Briefly describe (1-2 sentences) the Bug you’re experiencing:
Recurring tasks, after completed, should reappear under the same location under the Subtask that they were nested. Instead, they appear under Upcoming or Later at the bottom of the view. I’m filling this as a bug because I don’t think the program is intended to work this way. It could be considered a feature request, but I just think the system isn’t working properly. It never has. Please fix it. I’m tired of dragging all my recurring tasks back to their correct location.
Steps to reproduce:
Create a recurring task and place it under a section.
Click complete.
Task will appear at the bottom of the list instead of its correct location, which is where it was when it was completed.
Hi @Tomas1, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us. This is currently working as expected. If you prefer to have your recurring tasks in the Later section instead of the Upcoming section, you can enable this hack in your My Profile Settings.
However, when you mark a recurring task complete, the new task will be placed in the Upcoming or Later section. I’ve moved your thread to the #productfeedback category so other users can upvote for this feature.
It’s 2025, and this issue still hasn’t been addressed.
I’m increasingly frustrated with having to manually drag every recurring task back into its proper section.
To clarify, the “Recurring Tasks in the Last Section of My Tasks” setting doesn’t solve the problem for me. I’ve created a dedicated section called “Weekly Activities” where I manage all my recurring tasks. However, every time I complete one of those tasks, it reappears in the “Recently Assigned” section instead of staying in “Weekly Activities” where it belongs.
I also tried using the “Create a rule” feature to move tasks back into their intended section automatically—but after testing, I found that recurring tasks still reset to “Recently Assigned” once they’re marked complete.
What I’d really like is an option for recurring tasks to reappear in the same section they were in when completed, rather than defaulting elsewhere. This would save a lot of time and help keep my workflow organized.
I totally understand your preference.
Asana continues to move periodic task updates to the “Recently Assigned” section automatically because I think many people like it.
Hi Ka, thank you for your reply. I understand that many users may prefer recurring tasks to go to “Recently Assigned,” but I (and clearly others) have a different workflow where that behavior disrupts our system rather than helps it.
Unfortunately, the screenshot you shared doesn’t clarify an actual workaround. I’ve already tried using rules and explored My Tasks settings, but none of those options have worked to keep recurring tasks in their original section.
If there is a way to preserve a recurring tasks’ section placement after completion—whether via a specific rule configuration or another method—I would really appreciate step-by-step guidance. Otherwise, I’d love to see this raised as a feature request:
→ An option for recurring tasks to regenerate in the section they were completed in.
Thanks again for your time, and I hope we can move toward a solution that supports a wider range of workflows.
What @Richard_Sather is saying is “Forget about Sections”.
In other words, don’t use the “section feature”.
Instead, he explains, use “Customize >Fields”.
How is it possible that after 5 years this still hasnt been improved? This really has got to be most stupidest thing in any projectmanagement tool. Why would you recreate a recurring task in a completely diffrent section. It is a RECURRING task. Like really… who comes up with this??
FIX IT PLEASE, its terribly anoying. Nobody wants to drag recurring tasks back to where they are supposed to be. This is so dumb.
Hi @Storm_Vahrenhorst and welcome to the Asana Community Forum. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We really appreciate you highlighting this issue. I’ve passed your feedback along to our product team, and we’ll update this topic as soon as there are any developments.
In the meantime, as a workaround you can try to make your section the last in the list and enable the setting to add all recurring tasks to the last section. This can help keep your recurring tasks in the correct place without having to manually move them each time. To access this setting, click your profile picture > Settings > Hacks
We also kindly ask that posts in the community remain constructive and follow our forum guidelines, so we can keep discussions productive for everyone.
Thank you again for your input, it really helps us improve the product.
I’d also like to share my frustration with the rule that my completed tasks go into a different section than where they’re nested. With each completion, I’m having to drag the task back to the section I created it under - that isn’t efficient for me. I used Asana from 2021-2025 and don’t remember this ever being an issue. Toggling on the “Recurring tasks in the last section of My Tasks” is not helpful, either. It just moves the task to yet another section that I have to drag the task from. There has to be a workaround for this; clearly, there are many others who have this same preference…
