🪲 Mobile app: subtasks of task types are set to same status as parent task, upon creation

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@Richard_Sather - I don’t know if it’s a bug or not, but for Mobile (iOS specifically, unsure about Android), it might be worth pointing out that:

  • Creating a new subtask within a task with a custom task type causes the new subtask to inherit the parent task’s current custom status instead of defaulting to the first status option of the custom task type.

Example

  • Suppose you have a custom task with a statuses such as Triage, Backlog, Commit, Working, Completed.
  • Let’s say you have a parent task with a status of Commit.
  • When you create a subtask within that parent on mobile, the subtask automatically inherits the status of Ready instead of the first status option of Triage.

Asana Subtask Custom Types iOS|412.5x750

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Hey @Skyler , well spotted! I can confirm the same behaviour happens in the Android app, which is indeed strange. I’ve gone ahead a broken this out into a separate thread so we can report this as a bug because the desktop behaviour is different (and makes sense).

@Forum-team could you kindly escalate?

Cc @Peyton_Lee

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Hello @Skyler , that’s a great catch!

That’s flagged with our Product Team! I’ll be in touch if there are any updates.

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