diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingEngineImpl.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingEngineImpl.ts
index e94cdf2f31..8a2a0349d6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingEngineImpl.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingEngineImpl.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import {
   CatalogProcessingOrchestrator,
 } from './types';
 
-import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
 import { EntitiesCatalog } from '../catalog/types';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 
@@ -50,42 +49,33 @@ export class CatalogProcessingEngineImpl implements CatalogProcessingEngine {
     this.running = true;
 
     while (this.running) {
-      const { entity, state, eager } = await this.stateManager.pop();
+      const {
+        id,
+        entity,
+        state: intialState,
+      } = await this.stateManager.getNextProccessingItem();
 
       const {
-        completeEntities,
+        completedEntity,
         deferredEntites,
         errors,
+        state,
       } = await this.orchestrator.process({
         entity,
-        state,
-        eager,
+        state: intialState,
       });
 
       for (const error of errors) {
         this.logger.warn(error.message);
       }
 
-      for (const deferred of deferredEntites) {
-        this.stateManager.setResult({
-          request: { entity: deferred, state: new Map<string, JsonObject>() },
-          nextRefresh: 'now()',
-        });
-      }
-
-      if (completeEntities.length) {
-        await this.entitiesCatalog.batchAddOrUpdateEntities(
-          completeEntities.map(e => ({
-            entity: e,
-            relations: [],
-          })),
-          {
-            locationId: 'xyz',
-            dryRun: false,
-            outputEntities: true,
-          },
-        );
-      }
+      await this.stateManager.setProcessingItemResult({
+        id,
+        entity: completedEntity,
+        state,
+        errors,
+      });
+      await this.stateManager.addProcessingItems({ entities: deferredEntites });
     }
   }
 
@@ -96,28 +86,19 @@ export class CatalogProcessingEngineImpl implements CatalogProcessingEngine {
       subscription.unsubscribe();
     }
   }
+
   private async onNext(message: EntityMessage) {
     if ('all' in message) {
       // TODO unhandled rejection
-      await Promise.all(
-        message.all.map(entity =>
-          this.stateManager.setResult({
-            request: { entity, state: new Map() },
-            nextRefresh: 'now()',
-          }),
-        ),
-      );
+      await this.stateManager.addProcessingItems({
+        entities: message.all,
+      });
     }
 
     if ('added' in message) {
-      await Promise.all(
-        message.added.map(entity =>
-          this.stateManager.setResult({
-            request: { entity, state: new Map() },
-            nextRefresh: 'now()',
-          }),
-        ),
-      );
+      await this.stateManager.addProcessingItems({
+        entities: message.added,
+      });
 
       // TODO deletions of message.removed
     }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl.ts
index f78ebfbef2..add7db53b3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,18 @@ import {
   LocationSpec,
   stringifyLocationReference,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
   CatalogProcessor,
   CatalogProcessorEmit,
   CatalogProcessorParser,
   CatalogProcessorResult,
 } from '../ingestion/processors';
-import { CatalogProcessingOrchestrator, EntityProcessingError } from './types';
+import {
+  CatalogProcessingOrchestrator,
+  EntityProcessingError,
+  EntityProcessingRequest,
+  EntityProcessingResult,
+} from './types';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import * as result from '../ingestion/processors/results';
 import { locationToEntity } from './LocationToEntity';
@@ -41,18 +45,10 @@ export class CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl
     },
   ) {}
 
-  async process(request: {
-    entity: Entity;
-    eager?: boolean | undefined;
-    state: Map<string, JsonObject>;
-  }): Promise<{
-    state: Map<string, JsonObject>;
-    completeEntities: Entity[];
-    deferredEntites: Entity[];
-    errors: EntityProcessingError[];
-  }> {
+  async process(
+    request: EntityProcessingRequest,
+  ): Promise<EntityProcessingResult> {
     const { entity, eager, state } = request;
-    const completedEntities: Entity[] = [];
     const deferredEntites: Entity[] = [];
     const errors: EntityProcessingError[] = [];
 
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ export class CatalogProcessingOrchestratorImpl
 
     return {
       deferredEntites,
-      completeEntities: completedEntities,
+      completedEntity,
       errors,
       state,
     };
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/ProcessingStateManagerImpl.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/ProcessingStateManagerImpl.ts
index d8736cfa77..872ee78fdb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/ProcessingStateManagerImpl.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/ProcessingStateManagerImpl.ts
@@ -14,52 +14,61 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
-import { DbRefreshStateRow, ProcessingDatabase } from './database/types';
-import { ProcessingResult, ProcessingStateManager } from './types';
+import { ProcessingDatabase, RefreshStateItem } from './database/types';
+import {
+  AddProcessingItemRequest,
+  ProccessingItem,
+  ProcessingItemResult,
+  ProcessingStateManager,
+} from './types';
 
 export class ProcessingStateManagerImpl implements ProcessingStateManager {
   constructor(private readonly db: ProcessingDatabase) {}
 
-  async setResult(result: ProcessingResult) {
-    await this.db.transaction(async tx => {
-      this.db.addEntityRefreshState(tx, [
-        {
-          entity: result.request.entity,
-          nextRefresh: result.nextRefresh,
-        },
-      ]);
+  async setProcessingItemResult(result: ProcessingItemResult) {
+    return this.db.transaction(async tx => {
+      await this.db.updateProcessedEntity(tx, {
+        id: result.id,
+        processedEntity: result.entity,
+        errors: JSON.stringify(result.errors),
+        state: result.state,
+      });
     });
   }
 
-  async pop(): Promise<{
-    entity: Entity;
-    eager?: boolean | undefined;
-    state: Map<string, JsonObject>;
-  }> {
-    const entities = await new Promise<DbRefreshStateRow[]>(resolve =>
+  async addProcessingItems(request: AddProcessingItemRequest) {
+    return this.db.transaction(async tx => {
+      await this.db.addUnprocessedEntities(tx, {
+        unprocessedEntities: request.entities,
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  async getNextProccessingItem(): Promise<ProccessingItem> {
+    const entities = await new Promise<RefreshStateItem[]>(resolve =>
       this.popFromQueue(resolve),
     );
-    const result = entities[0];
+    const { id, state, unprocessedEntity } = entities[0];
     return {
-      entity: JSON.parse(result.unproccessed_entity) as Entity,
-      state: new Map<string, JsonObject>(JSON.parse(result.cache)),
+      id,
+      entity: unprocessedEntity,
+      state,
     };
   }
 
-  async popFromQueue(resolve: (rows: DbRefreshStateRow[]) => void) {
+  async popFromQueue(resolve: (rows: RefreshStateItem[]) => void) {
     const entities = await this.db.transaction(async tx => {
       return this.db.getProcessableEntities(tx, {
         processBatchSize: 1,
       });
     });
 
-    if (!entities.length) {
+    // No entities require refresh, wait and try again.
+    if (!entities.items.length) {
       setTimeout(() => this.popFromQueue(resolve), 1000);
       return;
     }
 
-    resolve(entities);
+    resolve(entities.items);
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/ProcessingDatabaseImpl.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/ProcessingDatabaseImpl.ts
index af0d331199..3fe25c1eae 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/ProcessingDatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/ProcessingDatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import {
   ProcessingDatabase,
   AddUnprocessedEntitiesOptions,
   UpdateProcessedEntityOptions,
-  GetProcessedEntitiesResult,
+  GetProcessableEntitiesResult,
 } from './types';
 import type { Logger } from 'winston';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Entity, stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 
 export type DbRefreshStateRequest = {
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ class ProcessingDatabaseImpl implements ProcessingDatabase {
     options: UpdateProcessedEntityOptions,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const tx = txOpaque as Knex.Transaction;
-    const { id, processedEntity, cache, errors } = options;
+    const { id, processedEntity, state, errors } = options;
     const result = await tx<DbRefreshStateRow>('refresh_state')
       .update({
-        processed_entity: processedEntity,
-        cache,
+        processed_entity: JSON.stringify(processedEntity),
+        cache: JSON.stringify(state),
         errors,
       })
       .where('id', id);
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class ProcessingDatabaseImpl implements ProcessingDatabase {
   async getProcessableEntities(
     txOpaque: Transaction,
     request: { processBatchSize: number },
-  ): Promise<GetProcessedEntitiesResult> {
+  ): Promise<GetProcessableEntitiesResult> {
     const tx = txOpaque as Knex.Transaction;
 
     const items = await tx<DbRefreshStateRow>('refresh_state')
@@ -114,7 +114,18 @@ class ProcessingDatabaseImpl implements ProcessingDatabase {
             : tx.raw(`now() + interval '30 seconds'`),
       });
 
-    return items;
+    return {
+      items: items.map(i => ({
+        id: i.id,
+        entityRef: i.entity_ref,
+        unprocessedEntity: JSON.parse(i.unprocessed_entity) as Entity,
+        processedEntity: JSON.parse(i.processed_entity) as Entity,
+        nextUpdateAt: i.next_update_at,
+        lastDiscoveryAt: i.last_discovery_at,
+        state: JSON.parse(i.cache),
+        errors: i.errors,
+      })),
+    };
   }
 
   async transaction<T>(fn: (tx: Transaction) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
@@ -148,9 +159,3 @@ class ProcessingDatabaseImpl implements ProcessingDatabase {
     }
   }
 }
-
-function stringifyEntityRef(
-  entity: Entity,
-): Knex.MaybeRawColumn<string> | undefined {
-  throw new Error('Function not implemented.');
-}
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/types.ts
index 310b6b4b7e..6cd42e690f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/types.ts
@@ -26,24 +26,24 @@ export type AddUnprocessedEntitiesResult = {};
 
 export type UpdateProcessedEntityOptions = {
   id: string;
-  processedEntity?: string;
-  cache?: string;
+  processedEntity?: Entity;
+  state?: Map<string, JsonObject>;
   errors?: string;
 };
 
 export type RefreshStateItem = {
   id: string;
   entityRef: string;
-  unprocessedEntity: string;
-  processedEntity: string;
+  unprocessedEntity: Entity;
+  processedEntity: Entity;
   nextUpdateAt: string;
   lastDiscoveryAt: string; // remove?
-  cache: JsonObject;
+  state: Map<string, JsonObject>;
   errors: string;
 };
 
-export type GetProcessedEntitiesResult = {
-  items: RefreshStateItem;
+export type GetProcessableEntitiesResult = {
+  items: RefreshStateItem[];
 };
 
 export interface ProcessingDatabase {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export interface ProcessingDatabase {
   getProcessableEntities(
     txOpaque: Transaction,
     request: { processBatchSize: number },
-  ): Promise<GetProcessedEntitiesResult>;
+  ): Promise<GetProcessableEntitiesResult>;
 
   /**
    * Updates the
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/types.ts
index c7f1e370e0..58d88636f8 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/types.ts
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ export interface EntityProvider {
   entityChange$(): Observable<EntityMessage>;
 }
 
-// interface CatalogProcessor {}
-type EntityProcessingRequest = {
+export type EntityProcessingRequest = {
   entity: Entity;
   eager?: boolean;
   state: Map<string, JsonObject>; // Versions for multiple deployments etc
@@ -81,9 +80,9 @@ export type EntityProcessingError = {
   message: String;
 };
 
-type EntityProcessingResult = {
+export type EntityProcessingResult = {
   state: Map<string, JsonObject>;
-  completeEntities: Entity[];
+  completedEntity: Entity;
   deferredEntites: Entity[];
   errors: EntityProcessingError[];
 };
@@ -92,12 +91,24 @@ export interface CatalogProcessingOrchestrator {
   process(request: EntityProcessingRequest): Promise<EntityProcessingResult>;
 }
 
-export type ProcessingResult = {
-  nextRefresh: string;
-  request: EntityProcessingRequest;
+export type ProcessingItemResult = {
+  id: string;
+  entity: Entity;
+  state: Map<string, JsonObject>;
+  errors: EntityProcessingError[];
 };
 
+export type AddProcessingItemRequest = {
+  entities: Entity[];
+};
+
+export type ProccessingItem = {
+  id: string;
+  entity: Entity;
+  state: Map<string, JsonObject>;
+};
 export interface ProcessingStateManager {
-  setResult(result: ProcessingResult): Promise<void>;
-  pop(): Promise<EntityProcessingRequest>;
+  setProcessingItemResult(result: ProcessingItemResult): Promise<void>;
+  getNextProccessingItem(): Promise<ProccessingItem>;
+  addProcessingItems(request: AddProcessingItemRequest): Promise<void>;
 }