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Unable to add a new column in the work flow

Bill Gausman
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January 29, 2026

I have an existing project with a current sprint in progress.  The team has decided to we would like to add another column to the project.  A new status/column before the Done column.  After adding the column & status, when I attempt to move the column to its new location to the left of the Done column, I keep encountering an error.  It just indicates an error has occurred, not much direction given as to what the issue might be.  I was able to add the same status & column in another project without any issues.

 

Thanking you in advance for any help!

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Trudy Claspill
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January 29, 2026

Hello @Bill Gausman 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Can you provide the steps you executed detailing what items/buttons you clicked along the way and what data you entered? Then we can try to recreate exactly what you did. How did you get the Status added? How did you get the Column added? What did you do to map the Status to the column?

I tried to recreate this scenario in my own Team-managed Software project on a Scrum board and I did not get an error. But I may not have executed the same steps as you.

If we cannot recreate the error, and if there is no active incident that may account for it listed on the Atlassian Status page, then there may be an error with your specific Jira instance. That would require opening a support case with Atlassian technical support to diagnose.

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John Funk
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January 29, 2026

Hi Bill,

What does the error say? Maybe try clearing cache in your browser or try a different browser. Or try it with Incognito or Private Window mode. 

Bill Gausman
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January 29, 2026

Hi John, 

Thank you very much for assisting with this issue.   

The error says:

"Some of your changes weren't saved
An error occurred on our end, try to save your changes again. If it doesn’t work, refreshing the page should fix it, but your changes will be lost."


I have attempted to save the changes in multiple browsers.  Another admin has attempted the update as well and experienced the same error message.  Also attempted to made the update in an incognito window.


Thank you!
Bill

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