diff --git a/awx/main/dispatch/control.py b/awx/main/dispatch/control.py
index 6b3c13499d..c7a623c8d9 100644
--- a/awx/main/dispatch/control.py
+++ b/awx/main/dispatch/control.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import logging
 import uuid
 import json
 
+from django.conf import settings
+import redis
+
 from awx.main.dispatch import get_local_queuename
 
 from . import pg_bus_conn
@@ -21,7 +24,9 @@ class Control(object):
         self.queuename = host or get_local_queuename()
 
     def status(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.control_with_reply('status', *args, **kwargs)
+        r = redis.Redis.from_url(settings.BROKER_URL)
+        stats = r.get(f'awx_{self.service}_statistics') or b''
+        return stats.decode('utf-8')
 
     def running(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.control_with_reply('running', *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/awx/main/dispatch/pool.py b/awx/main/dispatch/pool.py
index f5b38262ad..dc97402788 100644
--- a/awx/main/dispatch/pool.py
+++ b/awx/main/dispatch/pool.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import signal
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
+from datetime import datetime
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import collections
@@ -27,6 +28,12 @@ else:
     logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.dispatch')
 
 
+class NoOpResultQueue(object):
+
+    def put(self, item):
+        pass
+
+
 class PoolWorker(object):
     '''
     Used to track a worker child process and its pending and finished messages.
@@ -56,11 +63,13 @@ class PoolWorker(object):
     It is "idle" when self.managed_tasks is empty.
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self, queue_size, target, args):
+    track_managed_tasks = False
+
+    def __init__(self, queue_size, target, args, **kwargs):
         self.messages_sent = 0
         self.messages_finished = 0
         self.managed_tasks = collections.OrderedDict()
-        self.finished = MPQueue(queue_size)
+        self.finished = MPQueue(queue_size) if self.track_managed_tasks else NoOpResultQueue()
         self.queue = MPQueue(queue_size)
         self.process = Process(target=target, args=(self.queue, self.finished) + args)
         self.process.daemon = True
@@ -74,7 +83,8 @@ class PoolWorker(object):
             if not body.get('uuid'):
                 body['uuid'] = str(uuid4())
             uuid = body['uuid']
-        self.managed_tasks[uuid] = body
+        if self.track_managed_tasks:
+            self.managed_tasks[uuid] = body
         self.queue.put(body, block=True, timeout=5)
         self.messages_sent += 1
         self.calculate_managed_tasks()
@@ -111,6 +121,8 @@ class PoolWorker(object):
         return str(self.process.exitcode)
 
     def calculate_managed_tasks(self):
+        if not self.track_managed_tasks:
+            return
         # look to see if any tasks were finished
         finished = []
         for _ in range(self.finished.qsize()):
@@ -135,6 +147,8 @@ class PoolWorker(object):
 
     @property
     def current_task(self):
+        if not self.track_managed_tasks:
+            return None
         self.calculate_managed_tasks()
         # the task at [0] is the one that's running right now (or is about to
         # be running)
@@ -145,6 +159,8 @@ class PoolWorker(object):
 
     @property
     def orphaned_tasks(self):
+        if not self.track_managed_tasks:
+            return []
         orphaned = []
         if not self.alive:
             # if this process had a running task that never finished,
@@ -179,6 +195,11 @@ class PoolWorker(object):
         return not self.busy
 
 
+class StatefulPoolWorker(PoolWorker):
+
+    track_managed_tasks = True
+
+
 class WorkerPool(object):
     '''
     Creates a pool of forked PoolWorkers.
@@ -200,6 +221,7 @@ class WorkerPool(object):
     )
     '''
 
+    pool_cls = PoolWorker
     debug_meta = ''
 
     def __init__(self, min_workers=None, queue_size=None):
@@ -225,7 +247,7 @@ class WorkerPool(object):
         # for the DB and cache connections (that way lies race conditions)
         django_connection.close()
         django_cache.close()
-        worker = PoolWorker(self.queue_size, self.target, (idx,) + self.target_args)
+        worker = self.pool_cls(self.queue_size, self.target, (idx,) + self.target_args)
         self.workers.append(worker)
         try:
             worker.start()
@@ -236,13 +258,13 @@ class WorkerPool(object):
         return idx, worker
 
     def debug(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.cleanup()
         tmpl = Template(
+            'Recorded at: {{ dt }} \n'
             '{{ pool.name }}[pid:{{ pool.pid }}] workers total={{ workers|length }} {{ meta }} \n'
             '{% for w in workers %}'
             '.  worker[pid:{{ w.pid }}]{% if not w.alive %} GONE exit={{ w.exitcode }}{% endif %}'
             ' sent={{ w.messages_sent }}'
-            ' finished={{ w.messages_finished }}'
+            '{% if w.messages_finished %} finished={{ w.messages_finished }}{% endif %}'
             ' qsize={{ w.managed_tasks|length }}'
             ' rss={{ w.mb }}MB'
             '{% for task in w.managed_tasks.values() %}'
@@ -260,7 +282,11 @@ class WorkerPool(object):
             '\n'
             '{% endfor %}'
         )
-        return tmpl.render(pool=self, workers=self.workers, meta=self.debug_meta)
+        now = datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC')
+        return tmpl.render(
+            pool=self, workers=self.workers, meta=self.debug_meta,
+            dt=now
+        )
 
     def write(self, preferred_queue, body):
         queue_order = sorted(range(len(self.workers)), key=lambda x: -1 if x==preferred_queue else x)
@@ -293,6 +319,8 @@ class AutoscalePool(WorkerPool):
     down based on demand
     '''
 
+    pool_cls = StatefulPoolWorker
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.max_workers = kwargs.pop('max_workers', None)
         super(AutoscalePool, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -309,6 +337,10 @@ class AutoscalePool(WorkerPool):
         # max workers can't be less than min_workers
         self.max_workers = max(self.min_workers, self.max_workers)
 
+    def debug(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.cleanup()
+        return super(AutoscalePool, self).debug(*args, **kwargs)
+
     @property
     def should_grow(self):
         if len(self.workers) < self.min_workers:
diff --git a/awx/main/dispatch/worker/base.py b/awx/main/dispatch/worker/base.py
index 7001cd9bb9..c5596112b8 100644
--- a/awx/main/dispatch/worker/base.py
+++ b/awx/main/dispatch/worker/base.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ class WorkerSignalHandler:
 
 
 class AWXConsumerBase(object):
+
+    last_stats = time.time()
+
     def __init__(self, name, worker, queues=[], pool=None):
         self.should_stop = False
 
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ class AWXConsumerBase(object):
         if pool is None:
             self.pool = WorkerPool()
         self.pool.init_workers(self.worker.work_loop)
+        self.redis = redis.Redis.from_url(settings.BROKER_URL)
 
     @property
     def listening_on(self):
@@ -99,6 +103,16 @@ class AWXConsumerBase(object):
             queue = 0
         self.pool.write(queue, body)
         self.total_messages += 1
+        self.record_statistics()
+
+    def record_statistics(self):
+        if time.time() - self.last_stats > 1:  # buffer stat recording to once per second
+            try:
+                self.redis.set(f'awx_{self.name}_statistics', self.pool.debug())
+                self.last_stats = time.time()
+            except Exception:
+                logger.exception(f"encountered an error communicating with redis to store {self.name} statistics")
+                self.last_stats = time.time()
 
     def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.stop)
@@ -120,10 +134,9 @@ class AWXConsumerRedis(AWXConsumerBase):
 
         time_to_sleep = 1
         while True:
-            queue = redis.Redis.from_url(settings.BROKER_URL)
             while True:
                 try:
-                    res = queue.blpop(self.queues)
+                    res = self.redis.blpop(self.queues)
                     time_to_sleep = 1
                     res = json.loads(res[1])
                     self.process_task(res)
diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py b/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py
index 7e28330067..23922a7537 100644
--- a/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py
+++ b/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 
+from awx.main.dispatch.control import Control
 from awx.main.dispatch.worker import AWXConsumerRedis, CallbackBrokerWorker
 
 
@@ -15,7 +16,14 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     '''
     help = 'Launch the job callback receiver'
 
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('--status', dest='status', action='store_true',
+                            help='print the internal state of any running dispatchers')
+
     def handle(self, *arg, **options):
+        if options.get('status'):
+            print(Control('callback_receiver').status())
+            return
         consumer = None
         try:
             consumer = AWXConsumerRedis(
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_dispatch.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_dispatch.py
index caf54f0161..e92867d6a5 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_dispatch.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_dispatch.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from awx.main.models import Job, WorkflowJob, Instance
 from awx.main.dispatch import reaper
-from awx.main.dispatch.pool import PoolWorker, WorkerPool, AutoscalePool
+from awx.main.dispatch.pool import StatefulPoolWorker, WorkerPool, AutoscalePool
 from awx.main.dispatch.publish import task
 from awx.main.dispatch.worker import BaseWorker, TaskWorker
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class SlowResultWriter(BaseWorker):
 class TestPoolWorker:
 
     def setup_method(self, test_method):
-        self.worker = PoolWorker(1000, self.tick, tuple())
+        self.worker = StatefulPoolWorker(1000, self.tick, tuple())
 
     def tick(self):
         self.worker.finished.put(self.worker.queue.get()['uuid'])