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# Active tasks

Understand what's going on with Active Tasks tab on the /global-settings/active-tasks page

**Portal** has a *distributed task queue* that can collect, record, schedule, and perform tasks.

View the **real-time queue** of active auto-validation tasks:

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:bulb:If you suspect that a task is suspended, you can always check its status here!