diff --git a/src/sentry/taskworker/worker.py b/src/sentry/taskworker/worker.py
index 32d9e9ad6be4e3..0a5addb8dc3eb5 100644
--- a/src/sentry/taskworker/worker.py
+++ b/src/sentry/taskworker/worker.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import atexit
 import logging
 import multiprocessing
 import queue
+import signal
 import threading
 import time
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._processing_pool_name: str = processing_pool_name or "unknown"
 
-    def __del__(self) -> None:
-        self.shutdown()
-
     def do_imports(self) -> None:
         for module in settings.TASKWORKER_IMPORTS:
             __import__(module)
@@ -99,10 +96,20 @@ def start(self) -> int:
         self.start_result_thread()
         self.start_spawn_children_thread()
 
-        atexit.register(self.shutdown)
+        # Convert signals into KeyboardInterrupt.
+        # Running shutdown() within the signal handler can lead to deadlocks
+        def signal_handler(*args: Any) -> None:
+            raise KeyboardInterrupt()
 
-        while True:
-            self.run_once()
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
+
+        try:
+            while True:
+                self.run_once()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            self.shutdown()
+            raise
 
     def run_once(self) -> None:
         """Access point for tests to run a single worker loop"""
@@ -113,21 +120,25 @@ def shutdown(self) -> None:
         Shutdown cleanly
         Activate the shutdown event and drain results before terminating children.
         """
-        if self._shutdown_event.is_set():
-            return
-
-        logger.info("taskworker.worker.shutdown")
+        logger.info("taskworker.worker.shutdown.start")
         self._shutdown_event.set()
 
+        logger.info("taskworker.worker.shutdown.spawn_children")
+        if self._spawn_children_thread:
+            self._spawn_children_thread.join()
+
+        logger.info("taskworker.worker.shutdown.children")
         for child in self._children:
             child.terminate()
+        for child in self._children:
             child.join()
 
+        logger.info("taskworker.worker.shutdown.result")
         if self._result_thread:
-            self._result_thread.join()
+            # Use a timeout as sometimes this thread can deadlock on the Event.
+            self._result_thread.join(timeout=5)
 
-        # Drain remaining results synchronously, as the thread will have terminated
-        # when shutdown_event was set.
+        # Drain any remaining results synchronously
         while True:
             try:
                 result = self._processed_tasks.get_nowait()
@@ -135,8 +146,7 @@ def shutdown(self) -> None:
             except queue.Empty:
                 break
 
-        if self._spawn_children_thread:
-            self._spawn_children_thread.join()
+        logger.info("taskworker.worker.shutdown.complete")
 
     def _add_task(self) -> bool:
         """
@@ -179,7 +189,7 @@ def start_result_thread(self) -> None:
         """
 
         def result_thread() -> None:
-            logger.debug("taskworker.worker.result_thread_started")
+            logger.debug("taskworker.worker.result_thread.started")
             iopool = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self._concurrency)
             with iopool as executor:
                 while not self._shutdown_event.is_set():
@@ -193,7 +203,9 @@ def result_thread() -> None:
                         )
                         continue
 
-        self._result_thread = threading.Thread(target=result_thread)
+        self._result_thread = threading.Thread(
+            name="send-result", target=result_thread, daemon=True
+        )
         self._result_thread.start()
 
     def _send_result(self, result: ProcessingResult, fetch: bool = True) -> bool:
@@ -253,6 +265,7 @@ def _send_update_task(
         )
         # Use the shutdown_event as a sleep mechanism
         self._shutdown_event.wait(self._setstatus_backoff_seconds)
+
         try:
             next_task = self.client.update_task(result, fetch_next)
             self._setstatus_backoff_seconds = 0
@@ -276,7 +289,7 @@ def _send_update_task(
 
     def start_spawn_children_thread(self) -> None:
         def spawn_children_thread() -> None:
-            logger.debug("taskworker.worker.spawn_children_thread_started")
+            logger.debug("taskworker.worker.spawn_children_thread.started")
             while not self._shutdown_event.is_set():
                 self._children = [child for child in self._children if child.is_alive()]
                 if len(self._children) >= self._concurrency:
@@ -284,6 +297,7 @@ def spawn_children_thread() -> None:
                     continue
                 for i in range(self._concurrency - len(self._children)):
                     process = self.mp_context.Process(
+                        name=f"taskworker-child-{i}",
                         target=child_process,
                         args=(
                             self._child_tasks,
@@ -301,7 +315,9 @@ def spawn_children_thread() -> None:
                         extra={"pid": process.pid, "processing_pool": self._processing_pool_name},
                     )
 
-        self._spawn_children_thread = threading.Thread(target=spawn_children_thread)
+        self._spawn_children_thread = threading.Thread(
+            name="spawn-children", target=spawn_children_thread, daemon=True
+        )
         self._spawn_children_thread.start()
 
     def fetch_task(self) -> InflightTaskActivation | None:
diff --git a/src/sentry/taskworker/workerchild.py b/src/sentry/taskworker/workerchild.py
index 2d53ddf5c45d47..1dc17dd9188ffc 100644
--- a/src/sentry/taskworker/workerchild.py
+++ b/src/sentry/taskworker/workerchild.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def handle_alarm(signum: int, frame: FrameType | None) -> None:
                 f"execution deadline of {deadline} seconds exceeded by {taskname}"
             )
 
-        while True:
+        while not shutdown_event.is_set():
             if max_task_count and processed_task_count >= max_task_count:
                 metrics.incr(
                     "taskworker.worker.max_task_count_reached",
@@ -171,10 +171,6 @@ def handle_alarm(signum: int, frame: FrameType | None) -> None:
                 )
                 break
 
-            if shutdown_event.is_set():
-                logger.info("taskworker.worker.shutdown_event")
-                break
-
             child_tasks_get_start = time.monotonic()
             try:
                 # If the queue is empty, this could block for a second.