diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/human_task.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/human_task.py
index bca4cb81e..e66dd59b0 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/human_task.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/human_task.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class HumanTaskModel(SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel):
 
     # task_id came first which is why it's a string and task_model_id is the int and foreignkey
     task_model_id: int = db.Column(ForeignKey(TaskModel.id), nullable=True, index=True)  # type: ignore
+    task_model = relationship(TaskModel)
     task_id: str = db.Column(db.String(50))
     task_name: str = db.Column(db.String(255))
     task_title: str = db.Column(db.String(50))
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/task.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/task.py
index 175730591..9fb8d6ffa 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/task.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/task.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import enum
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Union
 
 import marshmallow
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.models.db import SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.json_data import JsonDataModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task_definition import TaskDefinitionModel
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from spiffworkflow_backend.models.human_task_user import (  # noqa: F401
+        HumanTaskModel,
+    )
+
 
 class TaskNotFoundError(Exception):
     pass
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ class TaskModel(SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel):
     guid: str = db.Column(db.String(36), nullable=False, unique=True)
     bpmn_process_id: int = db.Column(ForeignKey(BpmnProcessModel.id), nullable=False, index=True)  # type: ignore
     bpmn_process = relationship(BpmnProcessModel, back_populates="tasks")
+    human_tasks = relationship("HumanTaskModel", back_populates="task_model", cascade="delete")
     process_instance_id: int = db.Column(ForeignKey("process_instance.id"), nullable=False, index=True)
 
     # find this by looking up the "workflow_name" and "task_spec" from the properties_json
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_process_instance_processor.py
index 2268e0e50..cfdbabd8b 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_process_instance_processor.py
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ class TestProcessInstanceProcessor(BaseTest):
         ProcessInstanceService.complete_form_task(processor, spiff_manual_task, {}, initiator_user, human_task_one)
         assert process_instance.status == "complete"
 
+    # this test has been failing intermittently for some time on windows, perhaps ever since it was first added
     def test_properly_resets_process_to_given_task_with_call_activity(
         self,
         app: Flask,
@@ -350,12 +351,14 @@ class TestProcessInstanceProcessor(BaseTest):
         ProcessInstanceService.complete_form_task(processor, spiff_manual_task, {}, initiator_user, human_task_one)
 
         processor.suspend()
-        task_model_to_reset_to = (
+        all_task_models_matching_top_level_subprocess_script = (
             TaskModel.query.join(TaskDefinitionModel)
             .filter(TaskDefinitionModel.bpmn_identifier == "top_level_subprocess_script")
             .order_by(TaskModel.id.desc())  # type: ignore
-            .first()
+            .all()
         )
+        assert len(all_task_models_matching_top_level_subprocess_script) == 1
+        task_model_to_reset_to = all_task_models_matching_top_level_subprocess_script[0]
         assert task_model_to_reset_to is not None
         ProcessInstanceProcessor.reset_process(process_instance, task_model_to_reset_to.guid)
 
@@ -364,7 +367,7 @@ class TestProcessInstanceProcessor(BaseTest):
         process_instance = ProcessInstanceModel.query.filter_by(id=process_instance.id).first()
         processor = ProcessInstanceProcessor(process_instance)
 
-        # make sure we reset to the task we expected
+        # make sure we did actually reset to the task we expected
         ready_or_waiting_tasks = processor.get_all_ready_or_waiting_tasks()
         top_level_subprocess_script_spiff_task = next(
             task for task in ready_or_waiting_tasks if task.task_spec.name == "top_level_subprocess_script"
@@ -373,7 +376,11 @@ class TestProcessInstanceProcessor(BaseTest):
         processor.resume()
         processor.do_engine_steps(save=True, execution_strategy_name="greedy")
 
+        # reload again, just in case, since the assertion where it says there should be 1 active_human_task
+        # is failing intermittently on windows, so just debugging.
+        process_instance = ProcessInstanceModel.query.filter_by(id=process_instance.id).first()
         assert len(process_instance.active_human_tasks) == 1
+
         human_task_one = process_instance.active_human_tasks[0]
         spiff_manual_task = processor.bpmn_process_instance.get_task_from_id(UUID(human_task_one.task_id))
         ProcessInstanceService.complete_form_task(processor, spiff_manual_task, {}, initiator_user, human_task_one)