Preventing issue updates in selected statuses

By default, when an issue is in the Closed status, it cannot be updated. It is a good practice to make issues read-only when they are in a status that signifies logical completion.

In this recipe, we will make sure that, when an issue is moved to the Frozen status, it can no longer be updated until it is moved back to the Open status.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to make an issue read-only when it is in the Frozen status:

1. Select and edit the workflow to update.

2. Select the Frozen workflow step.

3. Click on the Properties link from the panel on the right-hand side.

4. Enter jira.issue.editable for Property Name and the value false into Property Value, and click on Add.

5. Click on Publish Draft to apply the change.