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Why are done tasks from previous sprint still listed in current sprint?

unknown

When I complete a sprint and start a new one, what typically happens is that all "non-done" tasks become part of the new sprint, and all "done" tasks from the previous sprint disappear.

Last week, however, when I completed a sprint and started a new one, the "done" tasks from the previous sprint remained in the new sprint. They are still marked as done. They just shouldn't be there. Aside from manually deleting them, I'm not sure what to do. I'm mostly curious to know why this happened and how I can ensure it doesn't happen in future sprints.

Any help would be appreciated!

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Dave Mathijs

Hi @[deleted]welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Do the "Done" tasks have a resolution set? Is this status added to the utmost right column in your board?

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @[deleted]

Is the Status assigned to those "done" tasks mapped to the column farthest to the right on your board?

Only the issues in the column farthest to the right on your board are considered "complete" when you end the sprint, regardless of the Status value itself.

If you have two columns mapped to two different green/"done" statuses, only the ones in the column farthest to the right will be considered "complete". All other issues will be considered "incomplete" and you will get a pop-up about moving them to another sprint or the backlog.

Additionally, issues that have "incomplete" Subtasks are considered "incomplete" themselves.

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Dave Mathijs

Hi @[deleted]welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Do the "Done" tasks have a resolution set? Is this status added to the utmost right column in your board?

unknown

Thank you, Dave! What do you mean by a "resolution set"? Something like "To do", "In progress", and "Done"?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

No, those are Status in your workflow.

Resolution is a totally independent field. It is intended as a very brief reason why you have closed ("resolved") an issue - you'll see values like "done", "fixed", "cancelled", and "duplicate" - all a short reason for "we're not going to spend any more time on this"

Status shows where the issue is in your workflow (process). On your sprint boards, an issue is only considered "done" when it is in the last column on the board. If you close a sprint with issues not in the last column, they will go into the nest sprint.

So most of us try to set resolution as an issue enters the last column, and clear it out if it moves back to a not-done column.

unknown

We don't currently use resolutions (and don't intend on using them). I'm just wondering why the "done" tasks are still in the current sprint when in the past they would have disappeared after starting a new sprint.

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @[deleted]

Is the Status assigned to those "done" tasks mapped to the column farthest to the right on your board?

Only the issues in the column farthest to the right on your board are considered "complete" when you end the sprint, regardless of the Status value itself.

Additionally, issues that have "incomplete" Subtasks are considered "incomplete" themselves.

unknown

Yes, they are all the way to the right! In the "Done" column with a check mark in the heading.

And those tasks don't have any subtasks.

Trudy P Claspill

Is this in a Team Managed project or a Company Managed project? That information will be shown at the bottom of the navigation panel on the right.

unknown

It's a team-managed project.

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