Quick summary
Closing a Jira sprint with open issues requires you to decide whether unfinished work moves to the backlog or a new sprint before the sprint is marked complete. Jira handles this through the Complete Sprint dialog, which lets you reassign open issues in a single step.
Steps
- Select the project that contains the active sprint you want to close.
- In the left-hand menu, click Active sprints to display the current sprint and all its issues.
- Click the Complete Sprint button located in the top-right corner of the sprint panel.
- Review the dialogue box that appears, which summarises both completed and incomplete issues.
- Use the drop-down menu to choose where to move the open issues — either Backlog or New sprint.
- Click Complete sprint to apply your selection and finalise the sprint closure.
- Jira will automatically move the open issues to your chosen destination and mark the sprint as complete.
