---
title: BGContinuedProcessingTaskRequest.SubmissionStrategy.fail
framework: backgroundtasks
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: backgroundtasks/bgcontinuedprocessingtaskrequest/submissionstrategy/fail
---

# BGContinuedProcessingTaskRequest.SubmissionStrategy.fail

An option that fails the submission of a continuous background task if the system can’t run it immediately.

## Declaration

```swift
case fail
```

## Mentioned in

Performing long-running tasks on iOS and iPadOS

## Discussion

Discussion Task processing might not start right away if the system is currently resource constrainted.

## See Also

### Choosing a strategy

- [BGContinuedProcessingTaskRequest.SubmissionStrategy.queue](backgroundtasks/bgcontinuedprocessingtaskrequest/submissionstrategy/queue.md)