Task statuses

Every task in Orsane has a status that describes where it is in your workflow. Statuses are workspace-scoped: every task in the workspace picks from the same shared list, regardless of which list (or lists) it lives in.

The default set

When a workspace is first created, Orsane provisions five statuses:

Status	Notes
To do	The default status assigned to brand-new tasks.
In Progress	Work that’s actively being done.
On Hold	Paused intentionally, picked up later.
Blocked	Can’t move forward until something else is unblocked.
Completed	Marks the task as done and stamps a completion time.

You can rename, recolour, reorder, add to, or remove from this list to match the way your team works.

Customising statuses

Manage statuses from Settings → Task statuses. You can:

• Rename any status.
• Change the colour to any of 17 preset options.
• Reorder statuses by dragging them. The order is what determines the left-to-right or top-to-bottom sequence in lists, filters, and group views.
• Add a new status — it’s inserted just before “Completed.”
• Remove a status — see Deleting a status below.

System statuses: To do and Completed

“To do” and “Completed” are special. They can be renamed, but they:

• can’t be deleted,
• have fixed visual styling — “To do” renders without a colour, and “Completed” always renders green, regardless of any colour you set,
• stay locked at the start and end of the list — you can’t drag them out of place, and any new status you add slots in just before “Completed.”

The same green styling applies to any custom status you flag as completion-equivalent: completion is visually distinct from the rest of your workflow on purpose.

This keeps the workflow with a clear entry point and a clear finish line that the rest of the product (filters, completion tracking) can rely on.

Deleting a status

Removing a status is non-destructive. Any open tasks that were on that status get reassigned to To do automatically, and the remaining statuses are renumbered to keep the order tidy.

Completion tracking

Moving a task into the Completed status — or any custom status you’ve flagged as completion-equivalent — stamps the task with a completed at timestamp. Moving it back out clears the stamp.

Note

Completion is independent across the hierarchy. Marking a parent task as Completed does not change its subtasks, and vice versa — see Subtasks for the reasoning.