Getting started
- Open a Jira project and click Zombie Hunter in the project sidebar. It may sit under Apps.
- The first time you open it, the app scans the project in the background. This takes from a few seconds to a few minutes on very large projects. The page updates itself while the scan runs.
- After that, the app scans the project every day (you can turn this off in Settings). Click Rescan now whenever you want fresh numbers.
The Overview tab
- Score: out of 100, the share of open tickets that are not zombies. 80 and above is Healthy, 50–79 is Needs attention, and below 50 is a Zombie outbreak.
- Rule filters: show only the zombies that broke one rule.
- Table: every zombie ticket, with why it was flagged and how many days it has been idle. Sort by Assignee or Days idle.
- Close: moves the ticket to Done as you, steps through the workflow if it has to (for example To Do → In Progress → Testing → Done), and adds a comment explaining why it was closed. If the ticket changed since the scan, it's left alone. If your workflow needs a form to close it, the app sends you to the ticket in Jira.
What counts as "real activity"
A person changing the status, assignee, resolution or description, or writing a comment. Automation, bots and bulk label edits don't count. That is why Zombie Hunter catches tickets that other "last updated" filters miss.
The rules
| Rule | Flags an open ticket that… |
|---|---|
| Stuck In Progress | is In Progress with no real activity for 14+ days |
| Frozen | has had no real activity for 60+ days |
| Contradiction | is labelled wont-do, duplicate, obsolete or cancelled but still open |
| Carried over | went through 2+ closed sprints without finishing |
| Empty stub | has had no description for 7+ days |
| Finished parent | has all its subtasks done but is still open |
A banner also warns when someone has more than 5 tickets In Progress.
Settings (project admins)
Change every number above, the "finished" labels, and the daily scan switch. Changes apply from the next scan.
Limits
- Up to 5,000 open tickets per project are scanned (the oldest first). A banner says when a scan was partial.
- "Carried over" needs Jira Software's Sprint field.
Support
LineXa Consulting: support@linexa.eu