diff --git a/integration-tests/kyuubi-kubernetes-it/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/kubernetes/test/spark/SparkOnKubernetesTestsSuite.scala b/integration-tests/kyuubi-kubernetes-it/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/kubernetes/test/spark/SparkOnKubernetesTestsSuite.scala
index 93153ad3620..a32a45d6c27 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kyuubi-kubernetes-it/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/kubernetes/test/spark/SparkOnKubernetesTestsSuite.scala
+++ b/integration-tests/kyuubi-kubernetes-it/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/kubernetes/test/spark/SparkOnKubernetesTestsSuite.scala
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class KyuubiOperationKubernetesClusterClusterModeSuite
     Seq("_123", "spark_exec", "spark@", "a" * 238).foreach { invalid =>
       conf.set(KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR_POD_NAME_PREFIX, invalid)
       val builder = new SparkProcessBuilder("test", true, conf)
-      val e = intercept[KyuubiException](builder.validateConf)
+      val e = intercept[KyuubiException](builder.validateConf())
       assert(e.getMessage === s"'$invalid' in spark.kubernetes.executor.podNamePrefix is" +
         s" invalid. must conform https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/" +
         "working-with-objects/names/#dns-subdomain-names and the value length <= 237")
diff --git a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/EngineRef.scala b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/EngineRef.scala
index 0d1b0adc775..0bb13b049f2 100644
--- a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/EngineRef.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/EngineRef.scala
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ private[kyuubi] class EngineRef(
       acquiredPermit = true
       val redactedCmd = builder.toString
       info(s"Launching engine:\n$redactedCmd")
-      builder.validateConf
+      builder.validateConf()
       val process = builder.start
       var exitValue: Option[Int] = None
       var lastApplicationInfo: Option[ApplicationInfo] = None
diff --git a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/ProcBuilder.scala b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/ProcBuilder.scala
index 8a8f59ffe99..c8c3f9c39f4 100644
--- a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/ProcBuilder.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/ProcBuilder.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.nio.file.{Files, Path, Paths}
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
-import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting
 import com.google.common.collect.EvictingQueue
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase
 
@@ -166,9 +165,8 @@ trait ProcBuilder {
   // Visible for test
   @volatile private[kyuubi] var logCaptureThreadReleased: Boolean = true
   private var logCaptureThread: Thread = _
-  private var process: Process = _
-  @VisibleForTesting
-  @volatile private[kyuubi] var processLaunched: Boolean = _
+  @volatile private[kyuubi] var process: Process = _
+  @volatile private[kyuubi] var processLaunched: Boolean = false
 
   private[kyuubi] lazy val engineLog: File = ProcBuilder.synchronized {
     val engineLogTimeout = conf.get(KyuubiConf.ENGINE_LOG_TIMEOUT)
@@ -206,7 +204,7 @@ trait ProcBuilder {
     file
   }
 
-  def validateConf: Unit = {}
+  def validateConf(): Unit = {}
 
   final def start: Process = synchronized {
     process = processBuilder.start()
diff --git a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkProcessBuilder.scala b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkProcessBuilder.scala
index 10e1e6ce9e5..4c06d7951a3 100644
--- a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkProcessBuilder.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkProcessBuilder.scala
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class SparkProcessBuilder(
     conf.getOption(KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE_KEY).orElse(defaultsConf.get(KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE_KEY))
   }
 
-  override def validateConf: Unit = Validator.validateConf(conf)
+  override def validateConf(): Unit = Validator.validateConf(conf)
 
   // For spark on kubernetes, spark pod using env SPARK_USER_NAME as current user
   def setSparkUserName(userName: String, buffer: mutable.Buffer[String]): Unit = {
diff --git a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/operation/BatchJobSubmission.scala b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/operation/BatchJobSubmission.scala
index 276fe344600..c29065f192d 100644
--- a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/operation/BatchJobSubmission.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/operation/BatchJobSubmission.scala
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ class BatchJobSubmission(
       getOperationLog)
   }
 
+  def startupProcessAlive: Boolean =
+    builder.processLaunched && Option(builder.process).exists(_.isAlive)
+
   override def currentApplicationInfo(): Option[ApplicationInfo] = {
     if (isTerminal(state) && _applicationInfo.map(_.state).exists(ApplicationState.isTerminated)) {
       return _applicationInfo
diff --git a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/KyuubiBatchService.scala b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/KyuubiBatchService.scala
index 2bfbbce2ab7..e2736267f7e 100644
--- a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/KyuubiBatchService.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/KyuubiBatchService.scala
@@ -94,8 +94,13 @@ class KyuubiBatchService(
                   metadata.appState match {
                     // app that is not submitted to resource manager
                     case None | Some(ApplicationState.NOT_FOUND) => false
-                    // app that is pending in resource manager
-                    case Some(ApplicationState.PENDING) => false
+                    // app that is pending in resource manager while the local startup
+                    // process is alive. For example, in Spark YARN cluster mode, if set
+                    // spark.yarn.submit.waitAppCompletion=false, the local spark-submit
+                    // process exits immediately once Application goes ACCEPTED status,
+                    // even no resource could be allocated for the AM container.
+                    case Some(ApplicationState.PENDING) if batchSession.startupProcessAlive =>
+                      false
                     // not sure, added for safe
                     case Some(ApplicationState.UNKNOWN) => false
                     case _ => true
diff --git a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/KyuubiBatchSession.scala b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/KyuubiBatchSession.scala
index 531bbc3af87..4ac84c1d0dc 100644
--- a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/KyuubiBatchSession.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/KyuubiBatchSession.scala
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ class KyuubiBatchSession(
       batchArgs,
       metadata)
 
+  def startupProcessAlive: Boolean = batchJobSubmissionOp.startupProcessAlive
+
   private def waitMetadataRequestsRetryCompletion(): Unit = {
     val batchId = batchJobSubmissionOp.batchId
     sessionManager.getMetadataRequestsRetryRef(batchId).foreach {