How can I prevent changes to the Fix Version for closed issues?

[Craig Lawton-Devine]

Some closed issues assigned to Releases/Versions have been accidentally moved from one Release to another. The behaviour I want is that if the issue does need to be moved then the issue has to be reopened.

How can I prevent the Fix Version field from being changed once the issue is closed?

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

You could remove the edit permission for closed issues. However, that would prevent editing any field which might be more restrictive than you want.

Refer to the answer by @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- 

on this post

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-disable-to-edit-a-Closed-issue-in-Cloud-JIRA/qaq-p/591778#:~:text=1%20answer&text=Edit%20the%20workflow%20and%20place,on%20the%20%22closed%22%20status.

[Craig Lawton-Devine]

Thanks for your answer Trudy. This solution is more restrictive than I'd like, because I'd like the ticket to be able to be reopened in some situations.

[Trudy Claspill]

@Craig Lawton-Devine 

This solution does not prevent reopening (changing the status of) the issue. It only prevents editing while the issue is in specified statuses (i.e. Closed). 

[Craig Lawton-Devine]

Thanks Trudy, I've now implemented this on a test site.