diff --git a/src/main/java/kz/konturai/parser/controller/ReportController.java b/src/main/java/kz/konturai/parser/controller/ReportController.java
index 8421cfa..52c4b44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/kz/konturai/parser/controller/ReportController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/kz/konturai/parser/controller/ReportController.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class ReportController {
         }
 
         @PostMapping
-        public ResponseEntity<byte[]> generateResearchReport(
+        public ResponseEntity<ApiResponse<ReportGenerationResponse>> generateResearchReport(
                         @Validated @RequestBody ResearchReportRequest request) {
                 // Валидация входных данных
                 if (request.getQuery() == null || request.getQuery().trim().isEmpty()) {
@@ -90,33 +90,63 @@ public class ReportController {
                                 request.getBreadth(),
                                 request.getReportType());
 
-                // Синхронно выполняем: deep-research -> synthesis via Ollama -> Markdown
-                DeepResearchResponse researchResponse = deepResearchService.generateReportAsync(deepRequest)
+                // Генерация уникального ID задачи
+                String taskId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+
+                // Предполагаемое время завершения
+                LocalDateTime estimatedCompletion = LocalDateTime.now().plusMinutes(8);
+
+                // Асинхронный процесс: deep-research -> synthesis via Ollama -> Markdown ->
+                // сохранение
+                deepResearchService.generateReportAsync(deepRequest)
                                 .publishOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic())
-                                .block();
-                if (researchResponse == null || researchResponse.getLearnings() == null
-                                || researchResponse.getLearnings().isEmpty()) {
-                        return ResponseEntity.internalServerError().build();
-                }
+                                .flatMap(researchResponse -> {
+                                        if (researchResponse == null
+                                                        || researchResponse.getLearnings() == null
+                                                        || researchResponse.getLearnings().isEmpty()) {
+                                                return reactor.core.publisher.Mono.error(
+                                                                new RuntimeException(
+                                                                                "Empty research response content"));
+                                        }
+                                        return reportSynthesisService
+                                                        .synthesizeReport(request.getQuery(),
+                                                                        researchResponse.getLearnings(),
+                                                                        request.getLang())
+                                                        .map(synthesizedMarkdown -> new Object[] { researchResponse,
+                                                                        synthesizedMarkdown });
+                                })
+                                .map(tuple -> {
+                                        DeepResearchResponse researchResponse = (DeepResearchResponse) tuple[0];
+                                        String synthesizedMarkdown = (String) tuple[1];
+                                        String finalMarkdown = buildMarkdownWithSources(synthesizedMarkdown,
+                                                        researchResponse.getVisitedUrls());
+                                        byte[] mdBytes = finalMarkdown
+                                                        .getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                                        String filename = "research_report_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".md";
+                                        saveResearchMarkdownToHistory(request, filename, mdBytes, researchResponse);
+                                        return true;
+                                })
+                                .doOnError(e -> {
+                                        System.err.println("Error generating research report async: " + e.getMessage());
+                                })
+                                .subscribe(
+                                                ok -> {
+                                                },
+                                                err -> {
+                                                        // Avoid onErrorDropped by consuming error here
+                                                        System.err.println("Async pipeline error: " + err.getMessage());
+                                                });
 
-                String synthesizedMarkdown = reportSynthesisService
-                                .synthesizeReport(request.getQuery(), researchResponse.getLearnings(),
-                                                request.getLang())
-                                .publishOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic())
-                                .block();
-                if (synthesizedMarkdown == null) {
-                        return ResponseEntity.internalServerError().build();
-                }
+                ReportGenerationResponse response = new ReportGenerationResponse(
+                                taskId,
+                                "Исследование запущено в фоновом режиме. Ожидаемое время завершения: "
+                                                + estimatedCompletion
+                                                                .format(java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(
+                                                                                "HH:mm")),
+                                estimatedCompletion,
+                                "PROCESSING");
 
-                String finalMarkdown = buildMarkdownWithSources(synthesizedMarkdown, researchResponse.getVisitedUrls());
-                byte[] bytes = finalMarkdown.getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-
-                String filename = "research_report.md";
-                return ResponseEntity.ok()
-                                .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION,
-                                                "attachment; filename=\"" + filename + "\"")
-                                .contentType(MediaType.parseMediaType("text/markdown; charset=UTF-8"))
-                                .body(bytes);
+                return ResponseEntity.ok(ApiResponse.success("Исследовательский отчёт поставлен в очередь", response));
         }
 
         private String buildMarkdownWithSources(String synthesizedMarkdown, java.util.List<String> visitedUrls) {
@@ -164,6 +194,32 @@ public class ReportController {
                 }
         }
 
+        private void saveResearchMarkdownToHistory(ResearchReportRequest request, String filename,
+                        byte[] mdBytes, DeepResearchResponse researchResponse) {
+                try {
+                        // Загрузка в MinIO
+                        minIOService.uploadFile(filename, mdBytes,
+                                        MediaType.parseMediaType("text/markdown; charset=UTF-8").toString());
+
+                        // Сохранение в базу данных
+                        ReportHistory reportHistory = new ReportHistory();
+                        reportHistory.setReportTitle(request.getQuery());
+                        reportHistory.setAuthorName("AI Research Agent");
+                        reportHistory.setCompanyName("Deep Research Service");
+                        reportHistory.setStartDate(LocalDateTime.now());
+                        reportHistory.setEndDate(LocalDateTime.now());
+                        reportHistory.setFormat("MD");
+                        reportHistory.setFilename(filename);
+                        reportHistory.setFilePath(filename);
+                        reportHistory.setFileSize(mdBytes.length);
+                        reportHistory.setCreatedAt(LocalDateTime.now());
+
+                        reportHistoryRepository.save(reportHistory);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                        System.err.println("Error saving research markdown to history: " + e.getMessage());
+                }
+        }
+
         @GetMapping("/history")
         public ResponseEntity<PageResponse<ReportHistory>> history(
                         @RequestParam(name = "page", defaultValue = "0") int page,
@@ -198,10 +254,17 @@ public class ReportController {
                         byte[] bytes = inputStream.readAllBytes();
                         inputStream.close();
 
-                        MediaType mt = rh.getFormat() != null && rh.getFormat().equalsIgnoreCase("DOCX")
-                                        ? MediaType
-                                                        .parseMediaType("application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document")
-                                        : MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF;
+                        MediaType mt;
+                        if (rh.getFormat() != null && rh.getFormat().equalsIgnoreCase("DOCX")) {
+                                mt = MediaType.parseMediaType(
+                                                "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document");
+                        } else if (rh.getFormat() != null && (rh.getFormat().equalsIgnoreCase("MD")
+                                        || rh.getFilename() != null
+                                                        && rh.getFilename().toLowerCase().endsWith(".md"))) {
+                                mt = MediaType.parseMediaType("text/markdown; charset=UTF-8");
+                        } else {
+                                mt = MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF;
+                        }
                         return ResponseEntity.ok()
                                         .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION,
                                                         "attachment; filename=\"" + rh.getFilename() + "\"")