Add additional Status Categories

[Adriaan Fourie]

We have a complex global project and the current status categories are not working for us. We need to be able to add our own status categories. 

I would prefer not using a third party app to manage it but rather do it in JIRA.

[Tessa Tuteleers · Accepted solution]

Hi @Adriaan Fourie , 

You can read all about this topic in this earlier question. 

The TLDR is; you can't. 
But there are mentions of alternatives in the linked thread, and the overal consensus is that you best use another for of categorization, besides the status categories. 

- Tessa

[Adriaan Fourie]

Thank you for the info.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

The status categories are hard coded into Jira, you can't add more of them (I know someone who did it on Server, just added a fifth, and it broke in all sorts of interesting ways, because Jira is only coded to understand the standard four - eventually they gave in and realised "blocked" is the same as "in progress" even if it can't move)