Is there a way to restrict change of status when actual hours are not entered?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

I think you'll need a script or a bit of plugin code to provide this, but you could either create a "condition" (that would hide the transitions on any issue where there are no hours), or a "validator" (would return the user back to the transition screen if they try to proceed without any data in the field)

I suspect the first one might be more simple, but it depends on what you mean by "actual hours"?  Is that a custom field?  Or the work logs?

[Praveen P]

I mean the work log when I say actual hours.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Ok, you definitely want a "condition" then, as a user won't be offered work logging in a transition screen, so a validator would be annoying.