From https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in/Lessons_learned#2017 but we can only sort that out once we have the website and UI again (or discuss at the GSoC 2018 Mentor summit in a GCI session, whoever will attend that).
Nikerabbit: "For multiple times I was wondering and almost going to ask some admin whether there was enough tasks or should I put effort in creating more. Some more insight into that status would be nice."
AKlapper: "Find some way how to make sure mentors have "enough" tasks published, so mentors don't have to ping "please publish more tasks of mine; I'm running out"."