diff --git a/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/core/phase.go b/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/core/phase.go
index 51d3e4e81..93fd3067d 100644
--- a/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/core/phase.go
+++ b/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/core/phase.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func phaseInfo(p Phase, v uint32, err *core.ExecutionError, info *TaskInfo, clea
 	}
 }
 
-// Return in the case the plugin is not ready to start
+// PhaseInfoNotReady represents the case the plugin is not ready to start
 func PhaseInfoNotReady(t time.Time, version uint32, reason string) PhaseInfo {
 	pi := phaseInfo(PhaseNotReady, version, nil, &TaskInfo{OccurredAt: &t}, false)
 	pi.reason = reason
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func PhaseInfoWaitingForResources(t time.Time, version uint32, reason string) Ph
 	return pi
 }
 
-// Return in the case the plugin is not ready to start
+// PhaseInfoWaitingForResourcesInfo represents the case the plugin is not ready to start
 func PhaseInfoWaitingForResourcesInfo(t time.Time, version uint32, reason string, info *TaskInfo) PhaseInfo {
 	pi := phaseInfo(PhaseWaitingForResources, version, nil, info, false)
 	pi.reason = reason
diff --git a/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray.go b/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray.go
index ec3cd3e82..cb898a492 100644
--- a/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray.go
+++ b/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ func (rayJobResourceHandler) BuildResource(ctx context.Context, taskCtx pluginsC
 	}
 
 	podSpec, objectMeta, primaryContainerName, err := flytek8s.ToK8sPodSpec(ctx, taskCtx)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, flyteerr.Errorf(flyteerr.BadTaskSpecification, "Unable to create pod spec: [%v]", err.Error())
 	}
@@ -123,6 +122,7 @@ func (rayJobResourceHandler) BuildResource(ctx context.Context, taskCtx pluginsC
 		if spec.MinReplicas != 0 {
 			minReplicas = spec.MinReplicas
 		}
+
 		if spec.MaxReplicas != 0 {
 			maxReplicas = spec.MaxReplicas
 		}
@@ -400,9 +400,10 @@ func (plugin rayJobResourceHandler) GetTaskPhase(ctx context.Context, pluginCont
 	if err != nil {
 		return pluginsCore.PhaseInfoUndefined, err
 	}
+
 	switch rayJob.Status.JobStatus {
 	case rayv1alpha1.JobStatusPending:
-		return pluginsCore.PhaseInfoNotReady(time.Now(), pluginsCore.DefaultPhaseVersion, "job is pending"), nil
+		return pluginsCore.PhaseInfoInitializing(time.Now(), pluginsCore.DefaultPhaseVersion, "job is pending", info), nil
 	case rayv1alpha1.JobStatusFailed:
 		reason := fmt.Sprintf("Failed to create Ray job: %s", rayJob.Name)
 		return pluginsCore.PhaseInfoFailure(flyteerr.TaskFailedWithError, reason, info), nil
@@ -411,7 +412,8 @@ func (plugin rayJobResourceHandler) GetTaskPhase(ctx context.Context, pluginCont
 	case rayv1alpha1.JobStatusRunning:
 		return pluginsCore.PhaseInfoRunning(pluginsCore.DefaultPhaseVersion, info), nil
 	}
-	return pluginsCore.PhaseInfoQueued(time.Now(), pluginsCore.DefaultPhaseVersion, "JobCreated"), nil
+
+	return pluginsCore.PhaseInfoQueued(rayJob.CreationTimestamp.Time, pluginsCore.DefaultPhaseVersion, "JobCreated"), nil
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray_test.go b/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray_test.go
index f49b8d5d5..2742995ef 100644
--- a/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray_test.go
+++ b/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/flyteorg/flyteplugins/go/tasks/logs"
+	mocks2 "github.com/flyteorg/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s/mocks"
+
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/config"
 
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/utils"
@@ -188,6 +191,64 @@ func TestBuildResourceRay(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, ray.Spec.RayClusterSpec.WorkerGroupSpecs[0].Template.Spec.Tolerations, toleration)
 }
 
+func newPluginContext() k8s.PluginContext {
+	plg := &mocks2.PluginContext{}
+
+	taskExecID := &mocks.TaskExecutionID{}
+	taskExecID.OnGetID().Return(core.TaskExecutionIdentifier{
+		NodeExecutionId: &core.NodeExecutionIdentifier{
+			ExecutionId: &core.WorkflowExecutionIdentifier{
+				Name:    "my_name",
+				Project: "my_project",
+				Domain:  "my_domain",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	tskCtx := &mocks.TaskExecutionMetadata{}
+	tskCtx.OnGetTaskExecutionID().Return(taskExecID)
+	plg.OnTaskExecutionMetadata().Return(tskCtx)
+	return plg
+}
+
+func init() {
+	f := defaultConfig
+	f.Logs = logs.LogConfig{
+		IsKubernetesEnabled: true,
+	}
+
+	if err := SetConfig(&f); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetTaskPhase(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	rayJobResourceHandler := rayJobResourceHandler{}
+	pluginCtx := newPluginContext()
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		rayJobPhase       rayv1alpha1.JobStatus
+		expectedCorePhase pluginsCore.Phase
+	}{
+		{"", pluginsCore.PhaseQueued},
+		{rayv1alpha1.JobStatusPending, pluginsCore.PhaseInitializing},
+		{rayv1alpha1.JobStatusRunning, pluginsCore.PhaseRunning},
+		{rayv1alpha1.JobStatusSucceeded, pluginsCore.PhaseSuccess},
+		{rayv1alpha1.JobStatusFailed, pluginsCore.PhasePermanentFailure},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run("TestGetTaskPhase_"+string(tc.rayJobPhase), func(t *testing.T) {
+			rayObject := &rayv1alpha1.RayJob{}
+			rayObject.Status.JobStatus = tc.rayJobPhase
+			phaseInfo, err := rayJobResourceHandler.GetTaskPhase(ctx, pluginCtx, rayObject)
+			assert.Nil(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedCorePhase.String(), phaseInfo.Phase().String())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetPropertiesRay(t *testing.T) {
 	rayJobResourceHandler := rayJobResourceHandler{}
 	expected := k8s.PluginProperties{}