diff --git a/invoice_az/background_tasks.py b/invoice_az/background_tasks.py
index bcaaa4d..6b5e830 100644
--- a/invoice_az/background_tasks.py
+++ b/invoice_az/background_tasks.py
@@ -5,18 +5,21 @@
 # every long-running worker writes a progress snapshot here, the widget reads it
 # back and can request cancellation.
 #
+# Storage: a per-user Redis HASH, one field per job_id. Each field is written/
+# deleted independently (HSET/HDEL are atomic per field), so MULTIPLE concurrent
+# jobs for the same user never clobber each other. (An earlier version stored the
+# whole registry as one pickled dict and did read-modify-write, which raced under
+# concurrent loads — phantom/flickering rows. The hash fixes that.)
+#
 # Design notes:
 #   * Keyed by USER. `get_active_background_tasks()` / `cancel_background_task()`
 #     derive the user from `frappe.session.user` — the client never passes a user,
 #     so one user can neither see nor cancel another user's jobs.
-#   * The registry is the source of truth (survives page reloads). Realtime pings
-#     are only a "something changed, re-fetch" hint — anything published before the
-#     client subscribes is lost, so the widget ALSO polls this on a timer.
+#   * `hgetall` reads straight from Redis (no frappe.local cache), so the widget
+#     always sees a fresh, consistent snapshot. The registry is the source of
+#     truth (survives page reloads); realtime pings are just "re-fetch" hints.
 #   * Cancellation is best-effort: the worker checks `is_cancel_requested()`
 #     between steps and bails out after finishing the current step.
-#   * Generalising this to the other bulk imports (sales/purchase/vat/amas) is
-#     ~10 lines each: new_job_id() -> register_task -> update_task ->
-#     is_cancel_requested -> finish_task.
 
 import uuid
 
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ import frappe
 
 REALTIME_EVENT = "background_tasks_changed"
 
-_REGISTRY_TTL = 7200  # the per-user registry key self-expires after 2h
+_REGISTRY_TTL = 7200  # the per-user hash self-expires after 2h (crash safety net)
 _CANCEL_TTL = 3600
 
 
@@ -38,12 +41,32 @@ def _cancel_key(job_id):
     return f"invoice_az:bg_cancel:{job_id}"
 
 
-def _read(user):
-    return frappe.cache().get_value(_registry_key(user)) or {}
+def _touch_ttl(user):
+    """Keep the per-user hash key alive while jobs are running."""
+    try:
+        cache = frappe.cache()
+        cache.expire(cache.make_key(_registry_key(user)), _REGISTRY_TTL)
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # TTL is only a crash safety net; finish_task removes tasks normally
 
 
-def _write(user, tasks):
-    frappe.cache().set_value(_registry_key(user), tasks, expires_in_sec=_REGISTRY_TTL)
+def _all_tasks(user):
+    """Fresh-from-Redis list of the user's task snapshots (hgetall bypasses
+    frappe.local cache)."""
+    return list((frappe.cache().hgetall(_registry_key(user)) or {}).values())
+
+
+def _get_task(user, job_id):
+    return frappe.cache().hget(_registry_key(user), job_id)
+
+
+def _put_task(user, job_id, task):
+    frappe.cache().hset(_registry_key(user), job_id, task)
+    _touch_ttl(user)
+
+
+def _del_task(user, job_id):
+    frappe.cache().hdel(_registry_key(user), job_id)
 
 
 def _ping(user, payload=None):
@@ -62,8 +85,7 @@ def register_task(job_id, user, feature, label, total=0, cancellable=True):
     """Add a task to the user's registry in the `running` state."""
     if not job_id:
         return
-    tasks = _read(user)
-    tasks[job_id] = {
+    _put_task(user, job_id, {
         "job_id": job_id,
         "feature": feature,
         "label": label,
@@ -73,8 +95,7 @@ def register_task(job_id, user, feature, label, total=0, cancellable=True):
         "status": "running",  # running | cancelling | done | error | cancelled
         "cancellable": bool(cancellable),
         "message": "",
-    }
-    _write(user, tasks)
+    })
     _ping(user)
 
 
@@ -83,8 +104,7 @@ def update_task(job_id, user, current=None, total=None, percent=None, message=No
     current/total unless an explicit `percent` is given."""
     if not job_id:
         return
-    tasks = _read(user)
-    task = tasks.get(job_id)
+    task = _get_task(user, job_id)
     if not task:
         return
     if total is not None:
@@ -97,8 +117,7 @@ def update_task(job_id, user, current=None, total=None, percent=None, message=No
         task["percent"] = max(0, min(100, int(percent)))
     elif task.get("total"):
         task["percent"] = max(0, min(100, int(round(task["current"] / task["total"] * 100))))
-    tasks[job_id] = task
-    _write(user, tasks)
+    _put_task(user, job_id, task)
     _ping(user)
 
 
@@ -106,20 +125,20 @@ def finish_task(job_id, user, status="done", message=None):
     """Remove the task from the registry and flash its final state to the widget.
 
     Removing it immediately keeps the poll-based fallback consistent: a task that
-    is gone from the registry is simply gone from the widget's list, so a lost
-    realtime ping can't leave a stale "running" row behind."""
+    is gone from the registry is simply gone from the widget's list."""
     if not job_id:
         return
-    tasks = _read(user)
-    task = tasks.pop(job_id, None)
-    _write(user, tasks)
+    task = _get_task(user, job_id)
+    _del_task(user, job_id)
     frappe.cache().delete_value(_cancel_key(job_id))
     if task:
         task["status"] = status
-        if message is not None:
-            task["message"] = message
         if status == "done":
             task["percent"] = 100
+            task["current"] = task.get("total") or task.get("current") or 0
+            task["message"] = message if message is not None else "Done"
+        elif message is not None:
+            task["message"] = message
         _ping(user, {"finished": task})
     else:
         _ping(user)
@@ -128,15 +147,13 @@ def finish_task(job_id, user, status="done", message=None):
 def request_cancel(job_id, user):
     """Set the cancel flag for a task owned by `user`. Returns False if the task
     is not in this user's registry (so cross-user cancellation is impossible)."""
-    tasks = _read(user)
-    task = tasks.get(job_id)
+    task = _get_task(user, job_id)
     if not task:
         return False
     frappe.cache().set_value(_cancel_key(job_id), 1, expires_in_sec=_CANCEL_TTL)
     task["status"] = "cancelling"
     task["message"] = "Cancellation requested"
-    tasks[job_id] = task
-    _write(user, tasks)
+    _put_task(user, job_id, task)
     _ping(user)
     return True
 
@@ -158,7 +175,7 @@ def is_cancel_requested(job_id):
 @frappe.whitelist()
 def get_active_background_tasks():
     """Return the current user's in-flight tasks. Source of truth for the widget."""
-    return list(_read(frappe.session.user).values())
+    return _all_tasks(frappe.session.user)
 
 
 @frappe.whitelist()