diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index 8f0f72133..5bab98185 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -134,45 +134,7 @@ return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
         ]);
     })
     ->withSchedule(function (Schedule $schedule) {
-        $schedule->command('media:optimize')->hourlyAt(40)->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('media:gc')->hourlyAt(5)->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('horizon:snapshot')->everyFiveMinutes()->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('story:gc')->everyFiveMinutes()->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('gc:failedjobs')->dailyAt(3)->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('gc:passwordreset')->dailyAt('09:41')->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('gc:sessions')->twiceDaily(13, 23)->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('storage:maintenance')->dailyAt('04:15')->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('app:weekly-instance-scan')->weeklyOn(2, '4:20')->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('app:cleanup-expired-app-registrations')->dailyAt(1)->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('passport:purge')->everyFourHours(20)->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('notifications:prune-old')->everySixHours(33)->onOneServer()->withoutOverlapping(360);
-
-        if ((bool) config_cache('pixelfed.cloud_storage') && (bool) config_cache('media.delete_local_after_cloud')) {
-            // Upload any local stragglers to cloud and GC verified local copies.
-            $schedule->command('admin:MediaMoveStorageLocalToCloud --force --limit=500')->hourlyAt(15);
-        }
-
-        if (config('import.instagram.enabled')) {
-            $schedule->command('app:transform-imports')->twiceDaily(13, 22)->onOneServer();
-            $schedule->command('app:import-upload-garbage-collection')->hourlyAt(51)->onOneServer();
-            $schedule->command('app:import-remove-deleted-accounts')->hourlyAt(37)->onOneServer();
-            $schedule->command('app:import-upload-clean-storage')->twiceDailyAt(1, 13, 32)->onOneServer();
-
-            if (config('import.instagram.storage.cloud.enabled') && (bool) config_cache('pixelfed.cloud_storage')) {
-                $schedule->command('app:import-upload-media-to-cloud-storage')->hourlyAt(39)->onOneServer();
-            }
-        }
-
-        $schedule->command('app:notification-epoch-update')->weeklyOn(1, '2:21')->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('app:hashtag-cached-count-update')->hourlyAt(25)->onOneServer();
-        $schedule->command('app:account-post-count-stat-update')->everySixHours(25)->onOneServer();
-        if ((bool) config_cache('pixelfed.account_storage_reconcile')) {
-            // Optional drift reconciler. The upload/delete/read paths already
-            // self-heal stale storage_used counters, so this is disabled by
-            // default and only needed to tidy accounts that never upload/delete.
-            $schedule->command('user:storage:recalculate --stale=168')->weeklyOn(3, '3:30')->onOneServer()->withoutOverlapping(1440);
-        }
-        $schedule->command('app:instance-update-total-local-posts')->twiceDailyAt(1, 13, 45)->onOneServer();
+        require __DIR__.'/../routes/scheduledtasks.php';
     })
     ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
         $exceptions->shouldRenderJsonWhen(
diff --git a/routes/scheduledtasks.php b/routes/scheduledtasks.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..191460141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/scheduledtasks.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Scheduled Tasks
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Central definition of the application's scheduled commands. This file is
+| required from bootstrap/app.php's withSchedule() closure with the active
+| Schedule instance available as $schedule.
+|
+*/
+
+/** @var Schedule $schedule */
+
+$schedule->command('media:optimize')->hourlyAt(40)->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('media:gc')->hourlyAt(5)->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('horizon:snapshot')->everyFiveMinutes()->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('story:gc')->everyFiveMinutes()->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('gc:failedjobs')->dailyAt(3)->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('gc:passwordreset')->dailyAt('09:41')->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('gc:sessions')->twiceDaily(13, 23)->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('storage:maintenance')->dailyAt('04:15')->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('app:weekly-instance-scan')->weeklyOn(2, '4:20')->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('app:cleanup-expired-app-registrations')->dailyAt(1)->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('passport:purge')->everyFourHours(20)->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('notifications:prune-old')->everySixHours(33)->onOneServer()->withoutOverlapping(360);
+
+if ((bool) config_cache('pixelfed.cloud_storage') && (bool) config_cache('media.delete_local_after_cloud')) {
+    // Upload any local stragglers to cloud and GC verified local copies.
+    $schedule->command('admin:MediaMoveStorageLocalToCloud --force --limit=500')->hourlyAt(15);
+}
+
+if (config('import.instagram.enabled')) {
+    $schedule->command('app:transform-imports')->twiceDaily(13, 22)->onOneServer();
+    $schedule->command('app:import-upload-garbage-collection')->hourlyAt(51)->onOneServer();
+    $schedule->command('app:import-remove-deleted-accounts')->hourlyAt(37)->onOneServer();
+    $schedule->command('app:import-upload-clean-storage')->twiceDailyAt(1, 13, 32)->onOneServer();
+
+    if (config('import.instagram.storage.cloud.enabled') && (bool) config_cache('pixelfed.cloud_storage')) {
+        $schedule->command('app:import-upload-media-to-cloud-storage')->hourlyAt(39)->onOneServer();
+    }
+}
+
+$schedule->command('app:notification-epoch-update')->weeklyOn(1, '2:21')->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('app:hashtag-cached-count-update')->hourlyAt(25)->onOneServer();
+$schedule->command('app:account-post-count-stat-update')->everySixHours(25)->onOneServer();
+
+if ((bool) config_cache('pixelfed.account_storage_reconcile')) {
+    $schedule->command('user:storage:recalculate --stale=168')->weeklyOn(3, '3:30')->onOneServer()->withoutOverlapping(1440);
+}
+
+$schedule->command('app:instance-update-total-local-posts')->twiceDailyAt(1, 13, 45)->onOneServer();