How to Add Blocked Status in Jira

Quick summary

Adding a Blocked status in Jira lets teams clearly flag issues that cannot progress, improving workflow visibility and bottleneck tracking. This is done through Jira Settings by navigating to the Statuses section under Issue Attributes and creating a new custom status.

Steps

1. Click the gear icon in the top-right corner to open Jira Settings.
2. Navigate to Issues under Jira Settings.
3. Go to the Statuses section under Issue Attributes.
4. Click Add Status to begin creating a new status.
5. Enter a name and optionally a description for the new status.
6. Select a category for the status.
7. Save the new status by clicking Add.
8. The Blocked status is now available for use across your Jira project.