How to configure linked issues?

[Nils Lange]

Hello,

Pardon my asking, but how does linked issues work?

I set one issue blocked by another issue, but I can close both independently.

Thanks for help.

Nils

[MatthewC · Accepted solution]

It's usually just for information purposes, by defaut it doesn't have any functional use.

if you want to block until related issues are closed, why not use sub-tasks and put a subtask blocking condition in JIRA workflow?

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Configuring+Sub-tasks#ConfiguringSub-tasks-Blockingissueworkflowsbysub-taskstatus

Or you can pay for a plugin to give you a workflow condition

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.fca.jira.plugins.workflowToolbox.workflow-toolbox

[Nils Lange]

thanks for fast answer, I thought that would have a little bit more functionality

[Renjith Pillai]

You can achieve more functionality using issue linking if you are using plugins:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.fca.jira.plugins.workflowToolbox.workflow-toolbox