My boards 'To Do' column status has changed to 'Start', which has happened to other boards too

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My board was created with 'To Do' column and status of 'To Do'.  All of at once, the status for my To Do column has changed to status of 'Start'.  This change has affected the boards on 300 other projects as well.  I noticed in the Administration menu under Issue Attributes/Statuses, that the 'Start' status is set with a category of To Do.  Is the fix simply to change the category of the Start status to 'In progress'?  Appreciate feedback on this question, thanks

Brian Crane · Answer

Thanks Nic for your suggestions, especially erring on the side of caution, someone obviously did not do that in this case.  So I went through the list of all status' in our instance, and found that someone must have just created a new 'To Do' status, with only 10 work flows associated so far.  So will have to address this complication as well.   Thanks again!

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

I would err on the side of caution this time.

Wait until it is quiet, and then go to Admin -> Issues -> Status, and find the status that look wrong.  Rename them in there, but pick a very clear name, keeping some identifier on it so you know you can find it later (e.g. put a ! on the end).

Go back and check that this has changed the display name correctly with the ! on the end.  If it's all correct, go back and remove the ! from the name, and change the category back if necessary (As you know it's all safe now)

Admin stuff in Jira has moved around a lot and Idon't keep up any more.  Since the admin search arrived, I use that all the time.  Go to any admin screen and look towards the top, or press the . key or g twice.  Then type in "audit" and you should find the admin audit facility in there.

Brian Crane · Answer

Hi Nic:  Just saw your comment after replying to Mikael.  So I just need to know how to rename the statuses?     Thanks for suggestion about admin audit log, we certainly need to find out who made this change.  Thank you