Programmatically change issue status

[Daniel Garcia]

I'm trying to change the issue type and status on an issue. The new issueType has a workflow with different statuses to the first so both issueType and Status need to change.

Ordinarily I would use WorkflowManager and WorkflowTransitionUtil to transition the issue to the new status but no transitions exists between the old and new status.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

Hi Daniel,

Changing the issue type is a nightmare to do automatically, you will have to code for all the checks that Jira needs to do, code to handle any failures, and then migrate (not just change) the issue from one type to the other, meaning you'll need to change all the configuration settings for it.

Bascially, "change issue type" is not something you should try to automate - you are trying to re-write the entire "move issue" process.