Task Service

The Task Service manages and runs background jobs for data processing — scheduling, executing, and monitoring them so that model training, telemetry saves, anomaly detection, and report generation happen efficiently without blocking the UI.

Navigate to Tasks in the main menu to view and control all jobs.

Jobs are grouped by domain. Most jobs are triggered by a user action; a few also support a recurring schedule configured in the relevant feature settings.

Click any task in the list to view its execution details:

From the task detail panel you can also:

• Execute Task — trigger the task to run immediately.
• Stop Task — stop a running task.
• Go to entity — navigate to the ThingsBoard entity associated with the task.

                      ┌──────────┐
                      │ CREATED  │ ← scheduled, waiting to run
                      └────┬─────┘
                           │ picked up by scheduler
                           ▼
                      ┌──────────┐
                      │ RUNNING  │ ← executing on a thread
                      └────┬─────┘
             ┌─────────────┼──────────────┐
             ▼             ▼              ▼
        ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐
        │ FINISHED │ │  FAILED  │ │ CANCELED │
        └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘

  LOST ← execution interrupted by a server restart
         (detected and marked automatically on next startup)

• Stop All Tasks — immediately stops all currently running task executions. The tasks themselves and their configurations are not affected.
• Clear All Executions — removes the execution history for all tasks. Execution records are retained for 3 days. This action only clears history and does not affect future task execution.

The Executions tab provides a detailed log of all task executions. Filter by status — All, Created, Running, or Failed — to quickly find relevant entries.

For each execution the tab shows: Time Started, Duration, Time Finished, and Status.