# Why am I not able to Change the Status of the Parent Task to Close?

> Why am I not able to Change the Status of the Parent Task to Close

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Please check if there is any **Dependency** added to the **Subtask**.  If there is any dependency attached with any sub task, then it won’t allow you to close the parent task till the sub task is closed.