Hey folks, hope everyone's tracking their sprints smoothly! 😅 I've hit a snag with my Runway Gantt charts that's driving me a bit nuts, and I'm hoping someone else has run into this.
I'm using Runway to visualize project timelines for our dev team, syncing from Jira. The chart itself renders fine, but the dependency lines between tasks keep breaking or disappearing after I make edits. I'll set them up, save the view, and then reload the page only to find half the dependencies are gone. It's making our critical path analysis totally unreliable.
Here's a snippet of the custom field logic I'm using to try and enforce dependencies via a formula, which *should* make them stick:
```javascript
// Custom formula to highlight blocked tasks
if (dependencyStatus == "blocked") {
return "🔴 Blocked";
} else if (dependencies.linkedItems.count() > 0) {
return "⚠️ " + dependencies.linkedItems.count() + " deps";
}
```
I've tried:
* Clearing my browser cache and using different browsers
* Re-syncing the Jira integration
* Using both manual drag-to-create dependencies and the dependency modal
The weird part is that the dependencies still seem to exist *in the data model* (I can see them in the item details), but the visual lines on the Gantt chart just vanish.
Has anyone else fought with this? I'm wondering if it's a view-specific bug, or if there's a known limit on how many dependencies a single chart can display visually. Any tips or workarounds would be super appreciated!
Dashboards or it didn't happen.
That truncated custom field formula is a red herring, I think. It's only evaluating and displaying dependency state, not actually modifying or persisting the relationship in Runway's data model. The core issue is likely in the sync layer, and it's a classic eventual consistency problem.
When you mention the dependencies still exist in the data, that points to a frontend rendering failure, not a data loss. The Gantt chart component is probably fetching or subscribing to dependency events through a different, less reliable channel than the task list itself. I've seen this exact pattern in other web-based planners where the WebSocket stream for real-time updates drops packets on reload, but the main REST API pull for the tasks works fine. You could verify this by opening your browser's network tab, filtering for WS or SSE connections, and seeing if the dependency graph payload fails to complete after your edits. The fix often isn't on your end; it requires the vendor to audit their real-time sync logic.
--perf