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title: "Parent Issue Status Validator"
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> <span style="color: #000000">Confirms that the parent issue's status is in one of the specified status(es).</span>

<span style="color: #000000">This validator confirms that the parent issue's status is in one of the specified status(es).</span>

### To add the Parent Issue Status validator, follow these steps:

1. Click the Jira cog icon > **Issues **>** Workflows**.
2. After finding the workflow, go to the three-dots icon and click **Edit**. Navigate to the transition of your workflow.
3. Switch to the **Validators** tab.
4. Click the **Add validator **button.
5. <span style="color: #000000">Select </span><span style="color: #000000">**JEP - Parent Issue Status Validator**</span><span style="color: #000000"> and then click the </span><span style="color: #000000">**Add**</span><span style="color: #000000"> button.</span>
6. <span style="color: #000000">Select the status(es) which the parent issue “should be” within in order to proceed with the transition. </span>
  If the parent issue's status is not in the list within this validator, then it will not proceed with the transition and will give an error message like the one below:
7. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Add**</span><span style="color: #000000">, and you’ll be redirected to the </span><span style="color: #000000">*Validators*</span><span style="color: #000000"> list.</span>

7. Don’t forget to click **Publish Draft** to publish the workflow and save your changes.