How long does a record action task exist after com...
# suitescripta
Aaron McCausland
10/13/2025, 10:41 PMHow long does a record action task exist after completing, before it is removed and can't have its status retrieved with task.checkStatus() ?
I submitted one about 1/2 hour ago and it completed in seconds. Now passing the task ID to task.checkStatus() returns nothing.
✅ 1
s
Sherman Luong
10/14/2025, 12:49 AMCould you inspect browser and check console for client side script?
For server side script, you can check execution log in script deployment.
p
Pandorahiccup
10/14/2025, 3:52 PMRecord action task status is only stored temporarily in NetSuite. Once the task has completed and some time has passed, NetSuite clears it from the queue within a few minutes after completion. If it’s been 30 minutes, the task ID will no longer be valid, which is why
task.checkStatus()✅ 1
a
Aaron McCausland
10/15/2025, 2:15 PM@Pandorahiccup That's what I suspected. Thank you for confirming. Is that expiration time in the documentation anywhere?
Aaron McCausland
10/15/2025, 2:17 PM@Sherman Luong No I'm afraid not; the N/task module is not available to client scripting or browser console, only server-side implementations, so I built a simple suitelet where I can input the task Id and have it respond with the output of task.checkStatus().
p
Pandorahiccup
10/15/2025, 2:19 PMNot specifically. NetSuite doesn't document an exact expiration window for task records but in practice they tend to expire within a few minutes after completion. The best approach is to capture and store the result right after the task finishes.
👍 2