Jira Remote Issue Link - URL Validation
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When using the REST api to create Remote Issue Links in Jira, Jira does not allow for the object URL to be anything other than a web URL. (Else it returns an error and doesn't add the link.) Actually it looks like the same validation occurs for any issue links, created in the UI or not. 

How would you go about creating issue links to launch desktop applications? (Eg, ttstudio://blahblahblah.) 

I can't figure out how to override the URL validation. :( My last resort here is going to be creating a custom [Issue Link Renderer][1], storing the url as a web link and then doing some string replacement, but that seems so dirty. 

Any ideas are appreciated. 


  [1]: https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Issue+Link+Renderer+Plugin+Module