<rss version="2.0" xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Inflectra Customer Forums: How to make another task status used by default (Thread)</title><description> If I create a task, workflow will start with status Not Started but in our company it is needed to start with status Deferred.  In workflow settings status Not Started is marked as Default. How to make another status to be default for newly created tasks? </description><language>en-US</language><copyright>(C) Copyright 2006-2026 Inflectra Corporation.</copyright><managingEditor>support@inflectra.com</managingEditor><category domain="http://www.dmoz.org">/Computers/Software/Project_Management/</category><category domain="http://www.dmoz.org">/Computers/Software/Quality_Assurance/</category><generator>KronoDesk</generator><a10:contributor><a10:email>support@inflectra.com</a10:email></a10:contributor><a10:id>http://www.inflectra.com/kronodesk/forums/threads</a10:id><ttl>120</ttl><link>/Support/Forum/spirateam/issues-questions/2564.aspx</link><item><guid isPermaLink="false">threadId=2564</guid><author>Ilia Poliakov (ilya.polyakov@edetek.com)</author><category domain="http://www.inflectra.com/kronodesk/thread/tag">task</category><category domain="http://www.inflectra.com/kronodesk/thread/tag"> workflow</category><category domain="http://www.inflectra.com/kronodesk/thread/tag"> default status</category><title>How to make another task status used by default</title><description> If I create a task, workflow will start with status Not Started but in our company it is needed to start with status Deferred.  In workflow settings status Not Started is marked as Default. How to make another status to be default for newly created tasks? </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 06:03:53 -0500</pubDate><a10:updated>2022-02-02T12:15:41-05:00</a10:updated><link>/Support/Forum/spirateam/issues-questions/2564.aspx</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">messageId=4258</guid><author>David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com)</author><title> Hi Ilya  Im afraid that is not currently possible.  Once we add support for customizable statuses, </title><description> Hi Ilya  Im afraid that is not currently possible.  Once we add support for customizable statuses, that will change  Regards David </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:27:14 -0500</pubDate><a10:updated>2022-02-01T10:27:14-05:00</a10:updated><link>/Support/Forum/spirateam/issues-questions/2564.aspx#reply4258</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">messageId=4261</guid><author>Ilia Poliakov (ilya.polyakov@edetek.com)</author><title>  David , and when do you expect to implement customizable statuses? Looks like it is the most deman</title><description>  David , and when do you expect to implement customizable statuses? Looks like it is the most demanding feature. </description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:15:41 -0500</pubDate><a10:updated>2022-02-02T12:15:41-05:00</a10:updated><link>/Support/Forum/spirateam/issues-questions/2564.aspx#reply4261</link></item></channel></rss>