JIRA Workflow - enforcing a wait time between statuses

Question

We have put together a 34 step decommissioning workflow in JIRA.  There are 2 steps that we need to enforce a delay to ensure there is sufficient time for feedback before skipping on to the next step.

For example, if step 5 is disable application front-end, the workflow should prevent anyone from advancing the issue to step 6 until at least 2 weeks has passed.

What is the best way to achieve this?

Justin Leader6 · Answer

Kerrin,

Did you find a solution?

Justin Leader6 · Answer

Very interesting question. And a 34-step workflow? I would love to learn more! You can email me at jleader@go2group.com

Here's my first idea on how to hack this. I'd use the JIRA Workflow Toolbox to store the current datetime into a custom variable during a transition:

Then I would add a condition from the same plug-in to the transition I wanted to delay:

Then you can compare the current datetime with the stored datetime. I agree that there may be other ways to do this, but this seems like a simple foolproof way.

You can find more information about how to code for this in an example on their website:

Good luck! 34 steps???  Do you at least have different views in a Kanban board for the different stages of the workflow?

Nadir MEZIANI · Answer

Hi,
You can do it , but you must use one of scripting plugins like JJUPIN, JSS or groovy.
In our company we use JJUPIN  to add an execution condition in transition  like your need.