Automatically become watcher of every issue blocking an issue assigned to you

Use case

Prerequisites

Set up custom fields

Create a multi-line text custom field

Name: Status Update

Create a multi-line text custom field

Name: Current status

Create a multi-line text custom field

Name: Status History

Go to the Field configuration and set the renderer of the 3 custom fields to "Wiki Style Renderer".

Set up workflow validator

Add to the newly created transition the Fields required or changed validator.

Once set up, the validator should look something like this:

SCREENSHOT

Configuration

Target issue*

Choose Current issue

Current Status field

Field*

Choose Current Status

Expression*

Set it to Advanced and use the following expression

"*" + dateTimeToString({system.currentDateTime}, "yyyy-MM-dd", USER_LANG) + "* - *" + %{system.currentUserFullName} + "*\n" + %{issue.cfnnnnn}

%{issue.cfnnnnn} is the field code for the field Status Update

Another step

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