How Tidings decides what matters

Every task carries two separate signals. Importance says what's at stake if the work is skipped; it never changes as time passes. Timing says how soon the task is due: Overdue, Due Soon, or Upcoming; it updates daily. The two are independent: a carbon monoxide detector check can be top-tier and still months away, and that's normal.

1. 1
   Vital Maintenance — prevents damage to your home or a safety hazard: leak checks, freeze prep, smoke and CO detector tests.

   These stay exactly on schedule (task spacing never stretches them), and generated ones can't be removed from the plan.
2. 2
   Regular Maintenance — keeps your home's systems healthy: filters, drains, seals, vents.

   Task spacing can stretch these moderately. Generated ones stay on the plan.
3. 3
   Minor Upkeep — cleanliness and appearance.

   Task spacing stretches these the furthest, and generated ones can be hidden if you don't want to see them.

Color is reserved for timing. Red always means overdue, amber means due soon, and a tier badge is never red: a Vital Maintenance badge on a task due in January says what the task protects, not that you need to act today.