From 57a49ce168f3f37039d49c32ef76b0d0090a9bb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Poovitha Palanivelu <poovitha@Poovithas-MacBook-Air.local>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:08:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add on hold status to project

(cherry picked from commit 672fadaa78befee144cc81895698b7ae86226085)
---
 erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.json    | 4 ++--
 erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.py      | 6 +++---
 erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project_list.js | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.json b/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.json
index 8f5a9b03813..d40bb75595b 100644
--- a/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.json
+++ b/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
    "no_copy": 1,
    "oldfieldname": "status",
    "oldfieldtype": "Select",
-   "options": "Open\nCompleted\nCancelled",
+   "options": "Open\nOn hold\nCompleted\nCancelled",
    "search_index": 1
   },
   {
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
  "index_web_pages_for_search": 1,
  "links": [],
  "max_attachments": 4,
- "modified": "2026-05-22 16:45:50.762759",
+ "modified": "2026-07-14 14:20:50.418911",
  "modified_by": "Administrator",
  "module": "Projects",
  "name": "Project",
diff --git a/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.py b/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.py
index fda2c1d1bb3..f84b49e4c20 100644
--- a/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.py
+++ b/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Project(Document):
 		project_type: DF.Link | None
 		sales_order: DF.Link | None
 		second_email: DF.Time | None
-		status: DF.Literal["Open", "Completed", "Cancelled"]
+		status: DF.Literal["Open", "On hold", "Completed", "Cancelled"]
 		subject: DF.Data | None
 		to_time: DF.Time | None
 		total_billable_amount: DF.Currency
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ class Project(Document):
 					pct_complete += row["progress"] * frappe.utils.safe_div(row["task_weight"], weight_sum)
 				self.percent_complete = flt(flt(pct_complete), 2)
 
-		# don't update status if it is cancelled
-		if self.status == "Cancelled":
+		# don't update status if it is manually set to cancelled or on hold
+		if self.status in ("Cancelled", "On hold"):
 			return
 
 		self.status = "Completed" if self.percent_complete == 100 else "Open"
diff --git a/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project_list.js b/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project_list.js
index 1503b1ee5d3..28a774524d4 100644
--- a/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project_list.js
+++ b/erpnext/projects/doctype/project/project_list.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ frappe.listview_settings["Project"] = {
 	get_indicator: function (doc) {
 		if (doc.status == "Open" && doc.percent_complete) {
 			return [__("{0}%", [cint(doc.percent_complete)]), "orange", "percent_complete,>,0|status,=,Open"];
+		} else if (doc.status == "On hold") {
+			return [__("On hold"), "blue", "status,=,On hold"];
 		} else {
 			return [__(doc.status), frappe.utils.guess_colour(doc.status), "status,=," + doc.status];
 		}