Epic status according to child issues

Question

I want to my Epics' statuses to be in progress if one or more child issues are in progress.

I have looked other community entries, however although automation gets success, Epic's status does not change

Charlie Misonne · Accepted Answer

Hi @Ezgi

This should work with an automation rule.

Can you share the details of your rule so we can see where it goes wrong?

Walter Buggenhout · Accepted Answer

Hi @Ezgi ,

Your automation rule should update the Epic status as soon as one of its child issues moves to in progress. So, step by step:

* trigger: issue transitioned to In Progress
* value field condition: issue type is one of (list your issue types triggering the rule)
* related issues condition: parent exists (i.e. there is an epic)
* branch: for parent
* condition: if status does not equal in progress
* then: transition issue (i.e. the epic) to in progress

Hope this helps!