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<h1 id="tasks"><a class="header" href="#tasks">Tasks</a></h1>
<p>Tasks are stored internally as a key/value map with string keys and values.
All fields are optional: the <code>Create</code> operation creates an empty task.
Display layers should apply appropriate defaults where necessary.</p>
<h2 id="atomicity"><a class="header" href="#atomicity">Atomicity</a></h2>
<p>The synchronization process does not support read-modify-write operations.
For example, suppose tags are updated by reading a list of tags, adding a tag, and writing the result back.
This would be captured as an <code>Update</code> operation containing the amended list of tags.
Suppose two such <code>Update</code> operations are made in different replicas and must be reconciled:</p>
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<li><code>Update(&quot;d394be59-60e6-499e-b7e7-ca0142648409&quot;, &quot;tags&quot;, &quot;oldtag,newtag1&quot;, &quot;2020-11-23T14:21:22Z&quot;)</code></li>
<li><code>Update(&quot;d394be59-60e6-499e-b7e7-ca0142648409&quot;, &quot;tags&quot;, &quot;oldtag,newtag2&quot;, &quot;2020-11-23T15:08:57Z&quot;)</code></li>
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<p>The result of this reconciliation will be <code>oldtag,newtag2</code>, while the user almost certainly intended <code>oldtag,newtag1,newtag2</code>.</p>
<p>The key names given below avoid this issue, allowing user updates such as adding a tag or deleting a dependency to be represented in a single <code>Update</code> operation.</p>
<h2 id="validity"><a class="header" href="#validity">Validity</a></h2>
<p><em>Any</em> key/value map is a valid task.
Consumers of task data must make a best effort to interpret any map, even if it contains apparently contradictory information.
For example, a task with status &quot;completed&quot; but no &quot;end&quot; key present should be interpreted as completed at an unknown time.</p>
<h2 id="representations"><a class="header" href="#representations">Representations</a></h2>
<p>Integers are stored in decimal notation.</p>
<p>Timestamps are stored as UNIX epoch timestamps, in the form of an integer.</p>
<h2 id="keys"><a class="header" href="#keys">Keys</a></h2>
<p>The following keys, and key formats, are defined:</p>
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<li><code>status</code> - one of <code>P</code> for a pending task (the default), <code>C</code> for completed, <code>D</code> for deleted, or <code>R</code> for recurring</li>
<li><code>description</code> - the one-line summary of the task</li>
<li><code>modified</code> - the time of the last modification of this task</li>
<li><code>start</code> - the most recent time at which this task was started (a task with no <code>start</code> key is not active)</li>
<li><code>end</code> - if present, the time at which this task was completed or deleted (note that this key may not agree with <code>status</code>: it may be present for a pending task, or absent for a deleted or completed task)</li>
<li><code>tag_&lt;tag&gt;</code> - indicates this task has tag <code>&lt;tag&gt;</code> (value is ignored)</li>
<li><code>wait</code> - indicates the time before which this task should be hidden, as it is not actionable</li>
<li><code>entry</code> - the time at which the task was created</li>
<li><code>annotation_&lt;timestamp&gt;</code> - value is an annotation created at the given time; for example, <code>annotation_1693329505</code>.</li>
<li><code>dep_&lt;uuid&gt;</code> - indicates this task depends on another task identified by <code>&lt;uuid&gt;</code>; the value is ignored; for example, <code>dep_8c4fed9c-c0d2-40c2-936d-36fc44e084a0</code></li>
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<p>Note that while TaskChampion recognizes &quot;recurring&quot; as a status, it does not implement recurrence directly.</p>
<h3 id="udas"><a class="header" href="#udas">UDAs</a></h3>
<p>Any unrecognized keys are treated as &quot;user-defined attributes&quot; (UDAs).
These attributes can be used to store additional data associated with a task.
For example, applications that synchronize tasks with other systems such as calendars or team planning services might store unique identifiers for those systems as UDAs.
The application defining a UDA defines the format of the value.</p>
<p>UDAs <em>should</em> have a namespaced structure of the form <code>&lt;namespace&gt;.&lt;key&gt;</code>, where <code>&lt;namespace&gt;</code> identifies the application defining the UDA.
For example, a service named &quot;DevSync&quot; synchronizing tasks from GitHub might use UDAs like <code>devsync.github.issue-id</code>.
Note that many existing UDAs for Taskwarrior integrations do not follow this pattern; these are referred to as legacy UDAs.</p>
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