diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/README.md b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/README.md
index e877781..109f183 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/README.md
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/README.md
@@ -144,6 +144,30 @@ If an SSO provider supports the OIDC protocol, it can be set up as a generic OID
 2. Allauth "social users" are just an extension to regular django users. When someone logs in via allauth, a django user model will also be created for them.
 3. A "profile" page is available at `/accounts/`
 
+{% endif %}
+
+{% if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
+# Background tasks with Celery
+
+## Dead letter queue
+
+<details>
+There is a special queue named `dead_letter` that is used to store tasks
+that failed for some reason.
+
+A task should be annotated with `on_failure=send_to_dead_letter_queue`.
+Once the reason of tasks failure is fixed, the task can be re-processed
+by moving tasks from dead letter queue to the main one ("celery"):
+
+    manage.py move_tasks "dead_letter" "celery"
+
+If tasks fails again, it will be put back to dead letter queue.
+
+To flush add tasks in specific queue, use
+
+    manage.py flush_tasks "dead_letter"
+</details>
+
 {% endif %}
 {% if cookiecutter.monitoring == 'y' %}
 # Monitoring
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/celery.py b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/celery.py
index 3ea6334..62809c7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/celery.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/celery.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 {% endif -%}
 from django.conf import settings
 from django_structlog.celery.steps import DjangoStructLogInitStep
+from more_itertools import chunked
 {%- if cookiecutter.monitoring == "y" %}
 from prometheus_client import multiprocess
 {% endif %}
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}.settings")
 
 app = Celery("{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}")
-
 app.config_from_object("django.conf:settings", namespace="CELERY")
 app.steps["worker"].add(DjangoStructLogInitStep)
 app.autodiscover_tasks(lambda: settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
@@ -33,10 +33,34 @@ def receiver_setup_logging(loglevel, logfile, format, colorize, **kwargs):  # pr
     configure_structlog()
 
 
-def route_task(name, args, kwargs, options, task=None, **kw):
-    return {"queue": "celery"}
-{% if cookiecutter.monitoring == "y" %}
+def get_tasks_in_queue(queue_name: str) -> list[bytes]:
+    with app.pool.acquire(block=True) as conn:
+        return conn.default_channel.client.lrange(queue_name, 0, -1)
+
+
+def get_num_tasks_in_queue(queue_name: str) -> int:
+    with app.pool.acquire(block=True) as conn:
+        return conn.default_channel.client.llen(queue_name)
+
 
+def move_tasks(source_queue: str, destination_queue: str, chunk_size: int = 100) -> None:
+    with app.pool.acquire(block=True) as conn:
+        client = conn.default_channel.client
+        tasks = client.lrange(source_queue, 0, -1)
+
+        for chunk in chunked(tasks, chunk_size):
+            with client.pipeline() as pipe:
+                for task in chunk:
+                    client.rpush(destination_queue, task)
+                    client.lrem(source_queue, 1, task)
+                pipe.execute()
+
+
+def flush_tasks(queue_name: str) -> None:
+    with app.pool.acquire(block=True) as conn:
+        conn.default_channel.client.delete(queue_name)
+
+{% if cookiecutter.monitoring == "y" %}
 @worker_process_shutdown.connect
 def child_exit(pid, **kw):
     multiprocess.mark_process_dead(pid)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/settings.py b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/settings.py
index 5f30e71..2130be5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/settings.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/settings.py
@@ -10,14 +10,16 @@
 from functools import wraps
 
 import environ
+import structlog
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" -%}
 # from celery.schedules import crontab
+from kombu import Queue
+
 {% endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_allauth == "y" -%}
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 {% endif -%}
-import structlog
 
 root = environ.Path(__file__) - 2
 
@@ -337,7 +339,12 @@ def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
     #     'options': {"time_limit": 300},
     # },
 }
-CELERY_TASK_ROUTES = ["{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}.celery.route_task"]
+CELERY_TASK_CREATE_MISSING_QUEUES = False
+CELERY_TASK_QUEUES = (Queue("celery"), Queue("worker"), Queue("dead_letter"))
+CELERY_TASK_DEFAULT_EXCHANGE = "celery"
+CELERY_TASK_DEFAULT_ROUTING_KEY = "celery"
+CELERY_TASK_ANNOTATIONS = {"*": {"acks_late": True, "reject_on_worker_lost": True}}
+CELERY_TASK_ROUTES = {"*": {"queue": "celery"}}
 CELERY_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = int(timedelta(minutes=5).total_seconds())
 CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER = env.bool("CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER", default=False)
 CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ["json"]
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/management/commands/flush_queue.py b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/management/commands/flush_queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea5f4db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/management/commands/flush_queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from {{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}.celery import flush_tasks, get_num_tasks_in_queue
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Flush task queue."
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser) -> None:
+        parser.add_argument("queue", type=str, help="Queue name to flush")
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        queue_name = kwargs["queue"]
+
+        num_tasks = get_num_tasks_in_queue(queue_name)
+        self.stdout.write(f"Found {num_tasks} tasks in '{queue_name}' queue")
+        if not num_tasks:
+            return
+
+        flush_tasks(queue_name)
+        self.stdout.write("All done")
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/management/commands/move_tasks.py b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/management/commands/move_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db23779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/management/commands/move_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from {{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}.celery import get_num_tasks_in_queue, move_tasks
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Reschedule dead letter tasks."
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser) -> None:
+        parser.add_argument("source_queue", type=str, help="Source queue name")
+        parser.add_argument("destination_queue", type=str, help="Destination queue name")
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        source_queue = kwargs["source_queue"]
+        destination_queue = kwargs["destination_queue"]
+
+        num_tasks = get_num_tasks_in_queue(source_queue)
+        self.stdout.write(f"Found {num_tasks} tasks in '{source_queue}' queue")
+        if not num_tasks:
+            return
+
+        move_tasks(source_queue, destination_queue)
+        self.stdout.write("All done")
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/metrics.py b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/metrics.py
index 1a56081..5cb2841 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/metrics.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/metrics.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 {%- if cookiecutter.monitoring == "y" -%}
 import glob
 import os
+from functools import partial
 
 import prometheus_client
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django_prometheus.exports import ExportToDjangoView
 from django_prometheus.migrations import ExportMigrations
 from prometheus_client import multiprocess
 
+from ..celery import get_num_tasks_in_queue
+
 
 class RecursiveMultiProcessCollector(multiprocess.MultiProcessCollector):
     """A multiprocess collector that scans the directory recursively"""
@@ -33,4 +37,14 @@ def metrics_view(request):
         )
     else:
         return ExportToDjangoView(request)
+
+
+num_tasks_in_queue = {}
+for queue in settings.CELERY_TASK_QUEUES:
+    gauge = prometheus_client.Gauge(
+        f"celery_{queue.name}_queue_len",
+        f"How many tasks are there in '{queue.name}' queue",
+    )
+    num_tasks_in_queue[queue.name] = gauge
+    gauge.set_function(partial(get_num_tasks_in_queue, queue.name))
 {% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/tasks.py b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/tasks.py
index 71fd4ce..4748704 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/tasks.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/app/src/{{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}/{{cookiecutter.django_default_app_name}}/tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-{%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' -%}
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" -%}
 import structlog
+from celery import Task
 from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
 
 from {{cookiecutter.django_project_name}}.celery import app
@@ -7,7 +8,24 @@
 logger = structlog.wrap_logger(get_task_logger(__name__))
 
 
-@app.task
+def send_to_dead_letter_queue(task: Task, exc, task_id, args, kwargs, einfo):
+    """Hook to put a task into dead letter queue when it fails."""
+    if task.app.conf.task_always_eager:
+        return  # do not run failed task again in eager mode
+
+    logger.warning(
+        "Sending failed task to dead letter queue",
+        task=task,
+        exc=exc,
+        task_id=task_id,
+        args=args,
+        kwargs=kwargs,
+        einfo=einfo,
+    )
+    task.apply_async(args=args, kwargs=kwargs, queue="dead_letter")
+
+
+@app.task(on_failure=send_to_dead_letter_queue)
 def demo_task(x, y):
     logger.info("adding two numbers", x=x, y=y)
     return x + y
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/pyproject.toml
index 3a32592..ac39382 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "sentry-sdk==1.3.0",
     "ipython~=8.14.0",
     "nox==2023.4.22",
+    "more-itertools~=10.3.0",
     {% if cookiecutter.monitoring == "y" -%}
     "psutil>=5.9.8",
     "prometheus-client~=0.17.0",