Hey everyone! I’m Peyton, the PM managing these changes. Thanks so much for all of your feedback on the new experience so far. I wanted to share a bit more context on the “why” behind our changes below.
Why we’re updating how fields appear in the task pane
As work in Asana has grown more complex, tasks increasingly live in multiple projects, teams, and workflows at the same time. While this flexibility is powerful, it also introduced a common point of confusion: it’s often unclear where a field on a task comes from, or why it’s there.
Customers told us that when tasks are added to several projects, the task pane can quickly become overwhelming—fields pile up, context gets lost, and it becomes harder to:
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Understand which project is driving which requirement
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Know where to make changes (or who to ask about them)
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Scan a task quickly and take action with confidence
What this change is trying to solve
This update groups fields by their source (for example, the project they come from) so you can:
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See the origin of each field at a glance
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Reduce cognitive overload when tasks have many fields
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Collaborate more easily, especially in cross-team or multi-project work
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Scale your workflows without tasks becoming noisy or unmanageable
Our goal isn’t to add friction—it’s to make the task pane clearer as your work grows.
Why we’re testing this now
This change is part of a broader effort to ensure the task pane continues to work well as customers:
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Use more custom fields
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Add tasks to more projects
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Build richer, more interconnected workflows
Grouping fields by source also sets the foundation for future improvements, like clearer field organization, increased field limits, and more context-aware experiences that we plan to invest in in the future.
We’re listening and iterating
We know the task pane is a highly visible, high-frequency surface, and changes here can feel disruptive. That’s why this update is being tested gradually and guided by real customer feedback.
We’re actively evaluating feedback around:
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Section visibility and scan-ability
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Easier expanding and collapsing of information
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Reducing extra clicks while still keeping things organized
Your feedback directly informs how this experience evolves, and we’ll continue refining it to strike the right balance between clarity and speed! Appreciate the feedback thus far and open-mindedness as we continue to improve.