diff --git a/esap/esap/esap_staging_config.sqlite3 b/esap/esap/esap_staging_config.sqlite3
index 4ea8b6d243a82f13c4385beeaa832c84b9d7cb48..80cfe2a2ccf30fb825676a0d3f3ad34e336551b3 100644
Binary files a/esap/esap/esap_staging_config.sqlite3 and b/esap/esap/esap_staging_config.sqlite3 differ
diff --git a/esap/requirements/base.txt b/esap/requirements/base.txt
index 0093e97b6b49408eb89d3b1edfc9a1c1bd9e7b42..ed9de577cb31e38f92a9be9aaf4419d44a32d679 100644
--- a/esap/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/esap/requirements/base.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ requests==2.22.0
 django-oidc-provider==0.7.0
 django-rest-knox==4.1.0
 mozilla-django-oidc==1.2.3
-celery==4.4.6
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+celery==4.4.6
+eventlet==0.24.1
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diff --git a/esap/requirements/dev.txt b/esap/requirements/dev.txt
index a3e81b8dcf5c42c11a685e429d9e22bca56c471b..a9ae624cdbad60705bf4cc188bdf0b2606e0a4e1 100644
--- a/esap/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/esap/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 -r base.txt
+pypiwin32==223
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diff --git a/esap/run_celery.bat b/esap/run_celery.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b082b7a516622ae6e7e2d967be35abe0c2c6800b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esap/run_celery.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+SET OIDC_RP_CLIENT_ID="fancy"
+SET OIDC_RP_CLIENT_SECRET="dude"
+
+rem https://www.distributedpython.com/2018/08/21/celery-4-windows/#:~:text=Celery%20no%20longer%20officially%20supports,Celery%20version%20across%20your%20infrastructure.
+rem celery worker -A esap.settings.dev --pool=eventlet --loglevel=INFO
+celery worker -A esap.settings.dev --pool=solo --loglevel=INFO
+
+
diff --git a/esap/run_celery_beat.bat b/esap/run_celery_beat.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..37afe67730556d3c7cac790d27f2a3fa675d52b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esap/run_celery_beat.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+SET OIDC_RP_CLIENT_ID="fancy"
+SET OIDC_RP_CLIENT_SECRET="dude"
+
+celery beat -A esap.settings.dev --loglevel=INFO
+
diff --git a/esap/staging/api/urls.py b/esap/staging/api/urls.py
index 09dd928aeae65afcd6a6307cf755de0f486a2cd9..283f18941b33b83f85b1e6a106a0738d95cf2b2e 100644
--- a/esap/staging/api/urls.py
+++ b/esap/staging/api/urls.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ urlpatterns += [
     # path('admin', admin.site.urls, name='admin-view'),
     path('', views.IndexView.as_view(), name='index-view'),
     path('my_staging', views.StagingListViewAPI.as_view(), name='staging-view'),
-    path('staging/test', views.test_function_call, name='test')
+    path('staging/test', views.test_function_call, name='test'),
+    path('poll', views.poll_view, name='poll')
 ]
 
diff --git a/esap/staging/api/views.py b/esap/staging/api/views.py
index a8fa9b1e3e4505be12150165ed2259f35defeae3..c388d428b0051c6650fe158abdff478422cfa3e5 100644
--- a/esap/staging/api/views.py
+++ b/esap/staging/api/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from django.views.generic import ListView
 from django_filters import rest_framework as filters
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+
 from rest_framework import viewsets, permissions, decorators, request, response, status
-from staging.tasks import create_request
+from staging.tasks import create_request, poll_status
 from staging.models import Staging, StagingRequest
 
 
@@ -60,4 +62,12 @@ def test_function_call(request: request.HttpRequest):
         request_id = create_request(surl)
         return response.Response(status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, data={'request_id': request_id})
     except KeyError:
-        return response.Response(status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, data='missing parameter surl')
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+        return response.Response(status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, data='missing parameter surl')
+
+
+def poll_view(request):
+    poll_status()
+    #return response.Response(status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+    return JsonResponse({'poll': "OK"})
+    #return response.JsonResponse({'poll': "OK"})
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