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title: "A simpler way to postpone tasks"
description: "Postpone has been redesigned into a single, streamlined dialog that moves only the task due date — no comment required, with clear context and inline feedback."
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  en: https://docs.vismasoftware.no/approval/release-notes/2026-08-01-a-simpler-way-to-postpone-tasks/index.md
lastmod: 2026-08-01
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# A simpler way to postpone tasks

Last modified August 1, 2026

2026-08-01


Label: tasks


Postpone has been redesigned and simplified. It now lets you move only the **task due date** — without changing the document's due date or affecting the approval workflow. The change applies only to your own approval of the selected tasks.

**Key capabilities**
- Adjust the **Task due date** for one or more tasks from a single, streamlined dialog.
- See the **Document due date** and the current **Task due date** for context before choosing a new date.
- Pick the new date with a single calendar date picker (defaults to the task's current due date, or tomorrow, and can't be set in the past).
- Get an inline **warning** if the new date falls after the document due date — you can still apply it.
- Get an inline **error** if a postpone fails, so you never lose the dialog.

**How to postpone a task**
1. Select one or more tasks and choose **Postpone**.
2. Review the **Document due date** and the current **Task due date** shown at the top.
3. Choose a **New task due date** from the calendar.
4. Click **Postpone** to apply.

**What's changed**
- **Simplified to a single date picker.** The previous **Remind me** section — with options for days before the document due date, days after the task due date, and a specific date — has been replaced by one clear **New task due date** calendar.
- **Comment field removed.** A comment is no longer required to postpone.
- **More context up front.** The dialog now shows both the document due date and the current task due date, so it is clear what you are changing and what you are not.
- **Inline feedback.** Warnings (a date after the document due date) and errors (a failed postpone) now appear inside the dialog instead of in a separate window.



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