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== Comments and Activity Log ==
== Comments and Activity ==


Each task detail page has two tabs:
Every task's page has two tabs, kept deliberately separate so discussion and history don't get tangled together:


* '''Comments''' — free-text discussion, rendered through the [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting|markdown subset]]. Posting requires <code><nowiki>comments:create</nowiki></code>; viewing requires <code><nowiki>comments:view</nowiki></code>.
* '''Comments''' — free-form discussion between teammates, with the same light [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting|text formatting]] available everywhere else.
* '''Activity''' — an automatically-generated, system-written history of what happened to the task (stage changes, review-status changes, field edits, etc.), kept separate from human discussion so the two don't get mixed together.
* '''Activity''' — an automatic, always up-to-date log of what's actually happened to the task: column changes, review-status changes, edits, and so on, written by RefractTrack itself rather than by a person. This is also where you'll see a note if you and a teammate happened to edit the same field on a task at the same time — see [[RefractTrack_Tasks|Tasks]] for how that's handled.


Both comment and system entries share the same underlying <code><nowiki>task_activity</nowiki></code> table, distinguished by an <code><nowiki>entry_type</nowiki></code> column (<code><nowiki>comment</nowiki></code> vs. system-generated).
=== Editing a comment ===


=== Editing comments ===
You can edit your own comments after posting; admins can edit anyone's if needed. Older versions of an edited comment are kept, not thrown away, so there's always a clear record of what was actually said and when.


Users can edit their own comments after posting (<code><nowiki>comments:edit</nowiki></code>); admins can edit anyone's. '''Edit history is preserved''' rather than overwritten — so a comment's prior wording remains visible/auditable rather than silently disappearing when it's changed.
=== Comments travel with your data ===


=== Export ===
Both the comment thread and the activity history for a task come along automatically when you back up a project. See [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import|Export and Import]].
 
Both comments and system activity entries for a task are included when exporting a project — see [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import|Export and Import]].


=== Related pages ===
=== Related pages ===


* [[RefractTrack_Tasks|Tasks]]
* [[RefractTrack_Tasks|Tasks]]
* [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting|Markdown Formatting]]
* [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting|Formatting Text]]
* [[RefractTrack_Permissions_and_Roles|Permissions and Roles]]
* [[RefractTrack_Permissions_and_Roles|Permissions and Roles]]
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Latest revision as of 22:50, 11 September 2026

Comments and Activity

Every task's page has two tabs, kept deliberately separate so discussion and history don't get tangled together:

  • Comments — free-form discussion between teammates, with the same light text formatting available everywhere else.
  • Activity — an automatic, always up-to-date log of what's actually happened to the task: column changes, review-status changes, edits, and so on, written by RefractTrack itself rather than by a person. This is also where you'll see a note if you and a teammate happened to edit the same field on a task at the same time — see Tasks for how that's handled.

Editing a comment

You can edit your own comments after posting; admins can edit anyone's if needed. Older versions of an edited comment are kept, not thrown away, so there's always a clear record of what was actually said and when.

Comments travel with your data

Both the comment thread and the activity history for a task come along automatically when you back up a project. See Export and Import.

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