Subtask Inherit Assignee

This workflow automatically sets the assignee of a subtask to the user who is assigned to work on the parent task.

Name	@jetbrains/youtrack-workflow-subtask-inherit-assignee
Auto-attached	no
Rules	Assign subtask to assignee of parent issue (on-change) Update assignee for subtask when parent issue is reassigned (on-change)

Use Case

This workflow helps you manage the assignment of tasks and subtasks.

Rules

This workflow includes two rules.

Title	Description
Assign subtask to assignee of parent issue	This rule checks a subtask when it is linked to a parent task. If the subtask is not assigned, the issue is assigned to the assignee of the parent task.
Update assignee for subtask when parent issue is reassigned	The next rule checks for subtasks when an issue is assigned to another user. If the subtasks are in an active project, the assignee for each subtask is set to the assignee of the parent task. If the subtasks are in an archived project, they are ignored.

Title

Description

Assign subtask to assignee of parent issue

This rule checks a subtask when it is linked to a parent task. If the subtask is not assigned, the issue is assigned to the assignee of the parent task.

Update assignee for subtask when parent issue is reassigned

The next rule checks for subtasks when an issue is assigned to another user.

If the subtasks are in an active project, the assignee for each subtask is set to the assignee of the parent task.
If the subtasks are in an archived project, they are ignored.

Last modified: 16 November 2023