diff --git a/task_sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/supervisor.py b/task_sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/supervisor.py
index 2363e927b468f..c9cec771ea081 100644
--- a/task_sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/supervisor.py
+++ b/task_sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/supervisor.py
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@
 MIN_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL: int = 5
 MAX_FAILED_HEARTBEATS: int = 3
 
+# These are the task instance states that require some additional information to transition into.
+# "Directly" here means that the PATCH API calls to transition into these states are
+# made from _handle_request() itself and don't have to come all the way to wait().
+STATES_SENT_DIRECTLY = [IntermediateTIState.DEFERRED, IntermediateTIState.UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE]
+
 
 @overload
 def mkpipe() -> tuple[socket, socket]: ...
@@ -518,11 +523,11 @@ def wait(self) -> int:
         # If it hasn't, assume it's failed
         self._exit_code = self._exit_code if self._exit_code is not None else 1
 
-        # If the process has finished in a terminal state, update the state of the TaskInstance
-        # to reflect the final state of the process.
-        # For states like `deferred`, the process will exit with 0, but the state will be updated
+        # If the process has finished non-directly patched state (directly means deferred, reschedule, etc.),
+        # update the state of the TaskInstance to reflect the final state of the process.
+        # For states like `deferred`, `up_for_reschedule`, the process will exit with 0, but the state will be updated
         # by the subprocess in the `handle_requests` method.
-        if self.final_state in TerminalTIState:
+        if self.final_state not in STATES_SENT_DIRECTLY:
             self.client.task_instances.finish(
                 id=self.id, state=self.final_state, when=datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
             )