## Opportunity Currently in the issue and epics lists, users can use "Bulk edit" to enable a multi-select of the current page and then assign different values via the drawer. This results in one single update. With forthcoming changes including custom types, custom fields, and autoflow, having \>1 update simultaneously may be problematic. Currently, this can already be a problem with Move as a bulk edit action. For instance, if a user changes the location (via Move) the applicable attributes will be different — meaning the user selects Labels from the current namespace AND selects to move to a new namespace, all at once, resulting in a mix of conflicting actions. Instead, with complex actions like moving, type changes, etc we need to be able to isolate those changes into dedicated workflows that can also support confirmation when needed. A secondary problem with bulk edit as a collection of attributes is that it's unclear with multiselect attributes what the action actually is — whether it is additive or replacing. While this could be solved a number of ways, by moving to "bulk update" we can clarify this by splitting this into multiple actions for add, remove, or change. ## Proposal Move from a single "bulk edit" workflow to a "bulk update" workflow that includes actions for each work item attribute. #### UX * Define a pattern for selecting a single bulk update action (i.e. 'add labels', 'remove labels') * Define a pattern for bulk updates where each update has a self-contained save action (i.e. 'save' button on label selection) * Define a pattern for showing updates in progress for short-lived updates (i.e. when adding labels to 100s of items, show a loading indicator) * Define a pattern for long-running async updates (i.e. when moving many items, set expectations and possibly convey when move still in progress) Explore making the update state **implicit**, by always providing the option to select records, and then showing the update actions upon selection (rather than requiring a 'bulk edit' mode selection first)