diff --git a/ghost/promise/lib/pipeline.js b/ghost/promise/lib/pipeline.js
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+/**
+ * # Pipeline Utility
+ *
+ * Based on pipeline.js from when.js:
+ * https://github.com/cujojs/when/blob/3.7.4/pipeline.js
+ */
+const Promise = require('bluebird');
+
+function pipeline(tasks /* initial arguments */) {
+    const args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+
+    let runTask = function (task, args) {
+        // Self-optimizing function to run first task with multiple
+        // args using apply, but subsequent tasks via direct invocation
+        runTask = function (task, arg) {
+            return task(arg);
+        };
+
+        return task.apply(null, args);
+    };
+
+    // Resolve any promises for the arguments passed in first
+    return Promise.all(args).then(function (args) {
+        // Iterate through the tasks passing args from one into the next
+        return Promise.reduce(tasks, function (arg, task) {
+            return runTask(task, arg);
+        }, args);
+    });
+}
+
+module.exports = pipeline;
diff --git a/ghost/promise/lib/sequence.js b/ghost/promise/lib/sequence.js
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+const Promise = require('bluebird');
+
+/**
+ * expects an array of functions returning a promise
+ */
+function sequence(tasks /* Any Arguments */) {
+    const args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+
+    return Promise.reduce(tasks, function (results, task) {
+        const response = task.apply(this, args);
+
+        if (response && response.then) {
+            return response.then(function (result) {
+                results.push(result);
+                return results;
+            });
+        } else {
+            return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+                results.push(response);
+                return results;
+            });
+        }
+    }, []);
+}
+
+module.exports = sequence;
diff --git a/ghost/promise/test/pipeline_spec.js b/ghost/promise/test/pipeline_spec.js
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+const should = require('should');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const Promise = require('bluebird');
+
+// Stuff we are testing
+const pipeline = require('../../../../core/server/lib/promise/pipeline');
+
+// These tests are based on the tests in https://github.com/cujojs/when/blob/3.7.4/test/pipeline-test.js
+function createTask(y) {
+    return function (x) {
+        return x + y;
+    };
+}
+
+describe('Pipeline', function () {
+    afterEach(function () {
+        sinon.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should execute tasks in order', function () {
+        return pipeline([createTask('b'), createTask('c'), createTask('d')], 'a').then(function (result) {
+            result.should.eql('abcd');
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should resolve to initial args when no tasks supplied', function () {
+        return pipeline([], 'a', 'b').then(function (result) {
+            result.should.eql(['a', 'b']);
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should resolve to empty array when no tasks and no args supplied', function () {
+        return pipeline([]).then(function (result) {
+            result.should.eql([]);
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should pass args to initial task', function () {
+        const expected = [1, 2, 3];
+        const tasks = [sinon.spy()];
+
+        return pipeline(tasks, 1, 2, 3).then(function () {
+            tasks[0].calledOnce.should.be.true();
+            tasks[0].firstCall.args.should.eql(expected);
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should allow initial args to be promises', function () {
+        const expected = [1, 2, 3];
+        const tasks = [sinon.spy()];
+        const Resolver = Promise.resolve;
+
+        return pipeline(tasks, new Resolver(1), new Resolver(2), new Resolver(3)).then(function () {
+            tasks[0].calledOnce.should.be.true();
+            tasks[0].firstCall.args.should.eql(expected);
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should allow tasks to be promises', function () {
+        const expected = [1, 2, 3];
+
+        const tasks = [
+            sinon.stub().returns(new Promise.resolve(4)),
+            sinon.stub().returns(new Promise.resolve(5)),
+            sinon.stub().returns(new Promise.resolve(6))
+        ];
+
+        return pipeline(tasks, 1, 2, 3).then(function (result) {
+            result.should.eql(6);
+            tasks[0].calledOnce.should.be.true();
+            tasks[0].firstCall.args.should.eql(expected);
+            tasks[1].calledOnce.should.be.true();
+            tasks[1].firstCall.calledWith(4).should.be.true();
+            tasks[2].calledOnce.should.be.true();
+            tasks[2].firstCall.calledWith(5).should.be.true();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should allow tasks and args to be promises', function () {
+        const expected = [1, 2, 3];
+
+        const tasks = [
+            sinon.stub().returns(new Promise.resolve(4)),
+            sinon.stub().returns(new Promise.resolve(5)),
+            sinon.stub().returns(new Promise.resolve(6))
+        ];
+
+        const Resolver = Promise.resolve;
+
+        return pipeline(tasks, new Resolver(1), new Resolver(2), new Resolver(3)).then(function (result) {
+            result.should.eql(6);
+            tasks[0].calledOnce.should.be.true();
+            tasks[0].firstCall.args.should.eql(expected);
+            tasks[1].calledOnce.should.be.true();
+            tasks[1].firstCall.calledWith(4).should.be.true();
+            tasks[2].calledOnce.should.be.true();
+            tasks[2].firstCall.calledWith(5).should.be.true();
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/ghost/promise/test/sequence_spec.js b/ghost/promise/test/sequence_spec.js
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+const should = require('should');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const Promise = require('bluebird');
+const sequence = require('../../../../core/server/lib/promise/sequence');
+
+describe('Unit: lib/promise/sequence', function () {
+    afterEach(function () {
+        sinon.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('mixed tasks: promise and none promise', function () {
+        const tasks = [
+            function a() {
+                return Promise.resolve('hello');
+            },
+            function b() {
+                return 'from';
+            },
+            function c() {
+                return Promise.resolve('chio');
+            }
+        ];
+        return sequence(tasks)
+            .then(function (result) {
+                result.should.eql(['hello','from', 'chio']);
+            });
+    });
+});