Every project sits in one lifecycle state — and you move it between states from one place. This page covers all three transitions: pausing a project to stop new work, archiving it to retire it, and deleting it once it’s archived. For creating and editing projects, see Create a project and Edit a project’s name or description.
The four states
A project is always in one of these states:
- Active — the normal state. Tasks can be created and run.
- Pausing — a temporary state. You’ve asked to pause the project; runs already in progress are finishing, and no new ones will start.
- Paused — fully paused. No tasks run.
- Archived — retired. Archiving is the step that makes deletion possible.
Find the controls
Open Projects from the left icon rail and select the project, then select the Settings pill. The lifecycle actions sit in the Project Lifecycle card, which is the last card in the right column at the end of Settings — scroll down to reach it.
There’s a shortcut: in Settings, find the Status row and select Manage status. That jumps you straight to the Project Lifecycle card.
The card holds every action on this page — a row of status buttons under Change project status, and a Delete Project button below a divider. Which status buttons appear depends on the current state, so you’ll only ever see the moves that are valid right now.
Pause a project
When the project is Active, the lifecycle card shows a Pause button.
- Select Pause.
- A dialog opens — Pause Project — explaining: “Pause the project. Running tasks will complete, but no new tasks will start.”
- Select Pause Project to confirm, or Cancel to back out.
The project moves to Pausing first. While it’s pausing, a notice appears on the project’s Overview: “Running tasks will complete, but no new tasks will be started. The project will be fully paused once all tasks finish.” Once the last run finishes, the project is fully Paused.
To resume, select Activate — the button that replaces Pause while a project is paused. It returns the project to Active and lets tasks run again.
Archive a project
Archiving retires a project. You can archive from Active, Paused, or Pausing.
- In the lifecycle card, select Archive.
- The Archive Project dialog explains: “Archive the project. The project can be deleted after archiving.”
- Select Archive Project to confirm.
Archiving is reversible: an archived project still shows an Activate button, which brings it back to Active.
Delete a project
Deletion is permanent and removes everything — all project data, tasks, and runs. Because of that, it has two guards.
You must archive first. The Delete Project button is only enabled once the project is Archived. Before then, the lifecycle card reads “Archive the project first to enable deletion” and the button stays disabled. Archive the project, then return here.
You must type the project’s name. Select Delete Project and a confirmation dialog opens: “This action cannot be undone. All project data, tasks, and runs will be permanently deleted.” It asks you to type the project’s exact name into a text field. The Delete Project button stays disabled until what you type matches.
When the name matches, select Delete Project. Once it completes, DIJJI.ai returns you to the Projects list. The project is gone — there is no undo.
Which state to choose
- Pause when you want to stop work temporarily but keep the project. It’s fully reversible.
- Archive when a project is finished but you want to keep its history, or when you intend to delete it.
- Delete only when you’re certain you need nothing from the project again — its tasks and runs go with it.