VS403083: You specified a state XXXXX that is already in use

Issue:VS403083: You specified a state XXXXX that is already in use. Choose a different name.

Solution: This issue occurs when you are trying to add original states that were already removed from a process template in Azure DevOps. For example let us say you have New,Active,Resolved,Closed. And you rename Closed to “Done” in the Completed category and again if you try to add Closed to InProgress category you will get this error message.

The solution for this is to add the Closed back to the Completed Category