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# inactive

Indicates that the listener isn’t activated during its creation.

```
static let inactive: XPCListener.InitializationOptions
```

## Discussion

> Important:
> If you create a listener with this option, you must manually activate it by calling ``doc://com.apple.xpc/documentation/XPC/XPCListener/activate()``.

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