sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks

Returns information about the wait queue of tasks that are waiting on some resource.

Column name Data type Description

waiting_task_address

varbinary(8)

Address of the waiting task.

session_id

smallint

ID of the session associated with the task.

exec_context_id

int

ID of the execution context associated with the task.

wait_duration_ms

int

Total wait time for this wait type, in milliseconds. This time is inclusive of signal_wait_time.

wait_type

nvarchar(60)

Name of the wait type.

resource_address

varbinary(8)

Address of the resource for which the task is waiting.

blocking_task_address

varbinary(8)

Task that is currently holding this resource

blocking_session_id

smallint

ID of the session that is blocking the request. If this column is NULL, the request is not blocked, or the session information of the blocking session is not available (or cannot be identified).

-2 = The blocking resource is owned by an orphaned distributed transaction.

-3 = The blocking resource is owned by a deferred recovery transaction.

-4 = Session ID of the blocking latch owner could not be determined due to internal latch state transitions.

blocking_exec_context_id

int

ID of the execution context of the blocking task.

resource_description

nvarchar(1024)

Description of the resource that is being consumed.

Permissions

Requires VIEW SERVER STATE permission on the server.

See Also

Reference

Dynamic Management Views and Functions
SQL Server Operating System Related Dynamic Management Views

Help and Information

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Change History

Release

History

5 December 2005

Term

Definition

**Changed content:**Expanded the description of the blocking_session_id column.