Workflow block

Question

Hi, Is it possible to block the transition to status after a change from it? Maybe add a validator? For example, once you change from "in progress" to any status (review, testing, etc.), you can't go back to the status in progress.

Ignore IN TEST TO DEV, IN TEST ON DEV, BLOCKED AND CLOSED

Mikael Sandberg · Answer

I should have said the condition in my answer. The previous status condition will evaluate if the issue has been in a previous status or not, but you invert it so that you can prevent the issue going back to that status

Here is an issue that is using the above condition, it is currently in the In progress status and I have these options:

If I move it to To Do, my only option from there is Done

And this is persistent so it doesn't matter how many times I move it between To Do and Done, In progress will not be an option since I have already been in that status. The scenario you describe would only happen if you selected "Most recent status only".

Matt Parks · Answer

It's my understanding that the previous status validator means only that you can't transition back to the status that you just came from. But, if you were in that status in the distant past (e.g. Backlog > In Progress > In Test > Blocked), you could still move from Blocked > In Progress, even with the previous status validator.

Mikael Sandberg · Answer

Yes, that is possible. You can either use the previous status validator, or the other option is to disable the global transition and instead create a transition from for example To Do to In Progress.