Is it possible to change the status of an issue in relation to another issue wich is blocking it?

[María López Carrasco]

I would like to know if when I link an issue with the relation "blocked by" is possible to change the status of the blocked issue. I mean:

• I create an issue. Issue A --> status: Backlog 
• I add a link to issue A. Linked issues: is blocked by issue B
• Issue A status changes to Blocked (automatically?)
• when issue B is in status Released, issue A chages status to Backlog again

As I was writing it, it sounded more impossible. Does anyone know if is possible to configure something like this?

Thank you :)

[Shawn Masters · Accepted solution]

Jira Workflow Extensions can do this via Post Functions in the workflow. JWME on the marketplace i think. 

[Shawn Masters]

Additionally, Automation for Jira, can also accomplish this 

[María López Carrasco]

We've been trying different extensions for that and they work pretty well. I just wanted to know if there were any way to do that without an extension.

Thank you so much anyway!

[Shawn Masters]

I havent encountered any method on the Cloud version outside of those mentioned. You might be able to do something in the Rest API im not aware of, but would require a developer resource. 

[María López Carrasco]

It is ok, thank you so much for your time! :)