celery update_state issue

export.py

from tasks import full_export_task

def export_year_zip(user):
  full_export_task.update_state(state="PROGRESS", meta={})

tasks.py

task()
def full_export_task(user, task_id=None):
  from export.views.user_full_export import export_year_zip
  result = export_year_zip(user)
  return result

I think the problem is that you're calling update_state from outside the @task-decorated function. Not really sure, sorry.