diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index 5aabe5ac..fbf3f05d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -1280,6 +1280,7 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
         # by background processing. when that happens it can potentially overwrite
         # human tasks which is bad because we cache them with the previous id's.
         # waiting_tasks = bpmn_process_instance.get_tasks(TaskState.WAITING)
+        # waiting_tasks = bpmn_process_instance.get_waiting()
         # if len(waiting_tasks) > 0:
         #     return ProcessInstanceStatus.waiting
         if len(user_tasks) > 0:
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/TextareaWidget/TextareaWidget.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/TextareaWidget/TextareaWidget.tsx
index 082cc99d..adec640c 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/TextareaWidget/TextareaWidget.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/TextareaWidget/TextareaWidget.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ function TextareaWidget<
     labelToUse = `${labelToUse}*`;
   }
 
+  let helperText = null;
+  if (uiSchema && uiSchema['ui:help']) {
+    helperText = uiSchema['ui:help'];
+  }
+
   let invalid = false;
   let errorMessageForField = null;
   if (rawErrors && rawErrors.length > 0) {
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ function TextareaWidget<
       id={id}
       name={id}
       className="text-input"
+      helperText={helperText}
       value={value || ''}
       labelText=""
       placeholder={placeholder}