Task.Status Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Threading.Tasks

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Source:

Task.cs

Gets the TaskStatus of this task.

C#

public System.Threading.Tasks.TaskStatus Status { get; }

Property Value

TaskStatus

The current TaskStatus of this task instance.

Examples

The following example creates 20 tasks that will loop until a counter is incremented to a value of 2 million. When the first 10 tasks reach 2 million, the cancellation token is cancelled, and any tasks whose counters have not reached 2 million are cancelled. The example then examines the Status property of each task to indicate whether it completed successfully or was cancelled. For those that completed, it displays the value returned by the task.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      var tasks = new List<Task<int>>();
      var source = new CancellationTokenSource();
      var token = source.Token;
      int completedIterations = 0;

      for (int n = 0; n <= 19; n++)
         tasks.Add(Task.Run( () => { int iterations = 0;
                                     for (int ctr = 1; ctr <= 2000000; ctr++) {
                                         token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                                         iterations++;
                                     }
                                     Interlocked.Increment(ref completedIterations);
                                     if (completedIterations >= 10)
                                        source.Cancel();
                                     return iterations; }, token));

      Console.WriteLine("Waiting for the first 10 tasks to complete...\n");
      try  {
         Task.WaitAll(tasks.ToArray());
      }
      catch (AggregateException) {
         Console.WriteLine("Status of tasks:\n");
         Console.WriteLine("{0,10} {1,20} {2,14:N0}", "Task Id",
                           "Status", "Iterations");
         foreach (var t in tasks)
            Console.WriteLine("{0,10} {1,20} {2,14}",
                              t.Id, t.Status,
                              t.Status != TaskStatus.Canceled ? t.Result.ToString("N0") : "n/a");
      }
   }
}
// The example displays output like the following:
//    Waiting for the first 10 tasks to complete...
//    Status of tasks:
//
//       Task Id               Status     Iterations
//             1      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//             2      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//             3      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//             4      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//             5      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//             6      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//             7      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//             8      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//             9      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//            10             Canceled            n/a
//            11             Canceled            n/a
//            12             Canceled            n/a
//            13             Canceled            n/a
//            14             Canceled            n/a
//            15             Canceled            n/a
//            16      RanToCompletion      2,000,000
//            17             Canceled            n/a
//            18             Canceled            n/a
//            19             Canceled            n/a
//            20             Canceled            n/a

Remarks

Retrieving the value of the Task.Status property does not block the calling thread until the task has completed.

For more information and an example, see Chaining Tasks by Using Continuation Tasks and How to: Cancel a Task and Its Children.

Applies to