Asana Release Notes May 2026

[Vanessa_N]

Hi Community,

Please find below our latest Release Notes. If you have any questions or feedback, let us know in the comments!

What's new in Asana | May 2026

• (Personal) New out-of-office entry point + multiple entries: Manage multiple out-of-office entries from your profile so your availability stays accurate across web and mobile.
• (Personal) Find @ mentions more easily in email + product: Surface @mentions more prominently in Inbox and daily summary emails so you can find and respond to them easily.
• (Personal) Inbox filters for messages and status updates: Filter Inbox by messages and status updates so you can review the notifications that matter most.
• (Personal) Edit personalization fields in Settings: Keep your job information (job title, function, and more) accurate after onboarding by updating your details in Settings.
• (Starter) Google Drive and OneDrive links in Chat: Authenticate supported Google Drive and OneDrive links in Chat so Smart Chat can open files without making you attach them manually.
• (Starter) Project roles in rule actions: Set project roles as a rule action so that when a rule converts a task into a project template you can reduce manual setup and keep role assignments consistent.
  (Starter) Manual benchmark lines in charts: Add a benchmark line to charts so you can compare actual values against a target or threshold.
• (Starter) “Task is in any of these projects” rule condition: Use the “Task is in any of these projects” condition to run rules only when a task belongs to a specific project.
• (Starter) Field access & permissions in custom fields: Find field access and permission controls more easily from custom field dropdowns in projects, portfolios, and Customize menu.
• (Starter) Attachments in Prompt to Project: Upload files and paste third-party links in Prompt to Project so Asana AI can turn existing resources into a structured project for you.
• (Starter) Claim ownership before editing AI Studio rules: Claim ownership before editing AI Studio rules so you can make changes under the right permissions.
• (Advanced) Goal widget in Dashboards: Add a Goal widget to Dashboards so you can track goals alongside your other reporting widgets.
• (Enterprise) Capacity Plan tab in portfolios: Open a Capacity Plan tab in portfolios so you can review capacity plans as a project view.
• (Enterprise) Group capacity plans by project custom field: Group capacity plans by project custom fields so you can scan allocations by priority, investment type, and other dimensions.
• (Enterprise) SAML Just-in-time (JIT) provisioning for Asana Gov: Provision Asana Gov users through SAML JIT even when autojoin is disabled so you can manage access from your identity provider.

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[Matthew_Hall]

This doesn’t seem to have been mentioned in your post, or elsewhere, but it appears that subtasks behaviour has now also changed.

It used to be that any subtasks did not inherit the project assignments of the parent task, and these could be managed separately.

Now, the subtask inherits the projects, and this is not editable.

On top of that, previously we used to be able to optionally assign a subtask to the same project as the parent task, which would show that task in that project as a top level task. This no longer happens, even with the new automatic project assignment.

This breaks workflow we were relying on (and I’m sure many others), so I’m wondering why this change has happened without notice, and if this is a bug?

[Anne-Sophie_Drouin]

There was this message: Subtasks now show parent project and fields in the task pane - News / Product Updates - Asana Forum

[lpb]

@Matthew_Hall,

As @Anne-Sophie_Drouin notes, please see the topic:

Subtasks now show parent project and fields in the task pane

Hi Asana Community, Today we’re shipping an improvement many of you have asked for: subtasks can now inherit the project and custom fields of their parent task, and you can see and edit that context directly from the subtask Task Pane — up to five levels deep. What’s changing When you open a subtask, its Task Pane now reflects the project and fields from its parent. This means you no longer have to navigate back up the task hierarchy just to understand what project the work belongs to, or to f…

for info about the change and reaction to it.

Thanks,

Larry

[Matthew_Hall]

Thanks @lpb and @Anne-Sophie_Drouin

After posting I managed to find that separate announcement and I’ve posted on that thread.

Curious why this wasn’t mentioned in this release notes category though. I’ve now started following ‘Product Updates’ as well as ‘Release notes’.

Any other categories you’d recommend I follow so I don’t miss anything?

Cheers!

[lpb]

@Matthew_Halll,

I’d add News > Product Launches as well.

And if you become an Asana Ambassador, you’ll get early notice and another good category to follow.

Thanks,

Larry

[Vanessa_N]

Hi @Matthew_Hall, thank you for flagging that, and apologies for the confusion. I’ve shared this feedback with our Content team so they can look into why this launch slipped through the cracks for the Release Notes.