Once I nest a task the progress auto update stops working. This seems like a bug

bump. we need this.

We faced a recurring problem in ClickUp related to the automatic updating of progress between tasks, subtasks, and checklists within our project management framework.

Currently, our operation was built using a structure of:

* Main tasks (mother tasks)

* Submissive

* Internal checklists

The expected behavior is that, when completing a subtask or checklist item, the progress of the higher structure is automatically updated, reflecting the actual progress in the execution of the project. However, that is not happening.

Problem detail:

* Progress is updated only on the subtask where the checklist was inserted.

* However, this update is not automatically reflected in the linked parent task.

* The subtask is correctly marked as complete.

* However, the progress of the main task is not automatically recalculated or updated.

That is, there is a break in the synchronization of progress between the hierarchical levels of the task structure.

This behavior is directly impacting:

* The operational monitoring of the projects;

* The progress dashboards;

* Managerial view of deliveries;

*The automatic indicators for the execution of the lists.

We have previously opened a request with ClickUp support, but we have not yet presented a return or definitive solution.

In fact, we have already granted authorization to access our Workspace/List so that the ClickUp team can analyze the configuration internally and identify if it is:

* Platform bug;

* Setup problem;

* Limitation of native automation;

* Or automatic progress synchronization between linked tasks fails.

We need support to identify the root cause and make the necessary adjustments so that:

* The completion of correctly updated checklists as subtasks;

* And when you complete/advance the subtasks automatically reflect the progress of the main tasks (parent tasks).

Currently, this automatic update is not working at any of the levels of the structure.

"Calculating the progress of activities manually is very exhausting."

This really should have been inherently how it works..

I'd like to add a perspective on the root cause of this long-standing limitation.

The core issue, in my view, is that ClickUp has never defined the Parent Task as a semantically distinct object. Today, a Parent Task is treated exactly like any other task — it has its own status, its own custom field values, its own progress bar — rather than acting as a dedicated aggregation container that automatically rolls up data from its children (status, progress, custom fields, time entries).

This architectural ambiguity is what generates all the inconsistencies this thread has been discussing since 2020.

That said, I understand this is not a universally desired behavior. Some teams may intentionally want Parent Tasks to remain independent from their subtasks — and that's a perfectly valid use case.

My proposal: introduce a workspace-level (or Space-level) setting that allows teams to choose between two modes:

• Standard mode – Parent Task behaves as it does today, fully independent from its children.

• Aggregator mode – Parent Task acts purely as a rollup container: its status, progress, and custom fields are automatically derived from the underlying subtasks, with no standalone operational value of its own.

This would address the needs of teams with mature project management practices — where a Parent Task is expected to reflect the real consolidated state of its children — without disrupting workflows that rely on the current behavior.

For organizations using ClickUp for structured PM (OKRs, multi-level WBS, program-level tracking), the absence of Aggregator mode is a genuine blocker, not just a missing convenience feature.

Hello ClickUp Team,

We use ClickUp to organize our tasks and measure progress, but we have a problem with the automatic progress bar: when we complete sub-subtasks, the progress bar for the subtasks and tasks does not update automatically. For our purposes, it is very important to be able to track the progress.

Thank you!

Hello Team ClickUp,

Any update on this item?

this is a very useful and critical feature, and I am not sure why it has not been implemented since 2020.

It's a bug fix, not a feature request.