Does the googleapis's list_tasks include the running tasks?

Question

I am using the googleapis.dev to connect with my cloud task queue. I want to make sure that the queue is empty and the tasks are done. The question is, does the "list_tasks" function return only the scheduled tasks, or does it also include that tasks that are currently running?

Answer 1

The API suggests performing a list on the tasks in a queue will return an array of tasks like so:

{
  "tasks": [
    {
      object (Task)
    }
  ],
  "nextPageToken": string
}

An example task object is like so:

{
  "name": string,
  "scheduleTime": string,
  "createTime": string,
  "dispatchDeadline": string,
  "dispatchCount": integer,
  "responseCount": integer,
  "firstAttempt": {
    object (Attempt)
  },
  "lastAttempt": {
    object (Attempt)
  },
  "view": enum (View),

  // Union field payload_type can be only one of the following:
  "appEngineHttpRequest": {
    object (AppEngineHttpRequest)
  },
  "httpRequest": {
    object (HttpRequest)
  },
  "pullMessage": {
    object (PullMessage)
  }
  // End of list of possible types for union field payload_type.
}

According to the docs :

If responseTime is unset, then the task has not been attempted or is currently running and the responseStatus field is meaningless.

TL;DR Yes, running tasks are displayed