diff --git a/lib/tasks/build_public_index.rake b/lib/tasks/build_public_index.rake
index 2e27d59a..e3a624ef 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/build_public_index.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/build_public_index.rake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-desc 'Build public index in the Mongo API'
+desc 'Wipe and rebuild public index in the Mongo API'
 task :build_public_index => :environment  do
     # Turn off logging for this rake task, otherwise it just fills up our logs
     dev_null = Logger.new('/dev/null')
diff --git a/lib/tasks/check_public_index.rake b/lib/tasks/check_public_index.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2da495c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/check_public_index.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+desc 'Compare Outpost and public index in the Mongo API'
+task :check_public_index => :environment  do
+    # Turn off logging for this rake task, otherwise it just fills up our logs
+    dev_null = Logger.new('/dev/null')
+    Rails.logger = dev_null
+    ActiveRecord::Base.logger = dev_null
+
+    Mongo::Logger.logger.level = Logger::FATAL
+
+    puts "⏰ Connecting to mongo database..."
+    client = Mongo::Client.new(ENV["DB_URI"] || 'mongodb://root:password@localhost:27017/outpost_development?authSource=admin', {
+        retry_writes: false
+    })
+    collection = client.database[:indexed_services]
+
+
+    active_services, temporarily_closed_services, scheduled_services, archived_services, expired_services, invisible_services, marked_for_deletion_services, pending_services = [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []
+
+
+    mongo_ids = collection.find.map { |doc| doc[:id] }
+
+    Service.find_each do |service|
+        case service.status 
+        when 'active'
+            if !mongo_ids.include?(service.id)
+                active_services << service
+            end
+        when 'temporarily closed'
+            if !mongo_ids.include?(service.id)
+                temporarily_closed_services << service
+            end
+        when 'scheduled'
+            if !mongo_ids.include?(service.id)
+                scheduled_services << service
+            end
+        when 'archived'
+            if mongo_ids.include?(service.id)
+                archived_services << service
+            end
+        when 'expired'
+            if mongo_ids.include?(service.id)
+                expired_services << service
+            end
+        when 'invisible'
+            if mongo_ids.include?(service.id)
+                invisible_services << service
+            end
+        when 'marked for deletion'
+            if mongo_ids.include?(service.id)
+                marked_for_deletion_services << service
+            end
+        when 'pending'
+            approved_alternative = service.last_approved_snapshot
+            if approved_alternative && approved_alternative.object['visible'] == true && approved_alternative.object['discarded_at'].blank?
+                if !mongo_ids.include?(service.id)
+                    pending_services << service
+                end
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    
+
+
+    puts "Active services not in index: #{active_services.count}"
+    active_services.each do |service|
+        puts "#{service.id} - #{service.name} - #{service.status} - #{service.updated_at}"
+    end
+    puts "Temporarily closed services not in index: #{temporarily_closed_services.count}"
+    temporarily_closed_services.each do |service|
+        puts "#{service.id} - #{service.name} - #{service.status} - #{service.updated_at}"
+    end
+    puts "Scheduled services not in index: #{scheduled_services.count}"
+    scheduled_services.each do |service|
+        puts "#{service.id} - #{service.name} - #{service.status} - #{service.updated_at}"
+    end
+    puts "Archived services in index: #{archived_services.count}"
+    archived_services.each do |service|
+        puts "#{service.id} - #{service.name} - #{service.status} - #{service.updated_at}"
+    end
+    puts "Expired services in index: #{expired_services.count}"
+    expired_services.each do |service|
+        puts "#{service.id} - #{service.name} - #{service.status} - #{service.updated_at}"
+    end
+    puts "Invisible services in index: #{invisible_services.count}"
+    invisible_services.each do |service|
+        puts "#{service.id} - #{service.name} - #{service.status} - #{service.updated_at}"
+    end
+    puts "Marked for deletion services in index: #{marked_for_deletion_services.count}"
+    marked_for_deletion_services.each do |service|
+        puts "#{service.id} - #{service.name} - #{service.status} - #{service.updated_at}"
+    end
+    puts "Pending services not in index: #{pending_services.count}"
+    pending_services.each do |service|
+        puts "#{service.id} - #{service.name} - #{service.status} - #{service.updated_at}"
+    end
+
+    
+end
+
+
+def create_update_service(service)
+end
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diff --git a/lib/tasks/update_public_index.rake b/lib/tasks/update_public_index.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..178ae92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/update_public_index.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+desc 'Update Outpost public index copies in the Mongo API'
+task :update_public_index => :environment  do
+    # Turn off logging for this rake task, otherwise it just fills up our logs
+    dev_null = Logger.new('/dev/null')
+    Rails.logger = dev_null
+    ActiveRecord::Base.logger = dev_null
+
+    Mongo::Logger.logger.level = Logger::FATAL
+
+    puts "⏰ Connecting to mongo database..."
+    client = Mongo::Client.new(ENV["DB_URI"] || 'mongodb://root:password@localhost:27017/outpost_development?authSource=admin', {
+        retry_writes: false
+    })
+    collection = client.database[:indexed_services]
+    approved_count, unapproved_count, deleted_count, deleted_skipped_count = 0, 0, 0, 0
+    active_count, temporarily_closed_count, scheduled_count, archived_count, expired_count, invisible_count, marked_for_deletion_count, pending_count = 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
+    active_ids, temporarily_closed_ids, scheduled_ids, archived_ids, expired_ids, invisible_ids, marked_for_deletion_ids, pending_ids = [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []
+
+    Service.find_each do |service|
+        case service.status 
+
+        # active services are all indexed
+        when 'active'
+            upsert_active = collection.find_one_and_update({ id: service.id },
+                                        IndexedServicesSerializer.new(service).as_json,
+                                        { upsert: true })
+            active_count += 1
+            active_ids << upsert_active[:id]
+            puts "ACTIVE: #{service.name} indexed"
+
+        # temporarily closed services are all indexed
+        when 'temporarily closed'
+            upsert_temporarily_closed = collection.find_one_and_update({ id: service.id },
+                                        IndexedServicesSerializer.new(service).as_json,
+                                        { upsert: true })
+            temporarily_closed_count += 1
+            temporarily_closed_ids << upsert_temporarily_closed[:id]
+            puts "TEMPORARILY CLOSED: #{service.name} indexed"
+
+        # scheduled services are all indexed - the API determines if they're returned or not
+        when 'scheduled'
+            upsert_scheduled = collection.find_one_and_update({ id: service.id },
+                                        IndexedServicesSerializer.new(service).as_json,
+                                        { upsert: true })
+            scheduled_count += 1
+            scheduled_ids << upsert_scheduled[:id]
+            puts "SCHEDULED: #{service.name} indexed"
+
+
+        # archived services are removed from the index
+        when 'archived'
+            deleted_archived = collection.find_one_and_delete({ id: service.id })
+            archived_count += 1
+            if deleted_archived
+                puts "🗑 ARCHIVED: #{service.name} deleted"
+                archived_ids << deleted_archived[:id]
+            else 
+                puts "⚠️ ARCHIVED: #{service.name} not found in index, skipping"
+            end
+
+        # expired services are removed from the index
+        when 'expired'
+            deleted_expired = collection.find_one_and_delete({ id: service.id })
+            expired_count += 1
+            if deleted_expired
+                puts "🗑 EXPIRED: #{service.name} deleted"
+                expired_ids << deleted_expired[:id]
+            else 
+                puts "⚠️ EXPIRED: #{service.name} not found in index, skipping"
+            end
+
+        # invisible services are removed from the index
+        when 'invisible'
+            deleted_invisible = collection.find_one_and_delete({ id: service.id })
+            deleted_count += 1
+            if deleted_invisible
+                puts "🗑 INVISIBLE: #{service.name} deleted"
+                invisible_ids << deleted_invisible[:id]
+            else 
+                puts "⚠️ INVISIBLE: #{service.name} not found in index, skipping"
+            end
+
+        # marked for deletion definitely get removed from the index
+        when 'marked for deletion'
+            deleted_marked_for_deletion = collection.find_one_and_delete({ id: service.id })
+            marked_for_deletion_count += 1
+            if deleted_marked_for_deletion
+                puts "🗑 MARKED FOR DELETION: #{service.name} deleted"
+                marked_for_deletion_ids << deleted_marked_for_deletion[:id]
+            else 
+                puts "⚠️ MARKED FOR DELETION: #{service.name} not found in index, skipping"
+            end
+
+            # if status is pending we work off last approved snapshot, if it exists and is visible or we make a snapshot to make it visible
+        when 'pending'
+              approved_alternative = service.last_approved_snapshot
+              unless approved_alternative
+                puts "🚨 No alternative approved snapshot of #{service.name} exists. Skipping."
+                next
+              end
+        
+              unless approved_alternative.object['visible'] == true && approved_alternative.object['discarded_at'].blank?
+                puts "🚨 Approved snapshot of #{service.name} is not publicly visible. Skipping."
+                next
+              end
+        
+              snapshot = Service.from_hash(approved_alternative.object)
+              upsert_pending = collection.find_one_and_update({ id: service.id },
+                                             IndexedServicesSerializer.new(snapshot).as_json,
+                                             { upsert: true })
+              puts "🤔 Alternative approved snapshot of #{service.name} indexed"
+              pending_count += 1
+              pending_ids << upsert_pending[:id]
+        end
+    end
+
+    
+
+    # check if we missed any entries
+    indexed_ids = active_ids + temporarily_closed_ids + scheduled_ids
+    missed_services = collection.find({ id: { '$nin': indexed_ids } })
+
+    if missed_services.count > 0
+        puts "\n\n"
+        puts "#{missed_services.count} missed services, deleting..."
+        missed_service_ids = missed_services.map { |service| service['id'] }
+        delete_missed_services = collection.delete_many({ id: { '$in': missed_service_ids } })
+        delete_missed_services.each do |service|
+            puts "🗑 #{service.name} deleted"
+        end
+        puts "#{delete_missed_services.deleted_count} missed services deleted."
+    end
+      
+    deleted_ids = archived_ids + expired_ids + invisible_ids + marked_for_deletion_ids
+
+
+    puts "\n\n"
+    puts "🏁🏁 SUMMARY 🏁🏁"
+    puts " 👉 #{indexed_ids.length + pending_ids.length} updated or created"
+    puts " 👉 #{deleted_ids.length} deleted"
+    
+    puts "\n\n\n"
+    puts "Updated or Created Services"
+    puts " 👉 #{active_count} active services, #{active_ids.length} created or updated"
+    puts " 👉 #{temporarily_closed_count} temporarily_closed services, #{temporarily_closed_ids.length} created or updated"
+    puts " 👉 #{scheduled_count} scheduled services, #{scheduled_ids.length} created or updated"
+    
+    puts "\n\n\n"
+    puts "Deleted Services"
+    puts " 👉 #{archived_count} archived services, #{archived_ids.length} deleted"
+    puts " 👉 #{expired_count} expired services, #{expired_ids.length} deleted"
+    puts " 👉 #{invisible_count} invisible services, #{invisible_ids.length} deleted"
+    puts " 👉 #{marked_for_deletion_count} marked_for_deletion services, #{marked_for_deletion_ids.length} deleted"
+
+    puts "\n\n\n"
+    puts "Pending Services"
+    puts " 👉 #{pending_count} pending services, #{pending_ids.length} created."
+end
+
+
+def create_update_service(service)
+end
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