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April 29, 2026
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Workfront Kanban — Unable to Manually Move Cards + Cards Disappearing from Board

  • April 29, 2026
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We’ve set up a Kanban board in Workfront that pulls in specific projects and tasks associated to a team. We’re running into two major issues during testing:

  1. Cards cannot be manually moved across columns/stages on the Kanban board as expected. Some cards can be moved manually though! 
  2. Cards occasionally disappear entirely from the board (and become unsearchable), particularly after changing settings related to task completion behavior.

More context:

  • While testing, switching between manual vs. automatic task completion appeared to cause tasks to move off the board.
  • In some cases, a page refresh or re‑indenting tasks caused the cards to reappear, but not consistently.
  • Completing or moving certain tasks seems to trigger removal from the board, even when they should still qualify based on the board’s filters/settings.

Questions:

  • How can cards be manually moved between the Kanban columns in Workfront?
  • How does task completion status (manual vs. automatic) impact card visibility on the Kanban board?
  • Are there known settings, dependencies, or limitations that would cause tasks to disappear from the board or become unsearchable?
  • Any best practices to prevent cards from unintentionally falling off the board during configuration?