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1function c(e){let{components:t,...r}=e;return(0,n.kt)(p,(0,o.Z)({},u,r,{components:t,mdxType:"MDXLayout"}),(0,n.kt)("img",{src:a(3222).Z,alt:"a new feature is coming soon to heromode: expired quests",width:"100%",style:{border:"1px solid #bdbdbd",borderRadius:"2px"}}),(0,n.kt)("br",null),(0,n.kt)("admonition",{title:"Summary",type:"tip"},(0,n.kt)("p",{parentName:"admonition"},"We have added Expired Quests to HeroMode!"),(0,n.kt)("p",{parentName:"admonition"},"With this new functionality, you can mark a quest as expired instead of deleting\nit. For example, for a quest that you just can't get to, and you'd like to keep\nit in the record and track the stats."),(0,n.kt)("p",{parentName:"admonition"},"Expired Quests, along with other updates on Stats and Activity Calendars, will\nbe available in the next release!")),(0,n.kt)("br",null),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"In ",(0,n.kt)("a",{parentName:"p",href:"https://heromodeapp.com/blog/heromode-use-case-productivity-hours"},"last week's blog post"),", our guest blogger, Jade, described how\nshe uses HeroMode to structure productivity hours at work."),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"Towards the end of the post, Jade mentioned a ",(0,n.kt)("a",{parentName:"p",href:"https://heromodeapp.com/blog/heromode-use-case-productivity-hours/#from-feature-requests-to-upcoming-features"},"feature request")," that she has proposed to the\nHeroMode team: missed quests. When Jade isn't able to complete one of her\nproductivity hour quests, she'd like to designate the quest as \"missed\", rather\nthan deleting it from the record."),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"We are happy to announce that this functionality has been introduced into the\nHeroMode codebase! We are currently testing it internally (including with\nJade!), and will be releasing it soon in an upcoming version."),(0,n.kt)("h2",{id:"mark-a-quest-as-expired-instead-of-deleting-it"},"Mark a Quest as Expired instead of Deleting it"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,'As we design the user experience of this feature idea, we felt the word "missed"\nwould only apply to repeat quests, rather than all quests. And we don\'t want\nthis new functionality to only apply to repeat quests.'),(0,n.kt)("p",null,'So we are using the word "expired" instead of "missed". That makes sense and\ncovers more use cases, we believe. When you don\'t plan to execute a quest, but\nstill would like to keep it in the record, marking it as "expired" sounds\nintuitive.'),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"Here is how it'd work (illustrated with the video below). Let's say you have a\nquest that you will never get to. Before, all you can do is deleting it. Now,\nwhen you click on the delete button, you have the option of marking it as\nexpired instead."),(0,n.kt)("div",{style:{overflow:"hidden",zIndex:1,border:"1px solid #bdbdbd",borderRadius:"12px",width:360}},(0,n.kt)("video",{width:360,muted:!0,controls:!0},(0,n.kt)("source",{src:"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/heromode-website.appspot.com/o/public-site-assets%2Fmark-a-quest-as-expired.mp4?alt=media&token=adac95df-034b-4257-a644-dbc051ebddcc",type:"video/mp4"}))),(0,n.kt)("br",null),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"When a quest is expired, it'd get an expiration date, which by default is the\nend of the day on which it was created. You can also change the expiration date\nto any date you want!"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,'Now you are probably thinking, "hey does that mean I can also define an\nexpiration date for an open quest, and have the quest automatically be closed if\nI can\'t completed before then? LIKE A DEADLINE!?".'),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"If that's what you were thinking, we love it. You should tell us more about what\nyou think and all your HeroMode ideas. The answer is, yes, we are indeed\nthinking in this direction. We are actively gathering feedbacks to see how much\ninterest there is for defining deadline for an open quest."),(0,n.kt)("h2",{id:"see-expired-quests-in-stats--activity-calendars"},"See Expired Quests in Stats & Activity Calendars"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"Expired quests do not earn points. That's expected since the quest was not\nactually completed. But how do we track them in stats in a way that's\ninformative, yet not overwhelming?"),

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