Background tasks

Certain operation on Nuvolos take longer to execute than a few seconds - prime examples are content distribution. Such operations are run asynchronously in the background and are called background tasks.

Monitor your tasks

Every user can monitor their tasks by opening the tasks view. You can reach the task view under the notifications symbol:

Open tasks view from the notifications panel

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 your most recent tasks:

The tasks view

You can view the task description in full by hovering your cursor over the displayed text. To view the outcome of the task, click the magnifier symbol on the right side of the screen.

Cancel a task

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

Running tasks have a cancel button in the status column

When you click the cancel button, a signal for termination is sent to the background task.

Certain low-level blocking operations need to complete first before a task actually terminates in the background.