Why did user stories I moved from a Sprint get deleted when I deleted the old Sprint?

Question

I needed to cancel a currently active Sprint so I:

1) Created a new Sprint. "Sprint 34"
2) Moved all items from the active Sprint ("Sprint 32") to this new Sprint ("Sprint 34").
3) Deleted Sprint 32
Result:
1) Sprint 32 was deleted, as expected.
2) User Stories in Sprint 34 disappeared. Huh???

Where did they go? And, how can I find them? I have tried using the 'Search' facility, but it cannot locate the user stories.

Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Answer

Glad to know you were able to figure out the issue. Couple of quick notes:

* A story in a sprint is "done" only when it reaches the last column of the board.
* Make sure the workflow statuses are mapped to the appropriate columns in the board. If the status is not mapped, they won't appear in the "Active sprints" view.

Doug Oxford · Answer

I found out the problem.

User stories marked as 'Done' in a Sprint that is not active do not show up in the list of issues in the Backlog.

I found the user stories by going into the 'Browse' page and looking at the 'Done issues' filter.

I have updated the User Stories to be in the 'Review/Test' Status and they appear in the Sprint again.

I do not know why a User Story marked as 'Done' would not display in the 'Sprint' in the backlog, but at least I know this now and have resolved the problem. And, yeah, the Stories did not get deleted.

Thank you.

Doug Oxford · Answer

The new Sprint exists and is visible in the backlog, but the User Stories are not displayed.

I have tried using the 'Backlog' search textbox for the Issue Key as well as some text I know was part of the issue name. Both attempts could not locate the missing User Stories.

I tried putting the issue id WAS-1205 as the selectedIssue argument on the address bar in my browser, but it came up empty; the Backlog was displayed, but no issues were selected.

As far as permissions, what permissions should I look for?

Thank you.