New Action: Track time (ex: Start timer when status changes to "In Progress")
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Zach - ClickUp
As promised, here's the real-time survey results!
Liam Hicken
how is this not implemented yet? a fairly simple object for a project management platform is also managing time...
Aihtsham Ali
Please support "Start/stop timer for: Person who triggered." For team workflows, running the timer under the Automation owner is not sufficient. When a member changes a task to IN PROGRESS or QA IN PROGRESS, the timer must be logged against that member’s own ClickUp profile. This should work natively without requiring separate OAuth tokens, external integrations, or consuming multiple Automation actions per status change.
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Sarah Taylor
This would be great! It's becoming a showstopper for me. I've currently had to subscribe to EverHour to get this and it's really, really expensive. At the moment, I'm paying £22 per month for ClickUp but EverHour are charging me £38 per month for an app that doesn't do anywhere near as much as ClickUp does at over 72% more cost. You can only use the Stop/Start timer buttons in the browser too, not in the ClickUp app.
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Yessica Tovar
It will be good to start the timer from the automation and also stop the timer from the automation.
Zach - ClickUp
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Task Status Change = Timer/Tracking Stops Automation
Paul Cassarly
I recorded a quick example of what I'm looking for: https://us06web.zoom.us/clips/share/A2F3MRY2bXQ4cExxbFFidWZoZXhOOEdlNU9RAQ
Zach - ClickUp
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Starting a time track with automation
Mert KARAOK
When users move their task to inprogress, the time track should start automatically. When they move to done status, the time track should be completed.
I wonder why this is still not working?
Zach - ClickUp
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Support starting Time Tracking with Automations
Jérémy Sismondi
Currently, it’s not possible to copy or transfer the monitored (tracked) time when creating a new task through an automation.
It would be very helpful to include this variable among the available automation options so that the tracked time from an existing task can be automatically duplicated or referenced when generating a new one.
This improvement would significantly streamline workflows involving recurring or derivative tasks, reducing the need to manually re-enter tracked time data.
Use cases:
• Automatically create subtasks while keeping the tracked time from the parent task.
• Copy tracked time for reporting, billing, or analytical purposes.
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Zach - ClickUp
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Automation Action to Start and Stop Timer on Status Change
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Nic Sayers
I’d like to request a new automation action for ClickUp: the ability to automatically start and stop the time tracking timer when a task or subtask changes status.
This feature would be extremely helpful for teams that want to ensure accurate time tracking without relying on manual input. For example, when a task moves to an “In Progress” status, the timer would start automatically, making it easier to track billable hours and productivity. And when it moves to a "Completed" status it would stop the timer.
Currently, automations can trigger on status changes, but there isn’t an action to start the timer. Adding this option would streamline workflows and reduce the risk of missed time entries.
Zach - ClickUp
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Create an automation that start a timer when an event happens
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Konstantinos Korompokis
It would be really helpful if we could have a way to automatically start the "time tracked" field when something happens. It would help us measure the time we needed to respond to a customer's request and make an average response time and etc.
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Zach - ClickUp
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Stop timetracking when status change to complete
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Maurice Pieters
When changing the status from a task to complete its useful to automatically stop the time tracking on the task. In this way you won't forget the time tracking.
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