Invoke closing all issues within version upon release

Question

As in once a version is released to production, we'd like to close all the issues tagged with said version. Closing all bugs for example would allow us to notify customers via Salesforce that a given bug or feature request has been released to production vs. simply resolved, code complete, etc.

Thanks!

Yen

Emil Bergwik · Answer

I have the same question and problem statement.

Currently, my workflow is set up so that when we're done with developing a feature or fixing a bug, we normally put it to "Resolved". If we don't fix it, we move it to "Closed" with a resolution like "Won't fix" or "Can't reproduce".

What I would like is that when I release a release in JIRA, that all resolved issues in that release is automatically closed. Right now, it tells me "X unresolved issues" and asking me if I want to do nothing with them or move them to the next release.

Can somebody point me in the direction I should be going? I assume there must be some automation that I can set up in the workflow that makes this possible?

Emil Bergwik · Answer

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Yen Pham · Answer

We're using Jira Agile and within the plan mode, there are versions. Normally we'd mark user stories as resolved once they are Dev / QA complete by the end of the sprint, but we don't want to close them until they go out to production as apart of a version release.

When that occurs, I was hoping that when we "release" a version within Jira (preferable thru the plan mode view), that all associated stories & bugs would be closed.

Hopefully that's more clear!
Yen