Let subtasks inherit standard/custom fields of parent tasks (copy field values from parent to subtask)
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Caroline Ginty
Update Nov 2025: Hi everyone - this feature is one we are considering for next quarter's roadmap. It's still in pre-scoping stages, but we will share updates here as they are available. Thanks!
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Thomonique Moore
Looking forward to this rolling out and updates in the meantime!
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Jack KW Aerts
I fixed this temporarily with an agent who does this for me:)
Logan
Jack KW Aerts Would you mind explaining this a little bit? Do you mean an AI agent? I'm curious about implementing your solution for my own team
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Jack KW Aerts
Logan I created an agent via AI in clickup that copies a number of fields from the main task to the subtask (if it is not already filled)
Zach
Merged in a post:
Have subtasks inherit the due date and recurrence of the parent task
Amy Lee
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Shawna Kalish
clickup Is there any update on this? It's kind of outrageous that it doesn't already exist. Having to manually change them for each individual subtask is not reasonable.
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Szymon Piech
Shawna Kalish I cant agree more... I feel like it's a deliberate action from ClickUp team to force users into AI route... Caroline Ginty can you please prove my pessimistic look is not grounded and give us some good news? Do we have any dates? We have currently delayed mass rollout of clickup because we are waiting for this bug to be fixed...
Caroline Ginty
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Custom fields inheritance automation
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Pracownia Horeca Maria Wysocka
I ask for automatic inheritance of Custom Fields from parent tasks to newly created tasks through Automations, but not just the field but its value
Caroline Ginty
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Custom Fields for Subtasks
Kristina Ota
It would be great to have the ability to have subtasks copy/adopt the same custom fields as the parent task without having to manually update them.
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Neil Hogan
God yes! I have tasks all over a large site so have custom location drop-downs.
Quite often i use a status change or other custom column to trigger the creation of a subtask or related task on another list, and the parent task's location needs to go with it!
Alyce Coghlan
Hi Caroline Ginty I'm surprised this isn't being prioritised given competitors had this feature years ago.. We create many, many, subtasks under tasks, then have to select all and manually apply all of the same fields as the parent. It is a huge waste of time.
Caroline Ginty
Alyce Coghlan Appreciate the feedback! We hear you and know this is something that is needed to help streamline a lot of workflows. Promise that it's being seriously considered for when we can slot it into the roadmap.
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Lianne Tierney
Yes please!
Tony Henderson
Hi Caroline Ginty, did this get prioritized for Q1? We keep running into problems with the limits, despite upgrading from Business Plus to Enterprise. It makes it very hard for us to be self-sufficient in managing our automations and we have to pull ClickUp Support/CSM into providing analysis reports to figure our where the issues are. It would be far more efficient for both us and ClickUp teams to have the data we need to action.
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