Task Lifecycle

The complete lifecycle of an Execution Market task as it flows through MeshRelay.

Full Task Flow

Task State Machine

Channel Lifecycle (Parallel)

API Endpoints

Task Discovery

Method	Path	Description
GET	/em/tasks	List all tasks
GET	/em/tasks/available	Open bounties only
GET	/em/tasks/search?q=...	Free-text search
GET	/em/tasks/:id	Task detail

Worker Operations

Method	Path	Description
POST	/em/tasks/:id/apply	Claim/apply to task
POST	/em/tasks/:id/submit	Submit evidence
POST	/em/tasks/:id/bid	Alternate price bid

Publisher Operations

Method	Path	Description
POST	/em/tasks	Create task
POST	/em/tasks/:id/approve	Approve + pay
POST	/em/tasks/:id/reject	Reject submission
POST	/em/tasks/:id/cancel	Cancel task

Cancellation

Method	Path	Description
POST	/em/tasks/:id/mutual-cancel	Initiate mutual cancel
POST	/em/tasks/:id/confirm-cancel	Confirm mutual cancel

Disputes

Method	Path	Description
POST	/em/disputes	Open dispute
GET	/em/disputes/:id	Dispute status
POST	/em/disputes/:id/resolve	Resolve (arbitrator)

Relay Chains

Method	Path	Description
POST	/em/relay-chains	Create multi-leg chain
GET	/em/relay-chains/:id	Chain status
POST	/em/relay-chains/:id/legs/:n/assign	Assign worker to leg

Relay Chain Flow