diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/Makefile b/taskvine/src/manager/Makefile
index 849cb50262..a036e9bd64 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/Makefile
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ SOURCES = \
 	vine_current_transfers.c \
 	vine_file_replica_table.c \
 	vine_fair.c \
-	vine_runtime_dir.c
+	vine_runtime_dir.c \
+	vine_task_groups.c
 
 PUBLIC_HEADERS = taskvine.h
 
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/taskvine.h b/taskvine/src/manager/taskvine.h
index b9f221fc66..d5d10a39d2 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/taskvine.h
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/taskvine.h
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ typedef enum {
 /** Select overall scheduling algorithm for matching tasks to workers. */
 typedef enum {
 	VINE_SCHEDULE_UNSET = 0, /**< Internal use only. */
-	VINE_SCHEDULE_FCFS,	 /**< Select worker on a first-come-first-serve basis. */
-	VINE_SCHEDULE_FILES,	 /**< Select worker that has the most data required by the task. (default) */
-	VINE_SCHEDULE_TIME,	 /**< Select worker that has the fastest execution time on previous tasks. */
-	VINE_SCHEDULE_RAND,	 /**< Select a random worker. */
-	VINE_SCHEDULE_WORST	 /**< Select the worst fit worker (the worker with more unused resources). */
+	VINE_SCHEDULE_FCFS,      /**< Select worker on a first-come-first-serve basis. */
+	VINE_SCHEDULE_FILES,     /**< Select worker that has the most data required by the task. (default) */
+	VINE_SCHEDULE_TIME,      /**< Select worker that has the fastest execution time on previous tasks. */
+	VINE_SCHEDULE_RAND,      /**< Select a random worker. */
+	VINE_SCHEDULE_WORST      /**< Select the worst fit worker (the worker with more unused resources). */
 } vine_schedule_t;
 
 /** Possible outcomes for a task, returned by @ref vine_task_get_result.
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c
index c9c924f2c5..c71e36a6b7 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ See the file COPYING for details.
 #include "vine_runtime_dir.h"
 #include "vine_schedule.h"
 #include "vine_task.h"
+#include "vine_task_groups.h"
 #include "vine_task_info.h"
 #include "vine_taskgraph_log.h"
 #include "vine_txn_log.h"
@@ -2990,6 +2991,35 @@ static vine_result_code_t commit_task_to_worker(struct vine_manager *q, struct v
 	return result;
 }
 
+static vine_result_code_t commit_task_group_to_worker(struct vine_manager *q, struct vine_worker_info *w, struct vine_task *t)
+{
+	vine_result_code_t result = VINE_SUCCESS;
+
+	struct list *l = NULL;
+	if (t->group_id) {
+		l = itable_lookup(q->task_group_table, t->group_id);
+		list_remove(l, t);
+		// decrement refcount
+		vine_task_delete(t);
+	}
+
+	int counter = 0;
+	do {
+
+		if (counter && (result == VINE_SUCCESS)) {
+			int t_idx = priority_queue_find_idx(q->ready_tasks, t);
+			priority_queue_remove(q->ready_tasks, t_idx);
+			// decrement refcount
+			vine_task_delete(t);
+		}
+		result = commit_task_to_worker(q, w, t);
+		counter++;
+	} while ((l && (t = list_pop_head(l))));
+
+	debug(D_VINE, "Sent batch of %d tasks to worker %s", counter, w->hostname);
+	return result;
+}
+
 /* 1 if task resubmitted, 0 otherwise */
 static int resubmit_task_on_exhaustion(struct vine_manager *q, struct vine_worker_info *w, struct vine_task *t)
 {
@@ -3297,6 +3327,9 @@ static void vine_manager_consider_recovery_task(struct vine_manager *q, struct v
 	if (!rt)
 		return;
 
+	/* Do not try to group recovery tasks */
+	rt->group_id = 0;
+
 	switch (rt->state) {
 	case VINE_TASK_INITIAL:
 		/* The recovery task has never been run, so submit it now. */
@@ -3438,7 +3471,26 @@ static int send_one_task(struct vine_manager *q)
 
 		if (w) {
 			priority_queue_remove(q->ready_tasks, t_idx);
-			vine_result_code_t result = commit_task_to_worker(q, w, t);
+
+			// do not continue if this worker is running a group task
+			if (q->task_groups_enabled) {
+				struct vine_task *it;
+				uint64_t taskid;
+				ITABLE_ITERATE(w->current_tasks, taskid, it)
+				{
+					if (it->group_id) {
+						return 0;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			vine_result_code_t result;
+			if (q->task_groups_enabled) {
+				result = commit_task_group_to_worker(q, w, t);
+			} else {
+				result = commit_task_to_worker(q, w, t);
+			}
+
 			switch (result) {
 			case VINE_SUCCESS:
 				/* return on successful commit. */
@@ -3943,6 +3995,8 @@ struct vine_manager *vine_ssl_create(int port, const char *key, const char *cert
 
 	q->factory_table = hash_table_create(0, 0);
 	q->current_transfer_table = hash_table_create(0, 0);
+	q->task_group_table = itable_create(0);
+	q->group_id_counter = 1;
 	q->fetch_factory = 0;
 
 	q->measured_local_resources = rmsummary_create(-1);
@@ -4008,6 +4062,8 @@ struct vine_manager *vine_ssl_create(int port, const char *key, const char *cert
 	// peer transfers enabled by default
 	q->peer_transfers_enabled = 1;
 
+	q->task_groups_enabled = 0;
+
 	q->load_from_shared_fs_enabled = 0;
 
 	q->file_source_max_transfers = VINE_FILE_SOURCE_MAX_TRANSFERS;
@@ -4285,6 +4341,9 @@ void vine_delete(struct vine_manager *q)
 	vine_current_transfers_clear(q);
 	hash_table_delete(q->current_transfer_table);
 
+	vine_task_groups_clear(q);
+	itable_delete(q->task_group_table);
+
 	itable_clear(q->tasks, (void *)delete_task_at_exit);
 	itable_delete(q->tasks);
 
@@ -4654,6 +4713,11 @@ int vine_submit(struct vine_manager *q, struct vine_task *t)
 		vine_task_set_scheduler(t, VINE_SCHEDULE_FILES);
 	}
 
+	/* Attempt to group this task based on temp dependencies. */
+	if (q->task_groups_enabled) {
+		vine_task_groups_assign_task(q, t);
+	}
+
 	/* If the task produces temporary files, create recovery tasks for those. */
 	vine_manager_create_recovery_tasks(q, t);
 
@@ -5472,6 +5536,15 @@ int vine_cancel_by_task_id(struct vine_manager *q, int task_id)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (task->group_id) {
+		struct list *l = itable_lookup(q->task_group_table, task->group_id);
+		if (l) {
+			list_remove(l, task);
+		}
+		task->group_id = 0;
+		vine_task_delete(task);
+	}
+
 	reset_task_to_state(q, task, VINE_TASK_RETRIEVED);
 
 	task->result = VINE_RESULT_CANCELLED;
@@ -5673,6 +5746,9 @@ int vine_tune(struct vine_manager *q, const char *name, double value)
 	} else if (!strcmp(name, "update-interval")) {
 		q->update_interval = MAX(1, (int)value);
 
+	} else if (!strcmp(name, "task-groups")) {
+		q->task_groups_enabled = MIN(1, (int)value);
+
 	} else if (!strcmp(name, "resource-management-interval")) {
 		q->resource_management_interval = MAX(1, (int)value);
 
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.h b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.h
index cf93c79d9a..4358598afa 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.h
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct vine_manager {
 	struct hash_table *workers_with_watched_file_updates;  /* Maps link -> vine_worker_info */
 	struct hash_table *workers_with_complete_tasks;  /* Maps link -> vine_worker_info */
 	struct hash_table *current_transfer_table; 	/* Maps uuid -> struct transfer_pair */
+	struct itable     *task_group_table; 	/* Maps group id -> list vine_task */
 
 	/* Primary data structures for tracking files. */
 
@@ -182,6 +183,10 @@ struct vine_manager {
 	int tasks_waiting_last_hungry;     /* Number of tasks originally waiting when call to vine_hungry_computation was made. */
 	timestamp_t hungry_check_interval; /* Maximum interval between vine_hungry_computation checks. */
 
+	/* Task Groups Configuration */
+	int task_groups_enabled; 
+	int group_id_counter; 
+
 	/* Various performance knobs that can be tuned. */
 	int short_timeout;            /* Timeout in seconds to send/recv a brief message from worker */
 	int long_timeout;             /* Timeout if in the middle of an incomplete message. */
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager_put.c b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager_put.c
index e8e22b22bf..2724fe945f 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager_put.c
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager_put.c
@@ -561,6 +561,10 @@ vine_result_code_t vine_manager_put_task(
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (t->group_id) {
+		vine_manager_send(q, w, "groupid %d\n", t->group_id);
+	}
+
 	// vine_manager_send returns the number of bytes sent, or a number less than
 	// zero to indicate errors. We are lazy here, we only check the last
 	// message we sent to the worker (other messages may have failed above).
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task.c b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task.c
index 147f8170d3..c0db71c030 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task.c
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct vine_task *vine_task_create(const char *command_line)
 	t->priority = 0;
 
 	vine_counters.task.created++;
+	t->group_id = 0;
 
 	return t;
 }
@@ -256,6 +257,11 @@ struct vine_task *vine_task_copy(const struct vine_task *task)
 		new->resources_requested = rmsummary_copy(task->resources_requested, 0);
 	}
 
+	/* Group ID is copied. */
+	if (task->group_id) {
+		new->group_id = task->group_id;
+	}
+
 	return new;
 }
 
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task.h b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task.h
index ec6889c096..d97e0b9530 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task.h
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ End user may only use the API described in taskvine.h
 
 #include "list.h"
 #include "category.h"
+#include "uuid.h"
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
@@ -130,11 +131,13 @@ struct vine_task {
 	struct rmsummary *resources_requested;                 /**< Number of cores, disk, memory, time, etc. the task requires. */
 	struct rmsummary *current_resource_box;                /**< Resources allocated to the task on this specific worker. */
 
-	double sandbox_measured;                              /**< On completion, the maximum size observed of the disk used by the task for output and ephemeral files. */
+	double sandbox_measured;                               /**< On completion, the maximum size observed of the disk used by the task for output and ephemeral files. */
 		
 	int has_fixed_locations;                               /**< Whether at least one file was added with the VINE_FIXED_LOCATION flag. Task fails immediately if no
 															 worker can satisfy all the strict inputs of the task. */
 
+	int group_id;					       /**< When enabled, group ID will be assigned based on temp file dependencies of this task */	
+
 	int refcount;                                          /**< Number of remaining references to this object. */
 };
 
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task_groups.c b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task_groups.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..055be5c0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task_groups.c
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+Copyright (C) 2022- The University of Notre Dame
+This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
+See the file COPYING for details.
+*/
+
+#include "vine_task_groups.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "vine_mount.h"
+#include "vine_task.h"
+#include "stringtools.h"
+
+// create a new task group for this task based on the temp mount file
+static int vine_task_groups_create_group(struct vine_manager *q, struct vine_task *t, struct vine_mount *m)
+{
+	int id = q->group_id_counter++;
+	struct list *l = list_create();
+
+	t->group_id = id;
+
+	struct vine_task *tc = vine_task_addref(t);
+
+	list_push_head(l, tc);
+	itable_insert(q->task_group_table, id, l);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+// locate the group with the task which outputs the desired file, and add the new task
+static int vine_task_groups_add_to_group(struct vine_manager *q, struct vine_task *t, struct vine_mount *m)
+{
+	int id = m->file->recovery_task->group_id;
+
+	if (id) {
+		struct list *group = itable_lookup(q->task_group_table, id);
+		t->group_id = id;
+		struct vine_task *tc = vine_task_addref(t);
+		list_push_tail(group, tc);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+When a task comes in through vine_submit, look for temp files in its inputs/outputs
+If there is a temp file on the input there is already a task group it should be assigned to.
+If there is only a temp output it would be the first of a new group.
+*/
+int vine_task_groups_assign_task(struct vine_manager *q, struct vine_task *t)
+{
+	struct vine_mount *input_mount;
+	struct vine_mount *output_mount;
+
+	int inputs_present = 0;
+	int outputs_present = 0;
+
+	LIST_ITERATE(t->input_mounts, input_mount)
+	{
+		if (input_mount->file->type == VINE_TEMP) {
+			inputs_present++;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	LIST_ITERATE(t->output_mounts, output_mount)
+	{
+		if (output_mount->file->type == VINE_TEMP) {
+			outputs_present++;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// could also be inputs_present && outputs_present
+	if (inputs_present) {
+		vine_task_groups_add_to_group(q, t, input_mount);
+		debug(D_VINE, "Assigned task to group %d", t->group_id);
+	} else if (outputs_present) {
+		vine_task_groups_create_group(q, t, output_mount);
+		debug(D_VINE, "Create task with group %d", t->group_id);
+	}
+
+	return inputs_present || outputs_present;
+}
+
+static void vine_task_group_delete(struct list *l)
+{
+	if (l) {
+		list_delete(l);
+	}
+}
+
+void vine_task_groups_clear(struct vine_manager *q)
+{
+	itable_clear(q->task_group_table, (void *)vine_task_group_delete);
+}
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task_groups.h b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task_groups.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f4d6280d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_task_groups.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+Copyright (C) 2022- The University of Notre Dame
+This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
+See the file COPYING for details.
+*/
+
+#include "taskvine.h"
+#include "vine_manager.h"
+#include "uuid.h"
+
+
+int vine_task_groups_assign_task(struct vine_manager *q, struct vine_task *t);
+
+void vine_task_groups_clear(struct vine_manager *q);
diff --git a/taskvine/src/worker/vine_sandbox.c b/taskvine/src/worker/vine_sandbox.c
index 060869d591..c5133b9a01 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/worker/vine_sandbox.c
+++ b/taskvine/src/worker/vine_sandbox.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Return VINE_STATUS_PROCESSING if some are not ready.
 Return VINE_STATUS_FAILED if some have definitely failed.
 */
 
-vine_cache_status_t vine_sandbox_ensure(struct vine_process *p, struct vine_cache *cache, struct link *manager)
+vine_cache_status_t vine_sandbox_ensure(struct vine_process *p, struct vine_cache *cache, struct link *manager, struct itable *procs_table)
 {
 	int processing = 0;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,30 @@ vine_cache_status_t vine_sandbox_ensure(struct vine_process *p, struct vine_cach
 			break;
 		case VINE_CACHE_STATUS_READY:
 			break;
-		case VINE_CACHE_STATUS_UNKNOWN:
+		case VINE_CACHE_STATUS_UNKNOWN: {
+			struct vine_process *lp;
+			uint64_t task_id;
+			int found_file = 0;
+			ITABLE_ITERATE(procs_table, task_id, lp)
+			{
+				struct vine_mount *lm;
+				LIST_ITERATE(lp->task->output_mounts, lm)
+				{
+					if (strcmp(lm->file->cached_name, m->file->cached_name) == 0) {
+						found_file = 1;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				if (found_file) {
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (found_file) {
+				processing++;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+			return VINE_CACHE_STATUS_FAILED;
 		case VINE_CACHE_STATUS_FAILED:
 			return VINE_CACHE_STATUS_FAILED;
 		}
diff --git a/taskvine/src/worker/vine_sandbox.h b/taskvine/src/worker/vine_sandbox.h
index c580e8c490..0c36dd3af5 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/worker/vine_sandbox.h
+++ b/taskvine/src/worker/vine_sandbox.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ See the file COPYING for details.
 
 char *vine_sandbox_full_path(struct vine_process *p, const char *sandbox_name);
 
-vine_cache_status_t vine_sandbox_ensure( struct vine_process *p, struct vine_cache *c, struct link *manager );
+vine_cache_status_t vine_sandbox_ensure( struct vine_process *p, struct vine_cache *c, struct link *manager, struct itable  *procs_table );
 
 int vine_sandbox_stagein( struct vine_process *p, struct vine_cache *c);
 
diff --git a/taskvine/src/worker/vine_worker.c b/taskvine/src/worker/vine_worker.c
index 5b4bf7577a..61a1033b1b 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/worker/vine_worker.c
+++ b/taskvine/src/worker/vine_worker.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static struct vine_task *do_task_body(struct link *manager, int task_id, time_t
 	char taskname_encoded[VINE_LINE_MAX];
 	char library_name[VINE_LINE_MAX];
 	char category[VINE_LINE_MAX];
-	int flags, length;
+	int flags, length, groupid;
 	int64_t n;
 
 	timestamp_t nt;
@@ -891,6 +891,8 @@ static struct vine_task *do_task_body(struct link *manager, int task_id, time_t
 			vine_task_set_disk(task, n);
 		} else if (sscanf(line, "gpus %" PRId64, &n)) {
 			vine_task_set_gpus(task, n);
+		} else if (sscanf(line, "groupid %d", &groupid)) {
+			task->group_id = groupid;
 		} else if (sscanf(line, "wall_time %" PRIu64, &nt)) {
 			vine_task_set_time_max(task, nt);
 		} else if (sscanf(line, "end_time %" PRIu64, &nt)) {
@@ -1397,8 +1399,8 @@ static int process_ready_to_run_now(struct vine_process *p, struct vine_cache *c
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	vine_cache_status_t status = vine_sandbox_ensure(p, cache, manager);
-	if (status == VINE_CACHE_STATUS_PROCESSING)
+	vine_cache_status_t status = vine_sandbox_ensure(p, cache, manager, procs_table);
+	if (status != VINE_CACHE_STATUS_READY)
 		return 0;
 
 	return 1;
@@ -1442,7 +1444,7 @@ static int process_can_run_eventually(struct vine_process *p, struct vine_cache
 		}
 	}
 
-	vine_cache_status_t status = vine_sandbox_ensure(p, cache, manager);
+	vine_cache_status_t status = vine_sandbox_ensure(p, cache, manager, procs_table);
 	switch (status) {
 	case VINE_CACHE_STATUS_FAILED:
 	case VINE_CACHE_STATUS_UNKNOWN: