Asana Release Notes October 2026

Asana Community Product Announcements Release Notes
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Hi Community :waving_hand:

The October release notes are here, with updates across the comment composer, automations, Dash, admin tools, and Command by Asana. Here are the highlights so you can spot the changes that matter most for your team.

:sparkles: New

Personal tier:

  • Refreshed comment composer: Use a formatting toolbar when you click into the comment box, and refine your drafts with Dash.
  • Celebration creatures and stickers: Recognize completed work with updated celebration creatures and appreciation stickers.
  • Template gallery recommendations: Choose from AI-recommended project suggestions in the Workflow Gallery, including cards tailored to your role and company.
  • Subtask date rollups: Use the manual date rollup to align a parent task’s start and due dates with its subtasks. You can also review the warning when a subtask extends past the parent’s dates. See the Forum post.
  • Desktop app 2.9.1: Update to version 2.9.1 of the Asana desktop app.

Starter tier:

  • Chat with Dash: Ask questions about your work, draft content, and create or update tasks and projects without leaving Asana.
  • Automation builder: Rules are now automations! Use the canvas to build multi-step automations that trigger and act across tasks, projects, and portfolios. See the Forum announcement.
  • Automation permissions: Automations now run with their owner’s current permissions at the time they trigger, rather than the access they had when they were first created. See the Forum announcement.
  • AI Teammates Project Analyzer: Get a recommended AI Teammate for the work already in a project, and review the suggestions before anything is set up. See the Forum announcement.
  • AI Teammate access widget on mobile: Grant or revoke AI Teammate access to projects, portfolios, goals, teams, pages, and attachments from the Access widget in the Asana mobile app.
  • Admin Console billing: Review your plan’s included seats and usage, next-bill charges, and product and add-on billing cards.

Advanced tier:

  • CSV user import for Command: Batch-add members, set their details, and assign license types, including licenses for new products such as Command.

Enterprise tier:

  • Command by Asana (Early Access): Plan and track engineering work with a priority-ordered board, auto-scheduling, and initiative-level reporting.
  • Asana Service Management: Configure automatic queue routing and automatic ticket closing to customize how requests are handled.
  • Domain personalization: Enter your company’s industry during onboarding for a new domain in the Admin Console, so users who join later skip the repeated company questions.

Enterprise+ tier:

  • HIPAA for AsanaGov: Enable HIPAA compliance in AsanaGov after a super admin accepts the HIPAA Use Requirements and BAA in the Admin Console, so teams can keep permitted protected health information in AsanaGov. Learn more in the Help Center.

Which October update will make the biggest difference for your team? Tell us in the comments!

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