diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
index 98f0af527c..cc16791390 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
@@ -406,11 +406,9 @@ export class DatabaseTaskStore implements TaskStore {
     }[];
   }>;
   // (undocumented)
-  recoverTasks(options: TaskStoreRecoverTaskOptions): Promise<
-    {
-      id: string;
-    }[]
-  >;
+  recoverTasks(options: TaskStoreRecoverTaskOptions): Promise<{
+    ids: string[];
+  }>;
   // (undocumented)
   shutdownTask(options: TaskStoreShutDownTaskOptions): Promise<void>;
 }
@@ -563,11 +561,9 @@ export interface TaskStore {
     }[];
   }>;
   // (undocumented)
-  recoverTasks?(options: TaskStoreRecoverTaskOptions): Promise<
-    {
-      id: string;
-    }[]
-  >;
+  recoverTasks?(options: TaskStoreRecoverTaskOptions): Promise<{
+    ids: string[];
+  }>;
   // (undocumented)
   shutdownTask?(options: TaskStoreShutDownTaskOptions): Promise<void>;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts
index 901bf012ac..766db4646e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ export class DatabaseTaskStore implements TaskStore {
 
   async recoverTasks(
     options: TaskStoreRecoverTaskOptions,
-  ): Promise<{ id: string }[]> {
-    const taskIdsToRecover: { id: string }[] = [];
+  ): Promise<{ ids: string[] }> {
+    const taskIdsToRecover: string[] = [];
     const timeoutS = Duration.fromObject(options.timeout).as('seconds');
 
     await this.db.transaction(async tx => {
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ export class DatabaseTaskStore implements TaskStore {
           ['id', 'spec'],
         );
 
-      taskIdsToRecover.push(...result.map(i => ({ id: i.id })));
+      taskIdsToRecover.push(...result.map(i => i.id));
 
       for (const { id, spec } of result) {
         const taskSpec = JSON.parse(spec as string) as TaskSpec;
@@ -516,6 +516,6 @@ export class DatabaseTaskStore implements TaskStore {
       }
     });
 
-    return taskIdsToRecover;
+    return { ids: taskIdsToRecover };
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
index 96300bec58..8b49f492e8 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
@@ -220,10 +220,9 @@ export class StorageTaskBroker implements TaskBroker {
         'scaffolder.EXPERIMENTAL_recoverTasksTimeout',
         defaultTimeout,
       );
-      const recoveredTaskIds =
-        (await this.storage.recoverTasks?.({
-          timeout,
-        })) ?? [];
+      const { ids: recoveredTaskIds } = (await this.storage.recoverTasks?.({
+        timeout,
+      })) ?? { ids: [] };
       if (recoveredTaskIds.length > 0) {
         this.signalDispatch();
       }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
index 85c5b6f69e..c5783ccb49 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export interface TaskStore {
 
   recoverTasks?(
     options: TaskStoreRecoverTaskOptions,
-  ): Promise<{ id: string }[]>;
+  ): Promise<{ ids: string[] }>;
 
   getTask(taskId: string): Promise<SerializedTask>;