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Key highlights of the appJira workflow rules: block transitions until children, PRs, or approvals are done, then cascade Done to children
Stop work from moving on too early
Add a guardrail to any transition: children must be done, pull requests must be merged, or an approver must sign off. People see exactly what is missing, for example which child work items are still open.
Approvals with an audit trail
Name the approvers, pick the keyword, and Workflow Guardrails records who approved and when as a comment on the work item. Old approvals can be ignored once the work item goes back a step.
Close a parent, tidy up its children
When an Epic or Story is closed, its open children move to Done automatically, each with a comment explaining why. Anything that cannot be moved is listed on the parent.
More details
Workflow Guardrails adds configurable workflow rules to Jira Cloud, configured per transition in the workflow editor. Validators check input before a transition; post functions run after.
Validators:
- Children must be done: blocks transitions while any child (sub-tasks, Epic children, or "is parent of" links) is not Done, and names them.
- All linked pull requests must be merged: blocks transitions while open PRs exist in the Development panel or as links. Declined PRs never block.
- Approval with audit trail: allows transitions only after an approver comments a keyword, recording each approval as a comment.
Post function:
- Cascade Done to children: after a work item reaches Done, moves its open children to Done and comments on them. Up to 200 children per transition.
Supports sub-tasks, Epic children (including Initiatives), and "is parent of" links. PR detection works with Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Azure DevOps.
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Comprehensive set of documentation from the partner on how this app works
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Workflow Guardrails for Jira integrates with your Atlassian app
Version information
Version 2.0.0•for Jira Cloud
- Release date
- Oct 24th 2026
- Summary
- Workflow rules for parent/child integrity, merged code, approvals per transition
- Details
Details:
- Children must be done (validator): blocks a transition while sub-tasks, Epic children or "is parent of"
linked work items are not done, and names them. - All linked pull requests must be merged (validator): blocks a transition while pull requests in the
Development panel or linked pull requests are still open. - Approval with audit trail (validator): requires an approver to comment a keyword before the transition,
and records the approval as a comment. - Cascade Done to children (post function): when a work item is closed, moves its open children to Done and
explains why in a comment.
- Children must be done (validator): blocks a transition while sub-tasks, Epic children or "is parent of"
- Payment model
- Free
- License type
- Commercial - no charge