Unleashing the Power of Asana Custom Task Types
With the Asana Winter Release 2025, Asana debuts a new feature: Custom Task types & Statuses, taken right from a user feature request. If your projects have ever felt like an endless sea of generic tasks, this update gives you the power to structure work in a way that actually makes sense for your team.
What’s the Big Deal?
Until now, tasks in Asana were either plain tasks, milestones, or approvals. That worked(sort of) but it forced teams to rely on naming conventions, custom fields, and workarounds to standardize workflows. Now, Custom Task Types let you define specific types of work and control which status options apply to them.
This means:
Standardized Workflows – No more vague task statuses. Define exactly what’s needed for different task types.
More Control Over Statuses – Set specific statuses for each task type (e.g., "Submitted → In Review → Published" for a content workflow).
Better Automation – Use Custom Task Types in Rules and AI Studio to automate updates and task transitions.
Filtering, Sorting, and Multi-Homing
With Custom Task Types, you can filter, sort, and group your project view by task type or status. Even if a task is multi-homed into multiple projects, it keeps its original task type and statuses, so you don’t lose visibility.
Why This Matters
For teams drowning in task clutter, this update is a huge step toward structured, predictable workflows without sacrificing Asana’s flexibility. Whether you’re managing content approvals, IT requests, or client onboarding, Custom Task Types let you shape Asana to fit how your team actually works.
This is just the beginning. Expect to see Asana continue refining how teams define, track, and automate work.
Ready to put Custom Task Types to work? Let’s talk.