diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
index 9380039ae5..9f445dab3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/helper/roulette.py"
         env:
-          TYPE: "server"
+          TYPE: "ui"
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.number }}
           REPO_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
 
diff --git a/frappe/migrate.py b/frappe/migrate.py
index 1c249dfdb1..683252c625 100644
--- a/frappe/migrate.py
+++ b/frappe/migrate.py
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ class SiteMigration:
 			json.dump(list(frappe.flags.touched_tables), f, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
 
 		if not self.skip_search_index:
-			print(f"Building search index for {frappe.local.site}")
-			build_index_for_all_routes()
+			print(f"Queued rebuilding of search index for {frappe.local.site}")
+			frappe.enqueue(build_index_for_all_routes, queue="long")
 
 		frappe.publish_realtime("version-update")
 		frappe.flags.touched_tables.clear()
diff --git a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
index dde0d64169..33139311ab 100755
--- a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import socket
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import lru_cache
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import redis
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def enqueue(
 	*,
 	at_front=False,
 	**kwargs,
-) -> "Job":
+) -> "Job" | Any:
 	"""
 	Enqueue method to be executed using a background worker
 
@@ -78,11 +78,17 @@ def enqueue(
 			)
 		)
 
-	call_directly = now or frappe.flags.in_migrate or (not is_async and not frappe.flags.in_test)
+	call_directly = now or (not is_async and not frappe.flags.in_test)
 	if call_directly:
 		return frappe.call(method, **kwargs)
 
-	q = get_queue(queue, is_async=is_async)
+	try:
+		q = get_queue(queue, is_async=is_async)
+	except ConnectionError:
+		# If redis is not available for queueing execute the job directly
+		print(f"Redis queue is unreachable: Executing {method} synchronously")
+		return frappe.call(method, **kwargs)
+
 	if not timeout:
 		timeout = get_queues_timeout().get(queue) or 300
 	queue_args = {