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Workflows that depend on post functions being executed in a specific order fail due to the asynchronous nature of the Connect post-functions in Jira Cloud. A workaround to this is, to delay the execution of the post-functions and thereby create a more predictable execution order. Another approach is to use the Sequence of post-functions post-function or Shared Action post-function post-function to run a list of post-functions in a sequence.
For example, on the approval of a Story you want to create sub-tasks and immediately transition them; in this case, you will have to delay the execution of the Transition Linked Issues post-function, so that the sub-tasks are created before they are transitioned. See the use case below.
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