Background tasks

Some operations on Nuvolos take longer than a few seconds - content distribution, archive extraction, and waking a resting Space are common examples. These run asynchronously as background tasks, accessible via the bell notifications icon in the top right corner of the screen.

The counters in the notifications panel only refresh infrequently. Always open the tasks view to check if you have running tasks.

The tasks view list all your tasks in a paaginated fashion. The following information is available:

• Status: the current status of the task. You can filter for the task status with the checkbox filters above the task table.

• Task: description of the task.

• Start time: shows the time the task was initiated and after completion, the duration as well.

• Outcome: Shows the system reported outcome of the task.

You can cancel a running task by clicking on the red cross in the status column.

Certain low-level blocking operations need to complete first before a task actually terminates in the background, so your action may not have instantaneous effect.