From 068c3f296470cfa73ef093743d6205697990bc5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John-Scott Atlakson <24574+jsma@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:02:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Added `AbstractGroupApprovalTask` to simplify customizing
 behavior

---
 CHANGELOG.txt                  | 1 +
 docs/extending/custom_tasks.md | 9 +++++++--
 docs/releases/6.1.md           | 1 +
 wagtail/models/__init__.py     | 7 ++++++-
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 05084db92823..b6c737d47da3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ Changelog
  * Add API support for a redirects (contrib) endpoint (Rohit Sharma, Jaap Roes, Andreas Donig)
  * Add the default ability for all `SnippetViewSet` & `ModelViewSet` to support being copied (Shlomo Markowitz)
  * Support dynamic Wagtail guide links in the admin that are based on the running version of Wagtail (Tidiane Dia)
+ * Added `AbstractGroupApprovalTask` to simplify customizing behavior of custom `Task` models (John-Scott Atlakson)
  * Fix: Update system check for overwriting storage backends to recognize the `STORAGES` setting introduced in Django 4.2 (phijma-leukeleu)
  * Fix: Prevent password change form from raising a validation error when browser autocomplete fills in the "Old password" field (Chiemezuo Akujobi)
  * Fix: Ensure that the legacy dropdown options, when closed, do not get accidentally clicked by other interactions on wide viewports (CheesyPhoenix, Christer Jensen)
diff --git a/docs/extending/custom_tasks.md b/docs/extending/custom_tasks.md
index 48b7f7664563..f4562f448bf8 100644
--- a/docs/extending/custom_tasks.md
+++ b/docs/extending/custom_tasks.md
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ The Workflow system allows users to create tasks, which represent stages of mode
 
 Wagtail provides one built-in task type: `GroupApprovalTask`, which allows any user in specific groups to approve or reject moderation.
 
-However, it is possible to implement your own task types. Instances of your custom task can then be created in the `Tasks` section of the Wagtail Admin.
+However, it is possible to implement your own task types. Instances of your custom task can then be created in the Workflow tasks section of the Wagtail Admin.
 
 ## Task models
 
-All custom tasks must be models inheriting from `wagtailcore.Task`. In this set of examples, we'll set up a task that can be approved by only one specific user.
+All custom tasks must be models inheriting from `wagtailcore.Task`.
+
+If you need to customize the behavior of the built-in `GroupApprovalTask`, create a custom task which inherits from `AbstractGroupApprovalTask` and add your customizations there.
+See below for more details on how to customize behavior.
+
+In this set of examples, we'll set up a task that can be approved by only one specific user.
 
 ```python
 # <project>/models.py
diff --git a/docs/releases/6.1.md b/docs/releases/6.1.md
index b6eb836d513b..d60985e913f2 100644
--- a/docs/releases/6.1.md
+++ b/docs/releases/6.1.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ depth: 1
  * Implement new universal listings design for image listing view (Sage Abdullah)
  * Implement new universal listings design for document listing view (Sage Abdullah)
  * Implement new universal listings design for site and locale listing views (Sage Abdullah)
+ * Added `AbstractGroupApprovalTask` to simplify [customizing behavior of custom `Task` models](../extending/custom_tasks) (John-Scott Atlakson)
 
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/wagtail/models/__init__.py b/wagtail/models/__init__.py
index 9609e54f30d1..88a12f721c3f 100644
--- a/wagtail/models/__init__.py
+++ b/wagtail/models/__init__.py
@@ -3616,7 +3616,7 @@ class Workflow(AbstractWorkflow):
     pass
 
 
-class GroupApprovalTask(Task):
+class AbstractGroupApprovalTask(Task):
     groups = models.ManyToManyField(
         Group,
         verbose_name=_("groups"),
@@ -3698,10 +3698,15 @@ def get_description(cls):
         return _("Members of the chosen Wagtail Groups can approve this task")
 
     class Meta:
+        abstract = True
         verbose_name = _("Group approval task")
         verbose_name_plural = _("Group approval tasks")
 
 
+class GroupApprovalTask(AbstractGroupApprovalTask):
+    pass
+
+
 class WorkflowStateQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
     def active(self):
         """