Reference issues in your development work

[Alexander Turbov]

I've read the Reference issues in your development work page and tried to play w/ it and GitHub (which is reported as _connected_ in my project page in JIRA.

I've made a branch `bug/BLAHBLAH-123-short-description`, added a commit message w/ the first line `[BLAHBLAH-123] Fix the bug ...` and created a pull request with the same title at GitHub. However, my issue didn't change the status to _In Progress_...

What am I doing wrong?

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Alexander Turbov  

The methods you are using will associate the Jira issues and the branch, but not transition them through the workflow.  You can use the automation rules to do that.

Here are some example use cases, including moving your issues through workflow based upon development triggers:

https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/expand-jira/automation-use-cases

And here are a couple of Atlassian webinars if you want to see demonstration of the automation and features:

https://www.atlassian.com/webinars/software/getting-started-automation-jira

https://www.atlassian.com/webinars/software/how-to-supercharge-your-automation-in-jira-cloud

Best regards,
Bill