Time Tracking & Worklogs

Start & Stop Timer

Open any task and click the play button in the modal header. A green pulse animation indicates the timer is running. Click again to stop.

When you stop the timer (after at least 60 seconds), a Log time dialog appears where you can add an optional description of what you worked on. Click Save to log with a description, or Skip to log without one. The task automatically switches to the Time Log tab to show your entry.

Manual Time Entry

Click the time display in the task header to open a popover. Enter a duration and click Add. The same description dialog appears, so you can annotate what the time was spent on.

Time Log Tab

Every task has a Time Log tab in the task modal. It has two sub-views:

Pomodoro Mode

Toggle Pomodoroin the timer popover to activate a 25-minute focus / 5-minute break cycle. A progress bar and countdown are shown inside the popover. When a phase ends, you'll hear a sound notification and receive a browser notification (if permitted). The timer display pulses green during focus and blue during breaks.

AI Time Estimation

When you open a task that has no time logged yet, the timer popover shows a ghost hint: “Similar tasks typically take ~2h 30m.” This estimate is calculated from the median (P50) duration of completed tasks in your workspace. As your team logs more time, the estimates become more accurate.

Quick Log

Press ⌘ ⇧ T (or Ctrl Shift T on Windows/Linux) anywhere on the canvas to open a floating quick-log input.

Type a task number, duration, and optional description in one line:

Task autocomplete appears as you type the number. Press Enter to log instantly, Escape to close. The entire flow takes under 3 seconds.

Smart Recovery

Forgot to stop your timer? is.team detects stale timers automatically.

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   Idle detection

   If you leave the tab and come back after 5+ minutes of inactivity, a recovery dialog appears: “Your timer was still running.”

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   Adjust duration

   The dialog pre-fills the suggested duration (time until your last heartbeat). Edit it to reflect how long you actually worked, add an optional description.

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   Log or discard

   Click Log time to save the adjusted worklog, or Discard to throw it away entirely.

Desktop Timer App

For focused time tracking without the browser, is.team offers a standalone desktop application built with Tauri. It's lightweight, cross-platform, and syncs with your workspace in real time.

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   Download

   Visit the download page to get the app for macOS, Windows, or Linux.

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   Authenticate

   Sign in with your API token from Account Settings. The app loads your workspaces and boards.

3. 3

   Track time

   Search for a task, start the timer, and when you stop you can add a description before saving. Choose Log Work (with description) or Quick Save (without).

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   Crash recovery

   If the app crashes while a timer is running, your timer state is recovered on next launch — no time is lost.

Active Timer Indicator

When a team member has an active timer, a pulsing green dotappears on their avatar in the workspace panel. Hover over it to see which task they're working on and how long they've been at it. This works across web and desktop — if someone starts a timer on the desktop app, you'll see the indicator on the web.

Timer Heartbeat

While a timer is running, is.team sends a heartbeat to the server every 60 seconds. This serves two purposes:

Overnight Timer Protection

Forgot to stop your timer before leaving for the night? is.team has a safety net. When a timer has been running for more than 12 hours, the recovery dialog automatically caps the suggested duration and shows a warning so you don't accidentally log an entire night.

Weekly Timesheet

Open the Analytics modal and go to the Timesheet tab for a classic weekly grid view of your logged time.

Time Analytics

The Time tab in Analytics provides workspace-level insights into how time is spent across your team.

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