{* ../../docs_src/background_tasks/tutorial001_py39.py hl[6:9] *}

## Add the background task { #add-the-background-task }

Inside of your *path operation function*, pass your task function to the *background tasks* object with the method `.add_task()`:

{* ../../docs_src/background_tasks/tutorial001_py39.py hl[14] *}

`.add_task()` receives as arguments:

* A task function to be run in the background (`write_notification`).

                println("##teamcity[buildProblem description='${buildScanUri}/console-log?task=$it']")
            }
        }
    }
}

fun shouldBeReportedAsTeamCityBuildProblem(task: Task) = task is Checkstyle || task is Detekt || task is AbstractCompile || task is CodeNarc

abstract class CollectFailedTaskPathsBuildService : AbstractBuildScanInfoCollectingService() {

   * started. Similarly the task will be delayed if the host lacks compute resources.
   *
   * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the queue is shut down and the task is not cancelable.
   */
  fun schedule(
    task: Task,
    delayNanos: Long = 0L,
  ) {
    taskRunner.withLock {
      if (shutdown) {
        if (task.cancelable) {

            task.dependsOn(tasks.named("assembleSamples"));
        });

        tasks.named(LifecycleBasePlugin.CHECK_TASK_NAME, task -> task.dependsOn(checkDeadInternalLinks));
    }

    private void checkMultiLangSnippetsAreValid(ProjectLayout layout, TaskContainer tasks, GradleDocumentationExtension extension) {

            task.setGroup("release notes");
            task.setDescription("Generate release notes HTML page from Markdown.");

            task.getInputEncoding().convention(Charset.defaultCharset().name());
            task.getOutputEncoding().convention(Charset.defaultCharset().name());

            );
            task.getDocsDirectory().convention(extension.getDocumentationRenderedRoot());
            task.getPort().convention(webserverPort);

            task.dependsOn(extension.getRenderedDocumentation());
        });

        tasks.register("docs", task -> {
            task.setDescription("Generates all documentation");
            task.setGroup("documentation");

        }

        return calculateTaskSegments(session, tasks);
    }

    public List<TaskSegment> calculateTaskSegments(MavenSession session, List<String> tasks) throws Exception {
        List<TaskSegment> taskSegments = new ArrayList<>(tasks.size());

        TaskSegment currentSegment = null;

        for (String task : tasks) {
            if (isBeforeOrAfterPhase(task)) {
                String prevTask = task;

  public <T> ListenableFuture<T> submit(Callable<T> task) {
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(task, "task must not be null!");
    return delegate.submit(task);
  }

  @Override
  public <T> ListenableFuture<T> submit(Runnable task, T result) {
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(task, "task must not be null!");
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(result, "result must not be null!");
    return delegate.submit(task, result);
  }

  @Override

  public <T> ListenableFuture<T> submit(Callable<T> task) {
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(task, "task must not be null!");
    return delegate.submit(task);
  }

  @Override
  public <T> ListenableFuture<T> submit(Runnable task, T result) {
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(task, "task must not be null!");
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(result, "result must not be null!");
    return delegate.submit(task, result);
  }

  @Override

    final Queue<Runnable> tasks = new ArrayDeque<>();

    @Override
    public void execute(Runnable command) {
      tasks.add(command);
    }

    boolean hasNext() {
      return !tasks.isEmpty();
    }

    void runNext() {
      assertTrue("expected at least one task to run", hasNext());
      tasks.remove().run();
    }

    void runAll() {