raghavan-arvind opened a new issue, #71502: URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/71502
### Under which category would you file this issue? Providers ### Apache Airflow version 3.3.0 ### What happened and how to reproduce it? An `ExternalTaskSensor` which succeeded in the queued state became orphaned and failed. Event log: ``` 2026-08-12 06:00:03 | running 2026-08-12 06:00:12 | deferred 2026-08-12 06:00:15 | state mismatch | | Executor LocalExecutor(parallelism=200) reported that the task instance <TaskInstance: DAG_ID.<TASK_ID>_sensor scheduled__2026-08-12T11:00:00+00:00 [queued] ti_id=019ff5a1-147c-7951-8a4d-a97483c61ce0> finished with state success, but the task instance's state attribute is queued. Learn more: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/troubleshooting.html#task-state-changed-externally 2026-08-12 06:00:16 | failed ### What you think should happen instead? Task should go to the success state. ### Operating System Linux ### Deployment Docker-Compose ### Apache Airflow Provider(s) _No response_ ### Versions of Apache Airflow Providers _No response_ ### Official Helm Chart version Not Applicable ### Kubernetes Version _No response_ ### Helm Chart configuration _No response_ ### Docker Image customizations _No response_ ### Anything else? _No response_ ### Are you willing to submit PR? - [x] Yes I am willing to submit a PR! ### Code of Conduct - [x] I agree to follow this project's [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
