# Ability to add 'status' to tasks **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Tags:** tasks, agentic-work-management\ **Created:** [26 November 2025 14:43 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-add-status-to-tasks/1111216 "2025-11-26T14:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carly\_Corcoran](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Carly\_Corcoran](https://forum.asana.com/u/Carly_Corcoran)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2025 14:43 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-add-status-to-tasks/1111216/1 "2025-11-26T14:43:43Z")
Is there a way to add a status update to individual tasks? I’m currently doing this in the comments section but it’s not as effective. I think this would be a great feature. ---
**Author:** ![Esteban\_Giannini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/esteban_giannini/32/159690_2.png) [@Esteban\_Giannini](https://forum.asana.com/u/Esteban_Giannini)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2025 16:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-add-status-to-tasks/1111216/2 "2025-11-26T16:59:22Z")
Hi @Carly_Corcoran! Have you tried creating a text custom field and naming it “Task Status Update,” where you can manually update the status? You could also have AI fill it for you. I’d love to hear more about your use case so we can help explore other ways to solve your challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Carly\_Corcoran](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Carly\_Corcoran](https://forum.asana.com/u/Carly_Corcoran)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2025 17:34 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-add-status-to-tasks/1111216/3 "2025-11-26T17:34:29Z")
Thanks for the suggestion! I just added the custom field. This is a decent workaround. ---
**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2025 19:44 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-add-status-to-tasks/1111216/4 "2025-11-26T19:44:25Z")
@Carly_Corcoran the other way to do it is with a [custom task type](https://forum.asana.com/t/the-asana-feature-i-wish-i-d-discovered-sooner-custom-task-types/1110330) - very effective! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2025 21:28 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-add-status-to-tasks/1111216/5 "2025-11-26T21:28:39Z")
Hey @Carly_Corcoran, as @Phil_Seeman mentioned, task types are great for ‘fixed’ status/stages/phases of tasks. But if you want a high level note of text, you could take your Text field, as @Esteban_Giannini suggested, a step further: > [@speech\_balloon Surface the Latest comment/update of a task using AI Studio](https://forum.asana.com/t/surface-the-latest-comment-update-of-a-task-using-ai-studio/1084328): > > The ability to [surface the latest comment or updates on a task](https://forum.asana.com/t/custom-field-showing-last-comment-update-of-a-task-would-be-invaluable/196105) in the List view, has been a long-time request, that has had many of us looking to find a solution, until Asana natively adds this feature. One such person was @CraigD who[was looking to create something similar to Status preview text field in a portfolio](https://forum.asana.com/t/custom-field-showing-last-comment-update-of-a-task-would-be-invaluable/196105/34). He was very close - I simply nudged him in the right direction to experiment with AI Studio - and alas, Craig worked it out! This is a formal right-up of this solution… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [26 December 2025 21:28 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-add-status-to-tasks/1111216/6 "2025-12-26T21:28:57Z")
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