This use case considers having a dedicated ticket for an upcoming release version. We will use this template to link an issue with the release ticket.
Add the Execute remote action post function to the desired transition or create a new transition.
Select the action to get started. Choose Link an issue.
Choose an existing connection to the current instance or create a new connection.
Set action parameters
Set it manually using the expression editor as follows:
Relates
Choose "Copy field value from current issue" and select Issue key as field. The link will start from the issue for which the transition is performed.
Set it manually using the expression editor by entering the Issue key of the respective release ticket:
Issue-2
Optionally, you can use the Update issue fields (optional) section to save the response body or parts of it into some field.
Execute remote action