Moving a Task to 'in-progress' does not move the story to 'in-progress'. As the task is associated with story, story should automatically move to 'in-progress' the moment any linked task is moved to 'in-progress'.

[Dnyaneshwar Borase]

Moving a Task to 'in-progress' does not move the story to 'in-progress'. As the task is associated with story, story should automatically move to 'in-progress' the moment any linked task is moved to 'in-progress'.

[Fidel Castro]

You can do it inserting JIRA Workflow Toolbox's post-function "Copy a parsed text to a field" into transition to "In Progress" status in sub-task's workflow with the following configuration:

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Boolean expression is:

%{00042} != "In Progress"

where %{00042} is field code of Parent's issue status.

Once configured, transition to "In Progress" status will look like this:

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[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Correct.

That's a business function, and a lot of people don't need or want it.  If you want to implement it, you can.  You'll need to find/write code to do it - try the automation add-on or the Script Runner.