diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/common/metadata/tasks/TaskType.java b/common/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/common/metadata/tasks/TaskType.java
index 58df74569f..235a0ac91b 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/common/metadata/tasks/TaskType.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/common/metadata/tasks/TaskType.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public enum TaskType {
     TERMINATE,
     KAFKA_PUBLISH,
     JSON_JQ_TRANSFORM,
-    SET_VARIABLE;
+    SET_VARIABLE,
+    NOOP;
 
     /**
      * TaskType constants representing each of the possible enumeration values. Motivation: to not
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ public enum TaskType {
     public static final String TASK_TYPE_JSON_JQ_TRANSFORM = "JSON_JQ_TRANSFORM";
     public static final String TASK_TYPE_SET_VARIABLE = "SET_VARIABLE";
     public static final String TASK_TYPE_FORK = "FORK";
+    public static final String TASK_TYPE_NOOP = "NOOP";
 
     private static final Set<String> BUILT_IN_TASKS = new HashSet<>();
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/mapper/NoopTaskMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/mapper/NoopTaskMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7f9045820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/mapper/NoopTaskMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Netflix, Inc.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.netflix.conductor.core.execution.mapper;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.TaskType;
+import com.netflix.conductor.model.TaskModel;
+
+import static com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.TaskType.*;
+
+@Component
+public class NoopTaskMapper implements TaskMapper {
+
+    public static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NoopTaskMapper.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public String getTaskType() {
+        return TaskType.NOOP.name();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<TaskModel> getMappedTasks(TaskMapperContext taskMapperContext) {
+        logger.debug("TaskMapperContext {} in NoopTaskMapper", taskMapperContext);
+
+        TaskModel task = taskMapperContext.createTaskModel();
+        task.setTaskType(TASK_TYPE_NOOP);
+        task.setStartTime(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        task.setStatus(TaskModel.Status.IN_PROGRESS);
+        return List.of(task);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/tasks/Noop.java b/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/tasks/Noop.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b9de40a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/tasks/Noop.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Netflix, Inc.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.netflix.conductor.core.execution.tasks;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import com.netflix.conductor.core.execution.WorkflowExecutor;
+import com.netflix.conductor.model.TaskModel;
+import com.netflix.conductor.model.WorkflowModel;
+
+import static com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.TaskType.TASK_TYPE_NOOP;
+
+@Component(TASK_TYPE_NOOP)
+public class Noop extends WorkflowSystemTask {
+
+    public Noop() {
+        super(TASK_TYPE_NOOP);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean execute(
+            WorkflowModel workflow, TaskModel task, WorkflowExecutor workflowExecutor) {
+        task.setStatus(TaskModel.Status.COMPLETED);
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/mapper/NoopTaskMapperTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/mapper/NoopTaskMapperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c89af44f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/mapper/NoopTaskMapperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Netflix, Inc.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.netflix.conductor.core.execution.mapper;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.TaskDef;
+import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.TaskType;
+import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.workflow.WorkflowDef;
+import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.workflow.WorkflowTask;
+import com.netflix.conductor.core.utils.IDGenerator;
+import com.netflix.conductor.model.TaskModel;
+import com.netflix.conductor.model.WorkflowModel;
+
+public class NoopTaskMapperTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void getMappedTasks() {
+
+        WorkflowTask workflowTask = new WorkflowTask();
+        workflowTask.setType(TaskType.TASK_TYPE_NOOP);
+
+        String taskId = new IDGenerator().generate();
+
+        WorkflowDef workflowDef = new WorkflowDef();
+        WorkflowModel workflow = new WorkflowModel();
+        workflow.setWorkflowDefinition(workflowDef);
+
+        TaskMapperContext taskMapperContext =
+                TaskMapperContext.newBuilder()
+                        .withWorkflowModel(workflow)
+                        .withTaskDefinition(new TaskDef())
+                        .withWorkflowTask(workflowTask)
+                        .withRetryCount(0)
+                        .withTaskId(taskId)
+                        .build();
+
+        List<TaskModel> mappedTasks = new NoopTaskMapper().getMappedTasks(taskMapperContext);
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull(mappedTasks);
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, mappedTasks.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(TaskType.TASK_TYPE_NOOP, mappedTasks.get(0).getTaskType());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/tasks/TestNoop.java b/core/src/test/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/tasks/TestNoop.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1767f84ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/tasks/TestNoop.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Netflix, Inc.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.netflix.conductor.core.execution.tasks;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.netflix.conductor.core.execution.WorkflowExecutor;
+import com.netflix.conductor.model.TaskModel;
+import com.netflix.conductor.model.WorkflowModel;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+public class TestNoop {
+
+    private final WorkflowExecutor executor = mock(WorkflowExecutor.class);
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_do_nothing() {
+        WorkflowModel workflow = new WorkflowModel();
+        Noop noopTask = new Noop();
+        TaskModel task = new TaskModel();
+        noopTask.execute(workflow, task, executor);
+        assertEquals(TaskModel.Status.COMPLETED, task.getStatus());
+    }
+}