At project level, the dialog in the context menu has another subdirectory with the possible statuses.

In below example, role "Editor" can only set status 1,2,3 coming from status 5.

Status change at project level

Set the desired status.

Then select the appropriate description in the "Comment [Comment] " dialog box!

Z. B.: "QA level has been raised".

Status change at project level / comment

Confirm with OK.