> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.audimate.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tasks

> Review background tasks and workflow runs, filter your history, inspect results on the device that ran them, and understand local history retention.

Find work Arro has run for you and inspect its progress or results.

## Find a task

Open **Tasks** in the sidebar. Filter by task type, status, and date to find a run, then open it.
On the device that ran it, a task can show its plan, steps, results, and any message explaining why it stopped.

If no tasks match, choose **Clear filters** to return to your full history.

In an empty web workspace, choose **Get the desktop app** to download Audimate and start running tasks.

Use a finished task's file button to open its saved document in your default app, including files saved outside Arro's folders.

## Where details are available

| Surface                            | Available history                                      |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Device that ran the task           | Local task details and results                         |
| Web workspace                      | Your task and workflow outcomes, without local details |
| [Organization runs](/account/runs) | Saved workflow metadata for owners and admins          |

Ad-hoc background tasks stay private to you. Their detailed history is not uploaded.
See [Creations](/concepts/creations) for files produced by tasks.

## History retention

Each device keeps up to 90 days of task history per workspace, then removes older tasks automatically.
Open the device that ran the task to review its details before that history expires.

## A task needs attention

Open a stopped task to read its status and message. Resume it when that action is available.
An interrupted task can mean the device shut down before it finished.

Use [Background work](/concepts/work) for starting work and [Scheduled tasks](/concepts/scheduled-tasks) for recurring runs.

## Related

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    Ask Arro to carry out a task.
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    Run work at a chosen time.
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