# Task Statuses (https://docs.carlio.app/docs/tasks/change-task-status)

Advance, cancel or reopen a task and read its status history



The **Progress** panel on the task page shows the status of the task and the buttons that change it.

**Requirements:** the **Edit Any Task** permission, or an assignment to the task. Other team members see the status but no buttons.

## Statuses [#statuses]

| Status          | Meaning                                              |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **To Do**       | Created and not yet started. A new task starts here. |
| **In Progress** | Currently being worked on.                           |
| **Done**        | Completed and recorded.                              |
| **Cancelled**   | Cancelled and will not proceed.                      |

## Advance a task [#advance-a-task]

1. Open the task page.
2. In the **Progress** panel, select **Mark In Progress** on a task that is **To Do**.

A message such as **Marked in progress** appears and the status badge changes.

## Complete a task [#complete-a-task]

1. In the **Progress** panel, select **Mark Done** on a task that is **In Progress**. A form opens.
2. Choose the **Result**. The options are **All good**, **With reservations** and **Problem found**. The default is **All good**.
3. Optional: enter a short text in **Result summary**. The field asks **Short summary of what was found**.
4. Select **Mark Done** in the form.

Select **Cancel** to close the form without a change. The task records the result, the summary and the completion date. The **Completed** column of the task list shows the date.

## Cancel a task [#cancel-a-task]

1. In the **Progress** panel, select **Cancelled**. The button appears on a task that is not closed.
2. Enter the reason in the **Reason** field. The field asks **Why mark this cancelled?**
3. Select **Mark Cancelled**.

Select **Cancel** to close the form without a change.

## Reopen a task [#reopen-a-task]

1. In the **Progress** panel, select **Reopen**. The button appears on a task that is **Done** or **Cancelled**.
2. Enter the reason in the **Reason** field.
3. Select **Mark In Progress**.

Reopening a **Done** task clears its result, its summary and its completion date.

## Reasons [#reasons]

A reason is required for two moves. One is a move to **Cancelled**. The other is a move out of **Done** or **Cancelled**. The button stays disabled until the reason has text. Other moves need no reason.

## Read the status history [#read-the-status-history]

1. In the **Progress** panel, select the clock button **Full History**.
2. Read the **History** dialog.

Each entry shows the old and the new status, the reason when one exists, the name of the author and the date. The first entry reads **Created as To Do**. The newest entry is first.

## Change the status of several tasks [#change-the-status-of-several-tasks]

The task list changes the status of selected tasks in one step. A move that needs a reason opens a dialog that asks for one reason for the whole selection. A bulk move to **Done** records no result and no summary. See [Find and filter tasks](/docs/tasks/find-and-filter-tasks).

## Notifications [#notifications]

A status change creates the notification **Task status changed**. The recipients are the team members assigned to the task and the team members who follow the task. The team member who makes the change does not receive it. The default delivery is the in-app feed only.

## Follow a task [#follow-a-task]

The bell button at the start of the actions of the task page follows or unfollows the task. Its label is **Follow** or **Following**. The message **Now following this record.** or **No longer following this record.** confirms the change. Every team member may follow a task, without any permission.

## Notes [#notes]

* The panel offers only the next step, **Cancelled** and **Reopen**. A task cannot move from **To Do** to **Done** in one step in this panel.
* The panel changes the status of an open task from any state to any other state only through these buttons.