Time in Status (Forge) for Jira CloudOverview
The Activity panel appears on the Activity tab of Jira issues. It provides three reports that help teams understand the lifecycle of an issue - how long it spent in each status, who worked on it, and the complete transition history.
Unlike web panels (which appear in the issue sidebar), the Activity panel is integrated into the Activity feed.
Reports
R1 - Time in Status
Shows a table of statuses with the time spent in each. Each status row includes:
- Status name with category color indicator
- Total time spent in that status
- Current status marker for the active status
- Assignee breakdown - time per assignee within each status (expandable)
R2 - Transition History
Shows the complete chronological history of status changes:
- From status → To status with category colors
- Timestamp of the transition
- Author who made the change
- Time in source status - how long the issue was in the previous status before the transition
R3 - Time by Assignee
Shows total time grouped by each person who was assigned the issue:
- Assignee name (or “Unassigned” for periods without an assignee)
- Total time the issue was assigned to that person
- Status breakdown - time per status while assigned to that person (expandable)
Configuration
Activity panel configuration is managed in the admin panel > Activity Panels tab.
Global settings
The global configuration applies to all projects unless overridden by a project-specific configuration.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Show Reports | Which reports to display: R1 (Time in Status), R2 (Transition History), R3 (Time by Assignee). At least one must be selected. |
| Calendar | Work calendar for time calculations. Default is 24x7. |
| Time Format | How time values are displayed. See Time formats. |
| Status Order | How to sort statuses: Default, Name A-Z, Name Z-A, Time ascending, Time descending. |
| Ignore Statuses | Statuses to exclude from reports. These statuses will not appear in R1 or R3, and transitions to/from them will still appear in R2 but without time calculation. |
Project overrides
You can override global settings for specific projects. This is useful when different projects need different reports, calendars, or status exclusions.
- Click Add project override
- Select the project(s)
- Configure the override settings (same options as global)
- Click Save
Project overrides completely replace the global settings for the selected projects - they do not merge with global settings.
Visibility
The Activity panel visibility is controlled through panel visibility settings using the act key in the tis-cloud-panels property.
To enable the Activity panel for all projects and issue types:
{
"act": ["*"]
}
Tips
- Performance: Activity panel reports are calculated on demand when the issue is viewed. For issues with very long histories, the initial load may take a moment.
- Calendar affects time values: if you use a business-hours calendar, the time values in reports will only count working hours. Non-working time is excluded.
- Ignore statuses: use this to exclude workflow-internal statuses (like “Backlog” or “Waiting for Deployment”) that clutter the reports.
- R2 for auditing: the Transition History report (R2) is useful for compliance and process auditing, as it shows exactly when each transition happened and who made it.
