A Test Case Status describes where a case is in your team’s preparation or maintenance workflow—for example, Draft or Active. It is separate from a Test Run result such as Passed or Failed.
Understand the starting statuses
Status | Typical use |
Draft | The case is being written or reviewed. |
Active | The case is ready for your team to use. |
Deprecated | The case is no longer recommended for use. |
Your team can rename these statuses, change their colors, and add its own statuses. A status is a label for your workflow; selecting Active is not the same as recording a passed test or approving a case.
Open Test Case Status settings
In Vansah, open Settings and Compliance → Space Settings, then select Test Case Status. You need permission to manage the relevant settings; ask your Jira space administrator if the controls are unavailable.
The screenshots below use an older settings layout. The create and edit dialogs show the same status name and color choices.
Add a status
Select New Test Case Status using the plus button.
Enter a unique, descriptive name, such as Ready for Review. Names can contain up to 255 characters.
Choose a color from the palette or enter a six-digit hex color, including #, such as #3366CC.
Select Create and confirm the new status appears in the list.
A Jira space can have up to 50 Test Case statuses.
Edit a status
Open the status row’s three-dot menu and select Edit.
Update its name or color.
Select Update and review the saved value.
Renaming a status changes that shared status definition. It does not create a new execution result.
Choose the default for new cases
Open the desired status’s three-dot menu and select Set as default. Vansah uses that status when a new case is created without an explicitly supplied status.
Changing the default does not change existing Test Cases. You cannot remove the current default status; select another default first.
Apply a status to a Test Case
In the Vansah Test Case grid, use the case’s status selector and choose the status you want. If needed, display the status column first. Review the saved value after the change.
Use the status filter to find cases at a particular stage. Record actual execution outcomes in a Test Run rather than changing the Test Case Status to represent a pass or failure.