title: Status Services Background Task
description: The client'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
    type: <dictionary>
    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 background task is removed 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.