Duplicate Statuses on Board / Workflow Transition shows (2)

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Summary

This is a KB to describe further about JRACLOUD-66841 - Duplicate Transition on Board / Transition Name Shows (2) and to provide the resolution steps.

Symptoms

  1. When trying to drag the issue to another status from the board, you will see duplicate statuses.

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  2. On the issue detailed page, the transition buttons are showing (2) on the transition name.

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Cause

There are duplicate transitions between the workflows.

Diagnostic Steps

  1. Go to Project settings > Workflow

  2. Edit the workflow in Diagram mode

  3. Check if the workflow is look similar like:

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Resolution

  1. If it shouldn't transition from all statuses, uncheck "Allow all statuses to transition to this one"

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    Result:

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  2. Otherwise, delete the single transition between the statuses:

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    Result:

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  3. Rename the transition on Text mode by removing (2)

Updated on April 8, 2025

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