subtasks are closed

[Ivan Andrieiev]

Is it possible to set a validator or a condition so that the task cannot be closed until all subtasks are closed.

[Hamza Chundrigar]

Hi @Ivan Andrieiev 

There isn’t a OOTB Workflow Validator that I’m aware of but there is a condition called Sub-Task Blocking Condition. This type of condition can prevent a parent issue from being resolved until all of its sub-tasks are resolved

You could specify that the parent issue should only be closed if all the subtasks are done. In your workflow, select the transition:

• Go to the "Conditions" tab and Add Condition.
  Add the standard Jira condition called "Sub-Task Blocking Condition".
• Specify the status in which the subtask should be in order for the done transition to be allowed on the task. Check "done" status.
• Press Add.

That’s one way to approach it. We use JMWE’s Linked Issue(s) Status Validator which ensures that the current issue's linked issues (existing and ones added during the transition) respect the specified condition against selected statuses.

Best regards,

Hamza

[Vedant Kulkarni_Trundl]

@Ivan Andrieiev 

if you have Scriptrunner installed on your system, then you can use the below expression in the Task workflow

issue.subtasks.filter(subtask => subtask.status.name == 'Done').length == issue.subtasks.length

[Max Foerster - K15t]

Hi @Ivan Andrieiev ,

Yes, it is possible. You have to use Jira Expressions for that validator. You can find an example implementation in this use case for a marketplace app:

• Check for unresolved sub-tasks

You can also use the expression without any marketplace app, as they all use the Jira Expression functionality in Jira.

Best, Max

Edit: time for a correction from my side. I forgot that there's no out-of-the-box functionality. So you should have a look into workflow extension for Jira Cloud. But then, all of them will use Jira Expressions as afaik that's the only possible way to implement more sophisticated logic in Jira Cloud... 😄