# IReportingTask.updateTask

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Defined on: [IReportingTask](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/ireportingtask.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Kind: `method`

Updates the reporting task with plain-text status text

## Definition

```typescript
interface IReportingTask {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  updateTask(
      statusText: string,
      cancellationToken?: cancellationToken): void;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
updateTask(
    statusText: string,
    cancellationToken?: cancellationToken): void
```

## Parameters

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

## Defined on

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