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Can we copy Jira workflow transitions?

Asier Vadillo

Hi everyone!

We are going to change a lot of transition, adding multiple validations that are the same for lot of transitions.

I was wondering if there is a way to create the first one and then "clone" the transition but for other statuses.

I was checking for Jira Cloud native functionalities and not third party plugins.

Thanks beforehand!

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Shai Gilboa_8ate5r

are those validations using Jira native actions or use 3rd party apps actions?
if native, you can use the Jira API to create this (a bit complex but works)
if 3rd party, like scriptrunner/jmwe, sadly there are no public APIs by the vendors to assist with this.

I'm not aware if UI cloning abilities of this.

Marc -Devoteam-

Hi @Asier Vadillo

To re-use an existing transition, select the transition and add the status from and status where to go in the new workflow editor.

This is only in a workflow, you can't copy transitions to another workflow, then copy the workflow

Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_

Hi Asier,

I am not aware of any plugins that allow you to clone workflow transitions.

This means you would need to recreate the validators on each transition as Atlassian dont provide ant functionality to clone transitions out of the box.

I hope this helps.

Kristian

Asier Vadillo

Hi @Marc -Devoteam- , thanks for the reply

If I do as you say, and have From: A,B statuses and TO: C,D

Then the transition will be available not only from A->C and B->D but also A->D and B->C right? This will be a problem since I do not want people to be able to "jump" statuses.

Marc -Devoteam-

Hi @Asier Vadillo

If you have an incoming or outgoing transition to a status you can re-use the same transition to another status.

This is mandatory, you ca't just re-use an status between other statuses.

Can you show a picture on what you exactly want to achieve.

Asier Vadillo

Hi @Marc -Devoteam- ,

I want something like this:

Screenshot From 2026-03-24 09-01-26.png

Validating the same things (For now) fro the transition from New -> In Development and In Development -> Done.

But I do not want people to be able to transition New -> Done

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