Generate release notes without "Won't do" or similar resolutions

Question

We are using a kanban board + backlog to plan and release software. I'd like to figure out a way to generate release notes without items that weren't actually done. Resolutions like "Won't Do" or "Cannot Reproduce" suggest they aren't in the release but the release notes suggest they are because it only seems to care if the bug that was closed or not.

Stephan Stahl_eec2qy · Answer

@Jack BrickeyI tried your solution in Jira 9.3 and would like to add: this did not work for me out of the box, by simply adding

AND resolution not in ("won't fix", "won't do")

... to the Board-Filter as well as the Kanban Sub-Filter. For whatever reason this would also filter out all pending / unresolved issues.

I tried several and/or combinations, but the following one seems to do the trick (adding "resolution IS EMPTY" as OR-alternative, to keep all unresolved tickets in the Board):

(fixVersion in unreleasedVersions() OR fixVersion is EMPTY) AND (resolution is EMPTY OR resolution not in ("Won't Do"))

Downside: all "won't fix" (and similar) issues will be hidden from the Kanban board directly, whenever you close them with the according resolution - but that's expected.

Releasing from the Kanban board then does not put the ticket into the release/release notes. Thank you for this hint!

I also love the solution you provided with A4J! Thank you for this input!

Jack Brickey · Answer

yes. i use and here is a solution to try...

Kevin Chaves · Answer

Is there a free tool for this? Something like

Automation Lite for Jira v. 5.0.1 would work?