What is the difference between JIRA status "is blocked by", "blocks", "is cloned by", "clones", etc?

Question

I need to know the difference between the following statuses in JIRA, while creating an issue

* is blocked by
* blocks
* is cloned by
* clones
* duplicates
* relates to

Thanks in advance

Ashkan Malekly_4jfgcl · Accepted Answer

Hi @mohit.tripathi

These items that you mentioned are not status they are kinds of the link that the Jira implement for linking issues to each other. For example, consider 2 issues (A & B) . Issue A is blocked by issues B it means that until the status of issue B is not "Done" or the resolution of issue B is empty, Issue A can't transit and for blocks, it is visa versa. But consider that these are just labels and if you link issues to each other they don't prevent each other from transitioning. If you want to practically prevent transitioning, you should change the condition of workflows.