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Unable to remove duplicate status

Katie Hammond
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May 1, 2025

There seems to be an issue where you can't delete unmapped statuses (like you should be able to). I accidentally created a duplicate statuses: one is mapped to the swimlane labelled the same (which I want to keep) but the other is unmapped and needs to be deleted to avoid tickets going in the wrong status and affecting tracking/automations. I've tried to delete the duplicated status and it keeps showing an error messageBuilding Issue.png

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Sanam Malleswari
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May 1, 2025

Hi @Katie Hammond

There’s a temporary glitch or browser issue. Sometimes caching or session issues cause this. Try a hard refresh (Ctrl + Shift + R) or open Jira in incognito mode.

Check Workflow Status Mapping

  • Go to Project Settings → Workflows.

  • Edit the workflow and ensure the duplicate status is not used in any transitions.

  • Remove the transitions connected with the unwanted status. 
  • It's not possible to delete the status, when the workflow connected with any project.
  • Make a copy of workflow and delete the unwanted status. Re-add the workflow to the necessary project.
  • in this way you can get rid of unwanted status. 

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