diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/document_persistence.py b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/document_persistence.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9be92fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/document_persistence.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.orm import object_session
+from sqlalchemy.orm.attributes import set_committed_value
+
+from app.db import Document, DocumentStatus
+
+
+async def rollback_and_persist_failure(
+    session: AsyncSession, document: Document, message: str
+) -> None:
+    """Roll back the current transaction, refresh the document, and persist a failed status."""
+    await session.rollback()
+    await session.refresh(document)
+    document.updated_at = datetime.now(UTC)
+    document.status = DocumentStatus.failed(message)
+    await session.commit()
+
+
+def attach_chunks_to_document(document: Document, chunks: list) -> None:
+    """Assign chunks to a document without triggering SQLAlchemy async lazy loading."""
+    set_committed_value(document, "chunks", chunks)
+    session = object_session(document)
+    if session is not None:
+        if document.id is not None:
+            for chunk in chunks:
+                chunk.document_id = document.id
+        session.add_all(chunks)
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/indexing_pipeline_service.py b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/indexing_pipeline_service.py
index 0e114d998..3a9a1de5c 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/indexing_pipeline_service.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/indexing_pipeline_service.py
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 from sqlalchemy import delete, select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
-from sqlalchemy.orm import object_session
-from sqlalchemy.orm.attributes import set_committed_value
 
 from app.db import Chunk, Document, DocumentStatus
 from app.indexing_pipeline.connector_document import ConnectorDocument
 from app.indexing_pipeline.document_chunker import chunk_text
 from app.indexing_pipeline.document_embedder import embed_text
 from app.indexing_pipeline.document_hashing import compute_content_hash, compute_unique_identifier_hash
+from app.indexing_pipeline.document_persistence import attach_chunks_to_document, rollback_and_persist_failure
 from app.indexing_pipeline.document_summarizer import summarize_document
 from app.indexing_pipeline.exceptions import (
     EMBEDDING_ERRORS,
@@ -25,26 +24,6 @@ from app.indexing_pipeline.exceptions import (
 )
 
 
-async def _mark_failed(session: AsyncSession, document: Document, message: str) -> None:
-    """Roll back the current transaction, refresh the document, and persist a failed status."""
-    await session.rollback()
-    await session.refresh(document)
-    document.updated_at = datetime.now(UTC)
-    document.status = DocumentStatus.failed(message)
-    await session.commit()
-
-
-def _safe_set_chunks(document: Document, chunks: list) -> None:
-    """Assign chunks to a document without triggering SQLAlchemy async lazy loading."""
-    set_committed_value(document, "chunks", chunks)
-    session = object_session(document)
-    if session is not None:
-        if document.id is not None:
-            for chunk in chunks:
-                chunk.document_id = document.id
-        session.add_all(chunks)
-
-
 class IndexingPipelineService:
     """Single pipeline for indexing connector documents. All connectors use this service."""
 
@@ -171,28 +150,28 @@ class IndexingPipelineService:
 
             document.content = content
             document.embedding = embedding
-            _safe_set_chunks(document, chunks)
+            attach_chunks_to_document(document, chunks)
             document.updated_at = datetime.now(UTC)
             document.status = DocumentStatus.ready()
             await self.session.commit()
 
         except RETRYABLE_LLM_ERRORS as e:
-            await _mark_failed(self.session, document, llm_retryable_message(e))
+            await rollback_and_persist_failure(self.session, document, llm_retryable_message(e))
 
         except PERMANENT_LLM_ERRORS as e:
-            await _mark_failed(self.session, document, llm_permanent_message(e))
+            await rollback_and_persist_failure(self.session, document, llm_permanent_message(e))
 
         except EMBEDDING_ERRORS as e:
-            await _mark_failed(self.session, document, embedding_message(e))
+            await rollback_and_persist_failure(self.session, document, embedding_message(e))
 
         except RecursionError:
-            await _mark_failed(self.session, document, PipelineMessages.CHUNKING_OVERFLOW)
+            await rollback_and_persist_failure(self.session, document, PipelineMessages.CHUNKING_OVERFLOW)
 
         except FATAL_DB_ERRORS:
             raise
 
         except TRANSIENT_DB_ERRORS:
-            await _mark_failed(self.session, document, PipelineMessages.DB_TRANSIENT)
+            await rollback_and_persist_failure(self.session, document, PipelineMessages.DB_TRANSIENT)
 
         except Exception as e:
-            await _mark_failed(self.session, document, str(e))
+            await rollback_and_persist_failure(self.session, document, str(e))