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Use case

Check whether the current issue is in a particular status.

This use case is valid for both conditions and validators. The only difference is that you can specify an additional error message when using a validator.

⚒️ Configuration

Jira expression*

issue.status.name == "To Do"

This expression checks whether the current issue status is to do

Variations

You can easily modify this use case to include / exclude additional statuses.

Jira expression*

issue.status.name == "To Do" || issue.status.name == "In Progress"

The current issue status has to be either to do or in progress

Jira expression*

issue.status.name != "Done"

The current issue status must not be Done

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