Trigger: Item Due Soon (≤24h)

The Item Due Soon (≤24h) trigger fires a workflow when a Board item's deadline is coming up in less than 24 hours. Use it to nudge the assignee before the deadline hits, instead of finding out after the fact with the Item Overdue trigger.

When it fires

It's fed by the automatic boards:send-due-reminders sweep, which periodically checks deadlines and emits this event once an item is within 24 hours of its due date.

Trigger configuration

• Board: restrict to a specific board. Empty = any board.

Available variables

• $record.object_type, $record.object_id, $record.workspace_id
• $trigger.deadline (the approaching due date)
• $trigger.board_id

Example workflow

"Early due-date warning": Item Due Soon trigger (Board = "Projects") → "Send internal message" action to the item's assignee: "Task #{{$record.object_id}} is due on {{$trigger.deadline}}. Need a hand closing it out?"

Tips

• Pair it with "Item Overdue" to get two alerts around the same deadline: one preventive (before) and one escalation (after).
• Since it runs off a periodic sweep, don't expect it to fire the instant an item crosses the 24-hour mark — there can be a few minutes of lag depending on the cron frequency.

Troubleshooting

If nothing fires, confirm the board items actually have a due date set in the relevant column — with no date, the sweep has nothing to evaluate.