Go back to the previous status from a current status the all other statuses can transition to

Question

Hello,

I have a workflow in Jira where I am allowing all statuses to reach a specific status.

After I reach this status, I am not able to go back to any of the other statuses.

I tried adding another transition from the status to other statuses (manually) but when trying to save I get an error that I cannot be making such a change on an active draft (what is this joke? it's a draft...).

Is there a way to let a status that all other statuses can transition to, go back to all other statuses without:

1. Manually creating these transitions

2. Re-creating and re-assigning the workflows to the project because of this bug that I can't make such changes on the draft?

i.e.:

To do can go to:

* In progress
* Pending

In progress can go to:

* Done
* Pending

I would like to define that Pending will have a transition to all statuses (To do, In progress)

Thanks

Mark Segall · Answer

Good question... I have a similar situation where all I want to do is add transitions, but it won't let me without copying.  Given the similarities in our circumstances, I believe it has something to do with having a number of statuses that allow all to transition.

Zohar Eylen_2jmvxf · Answer

Thanks.

I do that, but why wouldn't it let me add a transition to an active workflow (in draft mode)?

Mark Segall · Answer

Hi @Zohar Eylen and welcome to the community!

While the message is a bit misleading, it's trying to state that you cannot make the changes you're trying to make to an active workflow.  Instead, you'll need to

* Make a copy of the workflow
* Make the desired changes
* Remove the old workflow from your workflow scheme
* Add the new workflow to the workflow scheme
* Publish the workflow scheme