Dependencies

The Dependencies view shows the full graph of blocking and dependency relationships across all issues.

What you see

• Relationship graph — issues as nodes, dependencies as directed edges
• Blocked issues — clearly highlighted so you can spot bottlenecks at a glance
• Blocking chains — trace the full chain from a blocked issue back to its root blocker

This view is most useful during planning — check it before a sprint to make sure nothing is unexpectedly blocked, or after decomposing an epic to verify the dependency graph looks right.

Creating dependencies

Link issues from the CLI:

xpo link <source> <target> --type blocks
xpo link <source> <target> --type depends_on

Or create links from the issue detail panel in the board. See Relationships for all relationship types.