Issue Summary

The Epic status field is a locked field, and it is used to control whether an Epic has been completed or not.

When an Epic is completed, it is removed from the Epic panel in the backlog of a board.

Currently, it is possible to create additional values in that field via CSV.

There are some problems that come with that:

• When you mark an Epic as Done in the Epic panel, it will set the most recent value that was added to the field instead of Done;
  • You can bulk update the Epic status of Epic(s), but that may be misleading for users as they will set the Epics to Done, but the Epic will remain in the Epic panel since now the Epics will be considered as done only when they have the new value set;
  • Users will not be able to remove those values from the field because it is locked.

Steps to Reproduce

• Prepare a CSV file containing information from an existing Epic: Key, Summary, and Epic status. Leave the Summary column empty:
  
• Import that file via the External System Import section;
• You can perform an advanced search, and see the Epic status value in that Epic;
• Mark an Epic as Done in the Epic panel of a board, and check that the value set is the new one that was created;
• If you bulk update the Epic status of Epics to Done, they will remain in the Epic panel.

Expected Results

There should not be an option to map the Epic status field during the CSV import.

Actual Results

You can import values into the Epic status field.

Workaround

If you run into a problem with new values in the Epic status field, contact the support.