Card Aging visually highlights stale work by gradually fading inactive Stories over time. The longer a Story goes without activity, the more faded it appears on the board, making it easy to spot work that may need attention or a nudge toward completion.
Card Aging only applies to Stories in a started (in-progress) workflow state, based on the time since the Story was last updated. Unstarted and completed Stories are never faded.
Customizing Aging Behavior
You can customize how Stories age in one of two ways:
- Default gradual fade: Stories fade in stages at 1, 2, and 4 weeks of inactivity
- Custom fade: Set a custom number of days for Stories to become fully faded
Configuring Card Aging for Your Workspace
To enable and configure Card Aging across your entire Workspace:
- Navigate to Settings > General Settings > Card Aging
- Choose the default gradual fade (1, 2, and 4 weeks of inactivity) or set a custom number of days for Stories to become fully faded
- Save your changes
Configuring Card Aging for a Team
Card Aging can also be configured for individual Teams:
- Navigate to Settings > Teams
- Select your Team
- Select Card Aging and configure the aging behavior for that Team
A Team’s Card Aging setting always overrides the Workspace default, including turning Card Aging off entirely for that Team. Teams without their own setting inherit the Workspace default.
Card Aging pairs well with WIP Limits: WIP Limits cap how much work a team takes on, while Card Aging surfaces the work that has stalled.