# \#stories

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## [Story with resource subtype 'enum\_custom\_field\_changed' is lacking the 'custom\_field' property](https://forum.asana.com/t/story-with-resource-subtype-enum-custom-field-changed-is-lacking-the-custom-field-property/1147208)

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**Author:** [@Tuomas1](https://forum.asana.com/u/Tuomas1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [6 July 2026 08:47 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/story-with-resource-subtype-enum-custom-field-changed-is-lacking-the-custom-field-property/1147208 "2026-07-06T08:47:36Z")

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Hello, I’ve recently started receiving stories from the Asana API where the subtype is enum\_custom\_field\_changed but the story doesn’t contain the custom\_field object. See example below. { gid: "1215325724227723", …

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## [Mentions in story comments showing up with profile id in api, is there a way to go from profile id to user id](https://forum.asana.com/t/mentions-in-story-comments-showing-up-with-profile-id-in-api-is-there-a-way-to-go-from-profile-id-to-user-id/1070520)

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**Author:** [@Ameen\_Jivani](https://forum.asana.com/u/Ameen_Jivani)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [10 June 2025 20:09 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/mentions-in-story-comments-showing-up-with-profile-id-in-api-is-there-a-way-to-go-from-profile-id-to-user-id/1070520 "2025-06-10T20:09:18Z")

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Hi, I’m using the stories api to extract comments - {ASANA\_BASE\_URL}/tasks/{task\_gid}/stories - when I find a comment i see it as text only (no html\_text) and what looks to be a profile id instead of a user id. Is the…

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## [How to determine when a task changes sections?](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-determine-when-a-task-changes-sections/981553)

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**Author:** [@Jeremy\_Labelle](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jeremy_Labelle)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [28 March 2025 18:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-determine-when-a-task-changes-sections/981553 "2025-03-28T18:07:35Z")

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My goal is to change the assignee of a task depending on what section the task is moved to. Changing the assignee of the task isn’t hard. But it does not seem like there is a nice way to determine when a task changes th…

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## [No more parsing story text! New fields on stories!](https://forum.asana.com/t/no-more-parsing-story-text-new-fields-on-stories/42924)

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**Author:** [@Joe\_Trollo](https://forum.asana.com/u/Joe_Trollo)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2025 23:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/no-more-parsing-story-text-new-fields-on-stories/42924 "2025-02-06T23:59:53Z")

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Hey everyone, we have a new feature to announce! It’s less of a feature, though, and more of a plethora of new fields on stories. A while back, we added the resource\_subtype fields in our API to objects like tasks and cu…

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## [@mention a user in a story on a task](https://forum.asana.com/t/mention-a-user-in-a-story-on-a-task/129747)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_Wilson](https://forum.asana.com/u/Aaron_Wilson)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [14 November 2024 08:27 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/mention-a-user-in-a-story-on-a-task/129747 "2024-11-14T08:27:08Z")

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I’m trying to figure out how to mention another user in a story on a task. From what I can tell, the way to do this is by linking the user you want to mention’s task list. However, as far as I can tell it is not possible…

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## [This request is affected by the New Goal Memberships Deprecation for Stories on a Task](https://forum.asana.com/t/this-request-is-affected-by-the-new-goal-memberships-deprecation-for-stories-on-a-task/864992)

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**Author:** [@Stephen\_Musoke](https://forum.asana.com/u/Stephen_Musoke)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [23 July 2024 04:25 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/this-request-is-affected-by-the-new-goal-memberships-deprecation-for-stories-on-a-task/864992 "2024-07-23T04:25:36Z")

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Running the code below gives me the error $client = Client::accessToken(env('ASANA\_PERSONAL\_ACCESS\_TOKEN')); $stories = $client-\>stories-\>getStoriesForTask('1207356230715747'); foreach ($stories as $sto…

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## [Get stories for all project's tasks](https://forum.asana.com/t/get-stories-for-all-projects-tasks/858610)

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**Author:** [@Dmytro\_Horodetskyi](https://forum.asana.com/u/Dmytro_Horodetskyi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [22 July 2024 12:05 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/get-stories-for-all-projects-tasks/858610 "2024-07-22T12:05:18Z")

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Hi! I am exploring stories endpoint and I want to clarify its use. As far as I understand, it is suited only for a one-time download of all stories of a task ( https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks/{task\_gid}/stories) …

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## [Unable to Retrieve the Latest Comment GID in Asana WebHook Story Comment Added Event](https://forum.asana.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-the-latest-comment-gid-in-asana-webhook-story-comment-added-event/652028)

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**Author:** [@HarryLi](https://forum.asana.com/u/HarryLi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [9 January 2024 21:23 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-the-latest-comment-gid-in-asana-webhook-story-comment-added-event/652028 "2024-01-09T21:23:47Z")

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Hello, I wanted to report an issue regarding the integration of the Asana WebHook Comment Added Event. It appears that the event payload is not updating with the latest Comment GID. Even when receiving new comments thro…

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## [API Query - Original Task Name](https://forum.asana.com/t/api-query-original-task-name/470992)

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**Author:** [@Ben39](https://forum.asana.com/u/Ben39)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [5 July 2023 17:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/api-query-original-task-name/470992 "2023-07-05T17:59:05Z")

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Is there a way to find the original name of a task that has had its name changed? Searching the “name\_changed” story sub-type, I can see what the task was renamed to but it doesn’t tell me what the name was changed from.…

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## [ISO how to organize a project so you can easily see all remaining work for User Story's and overall project](https://forum.asana.com/t/iso-how-to-organize-a-project-so-you-can-easily-see-all-remaining-work-for-user-storys-and-overall-project/86078)

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**Author:** [@anon26322797](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon26322797)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2023 19:55 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/iso-how-to-organize-a-project-so-you-can-easily-see-all-remaining-work-for-user-storys-and-overall-project/86078 "2023-05-17T19:55:54Z")

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TLDR: Does anyone know a way to organize requirements (User Stories & Acceptance Criteria) to tasks in a way to make sure we’re on track, what work remains, and any holes (For example: If there is work being done that do…

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## [Sort by Date Added to Project rather than Date Created](https://forum.asana.com/t/sort-by-date-added-to-project-rather-than-date-created/207261)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Miller](https://forum.asana.com/u/Andy_Miller)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [1 October 2022 17:16 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/sort-by-date-added-to-project-rather-than-date-created/207261 "2022-10-01T17:16:08Z")

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I’ve got a head scratcher here - we’re trying to set up custom reporting through zapier and google sheets, and I’ve got to manually add a bunch of old tasks. This is easy enough with an advanced search + downloading the …

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## [Query Task Stories after a given Creation Date](https://forum.asana.com/t/query-task-stories-after-a-given-creation-date/113328)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Gant](https://forum.asana.com/u/Michael_Gant)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [9 March 2021 14:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/query-task-stories-after-a-given-creation-date/113328 "2021-03-09T14:04:27Z")

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Hi, I am running a daily Python query to update all stories that occurred over the last day in 2 Asasa Projects. I first get all task gids which were modified over the last 2 days, and then for each task gid, I get all …

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## [Potentially breaking API change: content deprecation for the \`text\` and \`html\_text\` fields of stories](https://forum.asana.com/t/potentially-breaking-api-change-content-deprecation-for-the-text-and-html-text-fields-of-stories/136208)

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**Author:** [@Mary\_Xu](https://forum.asana.com/u/Mary_Xu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [20 August 2022 19:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/potentially-breaking-api-change-content-deprecation-for-the-text-and-html-text-fields-of-stories/136208 "2022-08-20T19:57:15Z")

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Hello there! My name is Mary Xu, and I’m a software engineer working on the server-side of the Mobile area at Asana. I’m here to announce a deprecation update in our story texts. What’s Changing Specifically, this imp…

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## [get stories not giving old and new names](https://forum.asana.com/t/get-stories-not-giving-old-and-new-names/175471)

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**Author:** [@anon66726932](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon66726932)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [29 June 2022 17:52 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/get-stories-not-giving-old-and-new-names/175471 "2022-06-29T17:52:04Z")

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get\_stories\_for\_task if we see full response has : new name and old name. This was working till now and generally populates a non null value if the resource\_subtype is name\_changed. I see it has stopped giving old name …

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## [start\_at is missing in new\_dates/old\_dates fields of the stories](https://forum.asana.com/t/start-at-is-missing-in-new-dates-old-dates-fields-of-the-stories/144220)

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**Author:** [@Lydia\_Bell](https://forum.asana.com/u/Lydia_Bell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [24 November 2021 20:06 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/start-at-is-missing-in-new-dates-old-dates-fields-of-the-stories/144220 "2021-11-24T20:06:59Z")

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Hi, I have a task with a start date with a time, but the start\_at does not appear in the stories. The hour appears in the html\_text the start\_at field is missing. Here is an extract of the answer : … “html\_text”:“Ly…

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## [Change events on stories on a task from task events API](https://forum.asana.com/t/change-events-on-stories-on-a-task-from-task-events-api/129918)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_Wilson](https://forum.asana.com/u/Aaron_Wilson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [31 August 2021 22:31 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/change-events-on-stories-on-a-task-from-task-events-api/129918 "2021-08-31T22:31:37Z")

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I’m currently using the event API (Events) to get change events on a task. This API gives me events for basically everything I need, including stories being added to a task; however it is not giving me events for when th…

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## [Asana stories modified at](https://forum.asana.com/t/asana-stories-modified-at/131034)

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**Author:** [@vishal1](https://forum.asana.com/u/vishal1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [4 August 2021 04:46 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/asana-stories-modified-at/131034 "2021-08-04T04:46:30Z")

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\#How can we get stories list which are modified after particular time . We have ‘modified\_since’ parameter in case of fetching tasks list to do same thing . Is there anything we can do so we can fetch stories which a…

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## [Getting Issue while creating store with html\_text](https://forum.asana.com/t/getting-issue-while-creating-store-with-html-text/123521)

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**Author:** [@DevOps\_Integration](https://forum.asana.com/u/DevOps_Integration)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [1 June 2021 20:10 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/getting-issue-while-creating-store-with-html-text/123521 "2021-06-01T20:10:37Z")

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Hello, I am trying to create the story under the task in Asana. Here is the html\_text Comment from Zendesk: ff Zendesk: #3 By:DevOps Integration \<\[support@devopsintegration.io\](mailto:support@devopsintegration.io)\>…

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## [Get historic logs for all actions in Project](https://forum.asana.com/t/get-historic-logs-for-all-actions-in-project/105328)

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**Author:** [@anon11676178](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon11676178)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [11 January 2021 11:19 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/get-historic-logs-for-all-actions-in-project/105328 "2021-01-11T11:19:28Z")

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Hello. I would like to use Trello API to get and store in database information about all Actions taken in given Project (for example add Member to Project, add Section, create Task in Section, assign Member to Task etc.)…

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## [Moving comments to another task](https://forum.asana.com/t/moving-comments-to-another-task/44144)

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**Author:** [@Mike\_DeCarlo](https://forum.asana.com/u/Mike_DeCarlo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [21 April 2020 23:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/moving-comments-to-another-task/44144 "2020-04-21T23:57:26Z")

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Hi, One of our many uses of Asana is tracking feature requests, including "+1"s that we hear from customers. When someone on our Success or Sales teams hears another +1, they comment on the task in Asana, linking to the…

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## [Not authorized response](https://forum.asana.com/t/not-authorized-response/56037)

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**Author:** [@Eric\_Snyder](https://forum.asana.com/u/Eric_Snyder)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [25 July 2019 21:56 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/not-authorized-response/56037 "2019-07-25T21:56:53Z")

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I have Asana Premium. I have code that uses API to get task information. I get the task info just fine. I then need to get last story date/time - I am looking for tasks that are sitting without activity. For some reason …

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## [Requesting only stories that are comments](https://forum.asana.com/t/requesting-only-stories-that-are-comments/42766)

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**Author:** [@Bryceson\_Kimura](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bryceson_Kimura)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [22 February 2019 08:47 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/requesting-only-stories-that-are-comments/42766 "2019-02-22T08:47:41Z")

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I just have a simple question, and to my knowledge I have to filter all stories on my end. I am using the Python api, and I was curious if there is anyway I can request only stories that are comments or pinned. The reas…

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## [Using API to remove stories failing](https://forum.asana.com/t/using-api-to-remove-stories-failing/33985)

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**Author:** [@Bruce\_Axtens](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bruce_Axtens)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [30 October 2018 17:48 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/using-api-to-remove-stories-failing/33985 "2018-10-30T17:48:59Z")

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I have a Board with some columns of cards and card in the third column with a gid of 762549936245465. I’m trying to use the API to remove the stories from the card as the card has 1000 stories and won’t hold any more. I’…

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## [Stories API - extra fields](https://forum.asana.com/t/stories-api-extra-fields/23719)

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**Author:** [@anon66349062](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon66349062)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [25 June 2018 18:46 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/stories-api-extra-fields/23719 "2018-06-25T18:46:41Z")

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I found that when you add a comment/story to a task using the Asana API you can’t define the fields ‘created\_by’ and ‘created\_at’. POST /tasks/task-id/stories Well, the reason may be because of security / permission…

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## [Who can delete task stories in task activity feed?](https://forum.asana.com/t/who-can-delete-task-stories-in-task-activity-feed/3733)

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**Author:** [@Caisha](https://forum.asana.com/u/Caisha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [12 June 2017 16:49 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/who-can-delete-task-stories-in-task-activity-feed/3733 "2017-06-12T16:49:05Z")

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Can guests delete stories from tasks? I want to share a project that has tasks multi-homed from audit projects, but I fear that they will get messed with unknowingly, and perhaps a guest could delete the historical feed …
