Due date or context when it can be done? It seems like you are mixing the two. Did I misunderstand?

I think it’s a bit of an overkill to have a due date like that, I mean it’s not really a due date – it’s a start date. I wouldn’t mind having an option to select between a due date and a start date for an action. It would be a cool feature actually because a due date isn’t really enough sometimes.
so there could be an option to set 2 dates for an action a start date and a due date or just one or none.

For example you set a start date and a due date for an action. Once the action reaches its start date it becomes a next action but it still keeps its due date so you will always see the deadline.
Currently we can only set a due date and we have to use it as a start date too so the example I provided is not going to work. And if you’re going to set a real due date for an action you will only see this action on the day it is due which might be too late so you can’t really use a due date properly now.

Another solution would be to add Tickler component but a start date could actually be used as a Ticler