---
title: "List Background Tasks"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/background-task"
tags: ["Background Task"]
---

# List Background Tasks

`GET /api/v1/background-task`

List background tasks executed in the past 90 days.

## Query parameters

- `status` 'running' | 'finished' | 'failed'
- `task` 'endpoint.replay' | 'endpoint.recover' | 'application.stats' | 'message.broadcast' | 'sdk.generate' | 'event-type.aggregate' | 'application.purge_content' | 'endpoint.bulk-replay'
- `limit` integer — Limit the number of returned items
- `iterator` string, nullable — The iterator returned from a prior invocation
- `order` 'ascending' | 'descending' — Defines the ordering in a listing of results.

## Response `200`

- ListResponseBackgroundTaskOut
  - `data` BackgroundTaskOut[], required
    - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required — The QueueBackgroundTask's ID.
    - `status` 'running' | 'finished' | 'failed', required
    - `task` 'endpoint.replay' | 'endpoint.recover' | 'application.stats' | 'message.broadcast' | 'sdk.generate' | 'event-type.aggregate' | 'application.purge_content' | 'endpoint.bulk-replay', required
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required
  - `iterator` string, nullable, required
  - `prevIterator` string, nullable
  - `done` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `409` — Conflict
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Too Many Requests

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