diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts
index e367c9e060..38a162435d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import { getDocWritethroughClient } from "../redis/init"
 import { AnyDocument, Database, LockName, LockType } from "@budibase/types"
 import * as locks from "../redis/redlockImpl"
 
+import { JobQueue, createQueue } from "../queue"
+import { context, db as dbUtils } from ".."
+
 const DEFAULT_WRITE_RATE_MS = 10000
 
 let CACHE: BaseCache | null = null
@@ -14,17 +17,63 @@ async function getCache() {
   return CACHE
 }
 
-interface CacheItem {
-  nextWrite: number
+interface ProcessDocMessage {
+  tenantId: string
+  dbName: string
+  docId: string
+  cacheKeyPrefix: string
 }
 
+export const docWritethroughProcessorQueue = createQueue<ProcessDocMessage>(
+  JobQueue.DOC_WRITETHROUGH_QUEUE
+)
+
+docWritethroughProcessorQueue.process(async message => {
+  const { dbName, tenantId, docId, cacheKeyPrefix } = message.data
+  const cache = await getCache()
+  await context.doInTenant(tenantId, async () => {
+    const lockResponse = await locks.doWithLock(
+      {
+        type: LockType.TRY_ONCE,
+        name: LockName.PERSIST_WRITETHROUGH,
+        resource: cacheKeyPrefix,
+        ttl: 15000,
+      },
+      async () => {
+        const db = dbUtils.getDB(dbName)
+        let doc: AnyDocument | undefined
+        try {
+          doc = await db.get(docId)
+        } catch {
+          doc = { _id: docId }
+        }
+
+        const keysToPersist = await cache.keys(`${cacheKeyPrefix}:data:*`)
+        for (const key of keysToPersist) {
+          const data = await cache.get(key, { useTenancy: false })
+          doc[data.key] = data.value
+        }
+
+        await db.put(doc)
+
+        for (const key of keysToPersist) {
+          await cache.delete(key, { useTenancy: false })
+        }
+      }
+    )
+
+    if (!lockResponse.executed) {
+      console.log(`Ignoring redlock conflict in write-through cache`)
+    }
+  })
+})
+
 export class DocWritethrough {
   private db: Database
   private _docId: string
   private writeRateMs: number
 
   private cacheKeyPrefix: string
-  private docInfoCacheKey: string
 
   constructor(
     db: Database,
@@ -35,54 +84,31 @@ export class DocWritethrough {
     this._docId = docId
     this.writeRateMs = writeRateMs
     this.cacheKeyPrefix = `${this.db.name}:${this.docId}`
-    this.docInfoCacheKey = `${this.cacheKeyPrefix}:info`
   }
 
   get docId() {
     return this._docId
   }
 
-  private makeNextWriteInfoItem(): CacheItem {
-    return { nextWrite: Date.now() + this.writeRateMs }
-  }
-
   async patch(data: Record<string, any>) {
     const cache = await getCache()
 
     await this.storeToCache(cache, data)
 
-    const updateDb = await this.shouldUpdateDb(cache)
-
-    if (updateDb) {
-      const lockResponse = await locks.doWithLock(
-        {
-          type: LockType.TRY_ONCE,
-          name: LockName.PERSIST_WRITETHROUGH,
-          resource: this.docInfoCacheKey,
-          ttl: 15000,
-        },
-        async () => {
-          if (await this.shouldUpdateDb(cache)) {
-            await this.persistToDb(cache)
-            await cache.store(
-              this.docInfoCacheKey,
-              this.makeNextWriteInfoItem()
-            )
-          }
-        }
-      )
-
-      if (!lockResponse.executed) {
-        console.log(`Ignoring redlock conflict in write-through cache`)
+    docWritethroughProcessorQueue.add(
+      {
+        tenantId: context.getTenantId(),
+        dbName: this.db.name,
+        docId: this.docId,
+        cacheKeyPrefix: this.cacheKeyPrefix,
+      },
+      {
+        delay: this.writeRateMs - 1,
+        jobId: this.cacheKeyPrefix,
+        removeOnFail: true,
+        removeOnComplete: true,
       }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private async shouldUpdateDb(cache: BaseCache) {
-    const cacheItem = await cache.withCache(this.docInfoCacheKey, null, () =>
-      this.makeNextWriteInfoItem()
     )
-    return Date.now() >= cacheItem.nextWrite
   }
 
   private async storeToCache(cache: BaseCache, data: Record<string, any>) {
@@ -91,25 +117,4 @@ export class DocWritethrough {
       await cache.store(cacheKey, { key, value }, undefined)
     }
   }
-
-  private async persistToDb(cache: BaseCache) {
-    let doc: AnyDocument | undefined
-    try {
-      doc = await this.db.get(this.docId)
-    } catch {
-      doc = { _id: this.docId }
-    }
-
-    const keysToPersist = await cache.keys(`${this.cacheKeyPrefix}:data:*`)
-    for (const key of keysToPersist) {
-      const data = await cache.get(key, { useTenancy: false })
-      doc[data.key] = data.value
-    }
-
-    await this.db.put(doc)
-
-    for (const key of keysToPersist) {
-      await cache.delete(key, { useTenancy: false })
-    }
-  }
 }