelimit-Limit': '350', 'X-Beta-Ratelimit-Remaining': '349', 'Beta-Retry-After': '1', 'X-Beta-Ratelimit-Reset': '2025-08-21T09:13Z', 'X-Beta-Ratelimit-Reason': 'jira-burst-based', 'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff', 'X-Xss-Protection': '1; mode=block', 'Atl-Traceid': '3f4e90e6ce3c4463a812f26af01f14d2', 'Atl-Request-Id': '3f4e90e6-ce3c-4463-a812-f26af01f14d2', 'Strict-Transport-Security': 'max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload', 'Report-To': '{"endpoints": [{"url": "https://dz8aopenkvv6s.cloudfront.net"}], "group": "endpoint-1", "include_subdomains": true, "max_age": 600}', 'Nel': '{"failure_fraction": 0.001, "include_subdomains": true, "max_age": 600, "report_to": "endpoint-1"}', 'Server-Timing': 'atl-edge;dur=67,atl-edge-internal;dur=15,atl-edge-upstream;dur=52,atl-edge-pop;desc="aws-eu-central-1"', 'X-Cache': 'Error from cloudfront', 'Via': '1.1
7c5a62c7d17ef0da2fddb0ebbf1f140a.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)', 'X-Amz-Cf-Pop': 'BUD50-P2', 'X-Amz-Cf-Id': 'iXu7N-x_Cj6s1XSu96FqFR82hMQYHKINHcD2LMgh2Gg0bguWmcSgtA=='}
response text = {"errorMessages":["The requested API has been removed. Please use the newer, enhanced search-based API instead. Deprecation details are available at https://developer.atlassian.com/changelog/#CHANGE-2046."],"errors":{}}Expected behaviour
No errors! :)
Additional Context
No response