Get Transitions

GET {{baseUrl}}/rest/api/3/issue/:issueIdOrKey/transitions?expand=<string>&transitionId=<string>&skipRemoteOnlyCondition=false&includeUnavailableTransitions=false&sortByOpsBarAndStatus=false

Returns either all transitions or a transition that can be performed by the user on an issue, based on the issue's status.

Note, if a request is made for a transition that does not exist or cannot be performed on the issue, given its status, the response will return any empty transitions list.

This operation can be accessed anonymously.

Permissions required: A list or transition is returned only when the user has:

However, if the user does not have the Transition issues project permission the response will not list any transitions.

Request Params

KeyDatatypeRequiredDescription
expandstringUse expand to include additional information about transitions in the response. This parameter accepts transitions.fields, which returns information about the fields in the transition screen for each transition. Fields hidden from the screen are not returned. Use this information to populate the fields and update fields in Transition issue.
transitionIdstringThe ID of the transition.
skipRemoteOnlyConditionbooleanWhether transitions with the condition Hide From User Condition are included in the response.
includeUnavailableTransitionsbooleanWhether details of transitions that fail a condition are included in the response
sortByOpsBarAndStatusbooleanWhether the transitions are sorted by ops-bar sequence value first then category order (Todo, In Progress, Done) or only by ops-bar sequence value.

RESPONSES

status: OK

{&quot;transitions&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Close Issue&quot;,&quot;to&quot;:{&quot;self&quot;:&quot;https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/status/10000&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;The issue is currently being worked on.&quot;,&quot;iconUrl&quot;:&quot;https://your-domain.atlassian.net/images/icons/progress.gif&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;In Progress&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;10000&quot;,&quot;statusCategory&quot;:{&quot;self&quot;:&quot;https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/statuscategory/1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:1,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;in-flight&quot;,&quot;colorName&quot;:&quot;yellow&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;In Progress&quot;}},&quot;hasScreen&quot;:false,&quot;isGlobal&quot;:false,&quot;isInitial&quot;:false,&quot;isAvailable&quot;:true,&quot;isConditional&quot;:false,&quot;fields&quot;:{&quot;summary&quot;:{&quot;required&quot;:false,&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;array&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:&quot;option&quot;,&quot;custom&quot;:&quot;com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multiselect&quot;,&quot;customId&quot;:10001},&quot;name&quot;:&quot;My Multi Select&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;field_key&quot;,&quot;hasDefaultValue&quot;:false,&quot;operations&quot;:[&quot;set&quot;,&quot;add&quot;],&quot;allowedValues&quot;:[&quot;red&quot;,&quot;blue&quot;],&quot;defaultValue&quot;:&quot;red&quot;}}},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;711&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;QA Review&quot;,&quot;to&quot;:{&quot;self&quot;:&quot;https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/status/5&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;The issue is closed.&quot;,&quot;iconUrl&quot;:&quot;https://your-domain.atlassian.net/images/icons/closed.gif&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Closed&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;statusCategory&quot;:{&quot;self&quot;:&quot;https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/statuscategory/9&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:9,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;completed&quot;,&quot;colorName&quot;:&quot;green&quot;}},&quot;hasScreen&quot;:true,&quot;fields&quot;:{&quot;summary&quot;:{&quot;required&quot;:false,&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;array&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:&quot;option&quot;,&quot;custom&quot;:&quot;com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multiselect&quot;,&quot;customId&quot;:10001},&quot;name&quot;:&quot;My Multi Select&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;field_key&quot;,&quot;hasDefaultValue&quot;:false,&quot;operations&quot;:[&quot;set&quot;,&quot;add&quot;],&quot;allowedValues&quot;:[&quot;red&quot;,&quot;blue&quot;],&quot;defaultValue&quot;:&quot;red&quot;},&quot;colour&quot;:{&quot;required&quot;:false,&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;array&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:&quot;option&quot;,&quot;custom&quot;:&quot;com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multiselect&quot;,&quot;customId&quot;:10001},&quot;name&quot;:&quot;My Multi Select&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;field_key&quot;,&quot;hasDefaultValue&quot;:false,&quot;operations&quot;:[&quot;set&quot;,&quot;add&quot;],&quot;allowedValues&quot;:[&quot;red&quot;,&quot;blue&quot;],&quot;defaultValue&quot;:&quot;red&quot;}}}]}