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SLA Enforcement

Daily SLA checks with warning and breach notifications so nothing slips through the cracks.

Service Level Agreements (SLAs) put a clock on tasks that have a deadline. Workestra checks your open tasks once a day and sends notifications when they're at 75% of the SLA window (warning) and again when they hit 100% (breach).

SLA warnings

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How SLAs Work

Every task with a due date has an implicit SLA — the time from creation (or from a specific status change) to the due date. Workestra runs a daily check and flags:

ThresholdWhat Happens
75% of window elapsedWarning — assignee notified, task shows a yellow SLA badge
100% of window elapsedBreach — assignee and project lead notified, task shows a red SLA badge

Both thresholds trigger an in-app notification and can also route to email or Slack via automations.

What Gets Checked

  • All open tasks (status not Done or Cancelled) with a due date
  • Tasks in active projects only (paused / archived / completed projects are skipped)

Where SLA Status Shows Up

  • Task list and board — colored SLA badge on the task card
  • Task detail — warning or breach indicator near the due date
  • Portfolio dashboard — projects with breached tasks are flagged as "at risk"
  • Reports — breach counts per team, project, and assignee

Customizing SLA Behavior

Admin can configure at Projects → Settings → SLA:

  • Warning threshold — default 75%, configurable between 50% and 95%
  • Who gets notified — assignee only, assignee + project lead, assignee + full project team
  • Notification channels — in-app, email, Slack (channels connected via Slack integration)

Acknowledging a Warning

When a task hits warning state, the assignee can Acknowledge it in the notification panel — this silences further pings on that specific task until the breach threshold is crossed.


Next Steps

  • Automations — add custom escalation rules on SLA events
  • Tasks — set due dates to enable SLA tracking
  • Reports — breach analytics