diff --git a/src/ert/scheduler/openpbs_driver.py b/src/ert/scheduler/openpbs_driver.py
index b9577182f10..22235a415e6 100644
--- a/src/ert/scheduler/openpbs_driver.py
+++ b/src/ert/scheduler/openpbs_driver.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "B",  # Begun
     "E",  # Exiting with or without errors
     "F",  # Finished (completed, failed or deleted)
-    "H",  # Held,
+    "H",  # Held
     "M",  # Moved to another server
     "Q",  # Queued
     "R",  # Running
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "W",  # Waiting
     "X",  # Expired (subjobs only)
 ]
-JOBSTATE_INITIAL: JobState = "Q"
 
 QSUB_INVALID_CREDENTIAL: int = 171
 QSUB_PREMATURE_END_OF_MESSAGE: int = 183
@@ -46,12 +45,12 @@
 
 
 class FinishedJob(BaseModel):
-    job_state: Literal["F"]
+    job_state: Literal["E", "F"]
     returncode: Annotated[int, Field(alias="Exit_status")]
 
 
 class QueuedJob(BaseModel):
-    job_state: Literal["H", "Q"]
+    job_state: Literal["H", "Q"] = "H"
 
 
 class RunningJob(BaseModel):
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ class RunningJob(BaseModel):
 
 
 class IgnoredJobstates(BaseModel):
-    job_state: Literal["B", "E", "M", "S", "T", "U", "W", "X"]
+    job_state: Literal["B", "M", "S", "T", "U", "W", "X"]
 
 
 AnyJob = Annotated[
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._num_pbs_cmd_retries = 10
         self._retry_pbs_cmd_interval = 2
 
-        self._jobs: MutableMapping[str, Tuple[int, JobState]] = {}
+        self._jobs: MutableMapping[str, Tuple[int, AnyJob]] = {}
         self._iens2jobid: MutableMapping[int, str] = {}
 
     def _resource_string(self) -> str:
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ async def submit(
 
         job_id_ = process_message
         logger.debug(f"Realization {iens} accepted by PBS, got id {job_id_}")
-        self._jobs[job_id_] = (iens, JOBSTATE_INITIAL)
+        self._jobs[job_id_] = (iens, QueuedJob())
         self._iens2jobid[iens] = job_id_
 
     async def kill(self, iens: int) -> None:
@@ -230,23 +229,21 @@ async def poll(self) -> None:
             await asyncio.sleep(_POLL_PERIOD)
 
     async def _process_job_update(self, job_id: str, job: AnyJob) -> None:
-        significant_transitions = {"Q": ["R", "F"], "R": ["F"]}
-        muted_transitions = {"H": ["Q", "E"], "Q": ["H", "E"], "R": ["E"]}
         if job_id not in self._jobs:
             return
 
         iens, old_state = self._jobs[job_id]
-        new_state = job.job_state
-        if old_state == new_state:
-            return
-        if not new_state in significant_transitions[old_state]:
-            if not new_state in muted_transitions[old_state]:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Ignoring transition from "
-                    f"{old_state} to {new_state} in {iens=} {job_id=}"
-                )
+        new_state = job
+        if isinstance(new_state, IgnoredJobstates):
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Job ID '{job_id}' for {iens=} is of unknown job state '{new_state.job_state}'"
+            )
             return
+
         self._jobs[job_id] = (iens, new_state)
+        if type(new_state) is type(old_state):
+            return
+
         event: Optional[Event] = None
         if isinstance(job, RunningJob):
             logger.debug(f"Realization {iens} is running")
diff --git a/test-data/block_storage b/test-data/block_storage
index ef83a469581..4b41bf0617f 160000
--- a/test-data/block_storage
+++ b/test-data/block_storage
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ef83a46958180d9dd7391b8cb71d688f30e3550d
+Subproject commit 4b41bf0617fa1ded3d59be3215785d923ae09f70
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/scheduler/bin/qstat.py b/tests/integration_tests/scheduler/bin/qstat.py
index 9081e6ceea7..fa761086b68 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/scheduler/bin/qstat.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/scheduler/bin/qstat.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import json
 import os
+import random
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
         state = "Q"
         if returncode is not None:
-            state = "F"
+            state = random.choice("EF")
         elif pid is not None:
             state = "R"