diff --git a/services/history-v1/storage/lib/scan.js b/services/history-v1/storage/lib/scan.js
index 45d0c327fe..925b0590c4 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/storage/lib/scan.js
+++ b/services/history-v1/storage/lib/scan.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const logger = require('@overleaf/logger')
+
 const BATCH_SIZE = 1000 // Default batch size for SCAN
 
 /**
@@ -49,4 +51,134 @@ function extractKeyId(key) {
   return null
 }
 
-module.exports = { scanRedisCluster, extractKeyId }
+/**
+ * Fetches timestamps for a list of project IDs based on a given key name.
+ *
+ * @param {string[]} projectIds - Array of project identifiers.
+ * @param {object} rclient - The Redis client instance.
+ * @param {string} keyName - The base name for the Redis keys storing the timestamps (e.g., "expire-time", "persist-time").
+ * @param {number} currentTime - The current time (timestamp in milliseconds) to compare against.
+ * @returns {Promise<Array<{projectId: string, timestampValue: string}>>}
+ *           A promise that resolves to an array of objects, each containing a projectId and
+ *           its corresponding timestampValue, for due projects only.
+ */
+async function fetchOverdueProjects(projectIds, rclient, keyName, currentTime) {
+  if (!projectIds || projectIds.length === 0) {
+    return []
+  }
+  const timestampKeys = projectIds.map(id => `${keyName}:{${id}}`)
+  const timestamps = await rclient.mget(timestampKeys)
+
+  const dueProjects = []
+  for (let i = 0; i < projectIds.length; i++) {
+    const projectId = projectIds[i]
+    const timestampValue = timestamps[i]
+
+    if (timestampValue !== null) {
+      const timestamp = parseInt(timestampValue, 10)
+      if (!isNaN(timestamp) && currentTime > timestamp) {
+        dueProjects.push({ projectId, timestampValue })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return dueProjects
+}
+
+/**
+ * Scans Redis for keys matching a pattern derived from keyName, identifies items that are "due" based on a timestamp,
+ * and performs a specified action on them.
+ *
+ * @param {object} rclient - The Redis client instance.
+ * @param {string} taskName - A descriptive name for the task (used in logging).
+ * @param {string} keyName - The base name for the Redis keys (e.g., "expire-time", "persist-time").
+ *                           The function will derive the key prefix as `${keyName}:` and scan pattern as `${keyName}:{*}`.
+ * @param {function(string): Promise<void>} actionFn - An async function that takes a projectId and performs an action.
+ * @param {boolean} DRY_RUN - If true, logs actions that would be taken without performing them.
+ * @returns {Promise<{scannedKeyCount: number, processedKeyCount: number}>} Counts of scanned and processed keys.
+ */
+async function scanAndProcessDueItems(
+  rclient,
+  taskName,
+  keyName,
+  actionFn,
+  DRY_RUN
+) {
+  let scannedKeyCount = 0
+  let processedKeyCount = 0
+  const START_TIME = Date.now()
+  const logContext = { taskName, dryRun: DRY_RUN }
+
+  const scanPattern = `${keyName}:{*}`
+
+  if (DRY_RUN) {
+    logger.info(logContext, `Starting ${taskName} scan in DRY RUN mode`)
+  } else {
+    logger.info(logContext, `Starting ${taskName} scan`)
+  }
+
+  for await (const keysBatch of scanRedisCluster(rclient, scanPattern)) {
+    scannedKeyCount += keysBatch.length
+    const projectIds = keysBatch.map(extractKeyId).filter(id => id != null)
+
+    if (projectIds.length === 0) {
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const currentTime = Date.now()
+    const overdueProjects = await fetchOverdueProjects(
+      projectIds,
+      rclient,
+      keyName,
+      currentTime
+    )
+
+    for (const project of overdueProjects) {
+      const { projectId } = project
+      if (DRY_RUN) {
+        logger.info(
+          { ...logContext, projectId },
+          `[Dry Run] Would perform ${taskName} for project`
+        )
+      } else {
+        try {
+          await actionFn(projectId)
+          logger.info(
+            { ...logContext, projectId },
+            `Successfully performed ${taskName} for project`
+          )
+        } catch (err) {
+          logger.error(
+            { ...logContext, projectId, err },
+            `Error performing ${taskName} for project`
+          )
+          continue
+        }
+      }
+      processedKeyCount++
+
+      if (processedKeyCount % 1000 === 0 && processedKeyCount > 0) {
+        logger.info(
+          { ...logContext, scannedKeyCount, processedKeyCount },
+          `${taskName} scan progress`
+        )
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  logger.info(
+    {
+      ...logContext,
+      scannedKeyCount,
+      processedKeyCount,
+      elapsedTimeInSeconds: Math.floor((Date.now() - START_TIME) / 1000),
+    },
+    `${taskName} scan complete`
+  )
+  return { scannedKeyCount, processedKeyCount }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  scanRedisCluster,
+  extractKeyId,
+  scanAndProcessDueItems,
+}
diff --git a/services/history-v1/storage/scripts/expire_redis_chunks.js b/services/history-v1/storage/scripts/expire_redis_chunks.js
index de4e130ed4..af2be097b6 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/storage/scripts/expire_redis_chunks.js
+++ b/services/history-v1/storage/scripts/expire_redis_chunks.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 const logger = require('@overleaf/logger')
-const commandLineArgs = require('command-line-args') // Add this line
+const commandLineArgs = require('command-line-args')
 const redis = require('../lib/redis')
-const { scanRedisCluster, extractKeyId } = require('../lib/scan')
+const { scanAndProcessDueItems } = require('../lib/scan')
 const { expireProject, claimExpireJob } = require('../lib/chunk_store/redis')
 
 const rclient = redis.rclientHistory
-const EXPIRE_TIME_KEY_PATTERN = `expire-time:{*}`
 
 const optionDefinitions = [{ name: 'dry-run', alias: 'd', type: Boolean }]
 const options = commandLineArgs(optionDefinitions)
@@ -13,112 +12,41 @@ const DRY_RUN = options['dry-run'] || false
 
 logger.initialize('expire-redis-chunks')
 
-function isExpiredKey(expireTimestamp, currentTime) {
-  const expireTime = parseInt(expireTimestamp, 10)
-  if (isNaN(expireTime)) {
-    return false
-  }
-  logger.debug(
-    {
-      expireTime,
-      currentTime,
-      expireIn: expireTime - currentTime,
-      expired: currentTime > expireTime,
-    },
-    'Checking if key is expired'
-  )
-  return currentTime > expireTime
-}
-
-async function fetchTimestamps(projectIds, rclient) {
-  const expireTimeKeys = projectIds.map(id => `expire-time:{${id}}`)
-  // For efficiency, we use MGET to fetch all the timestamps in a single request
-  const expireTimestamps = await rclient.mget(expireTimeKeys)
-  // Return an array of objects with projectId and expireTimestamp
-  const results = projectIds.map((projectId, index) => ({
-    projectId,
-    expireTimestamp: expireTimestamps[index],
-  }))
-  return results
-}
-
-async function processKeysBatch(projectIds, rclient) {
-  let clearedKeyCount = 0
-  if (projectIds.length === 0) {
-    return 0
-  }
-  const projects = await fetchTimestamps(projectIds, rclient)
-  const currentTime = Date.now()
-
-  for (const project of projects) {
-    const { projectId, expireTimestamp } = project
-    // For each key, do a quick check to see if the key is expired before calling
-    // the LUA script to expire the chunk atomically.
-    if (isExpiredKey(expireTimestamp, currentTime)) {
-      if (DRY_RUN) {
-        logger.info({ projectId }, '[Dry Run] Would expire chunk for project')
-      } else {
-        try {
-          const job = await claimExpireJob(projectId)
-          await expireProject(projectId)
-          await job.close()
-        } catch (err) {
-          logger.error({ projectId, err }, 'error expiring chunk for project')
-          continue
-        }
-      }
-      clearedKeyCount++
+async function expireProjectAction(projectId) {
+  const job = await claimExpireJob(projectId)
+  try {
+    await expireProject(projectId)
+  } finally {
+    if (job && job.close) {
+      await job.close()
     }
   }
-  return clearedKeyCount
 }
 
-async function expireRedisChunks() {
-  let scannedKeyCount = 0
-  let clearedKeyCount = 0
-  const START_TIME = Date.now()
-
-  if (DRY_RUN) {
-    logger.info({}, 'starting expireRedisChunks scan in DRY RUN mode')
-  } else {
-    logger.info({}, 'starting expireRedisChunks scan')
-  }
-
-  for await (const keysBatch of scanRedisCluster(
+async function runExpireChunks() {
+  await scanAndProcessDueItems(
     rclient,
-    EXPIRE_TIME_KEY_PATTERN
-  )) {
-    scannedKeyCount += keysBatch.length
-    clearedKeyCount += await processKeysBatch(
-      keysBatch.map(extractKeyId),
-      rclient
-    )
-    if (scannedKeyCount % 1000 === 0) {
-      logger.info(
-        { scannedKeyCount, clearedKeyCount },
-        'expireRedisChunks scan progress'
-      )
-    }
-  }
-  logger.info(
-    {
-      scannedKeyCount,
-      clearedKeyCount,
-      elapsedTimeInSeconds: Math.floor((Date.now() - START_TIME) / 1000),
-      dryRun: DRY_RUN,
-    },
-    'expireRedisChunks scan complete'
+    'expireChunks',
+    'expire-time',
+    expireProjectAction,
+    DRY_RUN
   )
-  await redis.disconnect()
 }
 
-// Check if the script is being run directly
 if (require.main === module) {
-  expireRedisChunks().catch(err => {
-    logger.fatal({ err }, 'unhandled error in expireRedisChunks')
-    process.exit(1)
-  })
+  runExpireChunks()
+    .catch(err => {
+      logger.fatal(
+        { err, taskName: 'expireChunks' },
+        'Unhandled error in runExpireChunks'
+      )
+      process.exit(1)
+    })
+    .finally(async () => {
+      await redis.disconnect()
+    })
 } else {
-  // Export the function for module usage
-  module.exports = { expireRedisChunks }
+  module.exports = {
+    runExpireChunks,
+  }
 }