Feature request: Option to propagate parent issue status changes to all sub-issues
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Description
Problem
When the status of a parent issue is changed (e.g., from 'Todo' to 'Done'), its sub-issues do not get updated automatically. Each sub-issue has to be updated manually, which is tedious and error-prone for issues with many children.
Suggested solution
Provide at least one of the following:
- Automatic propagation: Changing the status of a parent issue automatically applies the same status to all of its sub-issues.
- Optional propagation: Add an option (e.g., a toggle or a prompt) that asks whether the status change should cascade to sub-issues when changing a parent's status.
An option (rather than unconditional automatic behavior) is probably safer, since users may want different statuses on sub-issues in some workflows (e.g., blocking states).
Additional context
- This would be very useful for hierarchies where sub-issues are steps of a larger task.
- Similarly, unassigning or other bulk operations on parents could also be considered for propagation.
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.
Research direction
Start by tracing how parent issue status changes and sub-issue relationships are handled across the project. Review the existing status-update flow and any related UI or API entry points. Done should mean a clearly chosen automatic or optional propagation behavior updates sub-issues safely while preserving workflows that require different statuses.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- full-stack
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100