Product UpdatesJune 10, 20265 min read

How to Automate Recurring Work with Repeating Tasks in Decuga

Stop re-creating the same tasks every sprint. Learn how Decuga's recurring tasks feature automatically regenerates maintenance work, standups, and review cycles the moment they are completed.

The problem with recurring work

Every engineering team has tasks that repeat on a schedule — daily standups tracked as tasks, weekly security patch reviews, monthly dependency audits, sprint ceremonies. The traditional workflow is to manually re-create those tasks at the end of each cycle. Someone forgets, the task drops off the board, and the recurring work silently stops happening.

The silent failure mode

Manually re-created tasks rely on someone remembering to do it. When team members are on leave or under deadline pressure, recurring work disappears from the board — often without anyone noticing until something breaks.

How recurring tasks work in Decuga

When you mark a recurring task as Done, Decuga automatically creates a fresh copy with status TODO and a new due date calculated from the recurrence period. The original task is archived as Done — giving you a full history of completions — while the next instance appears immediately in the backlog or sprint.

Set recurrence on task
Complete the task (mark Done)
Decuga auto-creates next copy
New due date calculated

Recurrence periods

Decuga supports three recurrence periods. Daily creates a new task due the next calendar day — ideal for standups or daily checks. Weekly creates a new task due exactly one week from today — perfect for sprint ceremonies, code reviews, or weekly reports. Monthly creates a new task due one month from today — useful for security audits, dependency updates, or monthly retrospectives.

  • Daily: new task due tomorrow — ideal for standups, daily check-ins
  • Weekly: new task due in 7 days — ideal for sprint reviews, weekly reports
  • Monthly: new task due in 30 days — ideal for audits, dependency checks
  • All copies inherit the original title, description, assignee, priority, and recurrence rule

Setting up a recurring task

Open any task in the task detail panel. In the metadata badges area (where you set story points, due dates, and effort estimates), you will find the Recurring dropdown — it appears as a cyan badge when active. Select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly. From that point on, every time the task is completed, a new copy is auto-created. To disable recurrence, open the task and select None from the dropdown.

Plan requirements and FAQ

Recurring tasks are available on the Business plan and above. The recurrence selector is visible but locked on Free, Starter, and Pro plans — hovering shows a tooltip explaining the upgrade path.

Business plan feature

Recurring tasks are a Business+ feature. They are designed for teams managing compliance, maintenance cycles, and recurring ceremonies at scale. Upgrade at any time from the Billing page — no data migration required.

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