[feature]: Auto-assign Work Item to user that changes state to In Progress
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Since May 6, 2025.
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Description
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Summary
We often have tasks that are In Progress without an assignee, so it's still unclear who is working on it.
It would be great if the user that changes a Work Item to In Progress is automatically added as assignee.
Why should this be worked on?
This makes it even more clear what the state of a Work Item is.
This is also a feature in Jira that is used by many teams, so adding it to Plane would make it even easier for teams coming from Jira to start using Plane.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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