diff --git a/amber/src/main/scala/org/apache/texera/web/resource/SyncExecutionResource.scala b/amber/src/main/scala/org/apache/texera/web/resource/SyncExecutionResource.scala
index 489c9016d57..d3047db5802 100644
--- a/amber/src/main/scala/org/apache/texera/web/resource/SyncExecutionResource.scala
+++ b/amber/src/main/scala/org/apache/texera/web/resource/SyncExecutionResource.scala
@@ -191,12 +191,27 @@ class SyncExecutionResource extends LazyLogging {
       val currentConsoleState = executionService.executionStateStore.consoleStore.getState
       val currentStatsState = executionService.executionStateStore.statsStore.getState
 
+      // Multi-region operators (e.g., HashJoin: build region then probe region) report their
+      // aggregated logical state as COMPLETED for a brief window after the first region
+      // terminates and before the second region's workers are added to regionExecutions.
+      // Guard against firing during that window by also requiring every declared external
+      // input port to be present in the operator's input metrics — port-1 stats only appear
+      // once probe actually starts consuming, which closes the race.
+      val targetExpectedExternalInputs: Map[String, Int] = effectiveLogicalPlan.operators
+        .filter(op => request.targetOperatorIds.contains(op.operatorIdentifier.id))
+        .map(op => op.operatorIdentifier.id -> op.operatorInfo.inputPorts.count(!_.id.internal))
+        .toMap
+
       // Require COMPLETED, not just "has output", so upstream operators finish flushing
       // their data downstream before we tear the execution down.
       def allTargetsCompleted(stats: ExecutionStatsStore): Boolean = {
         request.targetOperatorIds.nonEmpty && request.targetOperatorIds.forall { opId =>
           stats.operatorInfo.get(opId).exists { metrics =>
-            metrics.operatorState == COMPLETED
+            val externalInputPortsReporting =
+              metrics.operatorStatistics.inputMetrics.count(!_.portId.internal)
+            val expectedExternalInputs = targetExpectedExternalInputs.getOrElse(opId, 0)
+            metrics.operatorState == COMPLETED &&
+            externalInputPortsReporting >= expectedExternalInputs
           }
         }
       }