diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/index.ts
index 79ec16b52987f..f2ad559f02b9c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/index.ts
@@ -104,4 +104,13 @@ export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor<TaskManagerConfig> = {
       },
     ];
   },
+  exposeToUsage: {
+    claim_strategy: true,
+    discovery: {
+      active_nodes_lookback: true,
+    },
+    unsafe: {
+      exclude_task_types: true,
+    },
+  },
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.test.ts
index cbb1c44dde3fc..029aa2b1760ce 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.test.ts
@@ -555,7 +555,14 @@ describe('TaskStore', () => {
         body: {
           size: 0,
           query: {
-            bool: { filter: [{ term: { type: 'task' } }, { term: { 'task.enabled': true } }] },
+            bool: {
+              filter: {
+                bool: {
+                  must: [{ term: { type: 'task' } }, { term: { 'task.enabled': true } }],
+                  must_not: [{ term: { 'task.status': 'unrecognized' } }],
+                },
+              },
+            },
           },
           aggs: { testAgg: { terms: { field: 'task.taskType' } } },
         },
@@ -578,7 +585,12 @@ describe('TaskStore', () => {
               must: [
                 {
                   bool: {
-                    filter: [{ term: { type: 'task' } }, { term: { 'task.enabled': true } }],
+                    filter: {
+                      bool: {
+                        must: [{ term: { type: 'task' } }, { term: { 'task.enabled': true } }],
+                        must_not: [{ term: { 'task.status': 'unrecognized' } }],
+                      },
+                    },
                   },
                 },
                 { term: { 'task.taskType': 'bar' } },
@@ -600,7 +612,14 @@ describe('TaskStore', () => {
         body: {
           size: 0,
           query: {
-            bool: { filter: [{ term: { type: 'task' } }, { term: { 'task.enabled': true } }] },
+            bool: {
+              filter: {
+                bool: {
+                  must: [{ term: { type: 'task' } }, { term: { 'task.enabled': true } }],
+                  must_not: [{ term: { 'task.status': 'unrecognized' } }],
+                },
+              },
+            },
           },
           aggs: { testAgg: { terms: { field: 'task.taskType' } } },
           runtime_mappings: { testMapping: { type: 'long', script: { source: `` } } },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
index 0946c5c18d328..6c48f3bd7552d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   ConcreteTaskInstance,
   ConcreteTaskInstanceVersion,
   TaskInstance,
+  TaskStatus,
   TaskLifecycle,
   TaskLifecycleResult,
   SerializedConcreteTaskInstance,
@@ -842,7 +843,12 @@ function ensureAggregationOnlyReturnsEnabledTaskObjects(opts: AggregationOpts):
   const originalQuery = opts.query;
   const filterToOnlyTasks = {
     bool: {
-      filter: [{ term: { type: 'task' } }, { term: { 'task.enabled': true } }],
+      filter: {
+        bool: {
+          must: [{ term: { type: 'task' } }, { term: { 'task.enabled': true } }],
+          must_not: [{ term: { 'task.status': TaskStatus.Unrecognized } }],
+        },
+      },
     },
   };
   const query = originalQuery