---
type: api
title: Task manager
description: Task manager APIs enable you to check the health of the Kibana task manager, which is used by features such as alerting, actions, and reporting to run mission critical work as persistent background tasks.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/group/endpoint-task-manager
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/group/endpoint-task-manager
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Task manager

`task manager`

Task manager APIs enable you to check the health of the Kibana task manager, which is used by features such as alerting, actions, and reporting to run mission critical work as persistent background tasks.

[Task manager](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/distributed-architecture/kibana-tasks-management)

- [Get the task manager health](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-task-manager-health): `GET` `/api/task_manager/_health`