GitHub doesn't provide a built-in way to send notifications if the status is changing. This GitHub Action aims to address this by allowing you to manage the changes within a central GitHub project.

In this case I only focused to the "QA Testing" status. However, if you are interested for any other statuses, you can modify it.

This GitHub Action allows you to manage status changes for issues in a central GitHub project. It integrates with a custom text field (status) that you can add to your GitHub project board.

In this workflow you can use comments to send notifications. You can tag a specific assignee in order to receive an email regarding the change of the status to "QA Testing" to proceed with the testing. Therefore a comment will be added to the issue, tagging a specific assignee. This action will trigger an email notification to that assignee.

Before you can start using this GitHub Action, you'll need to ensure you have the following:

1. A GitHub repository where you want to enable this action.
2. A GitHub project board with a custom status field added.
3. A Token (Classic) with permissions to repo:*, read:user, user:email, read:project

To set up QA Testing status change comment notifications, you'll need to create or update a GitHub Actions workflow in your repository. Below is an example of a workflow YAML file:

name: Testing Status

# Runs every minute
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '* * * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  check_status:
    runs-on: self-hosted

    steps:
      # Checkout the code to be used by runner
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3


      # Check for status changes
      - name: Check for status changes
        uses: emily-lambrou/status_changes_to_qatesting@v1.3
        with:
          dry_run: ${{ vars.DRY_RUN }}           
          gh_token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}      
          project_number: ${{ vars.PROJECT_NUMBER }} 
          enterprise_github: 'True'
          repository_owner_type: organization