diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index dd4d89b2c..932e9c069 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ performance_platform_client = PerformancePlatformClient()
 cbc_proxy_client = CBCProxyClient()
 document_download_client = DocumentDownloadClient()
 metrics = GDSMetrics()
+counter = 0
 
 notification_provider_clients = NotificationProviderClients()
 
diff --git a/app/celery/canary_tasks.py b/app/celery/canary_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd4e13314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/celery/canary_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from flask import current_app
+from notifications_utils.statsd_decorators import statsd
+
+from app import counter, notify_celery
+
+
+@statsd(namespace="tasks")
+def canary_passing_task():
+    global counter
+    counter += 1
+
+    current_app.logger.info(f'The counter is {counter}.')
+
+
+@notify_celery.task(name="canary_failing_task", max_retries=60, default_retry_delay=30)
+@statsd(namespace="tasks")
+def canary_failing_task():
+    current_app.logger.info('Calling the failing task')
+    raise Exception
diff --git a/manifest.yml.j2 b/manifest.yml.j2
index 6f7d16062..19f8a34a2 100644
--- a/manifest.yml.j2
+++ b/manifest.yml.j2
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
   'notify-delivery-worker-receipts': {},
   'notify-delivery-worker-service-callbacks': {'disk_quota': '2G'},
   'notify-delivery-worker-save-api-notifications': {'disk_quota': '2G'},
+  'notify-delivery-worker-canary': {'disk_quota': '2G'},
 } -%}
 
 {%- set app = app_vars[CF_APP] -%}
diff --git a/scripts/paas_app_wrapper.sh b/scripts/paas_app_wrapper.sh
index 989327cf0..7bbe37f52 100755
--- a/scripts/paas_app_wrapper.sh
+++ b/scripts/paas_app_wrapper.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ case $NOTIFY_APP_NAME in
     exec scripts/run_app_paas.sh celery -A run_celery.notify_celery worker --loglevel=INFO --concurrency=11 \
     -Q save-api-email-tasks,save-api-sms-tasks 2> /dev/null
     ;;
+  delivery-worker-canary)
+      exec scripts/run_app_paas.sh celery -A run_celery.notify_celery worker --loglevel=INFO --concurrency=11 \
+    -Q canary-a,canary-b 2> /dev/null
+    ;;
   delivery-celery-beat)
     exec scripts/run_app_paas.sh celery -A run_celery.notify_celery beat --loglevel=INFO
     ;;