diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Shell/Scope/ShellScope.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Shell/Scope/ShellScope.cs
index 6a7ae55a7db..52d67412d50 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Shell/Scope/ShellScope.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Shell/Scope/ShellScope.cs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public static async Task UsingChildScopeAsync(string tenant, Func<ShellScope, Ta
         /// <summary>
         /// Execute a delegate using this shell scope.
         /// </summary>
-        public async Task UsingAsync(Func<ShellScope, Task> execute)
+        public async Task UsingAsync(Func<ShellScope, Task> execute, bool activateShell = true)
         {
             if (Current == this)
             {
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ public async Task UsingAsync(Func<ShellScope, Task> execute)
             {
                 StartAsyncFlow();
 
-                await ActivateShellAsync();
+                if (activateShell)
+                {
+                    await ActivateShellAsync();
+                }
 
                 await execute(this);
 
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Data/SessionHelper.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Data/SessionHelper.cs
index ee6ada633e9..463f936f093 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Data/SessionHelper.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Data/SessionHelper.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public SessionHelper(ISession session)
         {
             if (_loaded.TryGetValue(typeof(T), out var loaded))
             {
-                _session.Detach(loaded);
+                throw new ArgumentException("Can't get for caching an object being mutated in the same scope");
             }
 
             var document = await _session.Query<T>().FirstOrDefaultAsync();
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Abstractions/Models/RecipeDescriptor.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Abstractions/Models/RecipeDescriptor.cs
index 2d2235c0ffe..04d5f191942 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Abstractions/Models/RecipeDescriptor.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Abstractions/Models/RecipeDescriptor.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class RecipeDescriptor
         public DateTime? ExportUtc { get; set; }
         public string[] Categories { get; set; }
         public string[] Tags { get; set; }
-        public bool RequireNewScope { get; set; } = true;
+        public bool ActivateShell { get; set; } = true;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The path of the recipe file for the <see cref="RecipeDescriptor.FileProvider"/> property
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeExecutor.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeExecutor.cs
index 28ed023b48f..418369e556a 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeExecutor.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using OrchardCore.Environment.Shell;
-using OrchardCore.Environment.Shell.Scope;
 using OrchardCore.Modules;
 using OrchardCore.Recipes.Events;
 using OrchardCore.Recipes.Models;
@@ -147,9 +146,7 @@ public async Task<string> ExecuteAsync(string executionId, RecipeDescriptor reci
 
         private async Task ExecuteStepAsync(RecipeExecutionContext recipeStep)
         {
-            var shellScope = recipeStep.RecipeDescriptor.RequireNewScope
-                ? await _shellHost.GetScopeAsync(_shellSettings)
-                : ShellScope.Current;
+            var shellScope = await _shellHost.GetScopeAsync(_shellSettings);
 
             await shellScope.UsingAsync(async scope =>
             {
@@ -179,7 +176,8 @@ await shellScope.UsingAsync(async scope =>
                         _logger.LogInformation("Finished executing recipe step '{RecipeName}'.", recipeStep.Name);
                     }
                 }
-            });
+            },
+            activateShell: recipeStep.RecipeDescriptor.ActivateShell);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeMigrator.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeMigrator.cs
index 5b54907c888..ceccea95329 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeMigrator.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeMigrator.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using OrchardCore.Data.Migration;
 using OrchardCore.Environment.Extensions;
+using OrchardCore.Environment.Shell.Scope;
 
 namespace OrchardCore.Recipes.Services
 {
@@ -35,10 +36,16 @@ public async Task<string> ExecuteAsync(string recipeFileName, IDataMigration mig
             var recipeFilePath = Path.Combine(recipeBasePath, recipeFileName).Replace('\\', '/');
             var recipeFileInfo = _hostingEnvironment.ContentRootFileProvider.GetFileInfo(recipeFilePath);
             var recipeDescriptor = await _recipeReader.GetRecipeDescriptor(recipeBasePath, recipeFileInfo, _hostingEnvironment.ContentRootFileProvider);
-            recipeDescriptor.RequireNewScope = false;
+            recipeDescriptor.ActivateShell = false;
 
             var executionId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("n");
-            return await _recipeExecutor.ExecuteAsync(executionId, recipeDescriptor, new object(), CancellationToken.None);
+
+            ShellScope.AddDeferredTask(scope =>
+            {
+                return _recipeExecutor.ExecuteAsync(executionId, recipeDescriptor, new object(), CancellationToken.None);
+            });
+
+            return executionId;
         }
     }
 }