How to transition the parent(Epic) to Done status when all the child issues have been transitioned to Done.
Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.
Summary
This article mentions the scenario when the parent (Epic) needs to be transitioned to the Done status based on the status of the child's issues.
Solution
Currently, we have this template available to transition the parent issue based on the status of the subtasks: Auto close parent issue when all sub-tasks are done.
However, this article mentions the details if the parent(Epic) needs to be transitioned based on the child's issues and not the subtasks.
To achieve this, you would need to configure a Branch Rule (For Epic (parent)) along with the related issues condition (Stories (or other issues in the Epic)).
Below is the detailed automation rule created for this use case:
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