Rule looking at due dates approaching is not calculating correctly for recurring tasks

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I have a simple rule that looks for tasks that are due in 2 weeks (14 days) and moves them to a new section within the same project. It is not calculating correctly and is moving tasks that are not due for 30+ days into the section.

Any task that has a recurring due date seems to be impacted. Example: I have a task that is due the last day of every month. So it was due yesterday, 3/31, and when completed it created a new task that is now due 4/30. The new task is being moved to the section for “Due in the next 2 weeks” even though that is incorrect. When I manually move the task to another section, the rule triggers and moves it again, thinking that it is due in 2 weeks.

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@TheAnswerLady,

I wonder if you might have another rule getting into the act here, or if you’re using Flowsana or other non-native automation.

That’s because 1) Asana rules never fire on recurring tasks completion, and 2) it’s unlikely that Due in two weeks would behave this way on its ow.

It might be hard to debug this in the Forum, but you can watch the toast popups telling you which rules are running when, and you can look at the task detail pane stories (click the Activity tab), and see the date/time individual rules were last run to learn what’s going on.

Thanks,

Larry