Block Linked Issues depending on Status

Usage cases

The basic usage case is to block a Transition of a Parent Issue until all its Sub-Tasks are Resolved or Closed.

But it may be also these others use cases:

  • Block a Resolve transition until Linked Issues having a Block Issue Link Type are Resolved.
  • Or Block Start Progress Transition of a Sub-Task until its Parent Issue is In Progress
  • and many others ....

How it works

By defining this Workflow Condition in a Transition of your workflow, you are able to block/allow the transition depending of the Status reached by Linked Issues .
By Linked Issues, the condition considers all Issue Link Type (included Sub-Task) in both direction (Inward and Outwards Link).

Configuring the Feature

To configure the Block Linked Issues depending on Status Workflow Condition, please follow these steps :
  1. Add the Block Linked Issues depending on Status to the wanted transition.

    For more information on adding a Condition in Workflow, please see JIRA: Configuring Workflow Adding a Block Linked Issues depending on Status Condition
  2. Its configuration allows you to specify which Issue Link Types and Statuses are concerned by the condition. Edit Block Linked Issues depending on Status Condition You have to select
    • The list of Issue Link Types (Inward or Outward) to consider,
    • The list of Statuses required for allowing the transition,


  3. You will end up with a condition looking like:

    Block Linked Issues depending on Status Condition

    And the XML Declaration as follow : 

    <conditions>
	<condition type="class">
	  <arg name="class.name">com.minyaa.workflow.condition.BlockingOnLinkedIssuesStatusCondition</arg>
	  <arg name="outwardLinkTypesSelected">10100,</arg>
	  <arg name="inwardLinkTypesSelected"></arg>
	  <arg name="selectedStatuses">10000,</arg>
	</condition>
</post-conditions>