See the finding.
Understand the fix.
One missing transition leaves work with no path to Done. Compare the two versions below, then inspect the evidence and downloadable reports.
Synthetic workflow. Results generated by the actual Workflow Linter analysis engine, ruleset 2026.08.1. This is a sample-report viewer, not a scan of your Jira site.
Work can start, but cannot finish
- Create →To DoStart work →
- In ProgressMissing transition ×
- Done
Initial transition: Create → To Do. Directed transition: To Do → In Progress. Done exists, but neither active status can reach it.
Expand a finding to see the engine’s evidence and suggested remediation.
WL007Status is unreachablehigh · factual
Subject: 10003
No transition path reaches “Done” from an initial status.
Evidence
Status reference: 10003
Suggested remediation
Add a valid incoming path or remove the status if it is obsolete.
WL008Non-Done status is a dead endhigh · factual
Subject: 10002
Issues can reach “In Progress” but cannot leave it.
Evidence
Outgoing valid targets: 0
Suggested remediation
Add an intentional outgoing transition or classify the status as Done if it is terminal.
WL009No path to completionhigh · factual
Subject: 10001
Issues in “To Do” cannot reach any Done-category status.
Evidence
Done statuses in workflow: Done
Suggested remediation
Add a transition path to a Done-category status or document and suppress the intentional exception.
WL009No path to completionhigh · factual
Subject: 10002
Issues in “In Progress” cannot reach any Done-category status.
Evidence
Done statuses in workflow: Done
Suggested remediation
Add a transition path to a Done-category status or document and suppress the intentional exception.
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