How to Delete a Jira Issue After Merging?
Deleting issues after merging them in Jira is generally inadvisable, as it preserves the record of all interactions with each issue, even duplicates. However, you can easily set up a solution to automatically delete merged issues using Merge Agent for Jira and a simple Jira Automation.
Create a dedicated status for merged issues, e.g. MERGED.
Go to ⚙️ Settings > Work items > Statuses.
Add the status to your project’s workflow.
Add a rule to restrict the transition to this status, so only members of the group
atlassian-addons-admincan transition issues to this status. This way, no user can accidentally delete issues.
Create a Jira Automation to delete issues that transition to the MERGED status.
Use the Transition feature of Merge Agent for Jira when merging issues to transition the issue to the MERGED status after merging and deleting it via the Jira Automation.
