Recurring tasks
Set a task to repeat on a schedule — daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.
Some work comes back on a rhythm: counting the offering every Sunday, a monthly budget review, an annual safety check. Instead of recreating those by hand, set a task to repeat and Cadence creates each occurrence for you.
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Make a task repeat
When you create a task, turn on Repeat and choose how often.
t, or use New task on a board).Turn on Repeat, then pick a frequency: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly.
The repeating task inherits the details you set — title, project, assignee, venue — so every occurrence lands ready to work.
How occurrences are created
Each occurrence is created on its own date, as a normal task with that date as its due date. They're independent: completing (or skipping) one doesn't change the others, so a weekly task still shows up next week even if last week's is still open.
Occurrences are generated once a day, so a brand-new daily task won't create tomorrow's copy until tomorrow. The first one is created immediately when you set up the recurrence.
End a recurrence
A recurrence can run three ways — pick whichever fits:
- Forever — keeps going until you pause or delete it.
- On a date — stops creating new tasks after the date you choose.
- After a number of times — stops once it has created that many.
You can pause a recurrence to stop new tasks without losing the rule, or delete it entirely. Either way, tasks it already created stay put — deleting the rule never deletes your work.
Spotting a recurring task
Tasks created by a recurrence show a small repeat icon next to the title on boards and in the task list, so you can tell them apart from one-off work at a glance.