diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
index 6af522772..942185d1f 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
@@ -273,6 +273,31 @@ paths:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/OkTrue"
 
+  /debug/celery-backend-results/{process_instance_id}:
+    parameters:
+      - name: process_instance_id
+        in: path
+        required: true
+        schema:
+          type: integer
+      - name: include_all_failures
+        in: query
+        required: false
+        schema:
+          type: boolean
+    get:
+      operationId: spiffworkflow_backend.routes.debug_controller.celery_backend_results
+      summary: Returns the results from the celery backend for a process instance
+      tags:
+        - Status
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Returns results.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/OkTrue"
+
   /onboarding:
     get:
       operationId: spiffworkflow_backend.routes.onboarding_controller.get_onboarding
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/background_processing/celery_tasks/process_instance_task.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/background_processing/celery_tasks/process_instance_task.py
index f080eb0ac..3484790d9 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/background_processing/celery_tasks/process_instance_task.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/background_processing/celery_tasks/process_instance_task.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ten_minutes = 60 * 10
 
 
 @shared_task(ignore_result=False, time_limit=ten_minutes)
-def celery_task_process_instance_run(process_instance_id: int, task_guid: str | None = None) -> None:
+def celery_task_process_instance_run(process_instance_id: int, task_guid: str | None = None) -> dict:
     proc_index = current_process().index
     ProcessInstanceLockService.set_thread_local_locking_context("celery:worker", additional_processing_identifier=proc_index)
     process_instance = ProcessInstanceModel.query.filter_by(id=process_instance_id).first()
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ def celery_task_process_instance_run(process_instance_id: int, task_guid: str |
                     db.session.commit()
         if task_runnability == TaskRunnability.has_ready_tasks:
             queue_process_instance_if_appropriate(process_instance)
+        return {"ok": True, "process_instance_id": process_instance_id, "task_guid": task_guid}
     except ProcessInstanceIsAlreadyLockedError as exception:
         current_app.logger.info(
             f"Could not run process instance with worker: {current_app.config['PROCESS_UUID']} - {proc_index}. Error was:"
             f" {str(exception)}"
         )
+        return {"ok": False, "process_instance_id": process_instance_id, "task_guid": task_guid, "exception": str(exception)}
     except Exception as e:
         db.session.rollback()  # in case the above left the database with a bad transaction
         error_message = (
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/debug_controller.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/debug_controller.py
index 0df120b63..c5e48e59c 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/debug_controller.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/debug_controller.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-"""APIs for dealing with process groups, process models, and process instances."""
+import json
+
+import redis
+from flask import current_app
+from flask import jsonify
 from flask import make_response
 from flask import request
 from flask.wrappers import Response
 
+from spiffworkflow_backend.exceptions.api_error import ApiError
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.authentication_service import AuthenticationService
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.monitoring_service import get_version_info_data
 
@@ -17,3 +22,33 @@ def version_info() -> Response:
 
 def url_info() -> Response:
     return make_response({"url": request.url, "cache": AuthenticationService.ENDPOINT_CACHE}, 200)
+
+
+def celery_backend_results(
+    process_instance_id: int,
+    include_all_failures: bool = True,
+) -> Response:
+    redis_client = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND"])
+    results: list = redis_client.keys("celery-task-meta-*")  # type: ignore
+    if len(results) > 1000:
+        raise ApiError(
+            error_code="too_many_entries",
+            message=f"There are too many redis entries. You probably shouldn't use this api method. count {len(results)}",
+            status_code=400,
+        )
+
+    result_values = redis_client.mget(results)  # type: ignore
+
+    return_body = []
+    for value in result_values:
+        if value is None:
+            continue
+        value_dict = json.loads(value.decode("utf-8"))
+        if (
+            value_dict["result"]
+            and "process_instance_id" in value_dict["result"]
+            and value_dict["result"]["process_instance_id"] == process_instance_id
+        ) or (value_dict["status"] == "FAILURE" and include_all_failures is True):
+            return_body.append(value_dict)
+
+    return make_response(jsonify(return_body), 200)