Time in Status (Forge) for Jira CloudDraft: Forge version documentation - work in progress.
Looking for the Connect version docs? See Time in Status (Connect).
Welcome to Time in Status (Forge) for Jira Cloud
Time in Status helps teams measure how long issues stay in each status, how long timers and stopwatches run, and how much time passes between key dates. This is the Forge-native build of the app, rebuilt from the ground up on Atlassian’s Forge platform.
Every field, panel, calendar, and report you configure lives directly inside your Jira Cloud site - no external services, no OAuth setup, no separate infrastructure.
What you can do
Track time in statuses
Create Time in Status fields that calculate time spent in selected statuses, a current status, all statuses, or selected status categories. Time is calculated against a work calendar you define, so only working hours count.
Each field is a standard Jira custom field. It is searchable, sortable, displayable on issue views, and exportable via the Issue Navigator or REST API.
Create a Time in Status field →
Run stopwatches and timers
- Stopwatch fields accumulate time while issues are in specific states, and pause/restart automatically on events you choose (status changes, comments, field changes, assignments, or custom events).
- Timer fields count down toward a goal time and mark issues as failed when they miss it. Goals can be JQL-driven, so the same field applies different deadlines to different issues.
- Time Between Dates fields calculate the elapsed time between any two date or datetime fields - useful for SLA-style “date committed vs date delivered” metrics.
Define work calendars
Create work calendars with business hours, break times, time zones, holidays, and repeating patterns (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, yearly). Any field or panel can bind to a calendar. A built-in Calendar Select custom field lets users pick a different calendar per issue when needed.
Show time on the issue view
The app adds issue panels for Time in Status, Stopwatch, and Timer, plus an Activity panel with three built-in reports:
- R1 - Time in Status: per-status time breakdown for the current issue
- R2 - Transition History: chronological log of status changes with durations
- R3 - Time by Assignee: time grouped by the assignee at each moment
Panels are shown only where you want them - visibility is controlled per project and issue type.
Issue panels → · Activity panels →
Automate with Custom Events
Define named events (for example, “SLA paused”, “Waiting for customer”) tied to changes in status, fields, priorities, assignees, or comments. Stopwatch and Timer fields can listen for these events to start, pause, and stop.
Recalculate and migrate safely
The admin panel includes tools to:
- Recalculate all issues for a field (full, unprocessed-only, or stale-only)
- Pause all processing while you perform bulk operations
- Import and export the full configuration as JSON, including a conflict-resolution flow for safe moves between environments (with support for Data Center to Cloud migration)
Recalculation → · Import / Export →
How Forge differs from the Connect version
The Forge version is not a straight port - the platform differences matter:
| Area | Connect version | Forge version |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Atlassian Connect + external server | 100% Forge native (Atlassian-hosted) |
| Stopwatch / Timer / Time Between Dates | Not available | Built in |
| Activity panels (R1 / R2 / R3) | Not available | Built in |
| Custom Events | Not available | Built in |
Custom JQL functions (time in hours:FIELD > 1.5) |
Available | Not available - use searchable field properties |
| Dashboard gadgets | Available | Not available |
| In-field statistics (avg / min / max / percentiles) | Available | Planned as a separate app |
| Field modules / quotas | Managed in-app | Not applicable on Forge |
See the full comparison on the feature comparison page.
Get started
- Install the app from the Atlassian Marketplace
- Create a work calendar matching your team’s schedule
- Create a Time in Status field and configure it for your projects
- Add an issue panel so your team can see the data inline
For a step-by-step walkthrough see the Getting started guide.
