How to create a rule or automation limiting WIP on board settings

[Paulo Roberto Fregatti]

Is it possible even limiting the WIP with the minimum and maximum value of cards manually create a blocking rule or automation to not let them move more cards than the number already configured?

[Jehan Bhathena]

As most documents/blogs suggest, the Kanban board is more for view-ability and not for restriction.

Didn't find any way to add a restriction but I can suggest a workaround where you can send a mail to a set of people if the limit is breached. Below is my theory:

* Using https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/api-group-board/#api-rest-agile-1-0-board-boardid-configuration-get, fetch the MAX value of the board's column

* Using https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/api-group-board/#api-rest-agile-1-0-board-boardid-issue-get, get the issue count for that board

* Compare the values received from about the steps above and send our a email if the value is breached.

Hope this helps :-)

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PS: Not tested any of this