Overview

Work item types categorize different kinds of work in your project (e.g., “Task”, “Bug”, “Feature”).

Learn more about Work Item Types →

Deprecation notice

We are deprecating all /api/v1/.../issue-types/ endpoints in favor of /api/v1/.../work-item-types/.

End of support
31st March 2026

What you need to do
To ensure uninterrupted service, replace all /issue-types/ references with /work-item-types/ in your codebase before the support end date.

The Work Item Type object

Attributes

• id uuid

  Unique identifier for the work item type

• name string

  Name of the work item type

• description string

  Description of the work item type

• logo_props object

  Logo properties for the work item type

• is_epic boolean

  Whether this work item type is an epic

• is_default boolean

  Whether this is the default work item type

• is_active boolean

  Whether this work item type is active

• level number

  Level of the work item type

• workspace uuid

  The workspace which the work item type is part of (auto generated from backend)

• project uuid

  The project which the work item type is part of (auto generated from backend)

• created_at timestamp

  Timestamp when the work item type was created

• updated_at timestamp

  Timestamp when the work item type was last updated

• created_by uuid

  ID of the user who created the work item type (auto saved)

• updated_by uuid

  ID of the user who last updated the work item type (auto saved)

• deleted_at timestamp

  Timestamp when the work item type was deleted (null if not deleted)

• external_id string

  External ID for the work item type (auto saved)

• external_source string

  External source for the work item type (auto saved)

WORK ITEM TYPE OBJECT

{
	"id": "d6af3c13-3459-43ab-b91c-c33ef2fd7131",
	"name": "Postman work item type",
	"description": "Postman work item type description",
	"logo_props": {},
	"is_epic": false,
	"is_default": false,
	"is_active": true,
	"level": 0,
	"workspace": "70b6599f-9313-4c0d-b5c0-406a13a05647",
	"project": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
	"created_at": "2024-10-23T06:54:46.169344Z",
	"updated_at": "2024-10-23T06:54:46.169390Z",
	"created_by": "9d6d1ecd-bf73-4169-80c8-7dee79b217f4",
	"updated_by": "9d6d1ecd-bf73-4169-80c8-7dee79b217f4",
	"deleted_at": null,
	"external_id": null,
	"external_source": null
}