Show approver list and status of approval for Jira approvals

Jordi Garcia

Now that approvals are available in any Jira project, how can you show, using Automation in Jira, a comment the list of approvers and the status for each?

I tried different approaches that I could find in documentation, like these below, without luck:

Current approval state for each approver is:
{{#issue.customfield_nnnnn.last.approvers}}
- {{approver.displayName}} is {{approverDecision}} {{/}} 

or

<ul>
{{#issue.customfield_10003}}
{{#approvers}}
<li>
{{approver.displayName}} - {{approverDecision}}
</li>
{{/}}
{{/}}
</ul>

 

I would like to show a list of approvers, in my case are approver groups in a multi-group picker, where I require at least one of each to approve.

I want to show this message when it transitions to approval and also, after each approval is registered so users know what is pending.

I know this information shows at the top-right side of the work item, but wanted to check if was possible to show this as a message or even as a slack.

Christos Markoulatos -Relational-

Hi @Jordi Garcia 

Try the below:

How to Show Approver List and Status via Automation

You can use Jira Automation smart values to print the current approval status in a comment or Slack message. Here’s a snippet that works for company-managed projects:

*Approvers & decisions* {{#issue.Approvals}} *Step:* {{name}} — *Status:* {{status}} {{#approvers}} {{approver.displayName}} — {{approverDecision}} {{/}} {{/}}

 

• Trigger on Issue transitioned to Waiting for approval or Approval completed.
• Add a Re-fetch issue data action before the comment so the Approvals field is up-to-date.
• Works for multiple approval steps; loops through each approver and shows their decision (approved, declined, pending).

If You Use Approver Groups

Group approvals are supported when the workflow uses a Group Picker (multiple groups) field. For mentioning pending approvers per group, see Atlassian’s “Notify pending approvers” recipe, it uses indexed smart values like .approvers.get(0) and accountId mentions.

 Optional to Keep a Permanent Approval Log

If you want to retain decisions even when Jira resets the built-in Approvals field:

1. Create a custom multi-line text field (e.g., “Approval Log”).
2. Use the Approval Completed trigger.
3. Append to the field:

   {{approval.approvers.displayName}} — {{approval.decision}} on {{now}}

This gives you a running history for reporting or conditional logic.

Also check, they might not fit your use case but have valuable info:

Page Approvals - Let's Make It Complicated (Part 1... - Atlassian Community

Page Approvals - Let's Make It Complicated (Part 2... - Atlassian Community

Solved: Filtering Approvers who approved with smart values

Try it and let me know if it worked!!!