diff --git a/src/sentry/integrations/jira/utils/api.py b/src/sentry/integrations/jira/utils/api.py
index a3701ad2d7c5a9..598aabb42dc21e 100644
--- a/src/sentry/integrations/jira/utils/api.py
+++ b/src/sentry/integrations/jira/utils/api.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from sentry.integrations.services.integration import integration_service
 from sentry.integrations.services.integration.model import RpcIntegration
 from sentry.integrations.utils.sync import sync_group_assignee_inbound
+from sentry.integrations.utils.webhook_viewer_context import webhook_viewer_context
 from sentry.shared_integrations.exceptions import ApiError
 
 from ...mixins.issues import IssueSyncIntegration
@@ -109,16 +110,17 @@ def handle_status_change(integration: RpcIntegration, data: Mapping[str, Any]) -
 
         result = integration_service.organization_contexts(integration_id=integration.id)
         for oi in result.organization_integrations:
-            install = integration.get_installation(organization_id=oi.organization_id)
-            if isinstance(install, IssueSyncIntegration):
-                install.sync_status_inbound(
-                    issue_key, {"changelog": changelog, "issue": data["issue"]}
-                )
-            else:
-                lifecycle.record_halt(
-                    ProjectManagementHaltReason.SYNC_NON_SYNC_INTEGRATION_PROVIDED,
-                    extra=log_context,
-                )
+            with webhook_viewer_context(oi.organization_id):
+                install = integration.get_installation(organization_id=oi.organization_id)
+                if isinstance(install, IssueSyncIntegration):
+                    install.sync_status_inbound(
+                        issue_key, {"changelog": changelog, "issue": data["issue"]}
+                    )
+                else:
+                    lifecycle.record_halt(
+                        ProjectManagementHaltReason.SYNC_NON_SYNC_INTEGRATION_PROVIDED,
+                        extra=log_context,
+                    )
 
 
 def handle_jira_api_error(error: ApiError, message: str = "") -> Mapping[str, str] | None:
diff --git a/tests/sentry/integrations/jira/test_webhooks.py b/tests/sentry/integrations/jira/test_webhooks.py
index 1da46ba71341a0..05e1c9f5798b28 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/integrations/jira/test_webhooks.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/integrations/jira/test_webhooks.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 from sentry.organizations.services.organization.serial import serialize_rpc_organization
 from sentry.shared_integrations.exceptions import ApiError
 from sentry.testutils.cases import APITestCase, TestCase
+from sentry.testutils.helpers.options import override_options
+from sentry.viewer_context import ActorType, get_viewer_context
 
 TOKEN = "JWT anexampletoken"
 
@@ -164,6 +166,33 @@ def test_simple_status_sync_inbound(self, mock_sync_status_inbound: MagicMock) -
                 },
             )
 
+    @override_options({"viewer-context.enabled": True})
+    def test_status_sync_sets_viewer_context(self) -> None:
+        captured_contexts: list = []
+
+        def capture_viewer_context(*args, **kwargs):
+            captured_contexts.append(get_viewer_context())
+
+        with (
+            patch(
+                "sentry.integrations.jira.webhooks.issue_updated.get_integration_from_jwt",
+                return_value=self.integration,
+            ),
+            patch.object(
+                IssueSyncIntegration,
+                "sync_status_inbound",
+                side_effect=capture_viewer_context,
+            ),
+        ):
+            data = StubService.get_stub_data("jira", "edit_issue_status_payload.json")
+            self.get_success_response(**data, extra_headers=dict(HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=TOKEN))
+
+        assert len(captured_contexts) == 1
+        ctx = captured_contexts[0]
+        assert ctx is not None
+        assert ctx.organization_id == self.organization.id
+        assert ctx.actor_type == ActorType.INTEGRATION
+
     @patch("sentry_sdk.set_tag")
     @patch("sentry.integrations.utils.scope.bind_organization_context")
     def test_adds_context_data(