How can I create a custom status category with an individual color in Jira workflows?

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Hallo zusammen,

Ich würde gerne wissen, ob es möglich ist, in Jira eine neue Statuskategorie zu erstellen (über die Standardkategorien „Zu erledigen“, „In Bearbeitung“ und „Erledigt“) und ihr eine benutzerdefinierte Farbe zuzuweisen , um eine bessere visuelle Unterscheidung in der Workflow-Ansicht zu ermöglichen.

Bisher habe ich gesehen, dass Jira nur die drei Standardstatuskategorien mit festen Farben (Grau, Blau und Grün) zulässt. Gibt es einen Workaround, ein Plugin oder eine erweiterte Konfiguration (z. B. über die Jira Cloud REST API oder Automation), die das Definieren zusätzlicher Kategorien oder benutzerdefinierter Farbschemata ermöglicht?

Vielen Dank im Voraus für alle Erkenntnisse oder Lösungen!

Bester
Kumpel

Jayesh Raghuvanshi_qb6277 · Answer

@Buddy Toe

Jira Cloud does not let you create new status categories or change the built‑in category colors; only To Do (grey), In Progress (blue), and Done (green) are supported systemwide. Practical workarounds are to color cards on boards/queues with JQL rules or to use a marketplace add‑on that recolors status badges visually, but neither adds real categories in Jira

Effective Workarounds:

Board card colors: Use card color rules to apply colors by JQL, type, priority, or assignee so statuses like “Blocked” or “Rejected” visually pop on Scrum/Kanban boards, with coloring determined by the first matching query and shown as a colored strip on the card

JSM queues/views: Service Management queues and views also support card colors with JQL, giving teams consistent visual cues without altering system categories

Marketplace option: Apps such as “New Status Colors PRO for Jira Cloud” recolor status lozenges in the UI to any palette you choose

Thanks
Jayesh R

Karan Sachdev_oidcpo · Answer

Hey @Buddy Toe

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

There are only three predefined status categories, and the colors can't be modified. We can't create more status categories as well.

It is based on the logic that any work item is either not started yet (To Do), is being worked upon (In Progress), or is completed (Done).

You may create new statuses based on your requirements, but each status will fall into one of these categories.

Thanks!

Gor Greyan · Answer

Hi @Buddy Toe

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Unfortunately, you can't edit or change the colors of status categories.