diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/databricks/plugin.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/databricks/plugin.go
index 5ebe1d0075..70d7c7e2f9 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/databricks/plugin.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/databricks/plugin.go
@@ -234,10 +234,14 @@ func (p Plugin) sendRequest(method string, databricksJob map[string]interface{},
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	var data map[string]interface{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(responseBody, &data)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse response with err: [%v]", err)
+
+	if len(responseBody) != 0 {
+		err = json.Unmarshal(responseBody, &data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse response with err: [%v]", err)
+		}
 	}
+
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		message := ""
 		if v, ok := data["message"]; ok {
@@ -259,10 +263,16 @@ func (p Plugin) Status(ctx context.Context, taskCtx webapi.StatusContext) (phase
 	taskInfo := createTaskInfo(exec.RunID, jobID, exec.DatabricksInstance)
 	switch lifeCycleState {
 	// Job response format. https://docs.databricks.com/en/workflows/jobs/jobs-2.0-api.html#runlifecyclestate
+	case "QUEUED":
+		return core.PhaseInfoQueued(time.Now(), core.DefaultPhaseVersion, message), nil
 	case "PENDING":
 		return core.PhaseInfoInitializing(time.Now(), core.DefaultPhaseVersion, message, taskInfo), nil
 	case "RUNNING":
 		fallthrough
+	case "BLOCKED":
+		fallthrough
+	case "WAITING_FOR_RETRY":
+		fallthrough
 	case "TERMINATING":
 		return core.PhaseInfoRunning(core.DefaultPhaseVersion, taskInfo), nil
 	case "TERMINATED":