--- url: /guides/see-task-history.md description: >- Read a task's history — who changed what and when, including automations — and follow changes across a list or folder with a Feed view. --- # See what changed in a task Open a task's history when you need to know who moved it, when the due date changed or what an [automation](/concepts/automations) did. Every task keeps the last 60 days of its changes in the **Activity** tab; a [Feed view](/concepts/views) shows the same kind of history for a whole list or folder. ## Before you start To read a task's history you need access to the task and the list's **Activity** feature. ::: warning Turn on Activity in the list A new list starts with **Simple list**, which leaves **Activity** off; the **Teamwork** and **Scrum** presets turn it on. To turn it on, open the list's **More actions** (**…**) menu → **Configure** → **Features** (you need **Edit** access to the list and **Update** in the **Lists** block of your [permission set](/reference/permissions-and-access), such as **List/Folder manager** or **Admin**); see [Set up a list](/guides/set-up-a-list#turn-features-on-or-off). ::: ## Read a task's history 1. Open the task. The task card opens with its tabs beside it, such as **Comments** and **Activity**; which tabs show depends on the list's features. ::: warning No Activity tab? The list has **Activity** off (see [Before you start](#before-you-start)). On a phone, the task screen has no activity; open the task on a computer. ::: 2. Click **Activity**. The newest changes are at the top, grouped by day under **Today**, **Yesterday** and dates. ![The Activity tab of Prepare release notes, newest first: Kate Lee changed status twice and commented, an automation changed the due date to Jun 18, 2027, and Alex Morgan assigned Kate Lee and created the task](/shots/guides/see-task-history-1.light.webp){.light-only} ![The Activity tab of Prepare release notes, newest first: Kate Lee changed status twice and commented, an automation changed the due date to Jun 18, 2027, and Alex Morgan assigned Kate Lee and created the task](/shots/guides/see-task-history-1.dark.webp){.dark-only} Each row names who did it and what changed — for example, Kate "changed status" followed by **In Progress → Done**. Who made the change shows as: | Shown as | Means | |---|---| | a member's name and avatar | a person made the change | | **Automation** | an automation made the change (see [Create an automation](/guides/create-an-automation)) | | **System** | Hule made the change itself | ### Recorded changes | Change | In the history | |---|---| | Creating and moving the task | Yes | | Changes to the [repeat](/guides/set-up-recurring-tasks) | Yes | | Title, status, assignee, priority | Yes | | Start and due dates, tags, time estimate | Yes | | Description | Only that it changed, not the text itself | | Comments and logged time | Yes | | Watchers added or removed by hand or by an automation | Yes | | Watchers added automatically, for example by being assigned or by commenting (see [Who watches automatically](/guides/assign-and-watch-tasks#who-watches-automatically)) | No | | Story points | No | | Tracked time edited by hand | No | The fields themselves are described in [Task fields](/reference/task-fields). ::: info History is kept for 60 days Rows older than 60 days are deleted. The comments and time logs themselves stay on the **Comments** and **Time logs** tabs. ::: ::: tip Who created the task, at a glance The foot of the task card shows "Created … by …" and "Updated … by …". ::: ## Follow changes across a list or folder To see what changed in a whole list or folder — for example, everything your team did in the **Product** folder — add a Feed view. It shows changes from every list in its sources, whether or not the list has **Activity** on. ::: warning Permission to add a Feed view Adding a view to a list or folder needs **Create** in the **Views** block of your [permission set](/reference/permissions-and-access). The **List/Folder manager**, **Admin** and **Super Admin** sets have it; the **Worker** set doesn't. ::: 1. Open the list or folder and click **+** (**Add view**) at the end of the view tabs. If the tabs end in **+ N**, or in a grid icon (**All views**) in a narrow window, click it and choose **Add view**. A list of view types opens. 2. Choose **Feed**. The view shows changes from all its tasks, newest first. ::: warning "Nothing here yet"? Nothing in the view's sources changed in the last 60 days, or its settings hide the changes. Turn more on in **Feed settings** (next steps), or add sources to the view. ::: 3. Click the gear (**Feed settings**). The settings open beside the feed; every toggle is on. 4. Under **Events** and **Task edits**, turn off the changes you don't want to follow. The feed hides them at once. 5. Under **Authors**, turn off the kinds of author you don't want to follow: * **People** * **System** * **Automations** Their rows leave the feed at once. To follow only some people, pick them in **Only these people**, under **People**. ![The folder Product's Feed view with Feed settings open: Events off, Task edits with only Status and Assignee on, and Authors limited to People](/shots/guides/see-task-history-2.light.webp){.light-only} ![The folder Product's Feed view with Feed settings open: Events off, Task edits with only Status and Assignee on, and Authors limited to People](/shots/guides/see-task-history-2.dark.webp){.dark-only} For example, a Feed view on **Product** with every toggle under **Events** off, only **Status** and **Assignee** on under **Task edits**, and only **People** on under **Authors** shows who changed a status or handed a task over by hand, without the noise of automations. More ways to narrow a view: [Filter, sort and group a view](/guides/filter-sort-and-group-a-view). ### Extra events in a personal Feed A [personal](/concepts/personal-and-work) Feed view (in **User Views**) can also show: * **List changes** * **Folder changes** * **Workspace changes** * **Members** On a list or folder Feed they appear greyed out under **Personal events**. ## If it doesn't work * **There is no Activity tab.** The list has **Activity** off: turn it on in the list's **More actions** (**…**) menu → **Configure** → **Features** (see [Set up a list](/guides/set-up-a-list#turn-features-on-or-off)). If **Configure** is missing, you can only read the list, or your permission set can't change lists. Ask a workspace admin for **Edit** access ([Share a folder or a list](/guides/share-a-folder-or-list)) and a set such as **List/Folder manager** ([Permissions and access](/reference/permissions-and-access)). Changes were recorded while it was off, so the history appears at once. On a phone, the task screen has no activity; open the task on a computer. * **A change you expected is missing.** It may be older than 60 days. A watcher added automatically — for example by being assigned or by commenting — is not recorded either; see [Who watches automatically](/guides/assign-and-watch-tasks#who-watches-automatically). * **You can't add a Feed view.** Your permission set lacks **Create** in **Views**. Ask a workspace admin; see [Permissions and access](/reference/permissions-and-access). * **The Feed view says "Nothing here yet".** Nothing in its sources changed in the last 60 days, or its filters hide it. Widen the **Events** or **Authors** in [**Feed settings**](#follow-changes-across-a-list-or-folder), or add sources to the view (see [Views as lenses on tasks](/concepts/views)). ## Related * [Comment and mention people](/guides/comment-and-mention) — the discussion that sits next to the history. * [Create an automation](/guides/create-an-automation) — where rows marked **Automation** come from. * [Views as lenses on tasks](/concepts/views) — what a Feed view is and where its tasks come from. * [Filter, sort and group a view](/guides/filter-sort-and-group-a-view) — narrow any view to the tasks you need. * [Set up a list](/guides/set-up-a-list) — turn on the **Activity** feature and choose a preset. * [Assign and watch tasks](/guides/assign-and-watch-tasks) — who becomes a watcher, and when.