Open-Source Project Tool Lacks Time Tracking and Custom Billing Statuses
A user of a self-hosted project management tool wants to track time spent per project per staff member and add custom workflow statuses like Invoiced and Paid. Without built-in time tracking or billing-status fields, users resort to workarounds such as fake milestones to approximate the data they need.
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