Set a project's status and health
Mark a project planned, active, paused or completed, flag how it is going, and see what each choice changes across Prior.
Every project has a status that says where it is in its life, and optionally a health that says how it is going. You set both by hand: Prior never changes them for you, and finishing the last task does not complete the project.
Status
The four statuses are Planned, Active, Paused and Completed. A new project starts as Active.
Change it from:
- the status menu in the project's header (a coloured chip);
- the ••• menu of a project's card on the Projects page: Mark as planned, Mark as active, Pause the project or Mark as completed.
What a status changes
| Where | Effect |
|---|---|
| Projects page | The status buttons filter by it. Completed projects fold into Completed (n) at the end of their area. |
| Task composer | Completed projects no longer appear in the project list. |
| Weekly review | Only Active and Planned projects are checked for a missing next action. |
| All tasks board | Grouped by project, a completed project gets a column only if it still holds tasks. |
Tasks are never touched: pausing or completing a project leaves them as they are.
Health
Health has three values: On track, At risk and Off track. It is empty until you set it (Not set). It shows as Health in the summary strip of the project page, in green, amber or red, and in the Overview of an Agile project.
Open the project, press Edit project and use the Project health field. Prior does not compute health from your tasks or dates, so it says what you decide.
A health set by a template, by Prior AI or by a connected assistant shows the same way, and you can change it there.
Start and target dates
The same dialog has a Start date and a Target date. The target date must be on or after the start date, or Prior asks you to fix it. The summary strip shows it as Due date with the days left, in red once it has passed on a project that is not completed. On the Projects page the card shows the same date.
Good to know
- Viewers of a shared project cannot change status or health.
- Templates set a start date and a target date for you. See Start a project from a template.
Updated 5 November 2026