Status & Workflow

Understanding and managing feature request statuses throughout their lifecycle.

Default Statuses

FeedbackFlow includes these default statuses:

Status	Description	Use When
Under Review	Initial status	Request just submitted
Planned	Accepted for development	Committed to roadmap
In Progress	Actively being developed	Work has started
Completed	Implementation finished	Feature is live
Rejected	Declined	Not aligned with roadmap
Duplicate	Merged with another	Consolidating feedback
New	New request	Just created new request

Creating Custom Statuses

1. Navigate to Statuses
2. Click Manage Statuses
3. Enter name and color
4. Save

Status Workflows

Typical Workflow

Submitted → Under Review → Planned → In Progress → Completed

Changing Status

Manual Status Change

1. Open feature request
2. Select new status from dropdown
3. Save

Automatic notifications via email sent to original submitter and followers.

Best Practices

• Update status promptly
• Add comments when changing status
• Regularly review and clean up stale items
• Maintain clear status definitions

Next Steps

• Merging Duplicates - Advanced merge techniques
• Voting System - Vote on other requests