diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/async/AsyncJobStatus.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/async/AsyncJobStatus.java
index 3ec54516..c5cf95f3 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/async/AsyncJobStatus.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/async/AsyncJobStatus.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
  *******************************************************************************/
 public class AsyncJobStatus implements Serializable
 {
+   private String        jobName;
    private AsyncJobState state;
    private String        message;
    private Integer       current;
@@ -187,4 +188,36 @@ public class AsyncJobStatus implements Serializable
    {
       this.cancelRequested = cancelRequested;
    }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for jobName
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public String getJobName()
+   {
+      return (this.jobName);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Setter for jobName
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void setJobName(String jobName)
+   {
+      this.jobName = jobName;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fluent setter for jobName
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public AsyncJobStatus withJobName(String jobName)
+   {
+      this.jobName = jobName;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/async/NonPersistedAsyncJobCallback.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/async/NonPersistedAsyncJobCallback.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2373dc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/async/NonPersistedAsyncJobCallback.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2024.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.async;
+
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** subclass designed to be used when we want there to be an instance (so code
+ ** doesn't have to all be null-tolerant), but there's no one who will ever be
+ ** reading the status data, so we don't need to store the object in a
+ ** state provider.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class NonPersistedAsyncJobCallback extends AsyncJobCallback
+{
+   private final AsyncJobStatus asyncJobStatus;
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public NonPersistedAsyncJobCallback(UUID jobUUID, AsyncJobStatus asyncJobStatus)
+   {
+      super(jobUUID, asyncJobStatus);
+      this.asyncJobStatus = asyncJobStatus;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   protected void storeUpdatedStatus()
+   {
+      ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // noop - cf. base class, which writes to persistence here (our point is, we do not) //
+      ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/AbstractActionInput.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/AbstractActionInput.java
index 429948d4..3c98715b 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/AbstractActionInput.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/AbstractActionInput.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.async.AsyncJobCallback;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.async.AsyncJobStatus;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.async.NonPersistedAsyncJobCallback;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QInstanceValidationException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances.QInstanceValidator;
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ public class AbstractActionInput
          ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
          // don't return null here (too easy to NPE).  instead, if someone wants one of these, create one and give it to them. //
          ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-         asyncJobCallback = new AsyncJobCallback(UUID.randomUUID(), new AsyncJobStatus());
+         asyncJobCallback = new NonPersistedAsyncJobCallback(UUID.randomUUID(), new AsyncJobStatus().withJobName(getClass().getSimpleName()));
       }
       return asyncJobCallback;
    }
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/processes/RunBackendStepInput.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/processes/RunBackendStepInput.java
index 18d63f75..bfaad833 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/processes/RunBackendStepInput.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/processes/RunBackendStepInput.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.async.AsyncJobCallback;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.async.AsyncJobStatus;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.async.NonPersistedAsyncJobCallback;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.processes.QProcessCallback;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.AbstractActionInput;
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ public class RunBackendStepInput extends AbstractActionInput
          /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
          // avoid NPE in case we didn't have one of these!  create a new one... //
          /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-         asyncJobCallback = new AsyncJobCallback(UUID.randomUUID(), new AsyncJobStatus());
+         asyncJobCallback = new NonPersistedAsyncJobCallback(UUID.randomUUID(), new AsyncJobStatus().withJobName(processName + "." + stepName));
       }
       return (asyncJobCallback);
    }
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/InMemoryStateProvider.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/InMemoryStateProvider.java
index e63a43ad..52d756ec 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/InMemoryStateProvider.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/InMemoryStateProvider.java
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class InMemoryStateProvider implements StateProviderInterface
 
    private final Map<AbstractStateKey, Object> map;
 
-   private static int jobPeriodSeconds = 60 * 60; // 1 hour
-   private static int cleanHours       = 6;
+   private static int jobPeriodSeconds = 60 * 30; // 30 minutes
+   private static int cleanHours       = 5;
    private static int jobInitialDelay  = 60 * 60 * cleanHours;
 
 
@@ -151,6 +151,18 @@ public class InMemoryStateProvider implements StateProviderInterface
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Get the current status
+    *
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public String status()
+   {
+      return ("InMemoryStateProvider map size: " + map.size());
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Clean entries that started before the given Instant
     *
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/StateProviderInterface.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/StateProviderInterface.java
index c08558d5..43794edd 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/StateProviderInterface.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/StateProviderInterface.java
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ public interface StateProviderInterface
     *******************************************************************************/
    void remove(AbstractStateKey key);
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Get the current status
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   String status();
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Clean entries that started before the given Instant
     *******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/TempFileStateProvider.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/TempFileStateProvider.java
index 77944945..7f091f1a 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/TempFileStateProvider.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/state/TempFileStateProvider.java
@@ -128,6 +128,18 @@ public class TempFileStateProvider implements StateProviderInterface
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Get the current status
+    *
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public String status()
+   {
+      return ("TempFileStateProvider status not supported");
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Clean entries that started before the given Instant
     *******************************************************************************/