The Clone Plus add-on will be deprecated at the next renewal due to billing increases, security concerns, and functional issues. Most use cases for this functionality were for creating a work item in different project, while maintaining the summary, description, and attachments, and including a link to the source work item. For the purposes of the previously mentioned functions, this can be replicated natively by the Create Linked Work Item action.

The benefits of using the Created Linked Work Item action over Clone Plus include:

Create Linked Work Item

To create a new linked work item:

  1. Navigate to the desired work item

  2. Select the Link work item button from the top of the work item

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  3. In the Linked work items section, select Create linked work item (below other linked work items and the dropdown/text field)

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  4. Review the fields on the Create linked issue screen

    1. If the destination project that the work item is being created in has any required fields, they will automatically be included and populated with a default value for review

    2. If the source work item contains any attachments, the bottom of the Create linked issue screen will include a checkbox to include all attachments in the created request

  5. Select Create