I would add: 1. Use task specific logging if you have a bunch of task: http://blog.mapado.com/task-specific-logging-in-celery/ http://blog.mapado.com/task-spec

I would add: 1. Use task specific logging if you have a bunch of task: http://blog.mapado.com/task-specific-logging-in-celery/ http://blog.mapado.com/task-specific-logging-in-celery/ 2.Use statsd counters to keep track of basic statistics (counts + timers) for each task 3. Use supervisor + monit to restart workers after lack of activity (I have seen this happen a few times, but never been able to track down why it happens, but this is an easy fix)