# async_status – Obtain status of asynchronous task

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- See Also

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- This module gets the status of an asynchronous task.

- This module is also supported for Windows targets.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
jid string / required |  | Job or task identifier

mode
string

Choices:
- cleanup
- status ←

If `status`, obtain the status.
If `cleanup`, clean up the async job cache (by default in `~/.ansible_async/`) for the specified job jid.

## Notes

Note

- This module is also supported for Windows targets.

## See Also

See also

Asynchronous Actions and Polling

  Detailed information on how to use asynchronous actions and polling.

## Examples

    ---
    - name: Asynchronous yum task
      yum:
        name: docker-io
        state: present
      async: 1000
      poll: 0
      register: yum_sleeper

    - name: Wait for asynchronous job to end
      async_status:
        jid: '{{ yum_sleeper.ansible_job_id }}'
      register: job_result
      until: job_result.finished
      retries: 30

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
ansible_job_id string | success | The asynchronous job id Sample: 360874038559.4169
finished integer | success | Whether the asynchronous job has finished (`1`) or not (`0`) Sample: 1
started integer | success | Whether the asynchronous job has started (`1`) or not (`0`) Sample: 1

## Status

- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Core Team. [core]

### Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

### Authors

- Ansible Core Team

- Michael DeHaan

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