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Additional Information:

• your database manager version: MySQL 5.1.61
• your Redmine version: 1.4.1

Problem:
When using the REST API to create or modify time_entries, custom_fields are ignored if using XML format. When I use JSON, it succeeds (but only if using some different structure than the one described on the WIKI page http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Rest_api )

I tried all of the following XML structures:

• The one described on the WIKI page:
  

  <time_entry>
    <comments>changed via XML PUT - 1</comments>
    <custom_fields type="array">
      <custom_field id="4">
        <value>1131</value>
      </custom_field>
    </custom_fields>
  </time_entry>
  

• But also all of the following (the last one is no valid XML but I tried it anyway)
  

  <time_entry>
    <comments>changed via XML PUT - 2</comments>
    <custom_fields type="array">
      <custom_field id="4">1132</custom_field>
    </custom_fields>
  </time_entry>
  
  <time_entry>
    <comments>changed via XML PUT - 3</comments>
    <custom_field_values>
      <custom_field id="4">1133</custom_field>
    </custom_field_values>
  </time_entry>
  
  <time_entry>
    <comments>changed via XML PUT - 4</comments>
    <custom_field_values>
      <4>1134</4>
    </custom_field_values>
  </time_entry>
  

If I use JSON it succeeds with the following format:

{"time_entry":
  {
    "comments":"changed via JSON PUT - 2",
    "custom_field_values":
      {
        "4":"13:02" 
      }
  }
}

• If using the suggested format from the WIKI page, it does not work:
  

  {"time_entry":
    {
      "comments":"changed via JSON PUT - 1",
      "custom_fields":
        [
          {"value":"13:01","id":4}
        ]
    }
  }
  

Very interesting is, that XML POST/PUT with the documented format (WIKI page) works for issues!
So this succeeds:

<issue>
  <description>changed via XML PUT</description>
  <custom_fields type="array">
    <custom_field id="1">
      <value>0</value>
    </custom_field>
  </custom_fields>
</issue>