Workflow rule not allowing Story to move to next status unless the Flag is removed ?

Nicolae Victor Rusu

Hi team, is there a way to add a workflow rule for a story that has the following statuses 
Open > DoR > In Progress > DoD > Done

If a story is blocked we will click "Add flag and comment". I'd like to implement a rule in Jira that will not allow that story to move from let's say "In Progress" to "DoD" unless the flag is removed 

How do I do that. is it via workflow config or Jira automation rules ?

Tomislav Tobijas

Hi @Nicolae Victor Rusu ,

You can probably achieve that by adding a workflow validator on the transition to status "DoD" by using the Regular Expression Check

and by selecting the field Flagged and leaving the regular expression empty.

Note that I've tested this on the cloud, but I believe the same thing should work on DC as well.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Tom