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# 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.

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

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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.
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