---
title: WKRelevantShortcutRefreshBackgroundTask
framework: watchkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: watchkit/wkrelevantshortcutrefreshbackgroundtask
---

# WKRelevantShortcutRefreshBackgroundTask

A background task used to periodically donate relevant Siri shortcuts.

## Declaration

```swift
class WKRelevantShortcutRefreshBackgroundTask
```

## Overview

Overview Relevant shortcut refresh tasks provide background execution time for your app to update its relevant shortcuts. This task lets your app provide up-to-date, glanceable data, without requiring the user to tap the shortcut or launch your app. Use this task to check if your data is updated. If it is, supply new relevant shortcuts as needed. Don’t subclass or create instances of this class. Instead, the system instantiates a WKRelevantShortcutRefreshBackgroundTask object and passes the task object to your app delegate’s handle(_:) method. note: In watchOS 9 and later, SwiftUI Background tasks are the preferred way to handle background tasks and interactions. For more information, backgroundTask(_:action:). The system automatically schedules relevant shortcut refresh tasks based on the user’s engagement with your app’s shortcuts. The more the user glances at or interacts with the shortcuts, the more often the system gives your app a relevant shortcut refresh task.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [WKRefreshBackgroundTask](watchkit/wkrefreshbackgroundtask.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Background tasks

- [Using background tasks](watchkit/using-background-tasks.md)
- [Preparing to take your watchOS app’s snapshot](watchkit/preparing-to-take-your-watchos-app-s-snapshot.md)
- [WKApplicationRefreshBackgroundTask](watchkit/wkapplicationrefreshbackgroundtask.md)
- [WKURLSessionRefreshBackgroundTask](watchkit/wkurlsessionrefreshbackgroundtask.md)
- [WKWatchConnectivityRefreshBackgroundTask](watchkit/wkwatchconnectivityrefreshbackgroundtask.md)
- [WKBluetoothAlertRefreshBackgroundTask](watchkit/wkbluetoothalertrefreshbackgroundtask.md)
- [WKIntentDidRunRefreshBackgroundTask](watchkit/wkintentdidrunrefreshbackgroundtask.md)
- [WKSnapshotRefreshBackgroundTask](watchkit/wksnapshotrefreshbackgroundtask.md)
- [WKRefreshBackgroundTask](watchkit/wkrefreshbackgroundtask.md)