How to add a new status in new JIRA interface?

Question

I am not able to find any option for adding a new status in JIRA. Please suggest how it can be done.

Ashish Mishra_ua9kui · Answer

This is the example of creating a status in old JIRA interface. I am not able to identify these options and routing in the new interface.

Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan · Answer

Please go to below link. you will be able to find how to add status.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/define-new-status-or-steps-in-jira-workflow-718835875.html?_ga=2.145751732.1030964724.1520825434-1277354111.1499751499

RianS · Answer

Here is the documentation provided by Atlassian for defining a new status and then adding to a workflow. The first step is adding the status to JIRA and then subsequent steps are editing a workflow to take advantage that new status.