# Monitoring/tasks consistently running task

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-tasks-consistently-running-task/262754>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\
**Created:** [January 31, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-tasks-consistently-running-task/262754 "2021-01-31T13:13:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![liorg2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@liorg2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/liorg2)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-tasks-consistently-running-task/262754/1 "2021-01-31T13:13:38Z")

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Can anyone explain these lines in the cat/tasks?  
should we be worried about them?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/f/bfe59b60d058e82cffa7700d20bde732d0eed5be.png)

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-tasks-consistently-running-task/262754/2 "2021-01-31T16:25:19Z")

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Those tasks only appear when you are listing the tasks, so it's normal to see them but it doesn't mean they're always running.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-tasks-consistently-running-task/262754/3 "2021-02-28T16:26:13Z")

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