diff --git a/server/reflector/auth/auth_none.py b/server/reflector/auth/auth_none.py
index 3ef7c923..4806a560 100644
--- a/server/reflector/auth/auth_none.py
+++ b/server/reflector/auth/auth_none.py
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Annotated
-
-from fastapi import Depends
-from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordBearer
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-oauth2_scheme = OAuth2PasswordBearer(tokenUrl="token", auto_error=False)
-
 
 class UserInfo(BaseModel):
     sub: str
@@ -15,13 +9,13 @@ class AccessTokenInfo(BaseModel):
     pass
 
 
-def authenticated(token: Annotated[str, Depends(oauth2_scheme)]):
+def authenticated():
     return None
 
 
-def current_user(token: Annotated[str, Depends(oauth2_scheme)]):
+def current_user():
     return None
 
 
-def current_user_optional(token: Annotated[str, Depends(oauth2_scheme)]):
+def current_user_optional():
     return None
diff --git a/server/reflector/ws_manager.py b/server/reflector/ws_manager.py
index fc3653bb..48f178f5 100644
--- a/server/reflector/ws_manager.py
+++ b/server/reflector/ws_manager.py
@@ -48,7 +48,15 @@ class RedisPubSubManager:
         if not self.redis_connection:
             await self.connect()
         message = json.dumps(message)
-        await self.redis_connection.publish(room_id, message)
+        try:
+            await self.redis_connection.publish(room_id, message)
+        except RuntimeError:
+            # Celery workers run each task in a new event loop (asyncio.run),
+            # which closes the previous loop. Cached Redis connection is dead.
+            # Reconnect on the current loop and retry.
+            self.redis_connection = None
+            await self.connect()
+            await self.redis_connection.publish(room_id, message)
 
     async def subscribe(self, room_id: str) -> redis.Redis:
         await self.pubsub.subscribe(room_id)
diff --git a/www/app/(app)/transcripts/[transcriptId]/processing/page.tsx b/www/app/(app)/transcripts/[transcriptId]/processing/page.tsx
index 0b7affaf..c8ac418e 100644
--- a/www/app/(app)/transcripts/[transcriptId]/processing/page.tsx
+++ b/www/app/(app)/transcripts/[transcriptId]/processing/page.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { useTranscriptGet } from "../../../../lib/apiHooks";
 import { parseNonEmptyString } from "../../../../lib/utils";
+import { useWebSockets } from "../../useWebSockets";
 
 type TranscriptProcessing = {
   params: Promise<{
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export default function TranscriptProcessing(details: TranscriptProcessing) {
   const router = useRouter();
 
   const transcript = useTranscriptGet(transcriptId);
+  useWebSockets(transcriptId);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const status = transcript.data?.status;