A task status will tell you how close your task is to completion. Typical task statuses include:

You can see and edit the status property both in dartboards and individual tasks.

By default, the status property is shown in all dartboard layouts. In the board layout, tasks are grouped by status by default. In the calendar layout, status is shown in color by default. In list and roadmap layouts, the status property will show as a column like this:

By default, individual tasks will also show the task status. It will be visible in the properties section of the task, below the task title:

You can easily update the status by hovering over the current status and either changing it or marking it as done using the revealed check mark:

Dart includes several automations to help keep your task statuses in sync, particularly between parent tasks and subtasks. You can manage these in Settings > AI > Automations.

Some key status-related automations include:

In addition to the default statuses, workspaces on the Premium plan and above can also set up custom statuses. To do this, go to Settings, then Properties, and click on Status. You’ll be able to add different statuses to the various status categories: Unstarted, Started, Blocked, Finished, and Canceled. From this menu, you can also edit the status icon, color, name, and description.

You can use custom statuses so that different dartboards use different statuses. See this article for more tips on this.