Follow a template being applied in the background

Watch the progress of a project or task template being applied in the background, open the project or task it created, and cancel or retry a run that is stuck or failed.

In the sidebar, open Settings, then choose Apply Jobs under Templates. The page address is /settings/org/templates/jobs. The page title reads Template apply jobs.

This page lists template applies that run in the background. When you create a task, project or portfolio from a template on Nova's own screens, it happens on the spot and never shows here, so most days the list is empty. A run appears when a project, task or portfolio template is applied the background way, which connected apps and AI teammates can ask for.

Before you start

• Your role needs permission to read template apply runs to open the page. Cancelling and retrying each need their own permission; hover over a greyed-out button to see which one is missing.
• The list refreshes on its own while a run is active. Press Refresh to check right away.

Steps

1. Find the run. Filter by Status (All, Active (queued + running), Queued, Running, Succeeded, Failed, Cancelled or Terminal), by Template type (Project templates or Task templates; portfolio runs show only under All), or tick Started by me.
2. Read the card. It names the template type, the status, the current stage, when the run was created and how long it took. Go by the status: the bar underneath stays at 0% even on a finished run.
3. When the status reads succeeded, press Open task or Open project on the card to go to what was created.
4. If a run is stuck, press Cancel (on a run that has not started yet the button reads Cancel queued). It reads cancelled straight away.
5. If a run has failed, read the reason at the bottom of the card, fix the cause, then press Retry.

What you see

• Active (queued + running) is the filter to leave on while you wait for something. Terminal shows everything that has finished, whichever way.
• Cancelling a run that is already applying does not undo it: the project or task is still made, and Open task or Open project appears on the cancelled card. Archive it if you do not want it.
• No apply jobs match the current filters. means the filter found nothing, not that something went wrong.
• Above the list on Task Templates, Apply jobs shows how many background runs your plan allows at once.

If something looks different

• Retry is off and says the run already created a target: the project or task exists. Open it rather than retrying, or you would get a duplicate.
• Cancel is missing or off: the run has already finished, or a cancellation is already queued.
• You created a task from a template and expected to see it here: Nova's own screens make it right away. Look in the tasks or projects list.
• The run succeeded but the task is missing subtasks: only a published template version is applied, so changes still sitting in a draft are not in it. Publish the draft, then apply the template again.

Open Apply Jobs