diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/process_instance_event.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/process_instance_event.py
index 9f3e0c49..29bb78dc 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/process_instance_event.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/process_instance_event.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class ProcessInstanceEventType(SpiffEnum):
     process_instance_rewound_to_task = "process_instance_rewound_to_task"
     process_instance_suspended = "process_instance_suspended"
     process_instance_terminated = "process_instance_terminated"
+    task_cancelled = "task_cancelled"
     task_completed = "task_completed"
     task_data_edited = "task_data_edited"
     task_executed_manually = "task_executed_manually"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
index 55497376..d8848d99 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.serializer.workflow import BpmnWorkflow  # type: ignore
 from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.serializer.workflow import BpmnWorkflowSerializer
 from SpiffWorkflow.exceptions import WorkflowException  # type: ignore
 from SpiffWorkflow.task import Task as SpiffTask  # type: ignore
-from SpiffWorkflow.task import TaskState
 from SpiffWorkflow.task import TaskStateNames
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.bpmn_process import BpmnProcessModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.bpmn_process import BpmnProcessNotFoundError
@@ -137,9 +136,6 @@ class TaskService:
         spiff_task: SpiffTask,
     ) -> None:
         for child_spiff_task in spiff_task.children:
-            if child_spiff_task._has_state(TaskState.PREDICTED_MASK):
-                self.__class__.remove_spiff_task_from_parent(child_spiff_task, self.task_models)
-                continue
             self.update_task_model_with_spiff_task(
                 spiff_task=child_spiff_task,
             )
@@ -209,8 +205,10 @@ class TaskService:
             task_model.end_in_seconds = start_and_end_times["end_in_seconds"]
 
         # let failed tasks raise and we will log the event then
-        if task_model.state == "COMPLETED":
+        if task_model.state in ["COMPLETED", "CANCELLED"]:
             event_type = ProcessInstanceEventType.task_completed.value
+            if task_model.state == "CANCELLED":
+                event_type = ProcessInstanceEventType.task_cancelled.value
             timestamp = task_model.end_in_seconds or task_model.start_in_seconds or time.time()
             (
                 process_instance_event,
@@ -262,15 +260,6 @@ class TaskService:
 
         new_properties_json = self.serializer.task_to_dict(spiff_task)
 
-        # Only save links to children that are definite - we don't currently store predicted
-        # children in the database.  They are filtered out in other places in the code, so we
-        # must remove references to them here.
-        modified_children = []
-        for child in spiff_task.children:
-            if not child._has_state(TaskState.PREDICTED_MASK):
-                modified_children.append(str(child.id))
-        new_properties_json["children"] = modified_children
-
         if new_properties_json["task_spec"] == "Start":
             new_properties_json["parent"] = None
         spiff_task_data = new_properties_json.pop("data")
@@ -441,9 +430,6 @@ class TaskService:
             # we are going to avoid saving likely and maybe tasks to the db.
             # that means we need to remove them from their parents' lists of children as well.
             spiff_task = spiff_workflow.get_task_from_id(UUID(task_id))
-            if spiff_task._has_state(TaskState.PREDICTED_MASK):
-                self.__class__.remove_spiff_task_from_parent(spiff_task, self.task_models)
-                continue
 
             task_model = TaskModel.query.filter_by(guid=task_id).first()
             if task_model is None:
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/workflow_execution_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/workflow_execution_service.py
index ab8c9c04..94493973 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/workflow_execution_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/workflow_execution_service.py
@@ -258,9 +258,6 @@ class TaskModelSavingDelegate(EngineStepDelegate):
             | TaskState.STARTED
             | TaskState.ERROR
         ):
-            # these will be removed from the parent and then ignored
-            if waiting_spiff_task._has_state(TaskState.PREDICTED_MASK):
-                continue
             self.task_service.update_task_model_with_spiff_task(waiting_spiff_task)
 
         self.task_service.save_objects_to_database()