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Deferred task marked as failed if triggerer moves state to running #71580
Description
Under which category would you file this issue?
Providers
Apache Airflow version
3.3.0
What happened and how to reproduce it?
Events from audit logs:
- 2026-08-13 18:25:07 - running
- 2026-08-13 18:25:13 - deferred
- 2026-08-13 18:25:18 - running
- 2026-08-13 18:25:20 - state mismatch -
Executor LocalExecutor(parallelism=200) reported that the task instance <TaskInstance: DAG.TASK__2026-08-13T15:00:00+00:00 [running] ti_id=019ffd71-91ba-7380-865a-671e464f41ee> finished with state success, but the task instance's state attribute is running. Learn more: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/troubleshooting.html#task-state-changed-externally - 2026-08-13 18:25:20 - failed
What you think should happen instead?
The task should be allowed to complete by the triggerer.
Operating System
linux
Deployment
None
Apache Airflow Provider(s)
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Versions of Apache Airflow Providers
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Official Helm Chart version
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Kubernetes Version
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Helm Chart configuration
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Docker Image customizations
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Anything else?
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Are you willing to submit PR?
- Yes I am willing to submit a PR!
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