diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e0dcff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+tests/
+docs/
+cached/
+.github
+.gitignore
+Dockerfile
+Makefile
+Pipfile
+Pipfile.lock
+README.md
+requirements-dev.txt
+setup.py
+tox.ini
+.coverage
+.dockerignore
+.git
+.mypy_cache
+.pytest_cache
+.tox
+__pycache__
+tern_rest_api.egg-info
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6e4761..b1aa18c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# tern-rest-api specifics
+cached
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24db03f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2022 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+
+FROM python:3.9-slim-buster as base
+
+RUN echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye.list \
+    && echo "Package: *\nPin: release n=bullseye\nPin-Priority: 50" > /etc/apt/preferences.d/bullseye \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    attr \
+    findutils \
+    fuse-overlayfs/bullseye \
+    fuse3/bullseye \
+    git \
+    jq \
+    skopeo \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN mkdir /opt/tern-rest-api
+
+ADD . /opt/tern-rest-api
+WORKDIR /opt/tern-rest-api
+RUN pip install --no-cache -r ./requirements.txt
+
+ENV TERN_API_CACHE_DIR=/var/opt/tern-rest-api/cached
+ENV TERN_DEFAULT_REGISTRY="registry.hub.docker.com"
+
+ENV FLASK_APP=/opt/tern-rest-api/app.py
+CMD ["bash", "docker_start.sh"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2d939b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+build-dev:
+	docker build -t tern-rest-api:dev .
+
+
+serve-dev: build-dev
+	docker run --rm --name tern-rest-api -e ENVIRONMENT=DEVELOPMENT --privileged -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v $(PWD):/opt/tern-rest-api -p 5001:80 tern-rest-api:dev
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 4d5e929..825d21f 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ name = "pypi"
 flask = "*"
 flask-restx = "*"
 tern = "*"
+flask-executor = "*"
+gunicorn = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
 black = "*"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index a6a397f..c8fd3f5 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "6d5cd08ed1e881cbdf1b0f6d2b85741bf13aea25b22687cb9606168c27a686e3"
+            "sha256": "bc709a78553a8ae95dd6dc4ba0fc0d8f4a07fe1a4eb0668baf4e3fa1856d99ed"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
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-                "sha256:410e932b050f5eed773c4cda94de75971c89cdb3155a72a0831139a79e5ecb5b"
+                "sha256:6a7a62563bbfabfda3a38f3023a1db4a35978c0abd76f6c9605ecd6554d6d9b1",
+                "sha256:8458d7b1287c5fb128c90e23381cf99dcde74beaf6c7ff6384ce84d6fe090adb"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==8.0.3"
+            "version": "==8.0.4"
         },
         "debian-inspector": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==2.0.3"
         },
+        "flask-executor": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:074885fc6d04764c86ab7f070818ea87dd08ee54767a216a8e7a00c39550bea2",
+                "sha256:ddb51b9e10f0fbfcff6c2386a5d92957402b7c81b7614eb1f3c77be64bcfd684"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.10.0"
+        },
         "flask-restx": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:63c69a61999a34f1774eaccc6fc8c7f504b1aad7d56a8ec672264e52d9ac05f4",
@@ -118,6 +126,14 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
             "version": "==3.1.26"
         },
+        "gunicorn": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:9dcc4547dbb1cb284accfb15ab5667a0e5d1881cc443e0677b4882a4067a807e",
+                "sha256:e0a968b5ba15f8a328fdfd7ab1fcb5af4470c28aaf7e55df02a99bc13138e6e8"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==20.1.0"
+        },
         "idna": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:84d9dd047ffa80596e0f246e2eab0b391788b0503584e8945f2368256d2735ff",
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-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==2.0.1"
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
+            "version": "==2.1.0"
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             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==6.3.1"
+            "version": "==6.3.2"
         },
         "distlib": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -575,11 +562,11 @@
         },
         "filelock": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:7b23620a293cf3e19924e469cb96672dc72b36c26e8f80f85668310117fcbe4e",
-                "sha256:d1eccb164ed020bc84edd9e45bf6cdb177f64749f6b8fe066648832d2e98726d"
+                "sha256:9cd540a9352e432c7246a48fe4e8712b10acb1df2ad1f30e8c070b82ae1fed85",
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             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
-            "version": "==3.5.1"
+            "version": "==3.6.0"
         },
         "flake8": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -635,11 +622,11 @@
         },
         "platformdirs": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:30671902352e97b1eafd74ade8e4a694782bd3471685e78c32d0fdfd3aa7e7bb",
-                "sha256:8ec11dfba28ecc0715eb5fb0147a87b1bf325f349f3da9aab2cd6b50b96b692b"
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             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
-            "version": "==2.5.0"
+            "version": "==2.5.1"
         },
         "pluggy": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -731,11 +718,11 @@
         },
         "virtualenv": {
             "hashes": [
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-                "sha256:e0621bcbf4160e4e1030f05065c8834b4e93f4fcc223255db2a823440aca9c14"
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             "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'",
-            "version": "==20.13.1"
+            "version": "==20.13.3"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e578d0e..36c26a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ $ pipenv install -d
 
 ### Running the development Tern REST API
 
+## As a Docker Container
+```shell
+$ make server-dev
+```
+Open http://localhost/ in your browser.
 
+## On your local machine
 Runing the API locally
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 3043291..81ec199 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from flask_restx import Api
 
-from tern_api import __version__, tern_api
+from tern_api import __version__, tern_app
 from tern_api.api.v1.common_models import api_models_namespace
 from tern_api.api.v1.reports import ns as report_v1
 from tern_api.api.v1.version import ns as version_v1
@@ -26,20 +26,21 @@
 
 
 api = Api(
-    tern_api,
+    tern_app,
     version=__version__.version,
     title="Tern REST API",
     description="Tern Project REST API",
 )
 
+
 api.add_namespace(api_models_namespace)
 api.add_namespace(version_v1, path="/api/v1/version")
 api.add_namespace(report_v1, path="/api/v1/report")
 
 
 def export_swagger_json(filepath):
-    tern_api.config["SERVER_NAME"] = "localhost"
-    with tern_api.app_context().__enter__():
+    tern_app.config["SERVER_NAME"] = "localhost"
+    with tern_app.app_context().__enter__():
         with open(filepath, "w") as f:
             swagger_json = json.dumps(api.__schema__, indent=4)
             f.write(swagger_json)
diff --git a/docker_start.sh b/docker_start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfa4e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ ${ENVIRONMENT^^} == "DEVELOPMENT" ]]; then
+    flask run --reload --debugger -h 0.0.0.0 -p 80
+else
+    gunicorn --workers=1 -b 0.0.0.0:80 app:tern_api
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 6e786aa..06b400e 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -15,32 +15,34 @@ black==22.1.0
 certifi==2021.10.8
 chardet==4.0.0; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'
 charset-normalizer==2.0.10; python_version >= '3'
-click==8.0.3; python_version >= '3.6'
-coverage==6.3.1
+click==8.0.4; python_version >= '3.6'
+coverage==6.3.2
 debian-inspector==30.0.0; python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '4'
 distlib==0.3.4
 docker==5.0.3; python_version >= '3.6'
 dockerfile-parse==1.2.0
-filelock==3.5.1; python_version >= '3.7'
+filelock==3.6.0; python_version >= '3.7'
 flake8==4.0.1
+flask-executor==0.10.0
 flask-restx==0.5.1
 flask==2.0.3
 gitdb==4.0.9; python_version >= '3.6'
 gitpython==3.1.26; python_version >= '3.7'
+gunicorn==20.1.0
 idna==3.3; python_version >= '3'
 iniconfig==1.1.1
 isort==5.10.1
-itsdangerous==2.0.1; python_version >= '3.6'
+itsdangerous==2.1.0; python_version >= '3.7'
 jinja2==3.0.3; python_version >= '3.6'
 jsonschema==4.4.0; python_version >= '3.7'
-markupsafe==2.0.1; python_version >= '3.6'
+markupsafe==2.1.0; python_version >= '3.7'
 mccabe==0.6.1
 mypy-extensions==0.4.3
 packageurl-python==0.9.6; python_version >= '3.6'
 packaging==21.3; python_version >= '3.6'
 pathspec==0.9.0
 pbr==5.8.0; python_version >= '2.6'
-platformdirs==2.5.0; python_version >= '3.7'
+platformdirs==2.5.1; python_version >= '3.7'
 pluggy==1.0.0; python_version >= '3.6'
 prettytable==3.0.0; python_version >= '3.7'
 py==1.11.0; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ tomli==2.0.1; python_version >= '3.7'
 tox==3.24.5
 typing-extensions==4.1.1; python_version < '3.10'
 urllib3==1.26.8; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4' and python_version < '4'
-virtualenv==20.13.1; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'
+virtualenv==20.13.3; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'
 wcwidth==0.2.5
 websocket-client==1.2.3; python_version >= '3.6'
 werkzeug==2.0.3; python_version >= '3.6'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eaccc09..49250d4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,19 +11,21 @@ attrs==21.4.0; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2,
 certifi==2021.10.8
 chardet==4.0.0; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'
 charset-normalizer==2.0.10; python_version >= '3'
-click==8.0.3; python_version >= '3.6'
+click==8.0.4; python_version >= '3.6'
 debian-inspector==30.0.0; python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '4'
 docker==5.0.3; python_version >= '3.6'
 dockerfile-parse==1.2.0
+flask-executor==0.10.0
 flask-restx==0.5.1
 flask==2.0.3
 gitdb==4.0.9; python_version >= '3.6'
 gitpython==3.1.26; python_version >= '3.7'
+gunicorn==20.1.0
 idna==3.3; python_version >= '3'
-itsdangerous==2.0.1; python_version >= '3.6'
+itsdangerous==2.1.0; python_version >= '3.7'
 jinja2==3.0.3; python_version >= '3.6'
 jsonschema==4.4.0; python_version >= '3.7'
-markupsafe==2.0.1; python_version >= '3.6'
+markupsafe==2.1.0; python_version >= '3.7'
 packageurl-python==0.9.6; python_version >= '3.6'
 pbr==5.8.0; python_version >= '2.6'
 prettytable==3.0.0; python_version >= '3.7'
diff --git a/tern_api/__init__.py b/tern_api/__init__.py
index 6d1bd3b..5b3cc1e 100644
--- a/tern_api/__init__.py
+++ b/tern_api/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2022 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+import os
+
 from flask import Flask
+from flask_executor import Executor
+
+tern_app = Flask(__name__)
+tern_app.config["TERN_API_CACHE_DIR"] = os.getenv("TERN_API_CACHE_DIR")
+tern_app.config["TERN_DEFAULT_REGISTRY"] = os.getenv("TERN_DEFAULT_REGISTRY")
 
-tern_api = Flask(__name__)
+tern_tasks = Executor(tern_app)
diff --git a/tern_api/api/v1/common_models.py b/tern_api/api/v1/common_models.py
index 1170558..9adbbfc 100644
--- a/tern_api/api/v1/common_models.py
+++ b/tern_api/api/v1/common_models.py
@@ -18,21 +18,6 @@
     },
 )
 
-async_response_model = api_models_namespace.model(
-    "async_response_model",
-    {
-        "message": fields.String(
-            description="Status message",
-            requored=True,
-            example="Request submitted.",
-        ),
-        "id": fields.String(
-            description="Unique Identification for request",
-            required=True,
-            example="19f035a711644eab84ef5a38ceb5572e",
-        ),
-    },
-)
 
 image_report_data = api_models_namespace.model(
     "image_report_data",
@@ -52,6 +37,12 @@
             example="3.0",
             required=True,
         ),
+        "cache": fields.String(
+            description="Use cache if available?",
+            exampple=True,
+            required=True,
+            default=True,
+        ),
     },
 )
 image_report_model = api_models_namespace.model(
@@ -60,3 +51,24 @@
 report_model = api_models_namespace.model(
     "report_mode", {"images": fields.List(fields.Nested(image_report_model))}
 )
+
+async_response_model = api_models_namespace.model(
+    "async_response_model",
+    {
+        "message": fields.String(
+            description="Status message",
+            requored=True,
+            example="Request submitted.",
+        ),
+        "id": fields.String(
+            description="Unique Identification for request",
+            required=True,
+            example="19f035a711644eab84ef5a38ceb5572e",
+        ),
+        "cache": fields.Boolean(
+            description="Request uses cache?",
+            required=True,
+            example=True,
+        ),
+    },
+)
diff --git a/tern_api/api/v1/reports.py b/tern_api/api/v1/reports.py
index a0f82bb..d70f614 100644
--- a/tern_api/api/v1/reports.py
+++ b/tern_api/api/v1/reports.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2022 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+from flask import request
 from flask_restx import Namespace, Resource, fields
 
+from tern_api import reports, tern_app
 from tern_api.api.v1.common_models import (
     async_response_model,
     error_model,
@@ -22,8 +24,8 @@ class Report(Resource):
             "registry": fields.String(
                 description="Registry Server",
                 required=False,
-                default="https://registry.hub.docker.com",
-                example="http://registry.example.com",
+                default=tern_app.config["TERN_DEFAULT_REGISTRY"],
+                example=tern_app.config["TERN_DEFAULT_REGISTRY"],
             ),
             "image": fields.String(
                 description="Image name",
@@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ class Report(Resource):
                 required=True,
                 example="3.0",
             ),
+            "cache": fields.Boolean(
+                description="Use cache data if available?",
+                required=True,
+                example=True,
+            ),
         },
     )
     report_response_request = ns.model(
@@ -52,6 +59,9 @@ def post(self):
 
         **Note**: This request will be processed assynchronous.
         """
+        payload = request.json
+        response = reports.request(payload)
+        return response.to_response()
 
 
 @ns.route("/status")
@@ -72,8 +82,8 @@ class ReportStatus(Resource):
             "status": fields.String(
                 description="Status of request",
                 required=True,
-                example="DONE",
-                enum=["UNKNOWN", "FAILED", "DONE"],
+                example="FINISH",
+                enum=["UNKNOWN", "FINISH", "RUNNING", "FAIL"],
             ),
             "result": fields.Nested(report_model),
         },
@@ -90,3 +100,7 @@ class ReportStatus(Resource):
     @ns.expect(report_status_parameters)
     def post(self):
         """Request Tern BoM report status/result"""
+
+        payload = request.json
+        response = reports.status(payload.get("id"))
+        return response.to_response()
diff --git a/tern_api/constants.py b/tern_api/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9ecd33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tern_api/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from enum import Enum
+
+
+class task_status(Enum):
+    UNKNOWN = "UNKNOWN"
+    RUNNING = "RUNNING"
+    FINISH = "FINISH"
+    FAIL = "FAIL"
diff --git a/tern_api/reports.py b/tern_api/reports.py
index a4bb83b..bc385b9 100644
--- a/tern_api/reports.py
+++ b/tern_api/reports.py
@@ -3,3 +3,184 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2022 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+from tern_api import tern_app, tern_tasks
+from tern_api.constants import task_status
+from tern_api.utils import TernAPIResponse
+
+
+class TernError(Exception):
+    """Failure on the Tern execution."""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class DataResponse:
+    id: str
+    cache: bool = field(default=True)
+    message: str = field(default="")
+    status: str = field(default=task_status.UNKNOWN.value)
+    report: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        """Returns the DataResponse as a dictionary."""
+        return asdict(self)
+
+
+def tern(command: list) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Runs the tern CLI using the ``subprocess``.
+
+    Args:
+        command: Command line as a list (required by subprocess).
+
+    Returns:
+       report as a dictionary (JSON).
+
+    Raises:
+        TernError: failure during running the command from tern CLI.
+    """
+    logging.debug(command)
+
+    tern_cmd = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True)
+    if tern_cmd.stdout:
+        json_report = json.loads(tern_cmd.stdout)
+        return json_report
+    else:
+        if tern_cmd.stderr:
+            logging.debug(tern_cmd.stderr)
+
+            # Is important to return a specific error if the error comes from
+            # tern CLI, it means the task FINISH, for example, invalid image.
+            logging.info(tern_cmd.stderr)
+            raise TernError(tern_cmd.stderr)
+
+
+@tern_tasks.job
+def tern_report(
+    command: list, cache: bool, cache_file: Optional[str]
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Tern Report as a task (background) and manages the cache
+
+    Args:
+        command: Command line as a list (required by subprocess).
+        cache: Use caching
+        cache_file: If cache, inform the cache_file
+
+    Return:
+        Report as Dictionary
+    """
+
+    if cache:
+        try:
+            with open(cache_file, "r") as f:
+                report = json.load(f)
+            return report
+
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            report = tern(command)
+            with open(cache_file, "w") as f:
+                json.dump(report, f, indent=2)
+
+    else:
+        report = tern(command)
+
+    return report
+
+
+def request(payload: dict) -> TernAPIResponse:
+    """
+    Get the Payload from API and prepare to request the report.
+    The request will be handled in the background as tern tasks.
+
+    Args:
+        payload: API Payload
+
+    Return:
+        API Response
+    """
+    TERN_API_CACHE_DIR = tern_app.config["TERN_API_CACHE_DIR"]
+    TERN_DEFAULT_REGISTRY = tern_app.config["TERN_DEFAULT_REGISTRY"]
+
+    task_id = uuid4().hex
+    registry = payload.get(
+        "registry",
+    )
+    image = payload.get("image")
+    tag = payload.get("tag")
+    cache = payload.get("cache", True)
+    cache_file_dir = os.path.join(TERN_API_CACHE_DIR, registry, image)
+    cache_file = os.path.join(cache_file_dir, f"{tag}.json")
+
+    os.makedirs(cache_file_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    report_request_response = DataResponse(id=task_id, cache=cache)
+    if registry != TERN_DEFAULT_REGISTRY:
+        registry_image_tag = f"{registry}/{image}:{tag}"
+    else:
+        registry_image_tag = f"{image}:{tag}"
+
+    command = ["tern", "report", "-i", registry_image_tag, "-f", "json"]
+    logging.info(command)
+
+    tern_report.submit_stored(
+        task_id, command=command, cache=cache, cache_file=cache_file
+    )
+
+    report_request_response.message = "Request submitted."
+    return TernAPIResponse(report_request_response.to_dict())
+
+
+def status(task_id: str) -> TernAPIResponse:
+    """
+    Request to the status/result from the tern tasks.
+
+    The tern tasks can have basically the following status:
+    - UNKNOWN: Not known (yet) by the task manager (initial status).
+    - RUNNING: Task is running by the task manager.
+    - FINISH : Task has fineshed in the task manager.
+    - FAIL   : Task has failed before finished.
+
+    Args:
+        task_id: the unique task ID
+    """
+    data_response = DataResponse(id=task_id, status=task_status.UNKNOWN.value)
+
+    try:
+        if not tern_tasks.futures.done(task_id):
+            status = tern_tasks.futures._state(task_id)
+            if status:
+                data_response.status = status
+
+            return TernAPIResponse(data_response.to_dict())
+
+        report = tern_tasks.futures.pop(task_id)
+        data_response.report = report.result()
+        data_response.status = task_status.FINISH.value
+
+    # It means the task was finished by the task manager (FINISH), but the
+    # report has no data and the error is given to the API user.
+    except TernError as e:
+        data_response.status = task_status.FINISH.value
+        response = TernAPIResponse(data_response.to_dict())
+        response.errors = {"message": str(e)}
+        return response
+
+    # Any kind of not expected failure means that the task didn't finished as
+    # expected (FAIL).
+    except: # noqa
+        data_response.status = task_status.FAIL.value
+        data_response.message = (
+            f"Task couln't finish due: {str(sys.exc_info())}"
+        )
+
+    return TernAPIResponse(data_response.to_dict())