while i was trying to delete instage status i found this error. How to fix this.

[Chavali_ HemanthSubbarao]

while i was trying to delete instage status i found this error. How to fix this. 

[Stephen_Lugton]

Hi @Chavali_ HemanthSubbarao 

What this means is that you have some work items with the status In Stage, before you can delete the status you need to transition those items to a different status.

You can find which items are in this status using this JQL filter:

Status = "In Stage"

Once you have updated any items that appear in that filter you can try and remove the status again, or do as @Victor Law suggests with copying and replacing the workflow; part of doing this would require you to change the status of those work items anyway.

[Victor Law]

Hi @Chavali_ HemanthSubbarao

It is mainly you are editing an active workflow associated with a project. In this case, you can clone the current workflow, edit it, and replace it with the updated workflow.

You may refer to the following document for the full guide:

https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-cloud/kb/how-to-delete-a-status-in-jira-workflow/

Thank you.