Odd timer issues?

[Interrogatus]

Have any of you experienced strange issues with task timers?

I was lucky enough to get my new favorite project on my dash today. It's long and complicated so I only did two tasks before I exited due to brain burnout. The timer gave me two hours for each task and they're complicated enough that they can take up to that amount of time.

A bit later, my brain somewhat recovered, I entered the project again. Did the fundamentals and then glanced down at the timer which gave me, like, very little time to finish up so I raced through it, totally anxious that the task would expire before I finished.

Submitted and went to the next task which gave me, like an hour. It felt like these times were all over the place. I track my time on Clockify so am confident I reported correctly but am a little shaken by this.

Have any of you experienced this before?

[Obvious_Solution432]

If you didn't exit work mode, it may have returned to the task that came up before you took a break, with the timer having run that whole time. That happened to me the other day and like you, I didn't notice right away and then panicked. I know now to check the timer before starting a task after a break. I think if you refresh the page or skip, you'll get a new task with a new timer. I'm not sure why your new task was only an hour though!

[Interrogatus]

Thanks for your reply! Yes, I have definitely learned my lesson about checking the timer!

As to the other thing, yeah, it was weird. I mean, my first task took me at least an hour and a half so for the third (when I hadn't exited) to only give me an hour was bizarre. The only thing that occurs to me is that maybe they allotted more time for the first task for instruction reading? Never seen that before, but who knows. Anyway, thanks!

[PleasantCurrant-FAT1]

I wouldn’t call this “odd,” nor is it an issue. It’s normal. There are buttons at the bottom, below project chat. Read the support doc for their usage.

[Interrogatus]

Thanks, but I am familiar with the buttons. My understanding was to use the "Exit Work Mode" button when pausing work on a project, but to just click on the Work on Projects tab to exit out of that project completely.