Cycles
Cycles are named checkpoints that help teams organise and track progress — Sprints, Releases, Iterations, or any goal your process demands. Admins define reusable Cycle Types in Settings → Cycles; project members create actual cycle instances from those types inside their projects.
How it works
Cycles follow a two-level model that separates setup from day-to-day use:
| Level | Where | What it defines | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycle Type | Settings → Cycles | The category template — name, icon, color, and which projects can use it | Sprint, Release, Iteration |
| Cycle | Inside a project | A concrete instance of a type — with its own name, dates, status, and progress | Sprint 42, v2.1 Release |
Admins configure Cycle Types once. Project members then create cycles from those types without needing admin access.
Getting started (admin)
- Go to Settings → Cycles.
- Click New cycle type and give it a name, an icon and a colour.
- Set Availability — all projects, or a selected subset.
- Use Set as default in a type’s row menu to choose the workspace default — the type pre-selected when project members create a new cycle.
Getting started (project members)
Once an admin has created at least one Cycle Type, project members can start using cycles:
- Open your project and click Cycles in the sidebar.
- Click New cycle and fill in a name, optional description, optional parent, and start/end dates.
- Start the cycle when work begins — this records the start date and moves it to Active.
- Track progress on the detail page using the Overview, Runs, Explorations, Activity, and Issues tabs.
- Close the cycle when the work is done.
Who can manage cycles?
| Action | Who can access |
|---|---|
| Create, edit, or delete cycle types (admin) | Tenant Admin, Project Admin |
| Set the default cycle type (admin) | Tenant Admin, Project Admin |
| View cycles in a project | Users with the View project cycles permission |
| Create, edit, delete, start, close cycles in a project | Users with the Create, edit, and delete project cycles permission |
Cycle Types
Create and manage the categories of cycles available to your projects — with custom icons, colors, and project scoping.
Creating & Managing
How to create, edit, and delete cycles within a project, with the composer fields and timeline explained.
Lifecycle
Understand the Upcoming → Active → Completed flow, with start, close-with-rollover, and the Past due indicator.
Detail Page
Explore the five tabs — Overview, Runs, Explorations, Activity, and Issues — that track cycle progress, linked work, and the release gate.
Sub-Cycles
Nest cycles up to three levels deep to model Release → Sprint → Task hierarchies.