Deferred task marked as failed if triggerer moves state to running

[raghavan-arvind]

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

Not Applicable

Kubernetes Version

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Helm Chart configuration

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Docker Image customizations

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Anything else?

No response

Are you willing to submit PR?

• Yes I am willing to submit a PR!

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