---
title: "Submit Task"
method: POST
path: "/lc.automatictask.submit"
tags: ["Automatic Task Type Provider"]
---

# Submit Task

`POST /lc.automatictask.submit`

Submits an automatic task for execution. This call should return 'Accepted' and the task itself should be executed on a different thread. Note that there is a read timeout of 5 seconds for this call. <p>Note: The processing time cannot exceed <b>4h</b> from the moment the task is submitted, otherwise the task will be marked as unresponsive.</p>

## Headers

- `TR_ID` string
- `x-lc-signature` string
- `X-LC-ExtensionPointVersion` string
- `X-LC-ExtensionId` string
- `X-LC-AppVersion` string

## Request body

- object
  - `projectId` string — The identifier of the Trados Cloud Platform project.
  - `correlationId` string — The identifier of the task that needs to be executed. Use this to get more information about the task by using the Trados Cloud Platform API.
  - `workflowConfiguration` object[]
    - `id` string — The identifier corresponding to an entry in the workflowTemplateConfigurations array from the app descriptor.
    - `value` object — The value corresponding to an entry in the workflowTemplateConfigurations array from the app descriptor.
  - `callbackUrl` string — The URL to call when the task execution is finished. The method should be a POST and the body should be AutomaticTaskCallbackRequest model. The app should provide the X-LC-Tenant header.

## Response `202`

Accepted

## Other responses

- `400`
- `401`
- `406`

## Changes

- **2026-01-27** (v1) `9d9d8922a0ce` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `LanguageCloudJWSToken` was removed from the API
  - added the new optional `header` request parameter `x-lc-signature`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/rws/apis/app-api/changes/lc.automatictask.submit/post.md)

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