Step 1

As a Jira Administrator or Workflow Administrator:

1. Navigate to your workflow.

2. Edit your workflow to create a draft version.

3. Select Done (31) transition

4. Select the Post Functions tab.

5. Click Add post function

6. Select Update issues (Bob Swift) post function and add

Step 2

Within the Issue Fields screen:

1. Select the Detailed Fields tab.

2. Select only "Parent issue key" in the Issues to update field

3. Enter Done in the Transition field.

Step 3

Define the JQL query that needs to be used in conjunction with regex to inspect the number of issues that are not in the Done status.

1. Select the Conditions & Configuration tab.

2. Enter "%parent_status%" in the Condition 1 field.

3. Enter "Done" in the Regular expression pattern field.

4. Select Negative matching condition, so we only update the parent issue when the parent issue's story is not "Done".

5. Scroll down until you find JQL query field.

6. Enter "parent = %parent_key% and status != Done" in the JQL query field

7. Enter "%jql_result_count%" in the Condition 2 field.

8. Enter "0" in the Regular expression pattern field.

9. Select Exact matching condition, so we only transition the parent issue to be done when all the subtasks are done.

10. Click the Add button to save your configuration.

Step 4

1. Ensure to publish your workflow. It is always recommended to save a backup of the previous workflow when prompted.

2. Navigate to an issue with sub-task issues that is not done.

3. Complete all the sub-task issues as done

4. Validate if the parent issue is also moved to done status.