Generate release notes without "Won't do" or similar resolutions

[Kevin Chaves]

We are using a kanban board + backlog to plan and release software. I'd like to figure out a way to generate release notes without items that weren't actually done. Resolutions like "Won't Do" or "Cannot Reproduce" suggest they aren't in the release but the release notes suggest they are because it only seems to care if the bug that was closed or not.

[Jack Brickey]

Try changing your board filter to exclude “won’t do” when you then click “release” those will not be included.

add to filter something like ... AND Resolution not in (“won’t do”, cannot reproduce”)...

[Kevin Chaves]

I'm not using the board to release, we still use the backlog feature to plan a releases so regardless of whats on the board, the release still has the bugs in them.

[Jack Brickey]

Then you simply need to remove the FixVersion on those issues. You could use automation (addon) to blank the field if issue resolved with any of those resolutions.

[Kevin Chaves]

Is there a free tool for this? Something like

Automation Lite for Jira v. 5.0.1 would work?

[Jack Brickey]

yes. i use and here is a solution to try...

[Stephan Stahl]

@Jack BrickeyI tried your solution in Jira 9.3 and would like to add: this did not work for me out of the box, by simply adding

AND resolution not in ("won't fix", "won't do")

... to the Board-Filter as well as the Kanban Sub-Filter. For whatever reason this would also filter out all pending / unresolved issues.

I tried several and/or combinations, but the following one seems to do the trick (adding "resolution IS EMPTY" as OR-alternative, to keep all unresolved tickets in the Board):

(fixVersion in unreleasedVersions() OR fixVersion is EMPTY) AND (resolution is EMPTY OR resolution not in ("Won't Do"))

Downside: all "won't fix" (and similar) issues will be hidden from the Kanban board directly, whenever you close them with the according resolution - but that's expected.

Releasing from the Kanban board then does not put the ticket into the release/release notes. Thank you for this hint!

I also love the solution you provided with A4J! Thank you for this input!