diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/management/commands/reconcile_change_tasks.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/management/commands/reconcile_change_tasks.py
index 333ca221a8..6fde77c781 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/management/commands/reconcile_change_tasks.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/management/commands/reconcile_change_tasks.py
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
         from contentcuration.tasks import apply_channel_changes_task
         from contentcuration.tasks import apply_user_changes_task
 
-        active_task_ids = []
-        for worker_name, tasks in app.control.inspect().active().items():
-            active_task_ids.extend(task['id'] for task in tasks)
-        for worker_name, tasks in app.control.inspect().reserved().items():
-            active_task_ids.extend(task['id'] for task in tasks)
+        active_task_ids = [task['id'] for task in app.get_active_and_reserved_tasks()]
 
         channel_changes = Change.objects.filter(channel_id__isnull=False, applied=False, errored=False) \
             .order_by('channel_id', 'created_by_id') \
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/urls.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/urls.py
index 4f0e5358e6..a39f750883 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/urls.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/urls.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ def get_redirect_url(self, *args, **kwargs):
     re_path(r'^api/probers/get_prober_channel', views.get_prober_channel, name='get_prober_channel'),
     re_path(r'^api/probers/publishing_status', views.publishing_status, name='publishing_status'),
     re_path(r'^api/probers/celery_worker_status', views.celery_worker_status, name='celery_worker_status'),
+    re_path(r'^api/probers/task_queue_status', views.task_queue_status, name='task_queue_status'),
+    re_path(r'^api/probers/unapplied_changes_status', views.unapplied_changes_status, name='unapplied_changes_status'),
     re_path(r'^api/sync/$', SyncView.as_view(), name="sync"),
 ]
 
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/utils/celery/app.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/utils/celery/app.py
index 521584bd91..9d8c260700 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/utils/celery/app.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/utils/celery/app.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import base64
 import json
 
+import redis.exceptions
 from celery import Celery
 
 from contentcuration.utils.celery.tasks import CeleryTask
+from contentcuration.utils.sentry import report_exception
 
 
 class CeleryApp(Celery):
@@ -50,10 +52,30 @@ def count_queued_tasks(self, queue_name="celery"):
         :param queue_name: The queue name, defaults to the default "celery" queue
         :return: int
         """
-        with self.pool.acquire(block=True) as conn:
-            count = conn.default_channel.client.llen(queue_name)
+        count = 0
+        try:
+            with self.pool.acquire(block=True) as conn:
+                count = conn.default_channel.client.llen(queue_name)
+        except redis.exceptions.RedisError as e:
+            # log these so we can get visibility into the reliability of the redis connection
+            report_exception(e)
+            pass
         return count
 
+    def get_active_and_reserved_tasks(self):
+        """
+        Iterate over active and reserved tasks
+        :return: A list of dictionaries
+        """
+        active = self.control.inspect().active() or {}
+        for _, tasks in active.items():
+            for task in tasks:
+                yield task
+        reserved = self.control.inspect().reserved() or {}
+        for _, tasks in reserved.items():
+            for task in tasks:
+                yield task
+
     def decode_result(self, result, status=None):
         """
         Decodes the celery result, like the raw result from the database, using celery tools
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/base.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/base.py
index 3347513239..71b99a6fcd 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/base.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/base.py
@@ -173,6 +173,39 @@ def celery_worker_status(request):
     return Response(app.control.inspect().ping() or {})
 
 
+@api_view(["GET"])
+@authentication_classes((TokenAuthentication, SessionAuthentication))
+@permission_classes((IsAuthenticated,))
+def task_queue_status(request):
+    if not request.user.is_admin:
+        return HttpResponseForbidden()
+
+    from contentcuration.celery import app
+
+    return Response({
+        'queued_task_count': app.count_queued_tasks(),
+    })
+
+
+@api_view(["GET"])
+@authentication_classes((TokenAuthentication, SessionAuthentication))
+@permission_classes((IsAuthenticated,))
+def unapplied_changes_status(request):
+    if not request.user.is_admin:
+        return HttpResponseForbidden()
+
+    from contentcuration.celery import app
+
+    active_task_count = 0
+    for _ in app.get_active_and_reserved_tasks():
+        active_task_count += 1
+
+    return Response({
+        'active_task_count': active_task_count,
+        'unapplied_changes_count': Change.objects.filter(applied=False, errored=False).count(),
+    })
+
+
 """ END HEALTH CHECKS """
 
 
diff --git a/deploy/cloudprober.cfg b/deploy/cloudprober.cfg
index 57bd0084db..c5a129455e 100644
--- a/deploy/cloudprober.cfg
+++ b/deploy/cloudprober.cfg
@@ -160,4 +160,28 @@ probe {
   timeout_msec: 10000   # 10s
 }
 
+probe {
+  name: "unapplied_changes_status"
+  type: EXTERNAL
+  targets { dummy_targets {} }
+  external_probe {
+    mode: ONCE
+    command: "./probers/unapplied_changes_probe.py"
+  }
+  interval_msec: 1800000  # 30 minutes
+  timeout_msec: 20000   # 20s
+}
+
+probe {
+  name: "task_queue_status"
+  type: EXTERNAL
+  targets { dummy_targets {} }
+  external_probe {
+    mode: ONCE
+    command: "./probers/task_queue_probe.py"
+  }
+  interval_msec: 600000  # 10 minutes
+  timeout_msec: 10000   # 10s
+}
+
 # Note: When deploying on GKE, the error logs can be found under GCE VM instance.
diff --git a/deploy/probers/task_queue_probe.py b/deploy/probers/task_queue_probe.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3a3b02cfed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/probers/task_queue_probe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from base import BaseProbe
+
+
+class TaskQueueProbe(BaseProbe):
+
+    metric = "task_queue_ping_latency_msec"
+    threshold = 50
+
+    def do_probe(self):
+        r = self.request("api/probers/task_queue_status/")
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        results = r.json()
+
+        task_count = results.get('queued_task_count', 0)
+        if task_count >= self.threshold:
+            raise Exception("Task queue length is over threshold! {} > {}".format(task_count, self.threshold))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    TaskQueueProbe().run()
diff --git a/deploy/probers/unapplied_changes_probe.py b/deploy/probers/unapplied_changes_probe.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a3ceee915e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/probers/unapplied_changes_probe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from base import BaseProbe
+
+
+class UnappliedChangesProbe(BaseProbe):
+
+    metric = "unapplied__changes_ping_latency_msec"
+
+    def do_probe(self):
+        r = self.request("api/probers/unapplied_changes_status/")
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        results = r.json()
+
+        active_task_count = results.get('active_task_count', 0)
+        unapplied_changes_count = results.get('unapplied_changes_count', 0)
+
+        if active_task_count == 0 and unapplied_changes_count > 0:
+            raise Exception("There are unapplied changes and no active tasks! {} unapplied changes".format(unapplied_changes_count))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    UnappliedChangesProbe().run()