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How can fields be configured as read-only based on the status?

Rosalin kandapan
February 3, 2026

Question1
If story (issueType) status is "Done" then can we make Description field Readonly

Question 2
Can fields be protected allowing editing only by specific roles?
Example: Only Product Managers are allowed to change a certain field in Features

 

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Trudy P Claspill
Community Champion
February 3, 2026

Hello @Rosalin kandapan 

Welcome to the Atlassian community 

The short answer is no, not without a Marketplace app.

Are you open to getting an app for this?

Natively it is possible to disable editing for an entire issue based on its Status, and to do so for a subset of fields for which Jira has already created a specific edit permission, such as the Assign User permission being needed to change the Assignee field.

That can be done with Workflow Properties.

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/use-workflow-properties/

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sai chinamuthevi
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February 3, 2026

Yes you can do this but Native Jira wont support this.
You need to install third party plugins like Script Runner for this.

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