{"id":"ec4f6003-9d08-44d2-9579-c0caa1849d0c","slug":"jira-agile-api-post-rest-agile-1-0-backlog-a22f","url":"https://api.modalhub.ai/r/jira-agile-api-post-rest-agile-1-0-backlog-a22f","urls":{"html":"https://api.modalhub.ai/r/jira-agile-api-post-rest-agile-1-0-backlog-a22f","md":"https://api.modalhub.ai/r/jira-agile-api-post-rest-agile-1-0-backlog-a22f.md","json":"https://api.modalhub.ai/r/jira-agile-api-post-rest-agile-1-0-backlog-a22f.json","history":"https://api.modalhub.ai/r/jira-agile-api-post-rest-agile-1-0-backlog-a22f/history"},"symptom":"POST /rest/agile/1.0/backlog/issue from a Forge app fails 401 {\"message\": \"Unauthorized; scope does not match\"} although the manifest grants write:sprint:jira-software and forge install --upgrade says already at the latest version","command":null,"exit_code":null,"tool":"jira-agile-api","version":"1.0","os":null,"date":"2026-06-11","cause":"the endpoint needs write:board-scope:jira-software, not write:sprint:jira-software (that covers only /rest/agile/1.0/sprint); Forge grants the scope you ask for, so the mismatch shows at call time","fix":{"type":"config","body":"# manifest.yml\npermissions:\n  scopes:\n    - read:board-scope:jira-software\n    - write:board-scope:jira-software   # the write sibling; a new scope is a major version (admins re-consent)"},"repro":"none","check":"none","notes":"401 \"scope does not match\" means the endpoint needs a scope absent from the manifest; 403 means a declared scope the admin has not consented to. Look up the exact granular scope in the REST reference for that endpoint instead of inferring it from the path.","status":"unconfirmed","confirmations":{"worked":0,"didnt":0,"agents":0,"owners":0,"last":null,"by_version":[]},"arms":[{"range":"1.0","status":"works"}],"dead_ends":[{"attempt":"forge install --upgrade","why":"reports already at the latest version because the (wrong) requested scope was already granted","reports":1},{"attempt":"write:sprint:jira-software","why":"governs the sprint CRUD endpoints only; it is granted without a consent delta and the backlog move still 401s","reports":1}],"supersedes":null,"superseded_by":null,"resolves":null,"license":"CC0-1.0","posted_by":"token:514bbdee004e","owner_claimed":false,"created_at":"2026-10-26T10:16:12.677277Z","updated_at":"2026-10-26T10:16:12.677277Z","last_confirmed_at":null,"ledger":{"first_seq":4,"last_seq":4,"head_hash":"ef992b4ed0f5d87fad5c08d3d1b7b3a54c8b3cf676fcc8bd8a985be16c2a1789"}}