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Can I log work on an issue with status "Closed"? I am in the Sprint "Agile" area, and dragged a few issues from "In Progress" to "Done". I forgot to actually log the hours worked, expecting the "estimated" time to just propagate to "logged work". Re-opening the issues is cumbersome and creates an unnecessary trail of notifications.

Machavity
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To allow issue-editing while the issue is closed:

Go to the project Workflows screen and download it as and XML file.

Then edit the XML file and in the Closed step:

    <step id="6" name="Closed">
      <meta name="jira.status.id">6</meta>
      <meta name="jira.issue.editable">false</meta>
      <actions>
        <common-action id="3" />
      </actions>
    </step>

change

<meta name="jira.issue.editable">false</meta>

to 

<meta name="jira.issue.editable">true</meta>

You can also mark or remove this line, but it's helpful to keep it for future needs.

Lastly, upload the edited workflow back to Jira.

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Kuf
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    Perfect, thanks. Also the JIRA admin UI will let you update this value in the browser and publish without the XML step. – The Camster Jan 31 '13 at 18:15
  • Hi, out of curiosity I am asking this question. Does it make sense to log work in JIRA once it is closed? - I mean is this looked at as some sort of violation of the workflow. – Harsha J K Jan 16 '19 at 15:47
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You can even skip the "export to xml" part. In the workflow edit screen you can directly click on the gear-icon that appears when hovering over the "closed" status and thick the "Issue editable" flag.

Note that you have to have a custom workflow for this, since the JIRA default workflow is not editable.

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  • For clarity, here is an axample URL to get to this setting for the Closed status (ID: 6 by default I think): https://jira.DOMAIN.com/secure/admin/workflows/ViewWorkflowStepMetaAttributes.jspa?workflowMode=draft&workflowName=PROJECT+WORFLOW+NAME&workflowStep=6 –  Nov 30 '15 at 18:08