From d81df3dd1a7ac63eb8666ca9ede292c58baaaf3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mahmood Ali <mahmood@hashicorp.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:14:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] dispatched parameterized job should clear status too

---
 nomad/job_endpoint.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nomad/job_endpoint.go b/nomad/job_endpoint.go
index 07e7ea0aac71..9f4371481f7b 100644
--- a/nomad/job_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/job_endpoint.go
@@ -1887,13 +1887,15 @@ func (j *Job) Dispatch(args *structs.JobDispatchRequest, reply *structs.JobDispa
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Derive the child job and commit it via Raft
+	// Derive the child job and commit it via Raft - with initial status
 	dispatchJob := parameterizedJob.Copy()
 	dispatchJob.ID = structs.DispatchedID(parameterizedJob.ID, time.Now())
 	dispatchJob.ParentID = parameterizedJob.ID
 	dispatchJob.Name = dispatchJob.ID
 	dispatchJob.SetSubmitTime()
 	dispatchJob.Dispatched = true
+	dispatchJob.Status = ""
+	dispatchJob.StatusDescription = ""
 
 	// Merge in the meta data
 	for k, v := range args.Meta {