title: Status Services Background Task
description: The status item that reports the device's background task details.
payload:
  statusitemtype: services.background-task
  supportedOS:
    iOS:
      introduced: n/a
    macOS:
      introduced: '14.0'
      allowed-enrollments:
      - supervised
      - local
      allowed-scopes:
      - system
    tvOS:
      introduced: n/a
    visionOS:
      introduced: n/a
    watchOS:
      introduced: n/a
payloadkeys:
- key: services.background-task
  title: Status item value.
  type: <array>
  presence: required
  content: The background task.
  subkeytype: Background Task
  subkeys:
  - key: status_value
    title: Status value
    type: <dictionary>
    content: The status item that reports a background task.
    subkeys:
    - key: identifier
      title: Identifier
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      content: The background task UUID which the system uses as the primary key.
    - key: _removed
      title: Indicates removal of a background task.
      type: <boolean>
      presence: optional
      default: false
      content: If `true`, the system removed the background task and the status item
        object only contains this key and the `identifier` key.
    - key: code-signature
      title: Code signature
      type: <string>
      presence: optional
      content: For types other than `agent` or `daemon`, this is the code signature
        designated requirement of the item, if available.
    - key: uid
      title: Numeric user identifier
      type: <integer>
      presence: required
      content: The numeric user identifier of the owner of the background task.
    - key: path
      title: Path
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      content: For an `agent` or `daemon`, the path to the `launchd` `plist` file.
        For other types, the path to the app or the document.
    - key: state
      title: Background task state
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      rangelist:
      - not-registered
      - enabled
      - requires-approval
      - not-found
      content: The `SMAppService.Status` enumeration.
    - key: type
      title: Background task type
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      rangelist:
      - daemon
      - agent
      - login-item
      - app
      - user-item
      content: The daemon, agent, or SFL login item type.
    - key: launchd
      title: Launchd background task
      type: <dictionary>
      presence: optional
      content: Details about a `launchd`-based background task, which is only present
        when the type is `daemon` or `agent`.
      subkeys:
      - key: label
        title: Label
        type: <string>
        presence: required
        content: The label of the `launchd`-based background task.
      - key: program
        title: Program
        type: <string>
        presence: required
        content: The program that the `launchd` `plist` file specifies.
      - key: program-arguments
        title: Program arguments
        type: <array>
        presence: optional
        content: The program arguments that the `launchd` `plist` file specifies.
        subkeys:
        - key: program-arguments-item
          title: Program argument
          type: <string>
      - key: checksum
        title: The hash value of the launchd plist.
        type: <string>
        presence: required
        content: The hash value of the `launchd` `plist` file.
      - key: device-management
        title: Device management
        supportedOS:
          macOS:
            introduced: '15.0'
        type: <dictionary>
        presence: optional
        content: A dictionary that indicates a `ServicesBackgroundTasks` configuration
          created this background task. The dictionary contains properties that identify
          the configuration and the declaration asset that provided the launchd plist
          for the task.
        subkeys:
        - key: configuration-identifier
          title: Configuration identifier
          type: <string>
          presence: required
          content: The identifier of the `ServicesBackgroundTasks` configuration that
            created this task.
        - key: asset-identifier
          title: Asset identifier
          type: <string>
          presence: required
          content: The `Identifier` of the declaration asset that provided the launchd
            plist for this task.
        - key: asset-server-token
          title: Asset server token
          type: <string>
          presence: required
          content: The `ServerToken` of the declaration asset that provided the launchd
            plist for this task.
examples:
- title: Status item example
  files:
  - tab: New or updated task
    description: Reports a new or updated background task.
    file: data/docc-examples/remotemanagementmodel/status/services.background-task/example1.json
  - tab: Removed task
    description: Reports a removed background task.
    file: data/docc-examples/remotemanagementmodel/status/services.background-task/example2.json