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Log_Tasks

Parameter: Log_Tasks
Short description: Controls whether the current status of server tasks is recorded in the log file and on the server console. Values 0/1.

Profile

Parameter
Log_Tasks
Category
Logging / Debug
Available since
At least 9.0.1 (HCL docs 9.0.1 – 14.5.1)
GUI equivalent
No direct GUI — alternatively maintained in the Configuration Settings document → NOTES.INI Settings tab
Possible values
0 (no status info) or 1 (status to log and console)
Default
None (HCL: no explicit default — behavior like 0)

Description

According to HCL product documentation (14.5.1, Log_Tasks):
Specifies whether the current status of server tasks is recorded in the log file and displayed on the console.
Syntax: Log_Tasks=value
Description: Options for value are: 0 — Do not send status information; 1 — Send the status of server tasks to the log file and to the console
Applies to: Servers — Default: None — UI equivalent: None, although you can specify this setting in the NOTES.INI Settings tab of the Configuration Settings document in the Domino® Directory.
With Log_Tasks=1, the Domino server logs the current status of its server tasks (which task is currently doing what) at regular intervals, both in the log (log.nsf, Miscellaneous Events) and on the console. This is useful for long-running diagnostics — e.g. to see which task is lagging behind which action.
In the console output, the effect roughly corresponds to running the show task command regularly, just automatically written to the log.

Example configuration

Enable server task status logging:
Log_Tasks=1
Disable server task status logging:
Log_Tasks=0

Notes & pitfalls

  • HCL specifies no explicit default — without the parameter, Domino behaves like 0.
  • The Configuration Settings document takes precedence over notes.ini if both set a value.
  • For detailed tracing of a specific task (e.g. Replicator, Update), dedicated logging toggles such as Log_Replication or Log_Update are more targeted.
  • On production servers with many tasks, the logging can significantly inflate the server log — only enable permanently for limited diagnostic cases.
  • Console command show tasks provides ad-hoc the same as a single status write of Log_Tasks=1.

Sources (HCL Product Documentation)