Ability to auto-delete recurring/repeating tasks. about super-productivity HOT 7 OPEN

On a very related note:
An old task manager (no longer available) allowed toggling a task to "rollover" to the next repeat date or not.
This was very helpful, because some missed date tasks increase in urgency ("overdue") while others decrease or totally expire.

Some example scenarios:

Urgency Increases:

• Pay monthly bill (if I missed it on the due date, it is overdue), repeats monthly, is OVERDUE when missed
• Pay invoice X by 7th of June, a one time task OVERDUE when missed
• once a week walk, if missed today, it's slightly more urgent tomorrow yet not overdue, but if missed all week it is OVERDUE

Urgency Decreases:

• Take out the trash on Tuesday and Friday, if missed on Tuesday, the due date ROLLOVER to FRIDAY
• use coupon by 7/15, EXPIRES when missed (user might want to have this task auto DELETE OR log CANCELLED/MISSED)

Urgency Stays the Same/Similar:

• Read chapter daily when possible, repeats on completion ROLLOVER to today
• log weight ROLLOVER to today

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I understand. This option could be made availaible as a toggle. Do you want this repeating task to delete itself? or not? That would be neat in my opinion. I have found absolutely no todo/task manager that supports this functionality. Nonethless I am grateful for your consideration.

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It is very useful to distinguish at least between two types of repeating tasks:

1. create a new recurrence in all cases (like pay monthly bill - if missed, pay twice next month)
2. create a new recurrence only when the previous instance was completed (like take out the trash - if missed, not a big issue)

I mean - we don't need to automatically delete tasks after a new instance of a recurring task is initialized, if we don't create a new instance while the previous instance of the task wasn't finished yet.

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Just as a note: Some of the logic we might need is already implemented:
see:
src/app/features/task-repeat-cfg/store/task-repeat-cfg.reducer.ts
selectTaskRepeatCfgsDueOnDayIncludingOverdue
selectTaskRepeatCfgsDueOnDayOnly

@rzelnik what you write makes sense to me. I am not sure yet though how the UI should look for this. We should avoid hitting new users with stuff that looks complicated :)

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Thank you very much for opening up this issue! I am currently a bit overwhelmed by the many requests that arrive each week, so please forgive me, if I fail to respond personally. I am still very likely to at least skim read your request and I'll probably try to fix all (real) bugs if possible and I will likely review every single PR being made (please, give me a heads up if you intent to do so) and I will try to work on popular requests (please upvote via thumbs up on the original issue) whenever possible, but trying to respond to every single issue over the last years has been kind of draining and I need to adjust my approach for this project to remain fun for me and to make any progress with actually coding new stuff. Thanks for your understanding!

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Thank you for your suggestion.

Personally, I have mixed feelings though. I have both repeating task that become redundant and repeating task that actually add on top of each other (regarding the amount of time it takes to complete) if I don't get around to do the tasks. So I'd rather keep the tasks and delete the redunant instances myself.

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I am not sure yet though how the UI should look for this. We should avoid hitting new users with stuff that looks complicated :)

It's just one more checkbox:

• repeat in overdue

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