diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ce552242..16bf673e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 - ✨(frontend) let users pick the recording encoding
 - ✨(backend) introduce a token exchange endpoint for iframe embeds
+- ⚡️(backend) send recording notification emails from a Celery task
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/docs/installation/compose.md b/docs/installation/compose.md
index 75f11c81f..411ed1f94 100644
--- a/docs/installation/compose.md
+++ b/docs/installation/compose.md
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ DJANGO_EMAIL_FROM=<your email address>
 
 #DJANGO_EMAIL_USE_TLS=true # A flag to enable or disable TLS for email sending.
 #DJANGO_EMAIL_USE_SSL=true # A flag to enable or disable SSL for email sending.
+#DJANGO_EMAIL_TIMEOUT=30 # Seconds before a stalled SMTP connection times out.
 
 
 DJANGO_EMAIL_BRAND_NAME=<brand name used in email templates> # e.g. "La Suite Numérique"
diff --git a/docs/installation/kubernetes.md b/docs/installation/kubernetes.md
index 414f3c322..008cac6db 100644
--- a/docs/installation/kubernetes.md
+++ b/docs/installation/kubernetes.md
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ These are the environmental options available on meet backend.
 | DJANGO_EMAIL_PORT                               | Port to connect to the email server                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                              |
 | DJANGO_EMAIL_USE_TLS                            | Enable TLS on email connection                                                                                                                               | false                                                                                                                                                        |
 | DJANGO_EMAIL_USE_SSL                            | Enable SSL on email connection                                                                                                                               | false                                                                                                                                                        |
+| DJANGO_EMAIL_TIMEOUT                            | Seconds before a stalled SMTP connection times out                                                                                                           | 30                                                                                                                                                           |
 | DJANGO_EMAIL_FROM                               | Email from account                                                                                                                                           | from@example.com                                                                                                                                             |
 | EMAIL_BRAND_NAME                                | Email branding name                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                              |
 | EMAIL_SUPPORT_EMAIL                             | Support email address                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                              |
diff --git a/src/backend/core/recording/event/notification.py b/src/backend/core/recording/event/notification.py
index 81624b1a3..9d0c76028 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/recording/event/notification.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/recording/event/notification.py
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo, ZoneInfoNotFoundError
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.mail import send_mail
-from django.template.loader import render_to_string
-from django.utils.translation import get_language, gettext, override
+from django.utils.translation import get_language, gettext, gettext_noop, override
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 import aiohttp
 import requests
 from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
+from celery.exceptions import OperationalError as CeleryOperationalError
 from livekit import api as livekit_api
 
 from core import models, utils
 from core.analytics import UserFeatureFlag, is_user_feature_flag_enabled
+from core.tasks.mail import send_email
 from core.utils import generate_download_s3_url
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ class NotificationService:
     @staticmethod
     def _notify_user_by_email(recording) -> bool:
         """
-        Send an email notification to recording owners when their recording is ready.
+        Queue an email notification to recording owners when their recording is ready.
 
         The email includes a direct link that redirects owners to a dedicated download
         page in the frontend where they can access their specific recording.
+
+        Rendering and SMTP delivery happen in a Celery worker (``send_email``), so
+        this only does one DB query and enqueues one message per owner.
+        Returns True when every email was queued (or sent, if Celery is disabled).
         """
 
         owner_accesses = (
@@ -88,10 +92,6 @@ class NotificationService:
             return False
 
         context = {
-            "brandname": settings.EMAIL_BRAND_NAME,
-            "support_email": settings.EMAIL_SUPPORT_EMAIL,
-            "logo_img": settings.EMAIL_LOGO_IMG,
-            "domain": settings.EMAIL_DOMAIN,
             "room_name": recording.room.name,
             "recording_expiration_days": settings.RECORDING_EXPIRATION_DAYS,
             "link": f"{get_recording_download_base_url()}/{recording.id}",
@@ -104,37 +104,22 @@ class NotificationService:
         # 2. The number of recipients per recording is typically small (not thousands)
         for access in owner_accesses:
             user = access.user
-            language = user.language or get_language()
-            with override(language):
-                personalized_context = {
-                    "recording_date": recording.created_at.astimezone(
-                        user.timezone
-                    ).strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
-                    "recording_time": recording.created_at.astimezone(
-                        user.timezone
-                    ).strftime("%H:%M"),
-                    **context,
-                }
-                msg_html = render_to_string(
-                    "mail/html/screen_recording.html", personalized_context
+            local_created_at = recording.created_at.astimezone(user.timezone)
+            try:
+                send_email.delay(
+                    template="screen_recording",
+                    subject=gettext_noop("Your recording is ready"),
+                    recipients=[user.email],
+                    language=user.language or get_language(),
+                    context={
+                        **context,
+                        "recording_date": local_created_at.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
+                        "recording_time": local_created_at.strftime("%H:%M"),
+                    },
                 )
-                msg_plain = render_to_string(
-                    "mail/text/screen_recording.txt", personalized_context
-                )
-                subject = gettext("Your recording is ready")  # Force translation
-
-                try:
-                    send_mail(
-                        subject.capitalize(),
-                        msg_plain,
-                        settings.EMAIL_FROM,
-                        [user.email],
-                        html_message=msg_html,
-                        fail_silently=False,
-                    )
-                except smtplib.SMTPException as exception:
-                    logger.error("notification could not be sent: %s", exception)
-                    has_failures = True
+            except (smtplib.SMTPException, CeleryOperationalError) as exception:
+                logger.error("notification could not be sent: %s", exception)
+                has_failures = True
 
         return not has_failures
 
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tasks/__init__.py b/src/backend/core/tasks/__init__.py
index b433db5fc..9c6e29133 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tasks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tasks/__init__.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 from core.tasks.connection_test import delete_connection_test_room
 from core.tasks.file import process_file_deletion
+from core.tasks.mail import send_email
 
 __all__ = (
     "delete_connection_test_room",
     "process_file_deletion",
+    "send_email",
 )
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tasks/mail.py b/src/backend/core/tasks/mail.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecec4c272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/core/tasks/mail.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+"""Send mail using celery task."""
+
+import logging
+import smtplib
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+from django.utils.translation import get_language, gettext, override
+
+from core.tasks._task import task
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def get_base_email_context() -> dict:
+    """Context shared by every email template (branding, support, domain)."""
+    return {
+        "brandname": settings.EMAIL_BRAND_NAME,
+        "support_email": settings.EMAIL_SUPPORT_EMAIL,
+        "logo_img": settings.EMAIL_LOGO_IMG,
+        "domain": settings.EMAIL_DOMAIN,
+    }
+
+
+@task(
+    autoretry_for=(smtplib.SMTPException, ConnectionError, TimeoutError),
+    retry_backoff=True,
+    retry_backoff_max=600,
+    retry_jitter=True,
+    max_retries=5,
+)
+def send_email(
+    *,
+    template: str,
+    subject: str,
+    recipients: list[str],
+    context: dict | None = None,
+    language: str | None = None,
+):
+    """Render a mail template and send it.
+
+    Generic on purpose: any feature can reuse it with its own template and context.
+
+    Args:
+        template: Template base name, e.g. "screen_recording". Both
+            "mail/html/<template>.html" and "mail/text/<template>.txt" must exist.
+        subject: Untranslated subject msgid. Mark it with ``gettext_noop`` at the
+            call site; it is translated here, in ``language``.
+        recipients: Email addresses, all receiving the same rendered message.
+        context: Template context. Must be JSON-serializable (str, int, list, dict…):
+            pre-format dates, cast UUIDs to str. Merged over the base branding context.
+        language: Language to render the email in. Defaults to the active language.
+
+    Raises:
+        OSError: SMTP or network failure, after retries are exhausted (or
+            immediately when Celery is disabled and the call runs synchronously).
+    """
+    full_context = {**get_base_email_context(), **(context or {})}
+
+    with override(language or get_language()):
+        msg_html = render_to_string(f"mail/html/{template}.html", full_context)
+        msg_plain = render_to_string(f"mail/text/{template}.txt", full_context)
+        translated_subject = gettext(subject)
+
+    send_mail(
+        translated_subject,
+        msg_plain,
+        settings.EMAIL_FROM,
+        recipients,
+        html_message=msg_html,
+        fail_silently=False,
+    )
+    logger.info("Email '%s' sent to %d recipient(s)", template, len(recipients))
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/recording/event/test_notification.py b/src/backend/core/tests/recording/event/test_notification.py
index f40bb8404..79433829a 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/recording/event/test_notification.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/recording/event/test_notification.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from unittest import mock
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 
 import pytest
+from celery.exceptions import OperationalError as CeleryOperationalError
 
 from core import factories, models
 from core.analytics import UserFeatureFlag
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ def test_notify_user_by_email_success(mocked_current_site, settings):
 
     notification_service = NotificationService()
 
-    with mock.patch("core.recording.event.notification.send_mail") as mock_send_mail:
+    with mock.patch("core.tasks.mail.send_mail") as mock_send_mail:
         result = notification_service._notify_user_by_email(recording)
 
         assert result is True
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ def test_notify_user_by_email_smtp_exception(mocked_current_site, caplog):
     notification_service = NotificationService()
 
     with mock.patch(
-        "core.recording.event.notification.send_mail",
+        "core.tasks.mail.send_mail",
         side_effect=smtplib.SMTPException("SMTP Error"),
     ) as mock_send_mail:
         result = notification_service._notify_user_by_email(recording)
@@ -247,6 +248,60 @@ def test_notify_user_by_email_smtp_exception(mocked_current_site, caplog):
         assert "notification could not be sent:" in caplog.text
 
 
+def test_notify_user_by_email_queues_generic_task(settings):
+    """One generic send_email task is queued per owner, with serializable args."""
+    settings.RECORDING_DOWNLOAD_BASE_URL = "https://acme.com/recordings"
+    settings.RECORDING_EXPIRATION_DAYS = 7
+
+    recording = factories.RecordingFactory(room__name="Conference Room A")
+    recording.created_at = datetime.datetime(
+        2023, 5, 15, 14, 30, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc
+    )
+    user = factories.UserFactory(
+        email="franc@test.com", language="fr-fr", timezone="Europe/Paris"
+    )
+    factories.UserRecordingAccessFactory(
+        recording=recording, role=models.RoleChoices.OWNER, user=user
+    )
+
+    with mock.patch("core.recording.event.notification.send_email.delay") as mock_delay:
+        result = notification_service._notify_user_by_email(recording)
+
+    assert result is True
+    mock_delay.assert_called_once_with(
+        template="screen_recording",
+        subject="Your recording is ready",
+        recipients=["franc@test.com"],
+        language="fr-fr",
+        context={
+            "room_name": "Conference Room A",
+            "recording_expiration_days": 7,
+            "link": f"https://acme.com/recordings/{recording.id}",
+            "recording_date": "2023-05-15",
+            "recording_time": "16:30",
+        },
+    )
+    # Celery's JSON serializer must accept every argument
+    json.dumps(mock_delay.call_args.kwargs)
+
+
+def test_notify_user_by_email_broker_unavailable(caplog):
+    """A broker outage is reported as a failure without crashing the caller."""
+    recording = factories.RecordingFactory()
+    factories.UserRecordingAccessFactory(
+        recording=recording, role=models.RoleChoices.OWNER
+    )
+
+    with mock.patch(
+        "core.recording.event.notification.send_email.delay",
+        side_effect=CeleryOperationalError("broker down"),
+    ):
+        result = notification_service._notify_user_by_email(recording)
+
+    assert result is False
+    assert "notification could not be sent: broker down" in caplog.text
+
+
 @mock.patch("core.recording.event.notification.requests.post")
 @mock.patch("core.recording.event.notification.generate_download_s3_url")
 @mock.patch.object(
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/tasks/test_mail.py b/src/backend/core/tests/tasks/test_mail.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0b0dc8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/tasks/test_mail.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+"""Tests for the generic send_email task."""
+
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument,redefined-outer-name
+
+import smtplib
+from unittest import mock
+
+from django.core.mail import get_connection
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_noop
+
+import pytest
+
+from core.tasks.mail import send_email
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def email_settings(settings):
+    """Branding settings shared by every email."""
+    settings.EMAIL_BRAND_NAME = "ACME"
+    settings.EMAIL_SUPPORT_EMAIL = "support@acme.com"
+    settings.EMAIL_LOGO_IMG = "https://acme.com/logo"
+    settings.EMAIL_DOMAIN = "acme.com"
+    settings.EMAIL_FROM = "notifications@acme.com"
+    return settings
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.tasks.mail.send_mail")
+@mock.patch("core.tasks.mail.render_to_string", side_effect=["<p>html</p>", "text"])
+def test_send_email_renders_template_and_sends(
+    mock_render, mock_send_mail, email_settings
+):
+    """Both template variants are rendered with base + caller context, then sent."""
+    send_email(
+        template="some_template",
+        subject="Any subject",
+        recipients=["a@test.com", "b@test.com"],
+        context={"foo": "bar", "brandname": "Overridden"},
+    )
+
+    expected_context = {
+        "brandname": "Overridden",
+        "support_email": "support@acme.com",
+        "logo_img": "https://acme.com/logo",
+        "domain": "acme.com",
+        "foo": "bar",
+    }
+    assert mock_render.call_args_list == [
+        mock.call("mail/html/some_template.html", expected_context),
+        mock.call("mail/text/some_template.txt", expected_context),
+    ]
+    mock_send_mail.assert_called_once_with(
+        "Any subject",
+        "text",
+        "notifications@acme.com",
+        ["a@test.com", "b@test.com"],
+        html_message="<p>html</p>",
+        fail_silently=False,
+    )
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.tasks.mail.send_mail")
+def test_send_email_translates_subject_in_requested_language(
+    mock_send_mail, email_settings
+):
+    """The subject msgid is translated in the worker, in the recipient language."""
+    send_email(
+        template="screen_recording",
+        subject=gettext_noop("Your recording is ready"),
+        recipients=["franc@test.com"],
+        context={"room_name": "Room", "link": "https://acme.com/r/1"},
+        language="fr-fr",
+    )
+
+    subject, body, *_ = mock_send_mail.call_args[0]
+    assert subject == "Votre enregistrement est prêt"
+    assert "Votre enregistrement est prêt !" in body
+
+
+@mock.patch(
+    "core.tasks.mail.send_mail", side_effect=smtplib.SMTPException("SMTP Error")
+)
+@mock.patch("core.tasks.mail.render_to_string", return_value="content")
+def test_send_email_raises_on_smtp_error(mock_render, mock_send_mail, email_settings):
+    """SMTP errors propagate so Celery can retry the task."""
+    with pytest.raises(smtplib.SMTPException):
+        send_email(
+            template="some_template",
+            subject="Any subject",
+            recipients=["a@test.com"],
+        )
+
+
+def test_smtp_backend_uses_email_timeout(settings):
+    """A stalled SMTP server cannot hold the worker forever."""
+    settings.EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
+    settings.EMAIL_TIMEOUT = 12
+
+    assert get_connection().timeout == 12
diff --git a/src/backend/meet/settings.py b/src/backend/meet/settings.py
index ea285c5d2..b1cfd4043 100755
--- a/src/backend/meet/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/meet/settings.py
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ class Base(Configuration):
     EMAIL_PORT = values.PositiveIntegerValue(None)
     EMAIL_USE_TLS = values.BooleanValue(False)
     EMAIL_USE_SSL = values.BooleanValue(False)
+    EMAIL_TIMEOUT = values.PositiveIntegerValue(30)
     EMAIL_FROM = values.Value("from@example.com")
     EMAIL_BRAND_NAME = values.Value(None)
     EMAIL_SUPPORT_EMAIL = values.Value(None)