# createTask

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Creates a reporting task with plain-text status text

## Definition

```typescript
interface IReportingStep {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  createTask(
    statusText: string,
    cancellationToken?: cancellationToken): IReportingTask
}
```

## Parameters

- `statusText` (`string`)
- `cancellationToken` (`cancellationToken`) `optional`

## Returns

[IReportingTask](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/ireportingtask.md)

## Applies to

- [IReportingStep](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/ireportingstep.md)