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How to use blockers and dependencies in Vaiz

Blockers help you define dependencies between tasks so work happens in the right order. If one task cannot start until another is finished, you can link them using Blockers and Blocking.

Understand blockers and dependencies

Each dependency has two sides:

  • Blockers lists the tasks that must be completed before the current task can move forward.
  • Blocking lists the tasks that depend on the current task.

When you create a dependency, Vaiz automatically updates both tasks. For example, if task A blocks task B, task B will automatically appear in the Blocking section of task A.

Step 1. Find the Blockers field

Open the task and find the Blockers field.

Task detail panel with the Blockers field and Add blocker option circled

Step 2. Add a blocker task

Start typing the task title.

  • If the task already exists, select it from the list.
  • If it doesn't exist yet, select Create task. The new task is automatically added to the board.
Blockers field with a typed search and the Create task option plus matching task list

Step 3. Review added blockers

The selected task appears in the Blockers list.

  • Use the checkbox to mark the blocker as completed.
  • Use Add blocker to add more blocker tasks if needed.
Blockers field with one added blocker task and its checkbox, plus Add blocker option

Step 4. Manage blocker tasks

Hover over a blocker task and click the ⋯ menu.

From here you can:

  • remove the connection;
  • mark the task as completed;
  • add or remove it from favorites;
  • follow or unfollow the task;
  • assign or unassign yourself;
  • update the task type, dates, priority, assignee, or milestones.
Blocker task menu with Remove connection, Completed, Favorite, and other quick actions

Note: When you mark a blocker task as completed from the Blockers list, it is also marked as completed on the board.

Blocker task checked as completed, showing the same green checkmark synced on the board card

Step 5. Add tasks that depend on the current task

Find the Blocking field.

Add tasks the same way as blockers:

  • type to find an existing task;
  • or create a new one if it doesn't exist.
Task detail panel with the Blocking field and Add blocking option circled

Step 6. Manage blocking tasks

The selected tasks appear in the Blocking list. Use the checkboxes to mark them as completed, or select Add blocking to add more dependent tasks.

Blocking field with two added tasks and their checkboxes, plus Add blocking option

Hover over a blocking task and click ⋯ to access the available actions. The options are the same as for blocker tasks, including removing the connection and updating task properties.

Blocking task menu with Remove connection, Completed, Favorite, and other quick actions

Note: When you mark a blocking task as completed from the Blocking list, it is also marked as completed on the board.

Blocking task checked as completed, showing the same green checkmark synced on the board card

Step 7. Open a linked task

Click the task ID to open the linked task in its own window.

Blocking field with the CRTV-44 task ID highlighted to open that task

Use the navigation arrows in the upper-left corner to return to the previous task.

Blocking #2 task opened, showing its own Blockers field linked back to the original task

Note: When you duplicate a task (вставить ссылку, когда будет опубликовано: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qw6eHWP2D5WJkvxYTEJf-fHES--GtboV_87ykdk-8X0/edit?tab=t.0), blocker relationships are not copied. If a linked task is deleted, its blocker and dependency connections are removed automatically.