Workflow post function copy 'status' field to text field not work

Question

workflow post function copy 'status' (before transition) field to text field not work

Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

The built-in script can only handle certain types of "cast" into strings.  I don't think it supports casting a status object to a string.  I think you might need to write this yourself, with something like

set custom field to issue.getStatusObject().getName()