diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/features/collections/ListCellRenderer.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/features/collections/ListCellRenderer.svelte
index 5bb45d4cb..7e6370efe 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/features/collections/ListCellRenderer.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/features/collections/ListCellRenderer.svelte
@@ -10,20 +10,19 @@
   import MilestoneCombobox from '../../pickers/MilestoneCombobox.svelte';
   import ItemKey from '../../components/ItemKey.svelte';
   import ColorDot from '../../components/ColorDot.svelte';
-  import Lozenge from '../../components/Lozenge.svelte';
   import Checkbox from '../../components/Checkbox.svelte';
   import ListCustomFieldCell from './ListCustomFieldCell.svelte';
   import { Calendar, User, Target, FolderKanban } from '@lucide/svelte';
   import ItemTypeIcon from '../../components/ItemTypeIcon.svelte';
   import { formatDate, formatDateOnly, formatDateTimeLocale } from '../../utils/dateFormatter.js';
   import {
-    createStatusPickerConfig,
     priorityPickerConfig as priorityConfig,
     projectPickerConfig as projectConfig,
   } from '../../pickers/pickerConfigs.js';
   import UserCellValue from './UserCellValue.svelte';
   import IterationCellEditor from './IterationCellEditor.svelte';
   import MilestoneCellValue from './MilestoneCellValue.svelte';
+  import ItemStatusPicker from '../../pickers/ItemStatusPicker.svelte';
 
   let {
     item,
@@ -109,8 +108,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // Configs for pickers
-  const statusConfig = $derived(createStatusPickerConfig(statusCategories));
 </script>
 
 {#if column.field_type === 'workspace'}
@@ -178,40 +175,15 @@
         disabled={!canEdit}
       />
     {:else}
-      {@const selectedStatus = [...editorOptions.statuses, ...statuses].find(s => s.id === item.status_id) || (item.status_name ? { name: item.status_name, category_id: null } : null)}
-      {@const statusCategory = selectedStatus ? statusCategories.find(sc => sc.id === selectedStatus.category_id) : null}
-      {#if canEdit}
-        <ItemPicker
-          value={item.status_id}
-          items={editorOptions.statuses}
-          loading={editorOptions.loading.statuses}
-          config={statusConfig}
-          placeholder="Set status"
-          showUnassigned={false}
-          allowClear={false}
-          onOpen={() => collectionEditorOptions.load(item.workspace_id, 'statuses')}
-          onSelect={async (selected) => {
-            const statusId = selected?.id;
-            if (statusId && statusId !== item.status_id) {
-              await handleItemUpdate('status_id', statusId);
-            }
-          }}
-        >
-          {#snippet children()}
-            <span class="cursor-pointer">
-              <Lozenge
-                text={selectedStatus ? selectedStatus.name : 'Set status'}
-                customBg={statusCategory?.color || '#6b7280'}
-              />
-            </span>
-          {/snippet}
-        </ItemPicker>
-      {:else}
-        <Lozenge
-          text={selectedStatus ? selectedStatus.name : '-'}
-          customBg={statusCategory?.color || '#6b7280'}
-        />
-      {/if}
+      <ItemStatusPicker
+        workspaceId={item.workspace_id}
+        statusId={item.status_id}
+        statusName={item.status_name}
+        {statuses}
+        {statusCategories}
+        {canEdit}
+        onselect={(statusId) => handleItemUpdate('status_id', statusId)}
+      />
     {/if}
 
   {:else if column.field_identifier === 'priority'}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetail.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetail.svelte
index 8179aaf78..c16e77ed7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetail.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetail.svelte
@@ -726,6 +726,16 @@ import NativeSelect from '../../components/NativeSelect.svelte';
     }
   }
 
+  // A linked or child item's status changed from the detail view; refresh
+  // only the list that row came from.
+  async function handleRelatedStatusChanged({ kind }) {
+    if (kind === 'child-item') {
+      await itemDetailStore.loadChildItems();
+    } else {
+      await itemDetailStore.loadLinks();
+    }
+  }
+
   async function handleParentChanged() {
     // Reload the item data to get updated parent hierarchy
     try {
@@ -1431,6 +1441,7 @@ import NativeSelect from '../../components/NativeSelect.svelte';
     ondiagramSaved={handleDiagramSaved}
     onexecuteAction={handleExecuteAction}
     onreorderChildren={handleReorderChildren}
+    onrelatedStatusChanged={handleRelatedStatusChanged}
     onclose={closeModal}
     {recurrenceRule}
     onsetupRecurrence={handleSetupRecurrence}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetailContent.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetailContent.svelte
index 0daeaedd9..e860a32e7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetailContent.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetailContent.svelte
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
     onexecuteAction = null,
     onaiAction = null,
     onreorderChildren = null,
+    onrelatedStatusChanged = null,
     canCreate = false,
     onclose = null,
     recurrenceRule = null,
@@ -302,6 +303,10 @@
     onreorderChildren?.();
   }
 
+  function handleRelatedStatusChanged(data) {
+    return onrelatedStatusChanged?.(data);
+  }
+
   function handleAIAction(data) {
     onaiAction?.(data);
   }
@@ -421,6 +426,7 @@
             onviewtestcase={handleViewTestCase}
             onshowlinkmodal={handleShowLinkModal}
             onreorderchildren={handleReorderChildren}
+            onstatuschanged={handleRelatedStatusChanged}
           />
 
           <br />
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetailLinks.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetailLinks.svelte
index 1e579a12d..1a744b91c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetailLinks.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/features/items/ItemDetailLinks.svelte
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
   import { attachClosestEdge, extractClosestEdge } from '@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop-hitbox/closest-edge';
   import DropIndicator from '../../layout/DropIndicator.svelte';
   import { api } from '../../api.js';
-  import { objectDisplayName } from '../../utils/systemLabels.js';
   import { t } from '../../stores/i18n.svelte.js';
   import ItemKey from '../../components/ItemKey.svelte';
   import StatusBadge from '../../components/StatusBadge.svelte';
+  import ItemStatusPicker from '../../pickers/ItemStatusPicker.svelte';
+  import { workspacePermissions } from '../../stores/workspacePermissions.svelte.js';
+  import { errorToast } from '../../stores/toasts.svelte.js';
 
   let {
     item,
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@
     onremovelink = undefined,
     onshowlinkmodal = undefined,
     onreorderchildren = undefined,
+    onstatuschanged = undefined,
   } = $props();
 
   const TEST_LINK_TYPE_ID = 1;
@@ -90,6 +93,25 @@
     onshowlinkmodal?.({ preselectLinkTypeId });
   }
 
+  // Rows with a status transition in flight; their picker stays locked until
+  // the refreshed list arrives.
+  let pendingStatusItemIds = $state(new Set());
+
+  async function changeStatus(rowItemId, statusId, kind) {
+    if (pendingStatusItemIds.has(rowItemId)) return;
+    pendingStatusItemIds = new Set(pendingStatusItemIds).add(rowItemId);
+    try {
+      await api.items.transition(rowItemId, statusId);
+      await onstatuschanged?.({ itemId: rowItemId, kind });
+    } catch (error) {
+      errorToast(t('dialogs.alerts.failedToUpdate', { error: `status: ${error.message || error}` }));
+    } finally {
+      const next = new Set(pendingStatusItemIds);
+      next.delete(rowItemId);
+      pendingStatusItemIds = next;
+    }
+  }
+
   // Drag and drop state for child items
   let dragState = $state(new Map());
   let setupElements = new Map();
@@ -251,6 +273,24 @@
   });
 </script>
 
+<!-- Linked and child items can live in another workspace, so the edit
+     permission and status options follow the row's own workspace. -->
+{#snippet statusControl(rowItemId, rowWorkspaceId, statusId, statusName, statusBuiltinKey, statusColor, kind)}
+  {#if statusId && rowWorkspaceId}
+    <span data-testid="{kind}-status">
+      <ItemStatusPicker
+        workspaceId={rowWorkspaceId}
+        {statusId}
+        {statusName}
+        {statusBuiltinKey}
+        {statusColor}
+        canEdit={workspacePermissions.canEdit(rowWorkspaceId) && !pendingStatusItemIds.has(rowItemId)}
+        onselect={(nextStatusId) => changeStatus(rowItemId, nextStatusId, kind)}
+      />
+    </span>
+  {/if}
+{/snippet}
+
 <!-- Links Section (work items, test cases, assets) -->
 {#if workItemLinks.length > 0}
   <div class="mt-6">
@@ -299,6 +339,7 @@
           {@const linkedItemTypeColor = isCurrentSource ? link.target_item_type_color : link.source_item_type_color}
           {@const linkedItemStatusName = isCurrentSource ? link.target_status_name : link.source_status_name}
           {@const linkedItemStatusColor = isCurrentSource ? link.target_status_color : link.source_status_color}
+          {@const linkedItemStatusId = isCurrentSource ? link.target_status_id : link.source_status_id}
           {@const linkTypeName = link.link_type_name}
           {@const linkTypeLabel = getLinkLabel(link)}
           {@const linkTypeColor = link.link_type_color || 'var(--ds-text-subtle)'}
@@ -352,7 +393,9 @@
                   {linkTypeLabel}
                 </span>
               {/if}
-              {#if linkedItemStatusName}
+              {#if linkedItemType === 'item'}
+                {@render statusControl(linkedItemId, linkedItemWorkspaceId, linkedItemStatusId, linkedItemStatusName, '', linkedItemStatusColor, 'linked-item')}
+              {:else if linkedItemStatusName}
                 <StatusBadge
                   status={{ label: linkedItemStatusName, categoryColor: linkedItemStatusColor }}
                   uppercase={false}
@@ -496,15 +539,9 @@
                   {childItem.title}
                 </LinkComponent>
               </div>
-              <!-- Right side: status badge -->
+              <!-- Right side: status picker -->
               <div class="flex items-center gap-2 flex-shrink-0">
-                {#if childItem.status_name}
-                  <StatusBadge
-                    status={{ label: objectDisplayName({ name: childItem.status_name, builtin_key: childItem.status_builtin_key }, 'status'), categoryColor: childItem.status_color }}
-                    uppercase={false}
-                    showDot={false}
-                  />
-                {/if}
+                {@render statusControl(childItem.id, childItem.workspace_id || workspaceId, childItem.status_id, childItem.status_name, childItem.status_builtin_key, childItem.status_color, 'child-item')}
               </div>
             </div>
           {/each}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/pickers/ItemStatusPicker.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/pickers/ItemStatusPicker.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff983344d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/pickers/ItemStatusPicker.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<script>
+  import { collectionEditorOptions } from '../stores/collectionEditorOptions.svelte.js';
+  import { objectDisplayName } from '../utils/systemLabels.js';
+  import ItemPicker from './ItemPicker.svelte';
+  import Lozenge from '../components/Lozenge.svelte';
+  import { createStatusPickerConfig } from './pickerConfigs.js';
+
+  // Inline status editor shared by the list/tree cells and the item detail
+  // link and child rows. Options are loaded lazily per owning workspace, so a
+  // row from another workspace never offers this workspace's statuses.
+  let {
+    workspaceId,
+    statusId,
+    statusName = '',
+    statusBuiltinKey = '',
+    // Category color the row already carries, used until the options load.
+    statusColor = null,
+    statuses = [],
+    statusCategories = [],
+    canEdit = true,
+    emptyText = '-',
+    onselect = undefined,
+  } = $props();
+
+  let editorOptions = $derived(collectionEditorOptions.get(workspaceId));
+  let selectedStatus = $derived(
+    [...editorOptions.statuses, ...statuses].find((s) => s.id === statusId) ||
+      (statusName ? { name: statusName, builtin_key: statusBuiltinKey, category_id: null } : null)
+  );
+  let color = $derived(
+    statusCategories.find((sc) => sc.id === selectedStatus?.category_id)?.color ||
+      selectedStatus?.category_color ||
+      statusColor ||
+      '#6b7280'
+  );
+  let label = $derived(selectedStatus ? objectDisplayName(selectedStatus, 'status') : null);
+  const statusConfig = $derived(createStatusPickerConfig(statusCategories));
+</script>
+
+{#if canEdit}
+  <ItemPicker
+    value={statusId}
+    items={editorOptions.statuses}
+    loading={editorOptions.loading.statuses}
+    config={statusConfig}
+    placeholder="Set status"
+    showUnassigned={false}
+    allowClear={false}
+    onOpen={() => collectionEditorOptions.load(workspaceId, 'statuses')}
+    onSelect={async (selected) => {
+      const nextStatusId = selected?.id;
+      if (nextStatusId && nextStatusId !== statusId) {
+        await onselect?.(nextStatusId);
+      }
+    }}
+  >
+    {#snippet children()}
+      <span class="cursor-pointer">
+        <Lozenge text={label ?? 'Set status'} customBg={color} />
+      </span>
+    {/snippet}
+  </ItemPicker>
+{:else}
+  <Lozenge text={label ?? emptyText} customBg={color} />
+{/if}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/pickers/pickerConfigs.js b/frontend/src/lib/pickers/pickerConfigs.js
index 7036bc7a5..b7f5a9286 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/pickers/pickerConfigs.js
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/pickers/pickerConfigs.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function createStatusPickerConfig(statusCategories) {
       type: 'color-dot',
       source: (status) => {
         const category = statusCategories.find((sc) => sc.id === status.category_id);
-        return category?.color || '#6b7280';
+        return category?.color || status.category_color || '#6b7280';
       },
       size: 'w-2 h-2',
     },