A task is a piece of work for one person, set by another.
The list
Columns: code (T-2026-0042, per year), title, assignee, creator, priority, created, deadline, days left, related task, status, and actions. Filters: code, title and description, assignee, creator, priority, status and created date. Newest first; no sorting. Tabs: Active and Trash. There is no "assigned to me" tab.
Without the "read all tasks" permission you see only tasks you created or were assigned, in the list, the pickers and the dashboard. With it you see everyone's, but editing still needs being the creator or holding "manage all tasks".
Bulk actions (Active tab): Mark done, Assign and Move to Trash, each row reported separately.
Creating and editing
Fields: assignee (required; defaults to you; one person only), priority (immediate, high, medium, low), deadline (date and time, required), title, description (required) and an optional related task. On creation a past deadline is refused. There are no attachments and no recurring tasks.
Only the creator, or someone with manage-all, can edit a task; the assignee gets a view page.
Status
Not seen, open, in progress, done. A new task starts not seen, and it changes to open only when the assignee opens the task page: opening the list does not clear it, and nobody else opening it does either. The status can be moved between any two by the assignee, the creator or someone with manage-all; the list also has Mark done and Mark not completed.
Days left
Counted in calendar days, not hours: today is 0, tomorrow 1, yesterday -1. An overdue task is red. A done task stops at the day it was last changed.
Comments and history
The assignee, the creator and manage-all can comment. The activity timeline shows only to the creator and manage-all. Neither supports attachments.
Who is told
In the notification bell only: the new assignee when you assign a task to them (not when you assign it to yourself), and the assignee and creator when someone else comments. Status changes notify nobody and there are no due-date reminders.
Delete means trash
Deleting needs the delete permission and being the creator or manage-all, and the delete features are part of a plan. Restore needs only the delete permission, with no ownership check. Delete permanently needs the purge permission and works only on trashed tasks.