Prevent status change until sub-tasks of a certain type are "done"

[Matt Noe]

I'm trying to solve a problem in one of our projects. Our project involves many sub-task types used simultaneously under a base-level issue/story.  My goal is to establish a rule that will prevent a status change on the base-level issue until all the sub-tasks of a specific type are in a "done" status category but will allow other sub-task types to be in varying status categories.  I've been able to do this if ALL sub-tasks are "done" but not for just specific type(s).

Our instance does have scriptrunner.  Are there any recommendations to solve our issue, or does anyone have experience doing the same?

[Dag Atle Stenstad]

Hi Mat! Here's a proposed solution.

1. Create a custom field named "Can Transition" with a default value of "True."

2. In the workflow for the "base-level issue," create a condition for all transitions that checks whether the value in the "Can Transition" field is "True."

3. Then, create a Jira Automate rule that sets the field to "False" if a new sub-task is created.

4. Create another rule that sets the field to "True" when all sub-tasks are closed.

Remember to set the correct value for the "Can Transition" field on existing base-level issues.