Is there an existing issue for this?
Summary
Plane currently has no way to automatically update sub-issue statuses when a parent issue is closed. When a parent work item is moved to a Completed or Cancelled state, its sub-issues stay as-is and must be closed one by one.
Proposal
An optional, per-project automation: when a parent issue enters a Completed or Cancelled state, its non-terminal sub-issues are automatically moved to the same resolution — recursively through the sub-issue tree.
- Direction: parent → children (v1). The reverse (all sub-issues done → parent auto-completes) would be a fast-follow, mirroring Linear's two independent toggles.
- Opt-in via a project Automations toggle (default off), consistent with the existing Auto-archive / Auto-close automations.
- Cancelled parent → sub-issues cancelled; Completed parent → sub-issues completed. Already-closed sub-issues are left untouched (idempotent).
Motivation
Common in hierarchical planning (epic → story → task): closing the parent should be able to close the tree. Linear ships this as "Auto-close parent and sub-issues"; related requests already exist here (e.g. #3137, #8512).
Are you willing to submit a PR?
Is there an existing issue for this?
Summary
Plane currently has no way to automatically update sub-issue statuses when a parent issue is closed. When a parent work item is moved to a Completed or Cancelled state, its sub-issues stay as-is and must be closed one by one.
Proposal
An optional, per-project automation: when a parent issue enters a Completed or Cancelled state, its non-terminal sub-issues are automatically moved to the same resolution — recursively through the sub-issue tree.
Motivation
Common in hierarchical planning (epic → story → task): closing the parent should be able to close the tree. Linear ships this as "Auto-close parent and sub-issues"; related requests already exist here (e.g. #3137, #8512).
Are you willing to submit a PR?