diff --git a/backend/ee/onyx/background/celery/apps/primary.py b/backend/ee/onyx/background/celery/apps/primary.py
index 79361efad4..4563ce49aa 100644
--- a/backend/ee/onyx/background/celery/apps/primary.py
+++ b/backend/ee/onyx/background/celery/apps/primary.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def perform_ttl_management_task(
 
 @celery_app.task(
     name="check_ttl_management_task",
+    ignore_result=True,
     soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT,
 )
 def check_ttl_management_task(*, tenant_id: str | None) -> None:
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ def check_ttl_management_task(*, tenant_id: str | None) -> None:
 
 @celery_app.task(
     name="autogenerate_usage_report_task",
+    ignore_result=True,
     soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT,
 )
 def autogenerate_usage_report_task(*, tenant_id: str | None) -> None:
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/connector_deletion/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/connector_deletion/tasks.py
index 6f54ce50fe..2b8b3f1607 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/connector_deletion/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/connector_deletion/tasks.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class TaskDependencyError(RuntimeError):
 
 @shared_task(
     name=OnyxCeleryTask.CHECK_FOR_CONNECTOR_DELETION,
+    ignore_result=True,
     soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT,
     trail=False,
     bind=True,
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/doc_permission_syncing/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/doc_permission_syncing/tasks.py
index 5db7a41917..6ca9530942 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/doc_permission_syncing/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/doc_permission_syncing/tasks.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ def _is_external_doc_permissions_sync_due(cc_pair: ConnectorCredentialPair) -> b
 
 @shared_task(
     name=OnyxCeleryTask.CHECK_FOR_DOC_PERMISSIONS_SYNC,
+    ignore_result=True,
     soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT,
     bind=True,
 )
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/external_group_syncing/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/external_group_syncing/tasks.py
index 5fed241c42..ce85441466 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/external_group_syncing/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/external_group_syncing/tasks.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ def _is_external_group_sync_due(cc_pair: ConnectorCredentialPair) -> bool:
 
 @shared_task(
     name=OnyxCeleryTask.CHECK_FOR_EXTERNAL_GROUP_SYNC,
+    ignore_result=True,
     soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT,
     bind=True,
 )
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/indexing/utils.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/indexing/utils.py
index 8651139146..e14e79b5ff 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/indexing/utils.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/indexing/utils.py
@@ -295,11 +295,13 @@ def validate_indexing_fences(
     r_celery: Redis,
     lock_beat: RedisLock,
 ) -> None:
+    """Validates all indexing fences for this tenant ... aka makes sure
+    indexing tasks sent to celery are still in flight.
+    """
     reserved_indexing_tasks = celery_get_unacked_task_ids(
         OnyxCeleryQueues.CONNECTOR_INDEXING, r_celery
     )
 
-    # validate all existing indexing jobs
     # Use replica for this because the worst thing that happens
     # is that we don't run the validation on this pass
     for key_bytes in r_replica.scan_iter(
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/llm_model_update/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/llm_model_update/tasks.py
index 7bd597661c..72eb22cfb8 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/llm_model_update/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/llm_model_update/tasks.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def _process_model_list_response(model_list_json: Any) -> list[str]:
 
 @shared_task(
     name=OnyxCeleryTask.CHECK_FOR_LLM_MODEL_UPDATE,
+    ignore_result=True,
     soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT,
     trail=False,
     bind=True,
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/monitoring/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/monitoring/tasks.py
index 64ac2e3985..80c29d3e25 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/monitoring/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/monitoring/tasks.py
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ def build_job_id(
 
 @shared_task(
     name=OnyxCeleryTask.MONITOR_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES,
+    ignore_result=True,
     soft_time_limit=_MONITORING_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT,
     time_limit=_MONITORING_TIME_LIMIT,
     queue=OnyxCeleryQueues.MONITORING,
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/pruning/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/pruning/tasks.py
index 122dfd580b..3003af1960 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/pruning/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/pruning/tasks.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ def _is_pruning_due(cc_pair: ConnectorCredentialPair) -> bool:
 
 @shared_task(
     name=OnyxCeleryTask.CHECK_FOR_PRUNING,
+    ignore_result=True,
     soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT,
     bind=True,
 )
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/shared/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/shared/tasks.py
index 46082492b8..214987fa86 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/shared/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/shared/tasks.py
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ def document_by_cc_pair_cleanup_task(
 
 @shared_task(
     name=OnyxCeleryTask.CLOUD_BEAT_TASK_GENERATOR,
+    ignore_result=True,
     trail=False,
     bind=True,
 )
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
index 58df78ee43..fa82d21fca 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ logger = setup_logger()
 # which bloats the result metadata considerably. trail=False prevents this.
 @shared_task(
     name=OnyxCeleryTask.CHECK_FOR_VESPA_SYNC_TASK,
+    ignore_result=True,
     soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT,
     trail=False,
     bind=True,
@@ -872,7 +873,12 @@ def monitor_ccpair_indexing_taskset(
     redis_connector_index.reset()
 
 
-@shared_task(name=OnyxCeleryTask.MONITOR_VESPA_SYNC, soft_time_limit=300, bind=True)
+@shared_task(
+    name=OnyxCeleryTask.MONITOR_VESPA_SYNC,
+    ignore_result=True,
+    soft_time_limit=300,
+    bind=True,
+)
 def monitor_vespa_sync(self: Task, tenant_id: str | None) -> bool | None:
     """This is a celery beat task that monitors and finalizes various long running tasks.