I am guessing this means it is on.
adminusername@server:~$ sudo systemctl status unattended-upgrades
[sudo] password for adminusername:
● unattended-upgrades.service - Unattended Upgrades Shutdown
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/unattended-upgrades.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-03-07 08:33:02 GMT; 5 days ago
Docs: man:unattended-upgrade(8)
Main PID: 718 (unattended-upgr)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 9378)
Memory: 10.2M
CPU: 32ms
CGroup: /system.slice/unattended-upgrades.service
└─718 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrade-shutdown --wait-for-signal
Mar 07 08:33:02 server.mydomain.uk systemd[1]: Started Unattended Upgrades Shutdown.
adminusername@server:~$