Status Category Drift Matrix

The flat Status Category Drift list answers "which status names are inconsistent?". This matrix answers the follow-up that actually drives the fix: which workflow says what? Rows are the drifting status names; columns are the projects that use them; each cell is the status category (To Do, In Progress, or Done) that project's workflow assigns to that name.

How to read it

• A row with two or more colors is the drift. If Ready for review shows In Progress under one project and To Do under another, those two workflows disagree about what the status means — and every statusCategory = … JQL, automation, and category-pivoted report that spans them is partly wrong.
• A uniform row is fine. Every project mapping the name to the same category means no drift for that name.
• Cells link to the source. Click a cell to open that exact project's workflow configuration in Jira, so you can correct the offending mapping at its origin.

How to fix. Pick the canonical category for the name, then either rename the divergent statuses so the categories line up with intent, or repoint the affected workflows onto a single shared status. Renaming is usually safer — it leaves automations and historical reports untouched. Use the per-project drill-down on the list above to see the event counts behind each mapping before you decide which side is the outlier.