How-to read the Metadata Audit Logs

This documentation applies to Metadata for Jira version 4.6.0 and higher

Every Metadata change (add/edit/delete) will be recorded using the audit log of Jira.

Each entry will have the following structure:

summary	One of the following: Metadata has been created : METADATA_KEY Metadata has been updated : METADATA_KEY Metadata has been deleted : METADATA_KEY
category	One of the following: projects (for projects, components and versions) user management (for user) group management (for groups)
objectItem	With the following entries: id: the technical id of the element name : e.g. Sample Project, Component, Version 1.2, admin, jira-administrators typeName : PROJECT, PROJECT_COMPONENT, VERSION, USER, GROUP
changedValues	With the following entries: Key fieldName: Key changedFrom on create : empty on update : the changed key on delete : the deleted key changedTo on create : the new key on update : the changed key on delete : empty Value fieldName: Value changedFrom on create : empty on update : the changed value on delete : the deleted value changedTo on create : the new value on update : the changed value on delete : empty Group fieldName: Group changedFrom on create : empty on update : the changed group on delete : the deleted group changedTo on create : the new group on update : the changed group on delete : empty Hidden fieldName: hidden changedFrom on create : empty on update : the changed hidden boolean on delete : the deleted hidden boolean changedTo on create : the new hidden boolean on update : the changed hidden boolean on delete : empty

In Jira's audit logs, you will see a deleted metadata as follows (Further details about Jira’s audit logs: https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/audit-log-829076528.html).