Projects: Project status updates

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Summary

We are providing users with the ability to report on the progress, timing, and status of a project through status updates, so everyone can understand the most important high level details about a project. Users will be able to add updates, view the history of updates in a feed, and find all project related information in a single place to understand what a project is about and how it is progressing.

Intended Outcome

By providing users with the ability to add status updates to a project, we will help them

• Report on progress, timing, and high-level details from the same place that they're planning and tracking a body of work through issues and pull requests. It will be a central place to understand the details and overview about a project.
• View the history for a project, so they can understand and identify details such as when a project started and completed, why a date shifted, or why it was put on pause.
• Share and surface the most important details about a project, so everyone involved is kept in the loop on the high-level information, and risks can be flagged that require further attention or conversations.

How will it work?

Users will be able to add status updates to a project by specifying the status, dates, and additional information and details. They can view these updates in a feed to understand the progress of a project over time and share out important information.

[ankneis]

🚢 This has shipped: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-01-18-github-issues-projects-project-status-updates-issues-side-panel/

Leaving open to track for GHES release!