Not sure if the above is an Android 14 thing or not, but i never noticed it before and cannot find much info about it. Its in Developer Options > Running Services > Settings

I did a little digging, and I found some information. Note I'm not an Android developer, so I'm not necessarily the best informed.

SettingsDumpService seems to be a part of AOSP, and not something new. The Settings app declares in its Manifest its use of the Dump permission, associated with SettingsDumpService: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/master/AndroidManifest.xml

The Dump permission is documented at https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#DUMP, and:

Allows an application to retrieve state dump information from system services.

Not for use by third-party applications.

    treequell

    Thanks for looking into it. Im quite sure there was always only 1 Process and 0 Services running previously so would be great if you could find anything more out as to why that changed

      treequell

      Just to add, after a reboot it seems to go back to 1 Process 0 Services, so not sure when or why that "SettingsDumpService" kicks in

        13 days later

        It would be activated when the Settings app utilizes it.

        a year later