{"version":"2.1.292","anchor":"background-tasks-record-a-deadline","canonical_anchor":"background-tasks-record-a-deadline","heading":"Background tasks with a timeout now store when they will time out","tier":"internal","area":"Background Tasks","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292\/e\/background-tasks-record-a-deadline","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292","markdown":"### Background tasks with a timeout now store when they will time out\n\nA background task with a timeout now records its deadline, so the time left can be shown\n\n**What**\n\nA background task is a job Claude Code keeps running while the conversation carries on. When such a task has a timeout, Claude Code now stores the moment it will time out (`deadlineAt`) with the task. Before, the timer was set but the deadline was not stored.\n\n**Why**\n\nWith the deadline stored, Claude Code's screen and the instructions given to Claude can show how much time a task has left.\n\n- Area: Background Tasks\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}