Subtasks are showing in the Scrum board when open and their parent is closed

Question

We noticed an update yesterday by Atlassian that allows the open subtasks to show in the scrum board even though the parent is closed.  This is causing the Backlog to be littered with these subtasks and confusing the users.

Any idea why this update was introduced?

Marc -Devoteam- · Answer

Hi @Ghassan Kiami

Sub-tasks are also showing in the backlog of the if Enhance my board and backlog is off.

I made a new default company managed project, based on Kanban. I did the same with a Scrum project and there sub-tasks are not on the backlog or board.

So kanban it has been there, scrum not. So in my opinion it can't be the new enhanced board feature.

Ghassan Kiami_1ega3e · Answer

I am sure nobody updated the filter. I am the Owner.

Is it necessary to show the subtasks now in the backlog when their parents are closed?

This behavior is only happening when the new "Enhance my board and backlog" new feature is On.  It does not happen when Off

Marc -Devoteam- · Answer

Hi @Ghassan Kiami

Yes I do know you can close parent issues without closing sub-taks, but in our instance we use automations and workflow conditions and validators to block this behaviour.

But as I said in my reply this is an opinion we have in our company, Atlassian is not preventing this by default.

But it has been possible to show sub-taks on a backlog, this could be done by adjusting the filter used on the backlog board.

Are you sure no one has updated your board filter?