# Licensing (runtime) allocation

**URL:** <https://forum.uipath.com/t/licensing-runtime-allocation/5278149>\
**Category:** Orchestrator\
**Tags:** question, robot, studio, orchestrator\
**Created:** [September 15, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/licensing-runtime-allocation/5278149 "2025-09-15T11:30:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hassan.ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/hassan.ahmed/32/512817_2.png) [@hassan.ahmed](https://forum.uipath.com/u/hassan.ahmed)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/licensing-runtime-allocation/5278149/1 "2025-09-15T11:30:38Z")

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Consider a Windows Server machine connected to Orchestrator using a machine template configured with 3 licenses (runtimes). If the only job running uses a background process, how many licenses are consumed?

Please clarify with solid explanation. Will the answer be 3 or 1?

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**Author:** ![bhavesh.choubey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/bhavesh.choubey/32/535427_2.png) [@bhavesh.choubey](https://forum.uipath.com/u/bhavesh.choubey)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/licensing-runtime-allocation/5278149/2 "2025-09-15T11:38:21Z")

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It will consume 1 license, not 3 becaue your Machine Template configured with 3 runtimes and only 1 background process job is running.  
Result in only 1 runtime license is consumed.

Cheers

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**Author:** ![ashokkarale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/ashokkarale/32/474400_2.png) [@ashokkarale](https://forum.uipath.com/u/ashokkarale)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/licensing-runtime-allocation/5278149/3 "2025-09-15T11:57:05Z")

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@hassan.ahmed,

It will be consuming 1 license from that machine template. Be it background or foreground process you run, 1 unattended license would be used.

To use remaining 2 license, make sure you have the two more robots configured with different user id’s than your background process running robot id.

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**Author:** ![Jon\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/jon_smith/32/523286_2.png) [@Jon\_Smith](https://forum.uipath.com/u/Jon_Smith)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/licensing-runtime-allocation/5278149/4 "2025-09-15T12:05:13Z")

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The machine consumes three licences, meaning the licences cannot be used on another machine, and the job is using 1 of those 3.