Merge pull request #1648 from paperless-ngx/feature-use-celery

Feature: Transition to celery for background tasks
2025-10-30 03:56:23 -05:00 · 2022-10-10 00:07:55 -07:00
parent 836ab7a9e7 ff7d4d15cd
commit 6f50285f47
34 changed files with 959 additions and 297 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -93,3 +93,6 @@ scripts/nuke

 # mac os
 .DS_Store
+
+# celery schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule*
--- a/3
+++ b/3
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ django = "~=4.0"
 django-cors-headers = "*"
 django-extensions = "*"
 django-filter = "~=22.1"
-django-q = {editable = true, ref = "paperless-main", git = "https://github.com/paperless-ngx/django-q.git"}
 djangorestframework = "~=3.13"
 filelock = "*"
 fuzzywuzzy = {extras = ["speedup"], version = "*"}
@@ -54,6 +53,8 @@ concurrent-log-handler = "*"
 zipp = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < '3.9'"}
 pyzbar = "*"
 mysqlclient = "*"
+celery = {extras = ["redis"], version = "*"}
+django-celery-results = "*"
 setproctitle = "*"

 [dev-packages]
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
    "_meta": {
        "hash": {
-            "sha256": "ebfb2f03a5e15c2ff5b40d2a406f41d8f2a9705f2d4e3e339b2aaad464d69855"
+            "sha256": "79ef8a0dae2a57c93935fa6ee7c591b53a64cf8c6925d16dc95aa8f8a937f9c7"
        },
        "pipfile-spec": 6,
        "requires": {},
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
            ],
            "version": "==1.3.1"
        },
+        "amqp": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:2c1b13fecc0893e946c65cbd5f36427861cffa4ea2201d8f6fca22e2a373b5e2",
+                "sha256:6f0956d2c23d8fa6e7691934d8c3930eadb44972cbbd1a7ae3a520f735d43359"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
+            "version": "==5.1.1"
+        },
        "anyio": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:413adf95f93886e442aea925f3ee43baa5a765a64a0f52c6081894f9992fdd0b",
@@ -102,6 +110,13 @@
            "markers": "python_version < '3.9'",
            "version": "==0.2.1"
        },
+        "billiard": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:299de5a8da28a783d51b197d496bef4f1595dd023a93a4f59dde1886ae905547",
+                "sha256:87103ea78fa6ab4d5c751c4909bcff74617d985de7fa8b672cf8618afd5a875b"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.6.4.0"
+        },
        "blessed": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:63b8554ae2e0e7f43749b6715c734cc8f3883010a809bf16790102563e6cf25b",
@@ -110,6 +125,14 @@
            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7'",
            "version": "==1.19.1"
        },
+        "celery": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:138420c020cd58d6707e6257b6beda91fd39af7afde5d36c6334d175302c0e14",
+                "sha256:fafbd82934d30f8a004f81e8f7a062e31413a23d444be8ee3326553915958c6d"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==5.2.7"
+        },
        "certifi": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:0d9c601124e5a6ba9712dbc60d9c53c21e34f5f641fe83002317394311bdce14",
@@ -219,6 +242,28 @@
            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
            "version": "==8.1.3"
        },
+        "click-didyoumean": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:a0713dc7a1de3f06bc0df5a9567ad19ead2d3d5689b434768a6145bff77c0667",
+                "sha256:f184f0d851d96b6d29297354ed981b7dd71df7ff500d82fa6d11f0856bee8035"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_full_version >= '3.6.2' and python_full_version < '4.0.0'",
+            "version": "==0.3.0"
+        },
+        "click-plugins": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:46ab999744a9d831159c3411bb0c79346d94a444df9a3a3742e9ed63645f264b",
+                "sha256:5d262006d3222f5057fd81e1623d4443e41dcda5dc815c06b442aa3c02889fc8"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.1.1"
+        },
+        "click-repl": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:94b3fbbc9406a236f176e0506524b2937e4b23b6f4c0c0b2a0a83f8a64e9194b",
+                "sha256:cd12f68d745bf6151210790540b4cb064c7b13e571bc64b6957d98d120dacfd8"
+            ],
+            "version": "==0.2.0"
+        },
        "coloredlogs": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:612ee75c546f53e92e70049c9dbfcc18c935a2b9a53b66085ce9ef6a6e5c0934",
@@ -313,6 +358,14 @@
            "index": "pypi",
            "version": "==4.1.2"
        },
+        "django-celery-results": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:75aa51970db5691cbf242c6a0ff50c8cdf419e265cd0e9b772335d06436c4b99",
+                "sha256:be91307c02fbbf0dda21993c3001c60edb74595444ccd6ad696552fe3689e85b"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.4.0"
+        },
        "django-cors-headers": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:37e42883b5f1f2295df6b4bba96eb2417a14a03270cb24b2a07f021cd4487cf4",
@@ -345,10 +398,13 @@
            "markers": "python_version >= '3'",
            "version": "==3.1"
        },
-        "django-q": {
-            "editable": true,
-            "git": "https://github.com/paperless-ngx/django-q.git",
-            "ref": "8b5289d8caf36f67fb99448e76ead20d5b498c1b"
+        "django-timezone-field": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:15746ed367a5a32eda76cfa2886eeec1de8cda79f519b7c5e12f87ed7cdbd663",
+                "sha256:199f211082eeac7e83563929b8ce41399c1c0f00dfc2f36bc00bea381027eaaa"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7' and python_version < '4'",
+            "version": "==5.0"
        },
        "djangorestframework": {
            "hashes": [
@@ -563,6 +619,14 @@
            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
            "version": "==1.2.0"
        },
+        "kombu": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:37cee3ee725f94ea8bb173eaab7c1760203ea53bbebae226328600f9d2799610",
+                "sha256:8b213b24293d3417bcf0d2f5537b7f756079e3ea232a8386dcc89a59fd2361a4"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
+            "version": "==5.2.4"
+        },
        "langdetect": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:7cbc0746252f19e76f77c0b1690aadf01963be835ef0cd4b56dddf2a8f1dfc2a",
@@ -1033,6 +1097,14 @@
            "markers": "python_version >= '3'",
            "version": "==2.5.1"
        },
+        "prompt-toolkit": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:859b283c50bde45f5f97829f77a4674d1c1fcd88539364f1b28a37805cfd89c0",
+                "sha256:d8916d3f62a7b67ab353a952ce4ced6a1d2587dfe9ef8ebc30dd7c386751f289"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_full_version >= '3.6.2'",
+            "version": "==3.0.30"
+        },
        "psycopg2": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:06f32425949bd5fe8f625c49f17ebb9784e1e4fe928b7cce72edc36fb68e4c0c",
@@ -1108,6 +1180,12 @@
            "markers": "python_full_version >= '3.6.8'",
            "version": "==3.0.9"
        },
+        "python-crontab": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:1e35ed7a3cdc3100545b43e196d34754e6551e7f95e4caebbe0e1c0ca41c2f1b"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.6.0"
+        },
        "python-dateutil": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:0123cacc1627ae19ddf3c27a5de5bd67ee4586fbdd6440d9748f8abb483d3e86",
@@ -1740,6 +1818,14 @@
            ],
            "version": "==0.17.0"
        },
+        "vine": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:4c9dceab6f76ed92105027c49c823800dd33cacce13bdedc5b914e3514b7fb30",
+                "sha256:7d3b1624a953da82ef63462013bbd271d3eb75751489f9807598e8f340bd637e"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
+            "version": "==5.0.0"
+        },
        "watchdog": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:083171652584e1b8829581f965b9b7723ca5f9a2cd7e20271edf264cfd7c1412",
--- a/docker/supervisord.conf
+++ b/docker/supervisord.conf
@@ -26,8 +26,21 @@ stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
 stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
 stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0

-[program:scheduler]
-command=python3 manage.py qcluster
+[program:celery]
+
+command = celery --app paperless worker --loglevel INFO
+user=paperless
+stopasgroup = true
+stopwaitsecs = 60
+
+stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
+stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
+stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
+
+[program:celery-beat]
+
+command = celery --app paperless beat --loglevel INFO
 user=paperless
 stopasgroup = true

--- a/docs/extending.rst
+++ b/docs/extending.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ To do the setup you need to perform the steps from the following chapters in a c

    .. code:: shell-session

-        python3 manage.py runserver & python3 manage.py document_consumer & python3 manage.py qcluster
+        python3 manage.py runserver & python3 manage.py document_consumer & celery --app paperless worker

 11. Login with the superuser credentials provided in step 8 at ``http://localhost:8000`` to create a session that enables you to use the backend.

@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ Configure the IDE to use the src/ folder as the base source folder. Configure th
 launch configurations in your IDE:

 *   python3 manage.py runserver
-*   python3 manage.py qcluster
+*   celery --app paperless worker
 *   python3 manage.py document_consumer

 To start them all:

 .. code:: shell-session

-    python3 manage.py runserver & python3 manage.py document_consumer & python3 manage.py qcluster
+    python3 manage.py runserver & python3 manage.py document_consumer & celery --app paperless worker

 Testing and code style:

--- a/docs/setup.rst
+++ b/docs/setup.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Paperless consists of the following components:

    .. _setup-task_processor:

-*   **The task processor:** Paperless relies on `Django Q <https://django-q.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
+*   **The task processor:** Paperless relies on `Celery - Distributed Task Queue <https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/index.html>`_
    for doing most of the heavy lifting. This is a task queue that accepts tasks from
    multiple sources and processes these in parallel. It also comes with a scheduler that executes
    certain commands periodically.
@@ -62,13 +62,6 @@ Paperless consists of the following components:
    tasks fail and inspect the errors (i.e., wrong email credentials, errors during consuming a specific
    file, etc).

-    You may start the task processor by executing:
-
-    .. code:: shell-session
-
-        $ cd /path/to/paperless/src/
-        $ python3 manage.py qcluster
-
 *   A `redis <https://redis.io/>`_ message broker: This is a really lightweight service that is responsible
    for getting the tasks from the webserver and the consumer to the task scheduler. These run in a different
    process (maybe even on different machines!), and therefore, this is necessary.
@@ -291,7 +284,20 @@ Build the Docker image yourself
    .. code:: yaml

        webserver:
-            build: .
+            build:
+              context: .
+              args:
+                QPDF_VERSION: x.y.x
+                PIKEPDF_VERSION: x.y.z
+                PSYCOPG2_VERSION: x.y.z
+                JBIG2ENC_VERSION: 0.29
+
+    .. note::
+
+        You should match the build argument versions to the version for the release you have
+        checked out.  These are pre-built images with certain, more updated software.
+        If you want to build these images your self, that is possible, but beyond
+        the scope of these steps.

 4.  Follow steps 3 to 8 of :ref:`setup-docker_hub`. When asked to run
    ``docker-compose pull`` to pull the image, do
@@ -332,7 +338,7 @@ writing. Windows is not and will never be supported.

    .. code::

-        python3 python3-pip python3-dev imagemagick fonts-liberation gnupg libpq-dev libmagic-dev mime-support libzbar0 poppler-utils
+        python3 python3-pip python3-dev imagemagick fonts-liberation gnupg libpq-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev libmagic-dev mime-support libzbar0 poppler-utils

    These dependencies are required for OCRmyPDF, which is used for text recognition.

@@ -361,7 +367,7 @@ writing. Windows is not and will never be supported.
    You will also need ``build-essential``, ``python3-setuptools`` and ``python3-wheel``
    for installing some of the python dependencies.

-2.  Install ``redis`` >= 5.0 and configure it to start automatically.
+2.  Install ``redis`` >= 6.0 and configure it to start automatically.

 3.  Optional. Install ``postgresql`` and configure a database, user and password for paperless. If you do not wish
    to use PostgreSQL, MariaDB and SQLite are available as well.
@@ -461,8 +467,9 @@ writing. Windows is not and will never be supported.
    as a starting point.

    Paperless needs the ``webserver`` script to run the webserver, the
-    ``consumer`` script to watch the input folder, and the ``scheduler``
-    script to run tasks such as email checking and document consumption.
+    ``consumer`` script to watch the input folder, ``taskqueue`` for the background workers
+    used to handle things like document consumption and the ``scheduler`` script to run tasks such as
+    email checking at certain times .

 		The ``socket`` script enables ``gunicorn`` to run on port 80 without
 		root privileges. For this you need to uncomment the ``Require=paperless-webserver.socket``
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.rst
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Check for the following issues:

    .. code:: shell-session

-        $ python3 manage.py qcluster
+        $ celery --app paperless worker

 *   Look at the output of paperless and inspect it for any errors.
 *   Go to the admin interface, and check if there are failed tasks. If so, the
--- a/scripts/paperless-scheduler.service
+++ b/scripts/paperless-scheduler.service
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [Unit]
-Description=Paperless scheduler
+Description=Paperless Celery Beat
 Requires=redis.service

 [Service]
 User=paperless
 Group=paperless
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/paperless/src
-ExecStart=python3 manage.py qcluster
+ExecStart=celery --app paperless beat --loglevel INFO

 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
--- a/scripts/paperless-task-queue.service
+++ b/scripts/paperless-task-queue.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Paperless Celery Workers
+Requires=redis.service
+
+[Service]
+User=paperless
+Group=paperless
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/paperless/src
+ExecStart=celery --app paperless worker --loglevel INFO
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
--- a/src-ui/cypress/fixtures/tasks/tasks.json
+++ b/src-ui/cypress/fixtures/tasks/tasks.json
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/tasks/tasks.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/tasks/tasks.component.html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
          </div>
        </th>
        <td class="overflow-auto">{{ task.name }}</td>
-        <td class="d-none d-lg-table-cell">{{ task.created | customDate:'short' }}</td>
+        <td class="d-none d-lg-table-cell">{{ task.date_created | customDate:'short' }}</td>
        <td class="d-none d-lg-table-cell" *ngIf="activeTab != 'started' && activeTab != 'queued'">
          <div *ngIf="task.result.length > 50" class="result" (click)="expandTask(task); $event.stopPropagation();"
            [ngbPopover]="resultPopover" popoverClass="shadow small mobile" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave" container="body">
@@ -74,11 +74,18 @@
          </button>
        </td>
        <td scope="row">
-          <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" (click)="dismissTask(task); $event.stopPropagation();">
-            <svg class="sidebaricon" fill="currentColor">
-              <use xlink:href="assets/bootstrap-icons.svg#check"/>
-            </svg>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Dismiss</ng-container>
-          </button>
+          <div class="btn-group" role="group">
+            <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" (click)="dismissTask(task); $event.stopPropagation();">
+              <svg class="sidebaricon" fill="currentColor">
+                <use xlink:href="assets/bootstrap-icons.svg#check"/>
+              </svg>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Dismiss</ng-container>
+            </button>
+            <button *ngIf="task.related_document" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" (click)="dismissAndGo(task); $event.stopPropagation();">
+              <svg class="sidebaricon" fill="currentColor">
+                <use xlink:href="assets/bootstrap-icons.svg#file-text"/>
+              </svg>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Open Document</ng-container>
+            </button>
+          </div>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/tasks/tasks.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/tasks/tasks.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Component, OnInit, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core'
+import { Router } from '@angular/router'
 import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
-import { takeUntil, Subject, first } from 'rxjs'
+import { Subject, first } from 'rxjs'
 import { PaperlessTask } from 'src/app/data/paperless-task'
 import { TasksService } from 'src/app/services/tasks.service'
 import { ConfirmDialogComponent } from '../../common/confirm-dialog/confirm-dialog.component'
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ export class TasksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {

  constructor(
    public tasksService: TasksService,
-    private modalService: NgbModal
+    private modalService: NgbModal,
+    private readonly router: Router
  ) {}

  ngOnInit() {
@@ -64,6 +66,11 @@ export class TasksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    }
  }

+  dismissAndGo(task: PaperlessTask) {
+    this.dismissTask(task)
+    this.router.navigate(['documents', task.related_document])
+  }
+
  expandTask(task: PaperlessTask) {
    this.expandedTask = this.expandedTask == task.id ? undefined : task.id
  }
--- a/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-task.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-task.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ export enum PaperlessTaskType {
 }

 export enum PaperlessTaskStatus {
-  Queued = 'queued',
-  Started = 'started',
-  Complete = 'complete',
-  Failed = 'failed',
-  Unknown = 'unknown',
+  Pending = 'PENDING',
+  Started = 'STARTED',
+  Complete = 'SUCCESS',
+  Failed = 'FAILURE',
 }

 export interface PaperlessTask extends ObjectWithId {
@@ -24,9 +23,11 @@ export interface PaperlessTask extends ObjectWithId {

  name: string

-  created: Date
+  date_created: Date

-  started?: Date
+  done?: Date

  result: string
+
+  related_document?: number
 }
--- a/src-ui/src/app/services/tasks.service.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/services/tasks.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http'
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
-import { first, map } from 'rxjs/operators'
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import {
  PaperlessTask,
  PaperlessTaskStatus,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class TasksService {
  }

  public get queuedFileTasks(): PaperlessTask[] {
-    return this.fileTasks.filter((t) => t.status == PaperlessTaskStatus.Queued)
+    return this.fileTasks.filter((t) => t.status == PaperlessTaskStatus.Pending)
  }

  public get startedFileTasks(): PaperlessTask[] {
--- a/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
+++ b/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import itertools

 from django.db.models import Q
-from django_q.tasks import async_task
 from documents.models import Correspondent
 from documents.models import Document
 from documents.models import DocumentType
 from documents.models import StoragePath
+from documents.tasks import bulk_update_documents
+from documents.tasks import update_document_archive_file


 def set_correspondent(doc_ids, correspondent):
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ def set_correspondent(doc_ids, correspondent):
    affected_docs = [doc.id for doc in qs]
    qs.update(correspondent=correspondent)

-    async_task("documents.tasks.bulk_update_documents", document_ids=affected_docs)
+    bulk_update_documents.delay(document_ids=affected_docs)

    return "OK"

@@ -31,8 +32,7 @@ def set_storage_path(doc_ids, storage_path):
    affected_docs = [doc.id for doc in qs]
    qs.update(storage_path=storage_path)

-    async_task(
-        "documents.tasks.bulk_update_documents",
+    bulk_update_documents.delay(
        document_ids=affected_docs,
    )

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def set_document_type(doc_ids, document_type):
    affected_docs = [doc.id for doc in qs]
    qs.update(document_type=document_type)

-    async_task("documents.tasks.bulk_update_documents", document_ids=affected_docs)
+    bulk_update_documents.delay(document_ids=affected_docs)

    return "OK"

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def add_tag(doc_ids, tag):
        [DocumentTagRelationship(document_id=doc, tag_id=tag) for doc in affected_docs],
    )

-    async_task("documents.tasks.bulk_update_documents", document_ids=affected_docs)
+    bulk_update_documents.delay(document_ids=affected_docs)

    return "OK"

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def remove_tag(doc_ids, tag):
        Q(document_id__in=affected_docs) & Q(tag_id=tag),
    ).delete()

-    async_task("documents.tasks.bulk_update_documents", document_ids=affected_docs)
+    bulk_update_documents.delay(document_ids=affected_docs)

    return "OK"

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def modify_tags(doc_ids, add_tags, remove_tags):
        ignore_conflicts=True,
    )

-    async_task("documents.tasks.bulk_update_documents", document_ids=affected_docs)
+    bulk_update_documents.delay(document_ids=affected_docs)

    return "OK"

@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ def delete(doc_ids):
 def redo_ocr(doc_ids):

    for document_id in doc_ids:
-        async_task(
-            "documents.tasks.update_document_archive_file",
+        update_document_archive_file.delay(
            document_id=document_id,
        )

--- a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ from typing import Final
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.core.management.base import CommandError
-from django_q.tasks import async_task
 from documents.models import Tag
 from documents.parsers import is_file_ext_supported
+from documents.tasks import consume_file
 from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
 from watchdog.observers.polling import PollingObserver

@@ -92,11 +92,9 @@ def _consume(filepath):

    try:
        logger.info(f"Adding {filepath} to the task queue.")
-        async_task(
-            "documents.tasks.consume_file",
+        consume_file.delay(
            filepath,
            override_tag_ids=tag_ids if tag_ids else None,
-            task_name=os.path.basename(filepath)[:100],
        )
    except Exception:
        # Catch all so that the consumer won't crash.
--- a/src/documents/migrations/1001_auto_20201109_1636.py
+++ b/src/documents/migrations/1001_auto_20201109_1636.py
@@ -1,34 +1,14 @@
 # Generated by Django 3.1.3 on 2020-11-09 16:36

 from django.db import migrations
-from django.db.migrations import RunPython
-from django_q.models import Schedule
-from django_q.tasks import schedule
-
-
-def add_schedules(apps, schema_editor):
-    schedule(
-        "documents.tasks.train_classifier",
-        name="Train the classifier",
-        schedule_type=Schedule.HOURLY,
-    )
-    schedule(
-        "documents.tasks.index_optimize",
-        name="Optimize the index",
-        schedule_type=Schedule.DAILY,
-    )
-
-
-def remove_schedules(apps, schema_editor):
-    Schedule.objects.filter(func="documents.tasks.train_classifier").delete()
-    Schedule.objects.filter(func="documents.tasks.index_optimize").delete()


 class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ("documents", "1000_update_paperless_all"),
-        ("django_q", "0013_task_attempt_count"),
    ]

-    operations = [RunPython(add_schedules, remove_schedules)]
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(migrations.RunPython.noop, migrations.RunPython.noop)
+    ]
--- a/src/documents/migrations/1004_sanity_check_schedule.py
+++ b/src/documents/migrations/1004_sanity_check_schedule.py
@@ -2,27 +2,12 @@

 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db.migrations import RunPython
-from django_q.models import Schedule
-from django_q.tasks import schedule
-
-
-def add_schedules(apps, schema_editor):
-    schedule(
-        "documents.tasks.sanity_check",
-        name="Perform sanity check",
-        schedule_type=Schedule.WEEKLY,
-    )
-
-
-def remove_schedules(apps, schema_editor):
-    Schedule.objects.filter(func="documents.tasks.sanity_check").delete()


 class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ("documents", "1003_mime_types"),
-        ("django_q", "0013_task_attempt_count"),
    ]

-    operations = [RunPython(add_schedules, remove_schedules)]
+    operations = [RunPython(migrations.RunPython.noop, migrations.RunPython.noop)]
--- a/src/documents/migrations/1022_paperlesstask.py
+++ b/src/documents/migrations/1022_paperlesstask.py
@@ -4,28 +4,9 @@ from django.db import migrations, models
 import django.db.models.deletion


-def init_paperless_tasks(apps, schema_editor):
-    PaperlessTask = apps.get_model("documents", "PaperlessTask")
-    Task = apps.get_model("django_q", "Task")
-
-    for task in Task.objects.filter(func="documents.tasks.consume_file"):
-        if not hasattr(task, "paperlesstask"):
-            paperlesstask = PaperlessTask.objects.create(
-                attempted_task=task,
-                task_id=task.id,
-                name=task.name,
-                created=task.started,
-                started=task.started,
-                acknowledged=True,
-            )
-            task.paperlesstask = paperlesstask
-            task.save()
-
-
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
-        ("django_q", "0014_schedule_cluster"),
        ("documents", "1021_webp_thumbnail_conversion"),
    ]

@@ -60,10 +41,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                        null=True,
                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
                        related_name="attempted_task",
-                        to="django_q.task",
+                        # This is a dummy field, 1026 will fix up the column
+                        # This manual change is required, as django doesn't django doesn't really support
+                        # removing an app which has migration deps like this
+                        to="documents.document",
                    ),
                ),
            ],
-        ),
-        migrations.RunPython(init_paperless_tasks, migrations.RunPython.noop),
+        )
    ]
--- a/src/documents/migrations/1026_transition_to_celery.py
+++ b/src/documents/migrations/1026_transition_to_celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.1.1 on 2022-09-27 19:31
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("django_celery_results", "0011_taskresult_periodic_task_name"),
+        ("documents", "1025_alter_savedviewfilterrule_rule_type"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="paperlesstask",
+            name="created",
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="paperlesstask",
+            name="name",
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="paperlesstask",
+            name="started",
+        ),
+        # Remove the field from the model
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="paperlesstask",
+            name="attempted_task",
+        ),
+        # Add the field back, pointing to the correct model
+        # This resolves a problem where the temporary change in 1022
+        # results in a type mismatch
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="paperlesstask",
+            name="attempted_task",
+            field=models.OneToOneField(
+                blank=True,
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                related_name="attempted_task",
+                to="django_celery_results.taskresult",
+            ),
+        ),
+        # Drop the django-q tables entirely
+        # Must be done last or there could be references here
+        migrations.RunSQL(
+            "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS django_q_ormq", reverse_sql=migrations.RunSQL.noop
+        ),
+        migrations.RunSQL(
+            "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS django_q_schedule", reverse_sql=migrations.RunSQL.noop
+        ),
+        migrations.RunSQL(
+            "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS django_q_task", reverse_sql=migrations.RunSQL.noop
+        ),
+    ]
--- a/src/documents/models.py
+++ b/src/documents/models.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-from django_q.tasks import Task
+from django_celery_results.models import TaskResult
 from documents.parsers import get_default_file_extension


@@ -527,19 +527,16 @@ class UiSettings(models.Model):


 class PaperlessTask(models.Model):
-
    task_id = models.CharField(max_length=128)
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=256)
-    created = models.DateTimeField(_("created"), auto_now=True)
-    started = models.DateTimeField(_("started"), null=True)
+    acknowledged = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+
    attempted_task = models.OneToOneField(
-        Task,
+        TaskResult,
        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
        related_name="attempted_task",
        null=True,
        blank=True,
    )
-    acknowledged = models.BooleanField(default=False)


 class Comment(models.Model):
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import datetime
 import math
 import re
+from ast import literal_eval
+from asyncio.log import logger
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict
+from typing import Optional
+from typing import Tuple
+
+from celery import states

 try:
    import zoneinfo
@@ -18,12 +26,12 @@ from .models import Correspondent
 from .models import Document
 from .models import DocumentType
 from .models import MatchingModel
-from .models import PaperlessTask
 from .models import SavedView
 from .models import SavedViewFilterRule
 from .models import StoragePath
 from .models import Tag
 from .models import UiSettings
+from .models import PaperlessTask
 from .parsers import is_mime_type_supported


@@ -629,7 +637,19 @@ class TasksViewSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = PaperlessTask
        depth = 1
-        fields = "__all__"
+        fields = (
+            "id",
+            "task_id",
+            "date_created",
+            "date_done",
+            "type",
+            "status",
+            "result",
+            "acknowledged",
+            "task_name",
+            "name",
+            "related_document",
+        )

    type = serializers.SerializerMethodField()

@@ -641,24 +661,108 @@ class TasksViewSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):

    def get_result(self, obj):
        result = ""
-        if hasattr(obj, "attempted_task") and obj.attempted_task:
-            result = obj.attempted_task.result
+        if (
+            hasattr(obj, "attempted_task")
+            and obj.attempted_task
+            and obj.attempted_task.result
+        ):
+            try:
+                result: str = obj.attempted_task.result
+                if "exc_message" in result:
+                    # This is a dict in this case
+                    result: Dict = literal_eval(result)
+                    # This is a list, grab the first item (most recent)
+                    result = result["exc_message"][0]
+            except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
+                # Extra security if something is malformed
+                logger.warn(f"Error getting task result: {e}", exc_info=True)
        return result

    status = serializers.SerializerMethodField()

    def get_status(self, obj):
-        if obj.attempted_task is None:
-            if obj.started:
-                return "started"
-            else:
-                return "queued"
-        elif obj.attempted_task.success:
-            return "complete"
-        elif not obj.attempted_task.success:
-            return "failed"
-        else:
-            return "unknown"
+        result = "unknown"
+        if hasattr(obj, "attempted_task") and obj.attempted_task:
+            result = obj.attempted_task.status
+        return result
+
+    date_created = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    def get_date_created(self, obj):
+        result = ""
+        if hasattr(obj, "attempted_task") and obj.attempted_task:
+            result = obj.attempted_task.date_created
+        return result
+
+    date_done = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    def get_date_done(self, obj):
+        result = ""
+        if hasattr(obj, "attempted_task") and obj.attempted_task:
+            result = obj.attempted_task.date_done
+        return result
+
+    task_id = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    def get_task_id(self, obj):
+        result = ""
+        if hasattr(obj, "attempted_task") and obj.attempted_task:
+            result = obj.attempted_task.task_id
+        return result
+
+    task_name = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    def get_task_name(self, obj):
+        result = ""
+        if hasattr(obj, "attempted_task") and obj.attempted_task:
+            result = obj.attempted_task.task_name
+        return result
+
+    name = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    def get_name(self, obj):
+        result = ""
+        if hasattr(obj, "attempted_task") and obj.attempted_task:
+            try:
+                task_kwargs: Optional[str] = obj.attempted_task.task_kwargs
+                # Try the override filename first (this is a webui created task?)
+                if task_kwargs is not None:
+                    # It's a string, string of a dict.  Who knows why...
+                    kwargs = literal_eval(literal_eval(task_kwargs))
+                    if "override_filename" in kwargs:
+                        result = kwargs["override_filename"]
+
+                # Nothing was found, report the task first argument
+                if not len(result):
+                    # There are always some arguments to the consume
+                    task_args: Tuple = literal_eval(
+                        literal_eval(obj.attempted_task.task_args),
+                    )
+                    filepath = Path(task_args[0])
+                    result = filepath.name
+            except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
+                # Extra security if something is malformed
+                logger.warn(f"Error getting file name from task: {e}", exc_info=True)
+
+        return result
+
+    related_document = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    def get_related_document(self, obj):
+        result = ""
+        regexp = r"New document id (\d+) created"
+        if (
+            hasattr(obj, "attempted_task")
+            and obj.attempted_task
+            and obj.attempted_task.result
+            and obj.attempted_task.status == states.SUCCESS
+        ):
+            try:
+                result = re.search(regexp, obj.attempted_task.result).group(1)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+        return result


 class AcknowledgeTasksViewSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
--- a/src/documents/signals/handlers.py
+++ b/src/documents/signals/handlers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import logging
 import os
 import shutil

-import django_q
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.admin.models import ADDITION
 from django.contrib.admin.models import LogEntry
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ from django.db.models import Q
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.utils import termcolors
 from django.utils import timezone
+from django_celery_results.models import TaskResult
 from filelock import FileLock

 from .. import matching
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from ..models import MatchingModel
 from ..models import PaperlessTask
 from ..models import Tag

-
 logger = logging.getLogger("paperless.handlers")


@@ -503,47 +502,19 @@ def add_to_index(sender, document, **kwargs):
    index.add_or_update_document(document)


-@receiver(django_q.signals.pre_enqueue)
-def init_paperless_task(sender, task, **kwargs):
-    if task["func"] == "documents.tasks.consume_file":
-        try:
-            paperless_task, created = PaperlessTask.objects.get_or_create(
-                task_id=task["id"],
-            )
-            paperless_task.name = task["name"]
-            paperless_task.created = task["started"]
-            paperless_task.save()
-        except Exception as e:
-            # Don't let an exception in the signal handlers prevent
-            # a document from being consumed.
-            logger.error(f"Creating PaperlessTask failed: {e}")
-
-
-@receiver(django_q.signals.pre_execute)
-def paperless_task_started(sender, task, **kwargs):
+@receiver(models.signals.post_save, sender=TaskResult)
+def update_paperless_task(sender, instance: TaskResult, **kwargs):
    try:
-        if task["func"] == "documents.tasks.consume_file":
-            paperless_task, created = PaperlessTask.objects.get_or_create(
-                task_id=task["id"],
-            )
-            paperless_task.started = timezone.now()
-            paperless_task.save()
-    except PaperlessTask.DoesNotExist:
-        pass
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"Creating PaperlessTask failed: {e}")
-
-
-@receiver(models.signals.post_save, sender=django_q.models.Task)
-def update_paperless_task(sender, instance, **kwargs):
-    try:
-        if instance.func == "documents.tasks.consume_file":
-            paperless_task, created = PaperlessTask.objects.get_or_create(
-                task_id=instance.id,
+        if instance.task_name == "documents.tasks.consume_file":
+            paperless_task, _ = PaperlessTask.objects.get_or_create(
+                task_id=instance.task_id,
            )
+            paperless_task.name = instance.task_name
+            paperless_task.created = instance.date_created
+            paperless_task.completed = instance.date_done
            paperless_task.attempted_task = instance
            paperless_task.save()
-    except PaperlessTask.DoesNotExist:
-        pass
    except Exception as e:
+        # Don't let an exception in the signal handlers prevent
+        # a document from being consumed.
        logger.error(f"Creating PaperlessTask failed: {e}")
--- a/src/documents/tasks.py
+++ b/src/documents/tasks.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from typing import Type

 import tqdm
 from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
+from celery import shared_task
 from channels.layers import get_channel_layer
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import transaction
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ from whoosh.writing import AsyncWriter
 logger = logging.getLogger("paperless.tasks")


+@shared_task
 def index_optimize():
    ix = index.open_index()
    writer = AsyncWriter(ix)
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ def index_reindex(progress_bar_disable=False):
            index.update_document(writer, document)


+@shared_task
 def train_classifier():
    if (
        not Tag.objects.filter(matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO).exists()
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ def train_classifier():
        logger.warning("Classifier error: " + str(e))


+@shared_task
 def consume_file(
    path,
    override_filename=None,
@@ -183,6 +187,7 @@ def consume_file(
        )


+@shared_task
 def sanity_check():
    messages = sanity_checker.check_sanity()

@@ -198,6 +203,7 @@ def sanity_check():
        return "No issues detected."


+@shared_task
 def bulk_update_documents(document_ids):
    documents = Document.objects.filter(id__in=document_ids)

@@ -211,6 +217,7 @@ def bulk_update_documents(document_ids):
            index.update_document(writer, doc)


+@shared_task
 def update_document_archive_file(document_id):
    """
    Re-creates the archive file of a document, including new OCR content and thumbnail
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import zipfile
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock

+import celery
+
 try:
    import zoneinfo
 except ImportError:
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.test import override_settings
 from django.utils import timezone
-from django_q.models import Task
 from documents import bulk_edit
 from documents import index
 from documents.models import Correspondent
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ from documents.models import PaperlessTask
 from documents.models import SavedView
 from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.models import Tag
-from documents.models import UiSettings
+from django_celery_results.models import TaskResult
 from documents.models import Comment
 from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.tests.utils import DirectoriesMixin
@@ -790,7 +791,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
        self.assertEqual(response.data["documents_inbox"], None)

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload(self, m):

        with open(
@@ -813,7 +814,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
        self.assertIsNone(kwargs["override_document_type_id"])
        self.assertIsNone(kwargs["override_tag_ids"])

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_empty_metadata(self, m):

        with open(
@@ -836,7 +837,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
        self.assertIsNone(kwargs["override_document_type_id"])
        self.assertIsNone(kwargs["override_tag_ids"])

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_invalid_form(self, m):

        with open(
@@ -850,7 +851,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
        m.assert_not_called()

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_invalid_file(self, m):

        with open(
@@ -864,7 +865,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
        m.assert_not_called()

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_with_title(self, async_task):
        with open(
            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "samples", "simple.pdf"),
@@ -882,7 +883,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):

        self.assertEqual(kwargs["override_title"], "my custom title")

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_with_correspondent(self, async_task):
        c = Correspondent.objects.create(name="test-corres")
        with open(
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):

        self.assertEqual(kwargs["override_correspondent_id"], c.id)

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_with_invalid_correspondent(self, async_task):
        with open(
            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "samples", "simple.pdf"),
@@ -915,7 +916,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):

        async_task.assert_not_called()

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_with_document_type(self, async_task):
        dt = DocumentType.objects.create(name="invoice")
        with open(
@@ -934,7 +935,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):

        self.assertEqual(kwargs["override_document_type_id"], dt.id)

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_with_invalid_document_type(self, async_task):
        with open(
            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "samples", "simple.pdf"),
@@ -948,7 +949,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):

        async_task.assert_not_called()

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_with_tags(self, async_task):
        t1 = Tag.objects.create(name="tag1")
        t2 = Tag.objects.create(name="tag2")
@@ -968,7 +969,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):

        self.assertCountEqual(kwargs["override_tag_ids"], [t1.id, t2.id])

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_with_invalid_tags(self, async_task):
        t1 = Tag.objects.create(name="tag1")
        t2 = Tag.objects.create(name="tag2")
@@ -984,7 +985,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):

        async_task.assert_not_called()

-    @mock.patch("documents.views.async_task")
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.consume_file.delay")
    def test_upload_with_created(self, async_task):
        created = datetime.datetime(
            2022,
@@ -1619,7 +1620,7 @@ class TestBulkEdit(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
        user = User.objects.create_superuser(username="temp_admin")
        self.client.force_authenticate(user=user)

-        patcher = mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.async_task")
+        patcher = mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.bulk_update_documents.delay")
        self.async_task = patcher.start()
        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
        self.c1 = Correspondent.objects.create(name="c1")
@@ -2738,7 +2739,7 @@ class TestApiStoragePaths(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):

 class TestTasks(APITestCase):
    ENDPOINT = "/api/tasks/"
-    ENDPOINT_ACKOWLEDGE = "/api/acknowledge_tasks/"
+    ENDPOINT_ACKNOWLEDGE = "/api/acknowledge_tasks/"

    def setUp(self):
        super().setUp()
@@ -2747,16 +2748,27 @@ class TestTasks(APITestCase):
        self.client.force_authenticate(user=self.user)

    def test_get_tasks(self):
-        task_id1 = str(uuid.uuid4())
-        PaperlessTask.objects.create(task_id=task_id1)
-        Task.objects.create(
-            id=task_id1,
-            started=timezone.now() - datetime.timedelta(seconds=30),
-            stopped=timezone.now(),
-            func="documents.tasks.consume_file",
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Attempted celery tasks
+        WHEN:
+            - API call is made to get tasks
+        THEN:
+            - Attempting and pending tasks are serialized and provided
+        """
+        result1 = TaskResult.objects.create(
+            task_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            task_name="documents.tasks.some_great_task",
+            status=celery.states.PENDING,
        )
-        task_id2 = str(uuid.uuid4())
-        PaperlessTask.objects.create(task_id=task_id2)
+        PaperlessTask.objects.create(attempted_task=result1)
+
+        result2 = TaskResult.objects.create(
+            task_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            task_name="documents.tasks.some_awesome_task",
+            status=celery.states.STARTED,
+        )
+        PaperlessTask.objects.create(attempted_task=result2)

        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)

@@ -2764,25 +2776,155 @@ class TestTasks(APITestCase):
        self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 2)
        returned_task1 = response.data[1]
        returned_task2 = response.data[0]
-        self.assertEqual(returned_task1["task_id"], task_id1)
-        self.assertEqual(returned_task1["status"], "complete")
-        self.assertIsNotNone(returned_task1["attempted_task"])
-        self.assertEqual(returned_task2["task_id"], task_id2)
-        self.assertEqual(returned_task2["status"], "queued")
-        self.assertIsNone(returned_task2["attempted_task"])
+
+        self.assertEqual(returned_task1["task_id"], result1.task_id)
+        self.assertEqual(returned_task1["status"], celery.states.PENDING)
+        self.assertEqual(returned_task1["task_name"], result1.task_name)
+
+        self.assertEqual(returned_task2["task_id"], result2.task_id)
+        self.assertEqual(returned_task2["status"], celery.states.STARTED)
+        self.assertEqual(returned_task2["task_name"], result2.task_name)

    def test_acknowledge_tasks(self):
-        task_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
-        task = PaperlessTask.objects.create(task_id=task_id)
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Attempted celery tasks
+        WHEN:
+            - API call is made to get mark task as acknowledged
+        THEN:
+            - Task is marked as acknowledged
+        """
+        result1 = TaskResult.objects.create(
+            task_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            task_name="documents.tasks.some_task",
+            status=celery.states.PENDING,
+        )
+        task = PaperlessTask.objects.create(attempted_task=result1)

        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
        self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 1)

        response = self.client.post(
-            self.ENDPOINT_ACKOWLEDGE,
+            self.ENDPOINT_ACKNOWLEDGE,
            {"tasks": [task.id]},
        )
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)

        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
        self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 0)
+
+    def test_task_result_no_error(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A celery task completed without error
+        WHEN:
+            - API call is made to get tasks
+        THEN:
+            - The returned data includes the task result
+        """
+        result1 = TaskResult.objects.create(
+            task_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            task_name="documents.tasks.some_task",
+            status=celery.states.SUCCESS,
+            result="Success. New document id 1 created",
+        )
+        _ = PaperlessTask.objects.create(attempted_task=result1)
+
+        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 1)
+
+        returned_data = response.data[0]
+
+        self.assertEqual(returned_data["result"], "Success. New document id 1 created")
+        self.assertEqual(returned_data["related_document"], "1")
+
+    def test_task_result_with_error(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A celery task completed with an exception
+        WHEN:
+            - API call is made to get tasks
+        THEN:
+            - The returned result is the exception info
+        """
+        result1 = TaskResult.objects.create(
+            task_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            task_name="documents.tasks.some_task",
+            status=celery.states.SUCCESS,
+            result={
+                "exc_type": "ConsumerError",
+                "exc_message": ["test.pdf: Not consuming test.pdf: It is a duplicate."],
+                "exc_module": "documents.consumer",
+            },
+        )
+        _ = PaperlessTask.objects.create(attempted_task=result1)
+
+        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 1)
+
+        returned_data = response.data[0]
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            returned_data["result"],
+            "test.pdf: Not consuming test.pdf: It is a duplicate.",
+        )
+
+    def test_task_name_webui(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Attempted celery task
+            - Task was created through the webui
+        WHEN:
+            - API call is made to get tasks
+        THEN:
+            - Returned data include the filename
+        """
+        result1 = TaskResult.objects.create(
+            task_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            task_name="documents.tasks.some_task",
+            status=celery.states.SUCCESS,
+            task_args="\"('/tmp/paperless/paperless-upload-5iq7skzc',)\"",
+            task_kwargs="\"{'override_filename': 'test.pdf', 'override_title': None, 'override_correspondent_id': None, 'override_document_type_id': None, 'override_tag_ids': None, 'task_id': '466e8fe7-7193-4698-9fff-72f0340e2082', 'override_created': None}\"",
+        )
+        _ = PaperlessTask.objects.create(attempted_task=result1)
+
+        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 1)
+
+        returned_data = response.data[0]
+
+        self.assertEqual(returned_data["name"], "test.pdf")
+
+    def test_task_name_consume_folder(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Attempted celery task
+            - Task was created through the consume folder
+        WHEN:
+            - API call is made to get tasks
+        THEN:
+            - Returned data include the filename
+        """
+        result1 = TaskResult.objects.create(
+            task_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            task_name="documents.tasks.some_task",
+            status=celery.states.SUCCESS,
+            task_args="\"('/consume/anothertest.pdf',)\"",
+            task_kwargs="\"{'override_tag_ids': None}\"",
+        )
+        _ = PaperlessTask.objects.create(attempted_task=result1)
+
+        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 1)
+
+        returned_data = response.data[0]
+
+        self.assertEqual(returned_data["name"], "anothertest.pdf")
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ConsumerMixin:
        super().setUp()
        self.t = None
        patcher = mock.patch(
-            "documents.management.commands.document_consumer.async_task",
+            "documents.tasks.consume_file.delay",
        )
        self.task_mock = patcher.start()
        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ConsumerMixin:

    # A bogus async_task that will simply check the file for
    # completeness and raise an exception otherwise.
-    def bogus_task(self, func, filename, **kwargs):
+    def bogus_task(self, filename, **kwargs):
        eq = filecmp.cmp(filename, self.sample_file, shallow=False)
        if not eq:
            print("Consumed an INVALID file.")
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class TestConsumer(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):
        self.task_mock.assert_called_once()

        args, kwargs = self.task_mock.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args[1], f)
+        self.assertEqual(args[0], f)

    def test_consume_file_invalid_ext(self):
        self.t_start()
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class TestConsumer(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):
        self.task_mock.assert_called_once()

        args, kwargs = self.task_mock.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args[1], f)
+        self.assertEqual(args[0], f)

    @mock.patch("documents.management.commands.document_consumer.logger.error")
    def test_slow_write_pdf(self, error_logger):
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class TestConsumer(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):
        self.task_mock.assert_called_once()

        args, kwargs = self.task_mock.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args[1], fname)
+        self.assertEqual(args[0], fname)

    @mock.patch("documents.management.commands.document_consumer.logger.error")
    def test_slow_write_and_move(self, error_logger):
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class TestConsumer(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):
        self.task_mock.assert_called_once()

        args, kwargs = self.task_mock.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args[1], fname2)
+        self.assertEqual(args[0], fname2)

        error_logger.assert_not_called()

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class TestConsumer(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):

        self.task_mock.assert_called_once()
        args, kwargs = self.task_mock.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args[1], fname)
+        self.assertEqual(args[0], fname)

        # assert that we have an error logged with this invalid file.
        error_logger.assert_called_once()
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class TestConsumer(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):
        self.assertEqual(2, self.task_mock.call_count)

        fnames = [
-            os.path.basename(args[1]) for args, _ in self.task_mock.call_args_list
+            os.path.basename(args[0]) for args, _ in self.task_mock.call_args_list
        ]
        self.assertCountEqual(fnames, ["my_file.pdf", "my_second_file.pdf"])

@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class TestConsumerTags(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):
        tag_ids.append(Tag.objects.get(name=tag_names[1]).pk)

        args, kwargs = self.task_mock.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args[1], f)
+        self.assertEqual(args[0], f)

        # assertCountEqual has a bad name, but test that the first
        # sequence contains the same elements as second, regardless of
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import get_language
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_control
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
-from django_q.tasks import async_task
+from documents.tasks import consume_file
 from packaging import version as packaging_version
 from paperless import version
 from paperless.db import GnuPG
@@ -615,8 +615,7 @@ class PostDocumentView(GenericAPIView):

        task_id = str(uuid.uuid4())

-        async_task(
-            "documents.tasks.consume_file",
+        consume_file.delay(
            temp_filename,
            override_filename=doc_name,
            override_title=title,
@@ -624,7 +623,6 @@ class PostDocumentView(GenericAPIView):
            override_document_type_id=document_type_id,
            override_tag_ids=tag_ids,
            task_id=task_id,
-            task_name=os.path.basename(doc_name)[:100],
            override_created=created,
        )

@@ -888,8 +886,9 @@ class TasksViewSet(ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
    queryset = (
        PaperlessTask.objects.filter(
            acknowledged=False,
+            attempted_task__isnull=False,
        )
-        .order_by("created")
+        .order_by("attempted_task__date_created")
        .reverse()
    )

--- a/src/paperless/init.py
+++ b/src/paperless/init.py
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+from .celery import app as celery_app
 from .checks import binaries_check
 from .checks import paths_check
 from .checks import settings_values_check

-__all__ = ["binaries_check", "paths_check", "settings_values_check"]
+__all__ = [
+    "celery_app",
+    "binaries_check",
+    "paths_check",
+    "settings_values_check",
+]
--- a/src/paperless/celery.py
+++ b/src/paperless/celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import os
+
+from celery import Celery
+
+# Set the default Django settings module for the 'celery' program.
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "paperless.settings")
+
+app = Celery("paperless")
+
+# Using a string here means the worker doesn't have to serialize
+# the configuration object to child processes.
+# - namespace='CELERY' means all celery-related configuration keys
+#   should have a `CELERY_` prefix.
+app.config_from_object("django.conf:settings", namespace="CELERY")
+
+# Load task modules from all registered Django apps.
+app.autodiscover_tasks()
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 from typing import Set
 from urllib.parse import urlparse

+from celery.schedules import crontab
 from concurrent_log_handler.queue import setup_logging_queues
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "rest_framework",
    "rest_framework.authtoken",
    "django_filters",
-    "django_q",
+    "django_celery_results",
 ] + env_apps

 if DEBUG:
@@ -179,6 +180,8 @@ ASGI_APPLICATION = "paperless.asgi.application"
 STATIC_URL = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_STATIC_URL", BASE_URL + "static/")
 WHITENOISE_STATIC_PREFIX = "/static/"

+_REDIS_URL = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_REDIS", "redis://localhost:6379")
+
 # TODO: what is this used for?
 TEMPLATES = [
    {
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
    "default": {
        "BACKEND": "channels_redis.core.RedisChannelLayer",
        "CONFIG": {
-            "hosts": [os.getenv("PAPERLESS_REDIS", "redis://localhost:6379")],
+            "hosts": [_REDIS_URL],
            "capacity": 2000,  # default 100
            "expiry": 15,  # default 60
        },
@@ -456,24 +459,53 @@ TASK_WORKERS = __get_int("PAPERLESS_TASK_WORKERS", 1)

 WORKER_TIMEOUT: Final[int] = __get_int("PAPERLESS_WORKER_TIMEOUT", 1800)

-# Per django-q docs, timeout must be smaller than retry
-# We default retry to 10s more than the timeout to silence the
-# warning, as retry functionality isn't used.
-WORKER_RETRY: Final[int] = __get_int(
-    "PAPERLESS_WORKER_RETRY",
-    WORKER_TIMEOUT + 10,
-)
+CELERY_BROKER_URL = _REDIS_URL
+CELERY_TIMEZONE = TIME_ZONE

-Q_CLUSTER = {
-    "name": "paperless",
-    "guard_cycle": 5,
-    "catch_up": False,
-    "recycle": 1,
-    "retry": WORKER_RETRY,
-    "timeout": WORKER_TIMEOUT,
-    "workers": TASK_WORKERS,
-    "redis": os.getenv("PAPERLESS_REDIS", "redis://localhost:6379"),
-    "log_level": "DEBUG" if DEBUG else "INFO",
+CELERY_WORKER_HIJACK_ROOT_LOGGER = False
+CELERY_WORKER_CONCURRENCY = TASK_WORKERS
+CELERY_WORKER_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD = 1
+CELERY_WORKER_SEND_TASK_EVENTS = True
+
+CELERY_SEND_TASK_SENT_EVENT = True
+
+CELERY_TASK_TRACK_STARTED = True
+CELERY_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = WORKER_TIMEOUT
+
+CELERY_RESULT_EXTENDED = True
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "django-db"
+CELERY_CACHE_BACKEND = "default"
+
+CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE = {
+    # Every ten minutes
+    "Check all e-mail accounts": {
+        "task": "paperless_mail.tasks.process_mail_accounts",
+        "schedule": crontab(minute="*/10"),
+    },
+    # Hourly at 5 minutes past the hour
+    "Train the classifier": {
+        "task": "documents.tasks.train_classifier",
+        "schedule": crontab(minute="5", hour="*/1"),
+    },
+    # Daily at midnight
+    "Optimize the index": {
+        "task": "documents.tasks.index_optimize",
+        "schedule": crontab(minute=0, hour=0),
+    },
+    # Weekly, Sunday at 00:30
+    "Perform sanity check": {
+        "task": "documents.tasks.sanity_check",
+        "schedule": crontab(minute=30, hour=0, day_of_week="sun"),
+    },
+}
+CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE_FILENAME = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "celerybeat-schedule.db")
+
+# django setting.
+CACHES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": _REDIS_URL,
+    },
 }


--- a/src/paperless_mail/mail.py
+++ b/src/paperless_mail/mail.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import magic
 import pathvalidate
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import DatabaseError
-from django_q.tasks import async_task
 from documents.loggers import LoggingMixin
 from documents.models import Correspondent
 from documents.parsers import is_mime_type_supported
+from documents.tasks import consume_file
 from imap_tools import AND
 from imap_tools import MailBox
 from imap_tools import MailboxFolderSelectError
@@ -414,8 +414,7 @@ class MailAccountHandler(LoggingMixin):
                    f"{message.subject} from {message.from_}",
                )

-                async_task(
-                    "documents.tasks.consume_file",
+                consume_file.delay(
                    path=temp_filename,
                    override_filename=pathvalidate.sanitize_filename(
                        att.filename,
--- a/src/paperless_mail/migrations/0002_auto_20201117_1334.py
+++ b/src/paperless_mail/migrations/0002_auto_20201117_1334.py
@@ -2,28 +2,12 @@

 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db.migrations import RunPython
-from django_q.models import Schedule
-from django_q.tasks import schedule
-
-
-def add_schedules(apps, schema_editor):
-    schedule(
-        "paperless_mail.tasks.process_mail_accounts",
-        name="Check all e-mail accounts",
-        schedule_type=Schedule.MINUTES,
-        minutes=10,
-    )
-
-
-def remove_schedules(apps, schema_editor):
-    Schedule.objects.filter(func="paperless_mail.tasks.process_mail_accounts").delete()


 class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ("paperless_mail", "0001_initial"),
-        ("django_q", "0013_task_attempt_count"),
    ]

-    operations = [RunPython(add_schedules, remove_schedules)]
+    operations = [RunPython(migrations.RunPython.noop, migrations.RunPython.noop)]
--- a/src/paperless_mail/tasks.py
+++ b/src/paperless_mail/tasks.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import logging

+from celery import shared_task
 from paperless_mail.mail import MailAccountHandler
 from paperless_mail.mail import MailError
 from paperless_mail.models import MailAccount

-
 logger = logging.getLogger("paperless.mail.tasks")


+@shared_task
 def process_mail_accounts():
    total_new_documents = 0
    for account in MailAccount.objects.all():
@@ -20,11 +21,3 @@ def process_mail_accounts():
        return f"Added {total_new_documents} document(s)."
    else:
        return "No new documents were added."
-
-
-def process_mail_account(name):
-    try:
-        account = MailAccount.objects.get(name=name)
-        MailAccountHandler().handle_mail_account(account)
-    except MailAccount.DoesNotExist:
-        logger.error(f"Unknown mail acccount: {name}")
--- a/src/paperless_mail/tests/test_mail.py
+++ b/src/paperless_mail/tests/test_mail.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class TestMail(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
        m.return_value = self.bogus_mailbox
        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)

-        patcher = mock.patch("paperless_mail.mail.async_task")
+        patcher = mock.patch("paperless_mail.mail.consume_file.delay")
        self.async_task = patcher.start()
        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)

@@ -1032,20 +1032,3 @@ class TestTasks(TestCase):
        m.side_effect = lambda account: 0
        result = tasks.process_mail_accounts()
        self.assertIn("No new", result)
-
-    @mock.patch("paperless_mail.tasks.MailAccountHandler.handle_mail_account")
-    def test_single_accounts(self, m):
-        MailAccount.objects.create(
-            name="A",
-            imap_server="A",
-            username="A",
-            password="A",
-        )
-
-        tasks.process_mail_account("A")
-
-        m.assert_called_once()
-        m.reset_mock()
-
-        tasks.process_mail_account("B")
-        m.assert_not_called()