Filter deleted comments

The following script examples are related to filtering deleted comments from outbound notifications.

Understanding the JSON event data for a comment

JEMHC uses event data provided by Atlassian as JSON payload as the information necessary to render outbound notifications for Transport types such as Email, Slack, Telegram etc…

Example comment element from the comments array property

{
    "self": "https://instance.example.com/rest/api/2/issue/10994/comment/11382",
    "id": "11382",
    "author":
    {
        "self": "https://instance.example.com/rest/api/2/user?accountId=exampleAccountId",
        "accountId": "exampleAccountId",
        "avatarUrls":
        {
            "48x48": "https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/initials/PE-4.png",
            "24x24": "https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/initials/PE-4.png",
            "16x16": "https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/initials/PE-4.png",
            "32x32": "https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/initials/PE-4.png"
        },
        "displayName": "Example User",
        "active": true,
        "timeZone": "Europe/London",
        "accountType": "atlassian"
    },
    "body": "internal note",
    "updateAuthor":
    {
        "self": "https://instance.example.com/rest/api/2/user?accountId=exampleAccountId",
        "accountId": "exampleAccountId",
        "avatarUrls":
        {
            "48x48": "https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/initials/PE-4.png",
            "24x24": "https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/initials/PE-4.png",
            "16x16": "https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/initials/PE-4.png",
            "32x32": "https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/initials/PE-4.png"
        },
        "displayName": "Example User",
        "active": true,
        "timeZone": "Europe/London",
        "accountType": "atlassian"
    },
    "created": "2025-01-08T10:44:02.453+0000",
    "updated": "2025-01-08T10:44:02.453+0000",
    "jsdPublic": false,
    "deleted": true
}

Note the last few JSON properties above:

jsdPublic - indicates whether a comment is a private internal note or public comment values mean:
- False - Private internal note
- True - Public comment
deleted - indicates whether the comment was deleted
- True - Comment was deleted
- False/missing - Comment was created

By default JEMHC uses the first comments property to render Just added comments as per:

Just Added - Render Just Added Comments during notification processing

For pre-existing comment rendering examples can be found:

Existing Comments - Render All Comments from Issue :

## Iterating over the latest comments the recipient can see...
#foreach( $comment in $jemhUtils.filterRestrictedComments($context.comments))
  ##filter deleted
  #if(!$comment.deleted)
    ## rendering the comment below is a simple example
    $jemhUtils.wikiToHtml($comment.body.textValue())
    ## tagging processing telling the notification system that a comment has been rendered ...
    $jemhUtils.setCommentRendered()
  #end
#end