🐛(backend) fix race condition in reconciliation requests CSV import

The call to the background task is now wrapped in a on_commit to ensure
that it isn't called before the save is finished, in order to avoid race
condition issues.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ctrl/command/middle-mouse click #2170
 - ⚡️(frontend) add jitter to WS reconnection #2162
 - 🐛(frontend) fix tree pagination #2145
 - 🐛(nginx) add page reconciliation on nginx #2154
-
+- 🐛(backend) fix race condition in reconciliation requests CSV import #2153
 
 ## [v4.8.4] - 2026-03-25
 

src/backend/core/admin.py

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 """Admin classes and registrations for core app."""
 
+from functools import partial
+
 from django.contrib import admin, messages
 from django.contrib.auth import admin as auth_admin
+from django.db import transaction
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -108,7 +111,9 @@ class UserReconciliationCsvImportAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         super().save_model(request, obj, form, change)
 
         if not change:
-            user_reconciliation_csv_import_job.delay(obj.pk)
+            transaction.on_commit(
+                partial(user_reconciliation_csv_import_job.delay, obj.pk)
+            )
             messages.success(request, _("Import job created and queued."))
         return redirect("..")
 

src/backend/core/tasks/user_reconciliation.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Processing tasks for user reconciliation CSV imports."""
 
 import csv
+import logging
 import traceback
 import uuid
 
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ from core.models import UserReconciliation, UserReconciliationCsvImport
 
 from impress.celery_app import app
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 def _process_row(row, job, counters):
     """Process a single row from the CSV file."""
@@ -89,8 +92,12 @@ def user_reconciliation_csv_import_job(job_id):
     Rows with errors are logged in the job logs and skipped, but do not cause
     the entire job to fail or prevent the next rows from being processed.
     """
-    # Imports the CSV file, breaks it into UserReconciliation items
+    try:
-    job = UserReconciliationCsvImport.objects.get(id=job_id)
+        job = UserReconciliationCsvImport.objects.get(id=job_id)
+    except UserReconciliationCsvImport.DoesNotExist:
+        logger.warning("CSV import job %s no longer exists; skipping.", job_id)
+        return
+
     job.status = "running"
     job.save()