diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3a31b8b6..f4106281 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ services:
       GROK_ENABLED: "${GROK_ENABLED:-false}"
       XAI_API_KEY: "${XAI_API_KEY:-}"
       GROK_DEFAULT_MODEL: "${GROK_DEFAULT_MODEL:-grok-3-fast}"
+      # Celery/Redis — background task queue
+      REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379/0"
       # Taskosaur API — dashboard can reach it on the internal network
       TASKOSAUR_API_URL: "http://taskosaur:3000/api"
     extra_hosts:
@@ -131,6 +133,30 @@ services:
       retries: 5
       start_period: 5s
 
+  # ── Celery Worker — background task processing ──────────────────────────
+  celery-worker:
+    build: .
+    image: timmy-time:latest
+    container_name: timmy-celery-worker
+    user: "0:0"
+    command: ["celery", "-A", "infrastructure.celery.app", "worker", "--loglevel=info", "--concurrency=2"]
+    volumes:
+      - timmy-data:/app/data
+      - ./src:/app/src
+    environment:
+      REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379/0"
+      OLLAMA_URL: "${OLLAMA_URL:-http://host.docker.internal:11434}"
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    depends_on:
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    networks:
+      - timmy-net
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    profiles:
+      - celery
+
   # ── OpenFang — vendored agent runtime sidecar ────────────────────────────
   openfang:
     build:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 78d7ec2c..d5f2fc40 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -391,6 +391,22 @@ torch = "*"
 tqdm = "*"
 transformers = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "amqp"
+version = "5.3.1"
+description = "Low-level AMQP client for Python (fork of amqplib)."
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "amqp-5.3.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:43b3319e1b4e7d1251833a93d672b4af1e40f3d632d479b98661a95f117880a2"},
+    {file = "amqp-5.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cddc00c725449522023bad949f70fff7b48f0b1ade74d170a6f10ab044739432"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+vine = ">=5.0.0,<6.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-doc"
 version = "0.0.4"
@@ -520,6 +536,77 @@ files = [
     {file = "audioop_lts-0.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:64d0c62d88e67b98a1a5e71987b7aa7b5bcffc7dcee65b635823dbdd0a8dbbd0"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "billiard"
+version = "4.2.4"
+description = "Python multiprocessing fork with improvements and bugfixes"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "billiard-4.2.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:525b42bdec68d2b983347ac312f892db930858495db601b5836ac24e6477cde5"},
+    {file = "billiard-4.2.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:55f542c371209e03cd5862299b74e52e4fbcba8250ba611ad94276b369b6a85f"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "celery"
+version = "5.3.1"
+description = "Distributed Task Queue."
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "celery-5.3.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:27f8f3f3b58de6e0ab4f174791383bbd7445aff0471a43e99cfd77727940753f"},
+    {file = "celery-5.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f84d1c21a1520c116c2b7d26593926581191435a03aa74b77c941b93ca1c6210"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+billiard = ">=4.1.0,<5.0"
+click = ">=8.1.2,<9.0"
+click-didyoumean = ">=0.3.0"
+click-plugins = ">=1.1.1"
+click-repl = ">=0.2.0"
+kombu = ">=5.3.1,<6.0"
+python-dateutil = ">=2.8.2"
+redis = {version = ">=4.5.2,<4.5.5 || >4.5.5", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"redis\""}
+tzdata = ">=2022.7"
+vine = ">=5.0.0,<6.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+arangodb = ["pyArango (>=2.0.1)"]
+auth = ["cryptography (==41.0.1)"]
+azureblockblob = ["azure-storage-blob (>=12.15.0)"]
+brotli = ["brotli (>=1.0.0) ; platform_python_implementation == \"CPython\"", "brotlipy (>=0.7.0) ; platform_python_implementation == \"PyPy\""]
+cassandra = ["cassandra-driver (>=3.25.0,<4)"]
+consul = ["python-consul2 (==0.1.5)"]
+cosmosdbsql = ["pydocumentdb (==2.3.5)"]
+couchbase = ["couchbase (>=3.0.0) ; platform_python_implementation != \"PyPy\" and (platform_system != \"Windows\" or python_version < \"3.10\")"]
+couchdb = ["pycouchdb (==1.14.2)"]
+django = ["Django (>=2.2.28)"]
+dynamodb = ["boto3 (>=1.26.143)"]
+elasticsearch = ["elasticsearch (<8.0)"]
+eventlet = ["eventlet (>=0.32.0) ; python_version < \"3.10\""]
+gevent = ["gevent (>=1.5.0)"]
+librabbitmq = ["librabbitmq (>=2.0.0) ; python_version < \"3.11\""]
+memcache = ["pylibmc (==1.6.3) ; platform_system != \"Windows\""]
+mongodb = ["pymongo[srv] (>=4.0.2)"]
+msgpack = ["msgpack (==1.0.5)"]
+pymemcache = ["python-memcached (==1.59)"]
+pyro = ["pyro4 (==4.82) ; python_version < \"3.11\""]
+pytest = ["pytest-celery (==0.0.0)"]
+redis = ["redis (>=4.5.2,!=4.5.5)"]
+s3 = ["boto3 (>=1.26.143)"]
+slmq = ["softlayer-messaging (>=1.0.3)"]
+solar = ["ephem (==4.1.4) ; platform_python_implementation != \"PyPy\""]
+sqlalchemy = ["sqlalchemy (>=1.4.48,<2.1)"]
+sqs = ["boto3 (>=1.26.143)", "kombu[sqs] (>=5.3.0)", "pycurl (>=7.43.0.5) ; sys_platform != \"win32\" and platform_python_implementation == \"CPython\"", "urllib3 (>=1.26.16)"]
+tblib = ["tblib (>=1.3.0) ; python_version < \"3.8.0\"", "tblib (>=1.5.0) ; python_version >= \"3.8.0\""]
+yaml = ["PyYAML (>=3.10)"]
+zookeeper = ["kazoo (>=1.3.1)"]
+zstd = ["zstandard (==0.21.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "certifi"
 version = "2026.2.25"
@@ -768,6 +855,61 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
 
+[[package]]
+name = "click-didyoumean"
+version = "0.3.1"
+description = "Enables git-like *did-you-mean* feature in click"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.6.2"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "click_didyoumean-0.3.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5c4bb6007cfea5f2fd6583a2fb6701a22a41eb98957e63d0fac41c10e7c3117c"},
+    {file = "click_didyoumean-0.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4f82fdff0dbe64ef8ab2279bd6aa3f6a99c3b28c05aa09cbfc07c9d7fbb5a463"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = ">=7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "click-plugins"
+version = "1.1.1.2"
+description = "An extension module for click to enable registering CLI commands via setuptools entry-points."
+optional = true
+python-versions = "*"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "click_plugins-1.1.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:008d65743833ffc1f5417bf0e78e8d2c23aab04d9745ba817bd3e71b0feb6aa6"},
+    {file = "click_plugins-1.1.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d7af3984a99d243c131aa1a828331e7630f4a88a9741fd05c927b204bcf92261"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = ">=4.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["coveralls", "pytest (>=3.6)", "pytest-cov", "wheel"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "click-repl"
+version = "0.3.0"
+description = "REPL plugin for Click"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "click-repl-0.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:17849c23dba3d667247dc4defe1757fff98694e90fe37474f3feebb69ced26a9"},
+    {file = "click_repl-0.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fb7e06deb8da8de86180a33a9da97ac316751c094c6899382da7feeeeb51b812"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = ">=7.0"
+prompt-toolkit = ">=3.0.36"
+
+[package.extras]
+testing = ["pytest (>=7.2.1)", "pytest-cov (>=4.0.0)", "tox (>=4.4.3)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorama"
 version = "0.4.6"
@@ -1762,6 +1904,43 @@ files = [
     {file = "joblib-1.5.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8561a3269e6801106863fd0d6d84bb737be9e7631e33aaed3fb9ce5953688da3"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kombu"
+version = "5.6.2"
+description = "Messaging library for Python."
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "kombu-5.6.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:efcfc559da324d41d61ca311b0c64965ea35b4c55cc04ee36e55386145dace93"},
+    {file = "kombu-5.6.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8060497058066c6f5aed7c26d7cd0d3b574990b09de842a8c5aaed0b92cc5a55"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+amqp = ">=5.1.1,<6.0.0"
+packaging = "*"
+tzdata = ">=2025.2"
+vine = "5.1.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+azureservicebus = ["azure-servicebus (>=7.10.0)"]
+azurestoragequeues = ["azure-identity (>=1.12.0)", "azure-storage-queue (>=12.6.0)"]
+confluentkafka = ["confluent-kafka (>=2.2.0)"]
+consul = ["python-consul2 (==0.1.5)"]
+gcpubsub = ["google-cloud-monitoring (>=2.16.0)", "google-cloud-pubsub (>=2.18.4)", "grpcio (==1.75.1)", "protobuf (==6.32.1)"]
+librabbitmq = ["librabbitmq (>=2.0.0) ; python_version < \"3.11\""]
+mongodb = ["pymongo (==4.15.3)"]
+msgpack = ["msgpack (==1.1.2)"]
+pyro = ["pyro4 (==4.82)"]
+qpid = ["qpid-python (==1.36.0.post1)", "qpid-tools (==1.36.0.post1)"]
+redis = ["redis (>=4.5.2,!=4.5.5,!=5.0.2,<6.5)"]
+slmq = ["softlayer_messaging (>=1.0.3)"]
+sqlalchemy = ["sqlalchemy (>=1.4.48,<2.1)"]
+sqs = ["boto3 (>=1.26.143)", "pycurl (>=7.43.0.5) ; sys_platform != \"win32\" and platform_python_implementation == \"CPython\"", "urllib3 (>=1.26.16)"]
+yaml = ["PyYAML (>=3.10)"]
+zookeeper = ["kazoo (>=2.8.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "markdown-it-py"
 version = "4.0.0"
@@ -2694,6 +2873,22 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 tqdm = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prompt-toolkit"
+version = "3.0.52"
+description = "Library for building powerful interactive command lines in Python"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "prompt_toolkit-3.0.52-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9aac639a3bbd33284347de5ad8d68ecc044b91a762dc39b7c21095fcd6a19955"},
+    {file = "prompt_toolkit-3.0.52.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:28cde192929c8e7321de85de1ddbe736f1375148b02f2e17edd840042b1be855"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+wcwidth = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "propcache"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -6771,6 +6966,22 @@ psutil = ["psutil (>=3.0)"]
 setproctitle = ["setproctitle"]
 testing = ["filelock"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-dateutil"
+version = "2.9.0.post0"
+description = "Extensions to the standard Python datetime module"
+optional = true
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,>=2.7"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "python-dateutil-2.9.0.post0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:37dd54208da7e1cd875388217d5e00ebd4179249f90fb72437e91a35459a0ad3"},
+    {file = "python_dateutil-2.9.0.post0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a8b2bc7bffae282281c8140a97d3aa9c14da0b136dfe83f850eea9a5f7470427"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+six = ">=1.5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dotenv"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -7420,6 +7631,19 @@ files = [
     {file = "shellingham-1.5.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8dbca0739d487e5bd35ab3ca4b36e11c4078f3a234bfce294b0a0291363404de"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "six"
+version = "1.17.0"
+description = "Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities"
+optional = true
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,>=2.7"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "six-1.17.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4721f391ed90541fddacab5acf947aa0d3dc7d27b2e1e8eda2be8970586c3274"},
+    {file = "six-1.17.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ff70335d468e7eb6ec65b95b99d3a2836546063f63acc5171de367e834932a81"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smmap"
 version = "5.0.2"
@@ -7912,6 +8136,19 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 typing-extensions = ">=4.12.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tzdata"
+version = "2025.3"
+description = "Provider of IANA time zone data"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=2"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "tzdata-2025.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:06a47e5700f3081aab02b2e513160914ff0694bce9947d6b76ebd6bf57cfc5d1"},
+    {file = "tzdata-2025.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:de39c2ca5dc7b0344f2eba86f49d614019d29f060fc4ebc8a417896a620b56a7"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "urllib3"
 version = "2.6.3"
@@ -8024,6 +8261,19 @@ dev = ["Cython (>=3.0,<4.0)", "setuptools (>=60)"]
 docs = ["Sphinx (>=4.1.2,<4.2.0)", "sphinx_rtd_theme (>=0.5.2,<0.6.0)", "sphinxcontrib-asyncio (>=0.3.0,<0.4.0)"]
 test = ["aiohttp (>=3.10.5)", "flake8 (>=6.1,<7.0)", "mypy (>=0.800)", "psutil", "pyOpenSSL (>=25.3.0,<25.4.0)", "pycodestyle (>=2.11.0,<2.12.0)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vine"
+version = "5.1.0"
+description = "Python promises."
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "vine-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:40fdf3c48b2cfe1c38a49e9ae2da6fda88e4794c810050a728bd7413811fb1dc"},
+    {file = "vine-5.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8b62e981d35c41049211cf62a0a1242d8c1ee9bd15bb196ce38aefd6799e61e0"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "watchfiles"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -8146,6 +8396,19 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 anyio = ">=3.0.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wcwidth"
+version = "0.6.0"
+description = "Measures the displayed width of unicode strings in a terminal"
+optional = true
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["main"]
+markers = "extra == \"celery\""
+files = [
+    {file = "wcwidth-0.6.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1a3a1e510b553315f8e146c54764f4fb6264ffad731b3d78088cdb1478ffbdad"},
+    {file = "wcwidth-0.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cdc4e4262d6ef9a1a57e018384cbeb1208d8abbc64176027e2c2455c81313159"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "websocket-client"
 version = "1.9.0"
@@ -8399,6 +8662,7 @@ propcache = ">=0.2.1"
 
 [extras]
 bigbrain = ["airllm"]
+celery = ["celery"]
 dev = ["pytest", "pytest-asyncio", "pytest-cov", "pytest-randomly", "pytest-timeout", "pytest-xdist", "selenium"]
 discord = ["discord.py"]
 telegram = ["python-telegram-bot"]
@@ -8407,4 +8671,4 @@ voice = ["pyttsx3"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.11,<4"
-content-hash = "c4a7adbe5b16d5ea5b0d8425ca9373dfa8b20f0bc1b3a9ad90581e0a005e7acd"
+content-hash = "337367c3d31512dfd2600ed1994b4c42a8c961d4eea2ced02a5492dbddd70faf"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ebb3c75a..176909d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ sentence-transformers = ">=2.0.0"  # Local embeddings for brain
 numpy = ">=1.24.0"
 # Optional extras
 redis = { version = ">=5.0.0", optional = true }
+celery = { version = ">=5.3.0", extras = ["redis"], optional = true }
 python-telegram-bot = { version = ">=21.0", optional = true }
 "discord.py" = { version = ">=2.3.0", optional = true }
 airllm = { version = ">=2.9.0", optional = true }
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ telegram = ["python-telegram-bot"]
 discord = ["discord.py"]
 bigbrain = ["airllm"]
 voice = ["pyttsx3"]
+celery = ["celery"]
 dev = ["pytest", "pytest-asyncio", "pytest-cov", "pytest-timeout", "pytest-randomly", "pytest-xdist", "selenium"]
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 40bd0772..573edd8e 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # Discord bot token — set via DISCORD_TOKEN env var or the /discord/setup endpoint
     discord_token: str = ""
 
+    # ── Celery / Redis ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    redis_url: str = "redis://localhost:6379/0"
+    celery_enabled: bool = True
+
     # ── AirLLM / backend selection ───────────────────────────────────────────
     # "ollama"  — always use Ollama (default, safe everywhere)
     # "airllm"  — always use AirLLM (requires pip install ".[bigbrain]")
diff --git a/src/dashboard/app.py b/src/dashboard/app.py
index 48999733..6fd6894b 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/app.py
+++ b/src/dashboard/app.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from dashboard.routes.thinking import router as thinking_router
 from dashboard.routes.calm import router as calm_router
 from dashboard.routes.swarm import router as swarm_router
 from dashboard.routes.system import router as system_router
+from dashboard.routes.tasks_celery import router as celery_router
 from infrastructure.router.api import router as cascade_router
 
 # Import dedicated middleware
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ app.include_router(thinking_router)
 app.include_router(calm_router)
 app.include_router(swarm_router)
 app.include_router(system_router)
+app.include_router(celery_router)
 app.include_router(cascade_router)
 
 
diff --git a/src/dashboard/routes/tasks_celery.py b/src/dashboard/routes/tasks_celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2b6c390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dashboard/routes/tasks_celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+"""Celery task queue routes — view and manage background tasks.
+
+GET  /celery              — render the Celery task queue page
+GET  /celery/api          — JSON list of tasks
+POST /celery/api          — submit a new background task
+GET  /celery/api/{id}     — get status of a specific task
+POST /celery/api/{id}/revoke — cancel a running task
+"""
+
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Request
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse
+from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/celery", tags=["celery"])
+templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=str(Path(__file__).parent.parent / "templates"))
+
+# In-memory record of submitted task IDs for the dashboard display.
+# In production this would use the Celery result backend directly,
+# but this lightweight list keeps the UI functional without Redis.
+_submitted_tasks: list[dict] = []
+_MAX_TASK_HISTORY = 100
+
+
+@router.get("", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+async def tasks_page(request: Request):
+    """Render the Celery task queue page."""
+    from infrastructure.celery.app import celery_app
+
+    celery_available = celery_app is not None
+    tasks = _get_tasks_with_status()
+    return templates.TemplateResponse(
+        request,
+        "celery_tasks.html",
+        {"tasks": tasks, "celery_available": celery_available},
+    )
+
+
+@router.get("/api", response_class=JSONResponse)
+async def tasks_api():
+    """Return task list as JSON with current status."""
+    return _get_tasks_with_status()
+
+
+@router.post("/api", response_class=JSONResponse)
+async def submit_task_api(request: Request):
+    """Submit a new background task.
+
+    Body: {"prompt": "...", "agent_id": "timmy"}
+    """
+    from infrastructure.celery.client import submit_chat_task
+
+    try:
+        body = await request.json()
+    except Exception:
+        return JSONResponse({"error": "Invalid JSON body"}, status_code=400)
+
+    prompt = body.get("prompt", "").strip()
+    if not prompt:
+        return JSONResponse({"error": "prompt is required"}, status_code=400)
+
+    agent_id = body.get("agent_id", "timmy")
+    task_id = submit_chat_task(prompt=prompt, agent_id=agent_id)
+
+    if task_id is None:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": "Celery is not available. Start Redis and a Celery worker."},
+            status_code=503,
+        )
+
+    task_record = {
+        "task_id": task_id,
+        "prompt": prompt[:200],
+        "agent_id": agent_id,
+        "state": "PENDING",
+    }
+    _submitted_tasks.append(task_record)
+    if len(_submitted_tasks) > _MAX_TASK_HISTORY:
+        _submitted_tasks.pop(0)
+
+    return JSONResponse(task_record, status_code=202)
+
+
+@router.get("/api/{task_id}", response_class=JSONResponse)
+async def task_status_api(task_id: str):
+    """Get status of a specific task."""
+    from infrastructure.celery.client import get_task_status
+
+    status = get_task_status(task_id)
+    if status is None:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": "Celery is not available or task not found"},
+            status_code=503,
+        )
+    return status
+
+
+@router.post("/api/{task_id}/revoke", response_class=JSONResponse)
+async def revoke_task_api(task_id: str):
+    """Cancel a pending or running task."""
+    from infrastructure.celery.client import revoke_task
+
+    success = revoke_task(task_id)
+    if not success:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": "Failed to revoke task (Celery unavailable)"},
+            status_code=503,
+        )
+    return {"task_id": task_id, "status": "revoked"}
+
+
+def _get_tasks_with_status() -> list[dict]:
+    """Enrich submitted tasks with current Celery status."""
+    from infrastructure.celery.client import get_task_status
+
+    enriched = []
+    for record in reversed(_submitted_tasks):
+        status = get_task_status(record["task_id"])
+        if status:
+            record_copy = {**record, **status}
+        else:
+            record_copy = {**record, "state": "UNKNOWN"}
+        enriched.append(record_copy)
+    return enriched
diff --git a/src/dashboard/templates/celery_tasks.html b/src/dashboard/templates/celery_tasks.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb1f563e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dashboard/templates/celery_tasks.html
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}Timmy Time — Background Tasks{% endblock %}
+
+{% block extra_styles %}
+<style>
+.celery-container { max-width: 720px; }
+
+.celery-header {
+  border-left: 3px solid var(--green);
+  padding-left: 1rem;
+}
+.celery-title {
+  font-size: 1.6rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--green);
+  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+  font-family: var(--font);
+}
+.celery-subtitle {
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  color: var(--text-dim);
+  margin-top: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.celery-card {
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+  padding: 1rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
+  background: rgba(24, 10, 45, 0.5);
+  transition: border-color 0.2s;
+}
+.celery-card:hover {
+  border-color: var(--green);
+}
+
+.celery-prompt {
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  color: var(--text-bright);
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  word-break: break-word;
+  line-height: 1.55;
+}
+
+.celery-meta {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+
+.celery-id {
+  font-size: 0.72rem;
+  color: var(--text-dim);
+  font-family: var(--font);
+}
+
+.cstate-badge {
+  font-size: 0.68rem;
+  padding: 0.15em 0.5em;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
+}
+.cstate-PENDING  { background: rgba(255, 193, 7, 0.15); color: var(--amber); }
+.cstate-STARTED  { background: rgba(56, 189, 248, 0.15); color: #38bdf8; }
+.cstate-SUCCESS  { background: rgba(0, 232, 122, 0.15); color: var(--green); }
+.cstate-FAILURE  { background: rgba(239, 68, 68, 0.2); color: #f87171; }
+.cstate-REVOKED  { background: rgba(148, 163, 184, 0.15); color: #94a3b8; }
+.cstate-UNKNOWN  { background: rgba(148, 163, 184, 0.1); color: #64748b; }
+
+.celery-result {
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  color: var(--text-dim);
+  margin-top: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 0.5rem;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  max-height: 150px;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  word-break: break-word;
+}
+
+.celery-submit-form {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
+}
+.celery-submit-form input {
+  flex: 1;
+  padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+  background: rgba(24, 10, 45, 0.6);
+  color: var(--text-bright);
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  font-family: var(--font);
+}
+.celery-submit-form input::placeholder { color: var(--text-dim); }
+.celery-submit-form button {
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--green);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+  background: rgba(0, 232, 122, 0.1);
+  color: var(--green);
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.celery-submit-form button:hover { background: rgba(0, 232, 122, 0.2); }
+
+.celery-empty {
+  text-align: center;
+  color: var(--text-dim);
+  padding: 3rem 0;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+}
+.celery-offline {
+  color: var(--amber);
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  padding: 0.5rem;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 193, 7, 0.3);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 576px) {
+  .celery-title { font-size: 1.3rem; }
+  .celery-submit-form { flex-direction: column; }
+}
+</style>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<div class="container celery-container py-4">
+
+  <div class="celery-header mb-4">
+    <div class="celery-title">Background Tasks</div>
+    <div class="celery-subtitle">
+      Tasks processed by Celery workers &mdash; submit work for Timmy to handle in the background.
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+  {% if not celery_available %}
+  <div class="celery-offline">
+    Celery is offline. Start Redis and a Celery worker to enable background tasks.
+  </div>
+  {% endif %}
+
+  <!-- Submit form -->
+  <form class="celery-submit-form" id="celery-form" onsubmit="return submitCeleryTask(event)">
+    <input type="text" id="celery-prompt"
+           placeholder="Describe a task for Timmy to work on in the background..." autocomplete="off">
+    <button type="submit">Submit Task</button>
+  </form>
+
+  <div class="card mc-panel">
+    <div class="card-header mc-panel-header d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center">
+      <span>// BACKGROUND TASKS</span>
+      <span class="badge" style="background:rgba(0,232,122,0.15); color:var(--green);" id="celery-count">{{ tasks | length }} tasks</span>
+    </div>
+    <div class="card-body p-3" id="celery-task-list"
+         hx-get="/celery/api"
+         hx-trigger="every 3s"
+         hx-swap="innerHTML">
+
+      {% if tasks %}
+        {% for task in tasks %}
+        <div class="celery-card">
+          <div class="celery-meta">
+            <span class="cstate-badge cstate-{{ task.state | default('UNKNOWN') }}">{{ task.state | default('UNKNOWN') }}</span>
+            <span class="celery-id">{{ task.task_id[:12] }}...</span>
+            <span class="celery-id">{{ task.agent_id | default('timmy') }}</span>
+          </div>
+          <div class="celery-prompt">{{ task.prompt | default('') | e }}</div>
+          {% if task.result %}
+          <div class="celery-result">{{ task.result | string | truncate(500) | e }}</div>
+          {% endif %}
+          {% if task.error %}
+          <div class="celery-result" style="color: #f87171;">{{ task.error | e }}</div>
+          {% endif %}
+        </div>
+        {% endfor %}
+      {% else %}
+        <div class="celery-empty">
+          No background tasks yet. Submit one above or ask Timmy to work on something.
+        </div>
+      {% endif %}
+
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+</div>
+
+<script>
+function submitCeleryTask(e) {
+  e.preventDefault();
+  var input = document.getElementById('celery-prompt');
+  var prompt = input.value.trim();
+  if (!prompt) return false;
+
+  fetch('/celery/api', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
+    body: JSON.stringify({prompt: prompt})
+  }).then(function(r) { return r.json(); }).then(function() {
+    input.value = '';
+    htmx.trigger('#celery-task-list', 'htmx:load');
+  }).catch(function(err) {
+    console.error('Failed to submit task:', err);
+  });
+  return false;
+}
+</script>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/celery/__init__.py b/src/infrastructure/celery/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbc61c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/infrastructure/celery/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""Celery task queue integration — optional background task processing.
+
+Gracefully degrades when Redis or Celery are unavailable.
+"""
+
+from infrastructure.celery.app import celery_app
+from infrastructure.celery.client import (
+    get_active_tasks,
+    get_task_status,
+    revoke_task,
+    submit_chat_task,
+    submit_tool_task,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "celery_app",
+    "get_active_tasks",
+    "get_task_status",
+    "revoke_task",
+    "submit_chat_task",
+    "submit_tool_task",
+]
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/celery/app.py b/src/infrastructure/celery/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05898eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/infrastructure/celery/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"""Celery application factory with graceful degradation.
+
+When Redis is unavailable or Celery is not installed, ``celery_app`` is set
+to ``None`` and all task submissions become safe no-ops.
+"""
+
+import logging
+import os
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+celery_app = None
+
+_TEST_MODE = os.environ.get("TIMMY_TEST_MODE") == "1"
+
+if not _TEST_MODE:
+    try:
+        from celery import Celery
+        from config import settings
+
+        if not settings.celery_enabled:
+            logger.info("Celery disabled via settings (celery_enabled=False)")
+        else:
+            celery_app = Celery("timmy")
+            celery_app.conf.update(
+                broker_url=settings.redis_url,
+                result_backend=settings.redis_url,
+                task_serializer="json",
+                result_serializer="json",
+                accept_content=["json"],
+                result_expires=3600,
+                task_track_started=True,
+                worker_hijack_root_logger=False,
+            )
+            # Autodiscover tasks in the celery package
+            celery_app.autodiscover_tasks(["infrastructure.celery"])
+            logger.info("Celery app configured (broker=%s)", settings.redis_url)
+    except ImportError:
+        logger.info("Celery not installed — background tasks disabled")
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("Celery setup failed (Redis down?): %s", exc)
+        celery_app = None
+else:
+    logger.debug("Celery disabled in test mode")
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/celery/client.py b/src/infrastructure/celery/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8283348f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/infrastructure/celery/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+"""Client API for submitting and querying Celery tasks.
+
+All functions gracefully return None/empty when Celery is unavailable.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Any
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _get_app():
+    """Get the Celery app instance."""
+    from infrastructure.celery.app import celery_app
+    return celery_app
+
+
+def submit_chat_task(
+    prompt: str,
+    agent_id: str = "timmy",
+    session_id: str = "celery",
+) -> str | None:
+    """Submit a chat task to the Celery queue.
+
+    Returns:
+        Task ID string, or None if Celery is unavailable.
+    """
+    app = _get_app()
+    if app is None:
+        logger.debug("Celery unavailable — chat task not submitted")
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        from infrastructure.celery.tasks import run_agent_chat
+        result = run_agent_chat.delay(prompt, agent_id=agent_id, session_id=session_id)
+        logger.info("Submitted chat task %s for %s", result.id, agent_id)
+        return result.id
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("Failed to submit chat task: %s", exc)
+        return None
+
+
+def submit_tool_task(
+    tool_name: str,
+    kwargs: dict | None = None,
+    agent_id: str = "timmy",
+) -> str | None:
+    """Submit a tool execution task to the Celery queue.
+
+    Returns:
+        Task ID string, or None if Celery is unavailable.
+    """
+    app = _get_app()
+    if app is None:
+        logger.debug("Celery unavailable — tool task not submitted")
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        from infrastructure.celery.tasks import execute_tool
+        result = execute_tool.delay(tool_name, kwargs=kwargs or {}, agent_id=agent_id)
+        logger.info("Submitted tool task %s: %s", result.id, tool_name)
+        return result.id
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("Failed to submit tool task: %s", exc)
+        return None
+
+
+def get_task_status(task_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+    """Get status of a Celery task.
+
+    Returns:
+        Dict with state, result, etc., or None if Celery unavailable.
+    """
+    app = _get_app()
+    if app is None:
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        result = app.AsyncResult(task_id)
+        data: dict[str, Any] = {
+            "task_id": task_id,
+            "state": result.state,
+            "ready": result.ready(),
+        }
+        if result.ready():
+            data["result"] = result.result
+        if result.failed():
+            data["error"] = str(result.result)
+        return data
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("Failed to get task status: %s", exc)
+        return None
+
+
+def get_active_tasks() -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """List currently active/reserved tasks.
+
+    Returns:
+        List of task dicts, or empty list if Celery unavailable.
+    """
+    app = _get_app()
+    if app is None:
+        return []
+
+    try:
+        inspector = app.control.inspect()
+        active = inspector.active() or {}
+        reserved = inspector.reserved() or {}
+
+        tasks = []
+        for worker_tasks in active.values():
+            for t in worker_tasks:
+                tasks.append({
+                    "task_id": t.get("id"),
+                    "name": t.get("name"),
+                    "state": "STARTED",
+                    "args": t.get("args"),
+                    "worker": t.get("hostname"),
+                })
+        for worker_tasks in reserved.values():
+            for t in worker_tasks:
+                tasks.append({
+                    "task_id": t.get("id"),
+                    "name": t.get("name"),
+                    "state": "PENDING",
+                    "args": t.get("args"),
+                })
+        return tasks
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("Failed to inspect active tasks: %s", exc)
+        return []
+
+
+def revoke_task(task_id: str) -> bool:
+    """Revoke (cancel) a pending or running task.
+
+    Returns:
+        True if revoke was sent, False if Celery unavailable.
+    """
+    app = _get_app()
+    if app is None:
+        return False
+
+    try:
+        app.control.revoke(task_id, terminate=True)
+        logger.info("Revoked task %s", task_id)
+        return True
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("Failed to revoke task: %s", exc)
+        return False
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/celery/tasks.py b/src/infrastructure/celery/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3de8eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/infrastructure/celery/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+"""Celery task definitions for background processing.
+
+Tasks:
+- run_agent_chat: Execute a chat prompt via Timmy's session
+- execute_tool: Run a specific tool function asynchronously
+- run_thinking_cycle: Execute one thinking engine cycle
+"""
+
+import logging
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _get_app():
+    """Get the Celery app (lazy import to avoid circular deps)."""
+    from infrastructure.celery.app import celery_app
+    return celery_app
+
+
+_app = _get_app()
+
+if _app is not None:
+
+    @_app.task(bind=True, name="infrastructure.celery.tasks.run_agent_chat")
+    def run_agent_chat(self, prompt, agent_id="timmy", session_id="celery"):
+        """Execute a chat prompt against Timmy's agent session.
+
+        Args:
+            prompt: The message to send to the agent.
+            agent_id: Agent identifier (currently only "timmy" supported).
+            session_id: Chat session ID for context continuity.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict with agent_id, response, and completed_at.
+        """
+        logger.info("Celery task [%s]: chat prompt for %s", self.request.id, agent_id)
+        try:
+            from timmy.session import chat
+            response = chat(prompt, session_id=session_id)
+            result = {
+                "agent_id": agent_id,
+                "prompt": prompt[:200],
+                "response": response,
+                "completed_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+            }
+            _log_completion("run_agent_chat", self.request.id, success=True)
+            return result
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.error("Celery chat task failed: %s", exc)
+            _log_completion("run_agent_chat", self.request.id, success=False)
+            return {
+                "agent_id": agent_id,
+                "prompt": prompt[:200],
+                "error": str(exc),
+                "completed_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+            }
+
+    @_app.task(bind=True, name="infrastructure.celery.tasks.execute_tool")
+    def execute_tool(self, tool_name, kwargs=None, agent_id="timmy"):
+        """Run a specific tool function asynchronously.
+
+        Args:
+            tool_name: Name of the tool to execute (e.g., "web_search").
+            kwargs: Dict of keyword arguments for the tool.
+            agent_id: Agent requesting the tool execution.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict with tool_name, result, and success flag.
+        """
+        kwargs = kwargs or {}
+        logger.info("Celery task [%s]: tool=%s for %s", self.request.id, tool_name, agent_id)
+        try:
+            from timmy.tools import create_full_toolkit
+            toolkit = create_full_toolkit()
+            if toolkit is None:
+                return {"tool_name": tool_name, "error": "Toolkit unavailable", "success": False}
+
+            # Find and call the tool function
+            tool_fn = None
+            for fn in toolkit.functions.values():
+                if fn.name == tool_name:
+                    tool_fn = fn
+                    break
+
+            if tool_fn is None:
+                return {"tool_name": tool_name, "error": f"Tool '{tool_name}' not found", "success": False}
+
+            result = tool_fn.entrypoint(**kwargs)
+            _log_completion("execute_tool", self.request.id, success=True)
+            return {
+                "tool_name": tool_name,
+                "result": str(result)[:5000],
+                "success": True,
+                "completed_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+            }
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.error("Celery tool task failed: %s", exc)
+            _log_completion("execute_tool", self.request.id, success=False)
+            return {"tool_name": tool_name, "error": str(exc), "success": False}
+
+    @_app.task(bind=True, name="infrastructure.celery.tasks.run_thinking_cycle")
+    def run_thinking_cycle(self):
+        """Execute one thinking engine cycle in the background.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict with thought data or None if thinking is disabled.
+        """
+        import asyncio
+
+        logger.info("Celery task [%s]: thinking cycle", self.request.id)
+        try:
+            from timmy.thinking import thinking_engine
+
+            # Run the async think_once in a sync context
+            loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+            try:
+                thought = loop.run_until_complete(thinking_engine.think_once())
+            finally:
+                loop.close()
+
+            if thought:
+                _log_completion("run_thinking_cycle", self.request.id, success=True)
+                return {
+                    "thought_id": thought.id,
+                    "content": thought.content,
+                    "seed_type": thought.seed_type,
+                    "created_at": thought.created_at,
+                }
+            return None
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.error("Celery thinking task failed: %s", exc)
+            _log_completion("run_thinking_cycle", self.request.id, success=False)
+            return None
+
+
+def _log_completion(task_name, task_id, success=True):
+    """Log task completion to the Spark engine if available."""
+    try:
+        from spark.engine import spark_engine
+        spark_engine.on_tool_executed(
+            agent_id="celery-worker",
+            tool_name=f"celery.{task_name}",
+            success=success,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass
diff --git a/src/timmy/tools.py b/src/timmy/tools.py
index ccb45305..3ef30459 100644
--- a/src/timmy/tools.py
+++ b/src/timmy/tools.py
@@ -476,6 +476,14 @@ def create_full_toolkit(base_dir: str | Path | None = None):
     except Exception:
         logger.debug("Delegation tools not available")
 
+    # Background task submission via Celery
+    try:
+        from timmy.tools_celery import submit_background_task
+
+        toolkit.register(submit_background_task, name="submit_background_task")
+    except Exception:
+        logger.debug("Background task tool not available")
+
     return toolkit
 
 
@@ -596,6 +604,11 @@ def get_all_available_tools() -> dict[str, dict]:
             "description": "Local AI coding assistant using Ollama (qwen2.5:14b or deepseek-coder)",
             "available_in": ["forge", "orchestrator"],
         },
+        "submit_background_task": {
+            "name": "Background Task",
+            "description": "Submit a task to the Celery background queue for async processing",
+            "available_in": ["orchestrator"],
+        },
     }
 
     # ── Git tools ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/src/timmy/tools_celery.py b/src/timmy/tools_celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2bdb2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/timmy/tools_celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+"""Celery background task tool — allows Timmy to submit tasks to a worker queue.
+
+When Celery/Redis is unavailable, returns a graceful error dict.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Any
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def submit_background_task(task_description: str, agent_id: str = "timmy") -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Submit a task to run in the background via Celery.
+
+    Use this tool when a user asks you to work on something that might
+    take a while — research, analysis, code generation, etc. The task
+    will be processed by a background worker and the user can check
+    progress on the /tasks page.
+
+    Args:
+        task_description: What to work on (sent as a chat prompt to the agent).
+        agent_id: Which agent should handle it (default: timmy).
+
+    Returns:
+        Dict with task_id, status, and message.
+    """
+    try:
+        from infrastructure.celery.client import submit_chat_task
+
+        task_id = submit_chat_task(
+            prompt=task_description,
+            agent_id=agent_id,
+            session_id="celery-background",
+        )
+
+        if task_id is None:
+            return {
+                "success": False,
+                "error": "Background task queue is not available (Redis/Celery not running).",
+                "task_id": None,
+            }
+
+        return {
+            "success": True,
+            "task_id": task_id,
+            "agent_id": agent_id,
+            "status": "submitted",
+            "message": (
+                f"Background task submitted (ID: {task_id[:8]}...). "
+                f"Check progress at /tasks. Task: {task_description[:100]}"
+            ),
+        }
+
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.error("Failed to submit background task: %s", exc)
+        return {
+            "success": False,
+            "error": str(exc),
+            "task_id": None,
+        }
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 154c5ecb..292acec1 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ for _mod in [
     "pyzbar",
     "pyzbar.pyzbar",
     "requests",
+    "celery",
+    "celery.app",
+    "celery.result",
 ]:
     sys.modules.setdefault(_mod, MagicMock())
 
diff --git a/tests/test_celery_integration.py b/tests/test_celery_integration.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98189200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_celery_integration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+"""Tests for Celery integration — graceful degradation when Celery is unavailable."""
+
+import pytest
+
+
+class TestCeleryClient:
+    """Test the Celery client API gracefully degrades in test mode."""
+
+    def test_submit_chat_task_returns_none_when_unavailable(self):
+        from infrastructure.celery.client import submit_chat_task
+
+        result = submit_chat_task("test prompt")
+        assert result is None
+
+    def test_submit_tool_task_returns_none_when_unavailable(self):
+        from infrastructure.celery.client import submit_tool_task
+
+        result = submit_tool_task("web_search", {"query": "test"})
+        assert result is None
+
+    def test_get_task_status_returns_none_when_unavailable(self):
+        from infrastructure.celery.client import get_task_status
+
+        result = get_task_status("fake-task-id")
+        assert result is None
+
+    def test_get_active_tasks_returns_empty_when_unavailable(self):
+        from infrastructure.celery.client import get_active_tasks
+
+        result = get_active_tasks()
+        assert result == []
+
+    def test_revoke_task_returns_false_when_unavailable(self):
+        from infrastructure.celery.client import revoke_task
+
+        result = revoke_task("fake-task-id")
+        assert result is False
+
+
+class TestCeleryApp:
+    """Test the Celery app is None in test mode."""
+
+    def test_celery_app_is_none_in_test_mode(self):
+        from infrastructure.celery.app import celery_app
+
+        assert celery_app is None
+
+
+class TestBackgroundTaskTool:
+    """Test the submit_background_task agent tool."""
+
+    def test_returns_failure_when_celery_unavailable(self):
+        from timmy.tools_celery import submit_background_task
+
+        result = submit_background_task("research something")
+        assert result["success"] is False
+        assert result["task_id"] is None
+        assert "not available" in result["error"]
+
+
+class TestCeleryRoutes:
+    """Test the Celery dashboard routes."""
+
+    def test_celery_page_renders(self, client):
+        response = client.get("/celery")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert "Background Tasks" in response.text
+
+    def test_celery_api_returns_empty_list(self, client):
+        response = client.get("/celery/api")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json() == []
+
+    def test_celery_submit_requires_prompt(self, client):
+        response = client.post(
+            "/celery/api",
+            json={"agent_id": "timmy"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+
+    def test_celery_submit_returns_503_when_unavailable(self, client):
+        response = client.post(
+            "/celery/api",
+            json={"prompt": "do something", "agent_id": "timmy"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 503
+
+    def test_celery_task_status_returns_503_when_unavailable(self, client):
+        response = client.get("/celery/api/fake-id")
+        assert response.status_code == 503
+
+    def test_celery_revoke_returns_503_when_unavailable(self, client):
+        response = client.post("/celery/api/fake-id/revoke")
+        assert response.status_code == 503