Abstract: A system and methods are provided for matching electronic tasks with actors able to process and complete the tasks, without polling. When a new task is received and no qualified actor is available, instead of repeatedly polling or querying actors, a task event is emitted that describes the task by criteria that can be used to match the task to a qualified actor. Similarly, when an actor becomes available and no suitable task is pending, instead of repeatedly polling or querying pending tasks, a corresponding actor event is emitted. Consumers of the events therefore attempt to match a pending task and an available actor only when there is a change to the tasks and/or the available actors.