diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/impl/ExecutorServiceImpl.java b/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/impl/ExecutorServiceImpl.java
index 3dbfe97619..32ef8cc91b 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/impl/ExecutorServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/impl/ExecutorServiceImpl.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.ProcessTaskRelationMapper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.ProjectMapper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.TaskDefinitionMapper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.TaskGroupQueueMapper;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.TaskConstants;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.remote.command.TaskExecuteStartCommand;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.remote.command.WorkflowStateEventChangeCommand;
@@ -117,6 +118,9 @@ public class ExecutorServiceImpl extends BaseServiceImpl implements ExecutorServ
     @Autowired
     private ProcessService processService;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao;
+
     @Autowired
     private StateEventCallbackService stateEventCallbackService;
 
@@ -528,8 +532,8 @@ public class ExecutorServiceImpl extends BaseServiceImpl implements ExecutorServ
 
         processInstance.setCommandType(commandType);
         processInstance.addHistoryCmd(commandType);
-        processInstance.setState(executionStatus);
-        int update = processService.updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
+        processInstance.setStateWithDesc(executionStatus, commandType.getDescp() + "by ui");
+        int update = processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
 
         // determine whether the process is normal
         if (update > 0) {
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/impl/ProcessInstanceServiceImpl.java b/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/impl/ProcessInstanceServiceImpl.java
index 67ff0edb9b..d1342b6b3c 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/impl/ProcessInstanceServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/impl/ProcessInstanceServiceImpl.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.utils.ParameterUtils;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.utils.placeholder.BusinessTimeUtils;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.*;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.*;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.enums.DependResult;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.model.Property;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.parameters.ParametersNode;
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ public class ProcessInstanceServiceImpl extends BaseServiceImpl implements Proce
     @Autowired
     ProcessInstanceMapper processInstanceMapper;
 
+    @Autowired
+    ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao;
+
     @Autowired
     ProcessDefinitionMapper processDefineMapper;
 
@@ -531,7 +535,7 @@ public class ProcessInstanceServiceImpl extends BaseServiceImpl implements Proce
             throw new ServiceException(Status.UPDATE_PROCESS_DEFINITION_ERROR);
         }
         processInstance.setProcessDefinitionVersion(insertVersion);
-        int update = processService.updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
+        int update = processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
         if (update == 0) {
             putMsg(result, Status.UPDATE_PROCESS_INSTANCE_ERROR);
             throw new ServiceException(Status.UPDATE_PROCESS_INSTANCE_ERROR);
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/ProcessInstanceServiceTest.java b/dolphinscheduler-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/ProcessInstanceServiceTest.java
index 73289dbabf..926a47b890 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/ProcessInstanceServiceTest.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/service/ProcessInstanceServiceTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.Flag;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.UserType;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.WorkflowExecutionStatus;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.enums.TaskExecutionStatus;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.service.expand.CuringParamsService;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.graph.DAG;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.model.TaskNode;
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ public class ProcessInstanceServiceTest {
     @Mock
     ProcessService processService;
 
+    @Mock
+    ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao;
+
     @Mock
     ProcessInstanceMapper processInstanceMapper;
 
@@ -475,7 +479,7 @@ public class ProcessInstanceServiceTest {
         when(processDefineMapper.queryByCode(46L)).thenReturn(processDefinition);
         when(tenantMapper.queryByTenantCode("root")).thenReturn(tenant);
         when(processService.getTenantForProcess(Mockito.anyInt(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn(tenant);
-        when(processService.updateProcessInstance(processInstance)).thenReturn(1);
+        when(processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(processInstance)).thenReturn(1);
         when(processService.saveProcessDefine(loginUser, processDefinition, Boolean.TRUE, Boolean.FALSE)).thenReturn(1);
 
         List<TaskDefinitionLog> taskDefinitionLogs = JSONUtils.toList(taskDefinitionJson, TaskDefinitionLog.class);
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/DaoConfiguration.java b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/DaoConfiguration.java
index f0c78fcf44..68fd2cae66 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/DaoConfiguration.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/DaoConfiguration.java
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableAutoConfiguration
-@MapperScan("org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao")
+@MapperScan("org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper")
 public class DaoConfiguration {
 }
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/entity/ProcessInstance.java b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/entity/ProcessInstance.java
index c9608416d1..ed2a383ba2 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/entity/ProcessInstance.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/entity/ProcessInstance.java
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity;
 
-import lombok.Data;
-import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
-
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.CommandType;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.FailureStrategy;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.Flag;
@@ -28,8 +25,14 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.TaskDependType;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.WarningType;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.WorkflowExecutionStatus;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.utils.DateUtils;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.utils.JSONUtils;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import com.baomidou.mybatisplus.annotation.IdType;
 import com.baomidou.mybatisplus.annotation.TableField;
@@ -37,6 +40,10 @@ import com.baomidou.mybatisplus.annotation.TableId;
 import com.baomidou.mybatisplus.annotation.TableName;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
 /**
  * process instance
  */
@@ -65,6 +72,18 @@ public class ProcessInstance {
      * process state
      */
     private WorkflowExecutionStatus state;
+
+    /**
+     * state history
+     */
+    private String stateHistory;
+
+    /**
+     * state desc list from state history
+     */
+    @TableField(exist = false)
+    private List<StateDesc> stateDescList;
+
     /**
      * recovery flag for failover
      */
@@ -310,4 +329,28 @@ public class ProcessInstance {
         return commandType;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * set state with desc
+     * @param state
+     * @param stateDesc
+     */
+    public void setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus state, String stateDesc) {
+        this.setState(state);
+        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(this.getStateHistory())) {
+            stateDescList = new ArrayList<>();
+        } else if (stateDescList == null) {
+            stateDescList = JSONUtils.toList(this.getStateHistory(), StateDesc.class);
+        }
+        stateDescList.add(new StateDesc(new Date(), state, stateDesc));
+        this.setStateHistory(JSONUtils.toJsonString(stateDescList));
+    }
+
+    @Data
+    @NoArgsConstructor
+    @AllArgsConstructor
+    public static class StateDesc {
+        Date time;
+        WorkflowExecutionStatus state;
+        String desc;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/repository/ProcessInstanceDao.java b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/repository/ProcessInstanceDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a5e44a761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/repository/ProcessInstanceDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository;
+
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.ProcessInstance;
+
+
+public interface ProcessInstanceDao {
+
+    public int insertProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance);
+
+    public int updateProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance);
+
+    /**
+     * insert or update work process instance to database
+     *
+     * @param processInstance processInstance
+     */
+    public int upsertProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance);
+}
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/repository/impl/ProcessInstanceDaoImpl.java b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/repository/impl/ProcessInstanceDaoImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4360581855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/repository/impl/ProcessInstanceDaoImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.impl;
+
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.ProcessInstance;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.ProcessInstanceMapper;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Repository
+public class ProcessInstanceDaoImpl implements ProcessInstanceDao {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ProcessInstanceMapper processInstanceMapper;
+
+    @Override
+    public int insertProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance) {
+        return processInstanceMapper.insert(processInstance);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int updateProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance) {
+        return processInstanceMapper.updateById(processInstance);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int upsertProcessInstance(@NonNull ProcessInstance processInstance) {
+        if (processInstance.getId() != 0) {
+            return updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
+        } else {
+            return insertProcessInstance(processInstance);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/mapper/ProcessInstanceMapper.xml b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/mapper/ProcessInstanceMapper.xml
index 49553621d1..0074eff878 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/mapper/ProcessInstanceMapper.xml
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/dao/mapper/ProcessInstanceMapper.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         warning_group_id, schedule_time, command_start_time, global_params, flag,
         update_time, is_sub_process, executor_id, history_cmd,
         process_instance_priority, worker_group,environment_code, timeout, tenant_id, var_pool,
-        dry_run, next_process_instance_id, restart_time
+        dry_run, next_process_instance_id, restart_time, state_history
     </sql>
     <select id="queryDetailById" resultType="org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.ProcessInstance">
         select
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         select instance.id, instance.command_type, instance.executor_id, instance.process_definition_version,
         instance.process_definition_code, instance.name, instance.state, instance.schedule_time, instance.start_time,
         instance.end_time, instance.run_times, instance.recovery, instance.host, instance.dry_run ,instance.next_process_instance_id,
-        restart_time
+        restart_time, instance.state_history
         from t_ds_process_instance instance
         join t_ds_process_definition define ON instance.process_definition_code = define.code
         where instance.is_sub_process=0
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_h2.sql b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_h2.sql
index 0c22fe9269..6e85f67216 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_h2.sql
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_h2.sql
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ CREATE TABLE t_ds_process_instance
     process_definition_version int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
     process_definition_code    bigint(20) not NULL,
     state                      tinyint(4) DEFAULT NULL,
+    state_history              text,
     recovery                   tinyint(4) DEFAULT NULL,
     start_time                 datetime     DEFAULT NULL,
     end_time                   datetime     DEFAULT NULL,
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_mysql.sql b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_mysql.sql
index 3ff21b1c6a..71b84bfb5b 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_mysql.sql
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_mysql.sql
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `t_ds_process_instance` (
   `process_definition_code` bigint(20) NOT NULL COMMENT 'process definition code',
   `process_definition_version` int(11) DEFAULT '0' COMMENT 'process definition version',
   `state` tinyint(4) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'process instance Status: 0 commit succeeded, 1 running, 2 prepare to pause, 3 pause, 4 prepare to stop, 5 stop, 6 fail, 7 succeed, 8 need fault tolerance, 9 kill, 10 wait for thread, 11 wait for dependency to complete',
+  `state_history` text DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'state history desc',
   `recovery` tinyint(4) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'process instance failover flag：0:normal,1:failover instance',
   `start_time` datetime DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'process instance start time',
   `end_time` datetime DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'process instance end time',
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_postgresql.sql b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_postgresql.sql
index 481b3e3e1e..d22e026064 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_postgresql.sql
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/dolphinscheduler_postgresql.sql
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ CREATE TABLE t_ds_process_instance (
   process_definition_code bigint DEFAULT NULL ,
   process_definition_version int DEFAULT NULL ,
   state int DEFAULT NULL ,
+  state_history text,
   recovery int DEFAULT NULL ,
   start_time timestamp DEFAULT NULL ,
   end_time timestamp DEFAULT NULL ,
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/upgrade/3.1.1_schema/mysql/dolphinscheduler_ddl.sql b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/upgrade/3.1.1_schema/mysql/dolphinscheduler_ddl.sql
index 3d0ad0197f..59e3540f97 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/upgrade/3.1.1_schema/mysql/dolphinscheduler_ddl.sql
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/upgrade/3.1.1_schema/mysql/dolphinscheduler_ddl.sql
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@
 
 ALTER TABLE `t_ds_worker_group` ADD COLUMN `other_params_json` text DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'other params json';
 
+ALTER TABLE `t_ds_process_instance` ADD COLUMN `state_history` text DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'state history desc' AFTER `state`;
+
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/upgrade/3.1.1_schema/postgresql/dolphinscheduler_ddl.sql b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/upgrade/3.1.1_schema/postgresql/dolphinscheduler_ddl.sql
index 372b99be4c..5d30a95eec 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/upgrade/3.1.1_schema/postgresql/dolphinscheduler_ddl.sql
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-dao/src/main/resources/sql/upgrade/3.1.1_schema/postgresql/dolphinscheduler_ddl.sql
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ BEGIN
 
 
 --- add column
-EXECUTE 'ALTER TABLE ' || quote_ident(v_schema) ||'.t_ds_worker_group ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS other_params_json int DEFAULT NULL  ';
+EXECUTE 'ALTER TABLE ' || quote_ident(v_schema) ||'.t_ds_worker_group ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS other_params_json text DEFAULT NULL  ';
+
+EXECUTE 'ALTER TABLE ' || quote_ident(v_schema) ||'.t_ds_process_isntance ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS state_history text DEFAULT NULL  ';
 
 
 
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/MasterSchedulerBootstrap.java b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/MasterSchedulerBootstrap.java
index 5084c3d1cc..ee51280363 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/MasterSchedulerBootstrap.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/MasterSchedulerBootstrap.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.dolphinscheduler.server.master.runner;
 
-import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.Constants;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.SlotCheckState;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.lifecycle.ServerLifeCycleManager;
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.utils.NetUtils;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.utils.OSUtils;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.Command;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.ProcessInstance;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.server.master.cache.ProcessInstanceExecCacheManager;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.server.master.config.MasterConfig;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.server.master.dispatch.executor.NettyExecutorManager;
@@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.server.master.registry.ServerNodeManager;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.service.alert.ProcessAlertManager;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.service.expand.CuringParamsService;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.service.process.ProcessService;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -52,6 +50,11 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
 /**
  * Master scheduler thread, this thread will consume the commands from database and trigger processInstance executed.
  */
@@ -63,6 +66,9 @@ public class MasterSchedulerBootstrap extends BaseDaemonThread implements AutoCl
     @Autowired
     private ProcessService processService;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao;
+
     @Autowired
     private MasterConfig masterConfig;
 
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ public class MasterSchedulerBootstrap extends BaseDaemonThread implements AutoCl
      */
     public void init() {
         this.masterPrepareExecService = (ThreadPoolExecutor) ThreadUtils
-                .newDaemonFixedThreadExecutor("MasterPreExecThread", masterConfig.getPreExecThreads());
+            .newDaemonFixedThreadExecutor("MasterPreExecThread", masterConfig.getPreExecThreads());
         this.masterAddress = NetUtils.getAddr(masterConfig.getListenPort());
     }
 
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ public class MasterSchedulerBootstrap extends BaseDaemonThread implements AutoCl
                 }
                 // todo: if the workflow event queue is much, we need to handle the back pressure
                 boolean isOverload =
-                        OSUtils.isOverload(masterConfig.getMaxCpuLoadAvg(), masterConfig.getReservedMemory());
+                    OSUtils.isOverload(masterConfig.getMaxCpuLoadAvg(), masterConfig.getReservedMemory());
                 if (isOverload) {
                     MasterServerMetrics.incMasterOverload();
                     Thread.sleep(Constants.SLEEP_TIME_MILLIS);
@@ -160,18 +166,19 @@ public class MasterSchedulerBootstrap extends BaseDaemonThread implements AutoCl
                         LoggerUtils.setWorkflowInstanceIdMDC(processInstance.getId());
                         if (processInstanceExecCacheManager.contains(processInstance.getId())) {
                             logger.error(
-                                    "The workflow instance is already been cached, this case shouldn't be happened");
+                                "The workflow instance is already been cached, this case shouldn't be happened");
                         }
                         WorkflowExecuteRunnable workflowRunnable = new WorkflowExecuteRunnable(processInstance,
-                                processService,
-                                nettyExecutorManager,
-                                processAlertManager,
-                                masterConfig,
-                                stateWheelExecuteThread,
-                                curingGlobalParamsService);
+                            processService,
+                            processInstanceDao,
+                            nettyExecutorManager,
+                            processAlertManager,
+                            masterConfig,
+                            stateWheelExecuteThread,
+                            curingGlobalParamsService);
                         processInstanceExecCacheManager.cache(processInstance.getId(), workflowRunnable);
                         workflowEventQueue.addEvent(new WorkflowEvent(WorkflowEventType.START_WORKFLOW,
-                                processInstance.getId()));
+                            processInstance.getId()));
                     } finally {
                         LoggerUtils.removeWorkflowInstanceIdMDC();
                     }
@@ -225,10 +232,10 @@ public class MasterSchedulerBootstrap extends BaseDaemonThread implements AutoCl
         // make sure to finish handling command each time before next scan
         latch.await();
         logger.info(
-                "Master schedule bootstrap transformed command to ProcessInstance, commandSize: {}, processInstanceSize: {}",
-                commands.size(), processInstances.size());
+            "Master schedule bootstrap transformed command to ProcessInstance, commandSize: {}, processInstanceSize: {}",
+            commands.size(), processInstances.size());
         ProcessInstanceMetrics
-                .recordProcessInstanceGenerateTime(System.currentTimeMillis() - commandTransformStartTime);
+            .recordProcessInstanceGenerateTime(System.currentTimeMillis() - commandTransformStartTime);
         return processInstances;
     }
 
@@ -244,11 +251,11 @@ public class MasterSchedulerBootstrap extends BaseDaemonThread implements AutoCl
             int pageNumber = 0;
             int pageSize = masterConfig.getFetchCommandNum();
             final List<Command> result =
-                    processService.findCommandPageBySlot(pageSize, pageNumber, masterCount, thisMasterSlot);
+                processService.findCommandPageBySlot(pageSize, pageNumber, masterCount, thisMasterSlot);
             if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(result)) {
                 logger.info(
-                        "Master schedule bootstrap loop command success, command size: {}, current slot: {}, total slot size: {}",
-                        result.size(), thisMasterSlot, masterCount);
+                    "Master schedule bootstrap loop command success, command size: {}, current slot: {}, total slot size: {}",
+                    result.size(), thisMasterSlot, masterCount);
             }
             ProcessInstanceMetrics.recordCommandQueryTime(System.currentTimeMillis() - scheduleStartTime);
             return result;
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/WorkflowExecuteRunnable.java b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/WorkflowExecuteRunnable.java
index c952832c99..a868f9fa51 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/WorkflowExecuteRunnable.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/WorkflowExecuteRunnable.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.Flag;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.Priority;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.StateEventType;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.TaskDependType;
-import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.TaskExecuteType;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.TaskGroupQueueStatus;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.WorkflowExecutionStatus;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.graph.DAG;
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.Schedule;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.TaskDefinitionLog;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.TaskGroupQueue;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.TaskInstance;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.utils.DagHelper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.enums.DependResult;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.enums.Direct;
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnable implements Callable<WorkflowSubmitStatue> {
 
     private final ProcessService processService;
 
+    private ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao;
+
     private final ProcessAlertManager processAlertManager;
 
     private final NettyExecutorManager nettyExecutorManager;
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnable implements Callable<WorkflowSubmitStatue> {
     /**
      * @param processInstance         processInstance
      * @param processService          processService
+     * @param processInstanceDao      processInstanceDao
      * @param nettyExecutorManager    nettyExecutorManager
      * @param processAlertManager     processAlertManager
      * @param masterConfig            masterConfig
@@ -226,12 +229,14 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnable implements Callable<WorkflowSubmitStatue> {
     public WorkflowExecuteRunnable(
                                    @NonNull ProcessInstance processInstance,
                                    @NonNull ProcessService processService,
+                                   @NonNull ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao,
                                    @NonNull NettyExecutorManager nettyExecutorManager,
                                    @NonNull ProcessAlertManager processAlertManager,
                                    @NonNull MasterConfig masterConfig,
                                    @NonNull StateWheelExecuteThread stateWheelExecuteThread,
                                    @NonNull CuringParamsService curingParamsService) {
         this.processService = processService;
+        this.processInstanceDao = processInstanceDao;
         this.processInstance = processInstance;
         this.nettyExecutorManager = nettyExecutorManager;
         this.processAlertManager = processAlertManager;
@@ -373,7 +378,7 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnable implements Callable<WorkflowSubmitStatue> {
                 completeTaskMap.put(taskInstance.getTaskCode(), taskInstance.getId());
                 // todo: merge the last taskInstance
                 processInstance.setVarPool(taskInstance.getVarPool());
-                processService.saveProcessInstance(processInstance);
+                processInstanceDao.upsertProcessInstance(processInstance);
                 if (!processInstance.isBlocked()) {
                     submitPostNode(Long.toString(taskInstance.getTaskCode()));
                 }
@@ -891,7 +896,7 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnable implements Callable<WorkflowSubmitStatue> {
                                 processInstance.getScheduleTime(),
                                 cmdParam.get(Constants.SCHEDULE_TIMEZONE));
                         processInstance.setGlobalParams(globalParams);
-                        processService.updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
+                        processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1667,15 +1672,15 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnable implements Callable<WorkflowSubmitStatue> {
                     originStates,
                     newStates);
 
-            processInstance.setState(newStates);
+            processInstance.setStateWithDesc(newStates, "update by workflow executor");
             if (newStates.isFinished()) {
                 processInstance.setEndTime(new Date());
             }
             try {
-                processService.updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
+                processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
             } catch (Exception ex) {
                 // recover the status
-                processInstance.setState(originStates);
+                processInstance.setStateWithDesc(originStates, "recover state by DB error");
                 processInstance.setEndTime(null);
                 throw new StateEventHandleException("Update process instance status to DB error", ex);
             }
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/BaseTaskProcessor.java b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/BaseTaskProcessor.java
index a932def1ef..757f614cd4 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/BaseTaskProcessor.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/BaseTaskProcessor.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.Resource;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.TaskInstance;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.Tenant;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.entity.UdfFunc;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.DataQualityTaskExecutionContext;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.K8sTaskExecutionContext;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.TaskChannel;
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ public abstract class BaseTaskProcessor implements ITaskProcessor {
 
     protected ProcessService processService;
 
+    protected ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao;
+
     protected MasterConfig masterConfig;
 
     protected TaskPluginManager taskPluginManager;
@@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTaskProcessor implements ITaskProcessor {
     @Override
     public void init(@NonNull TaskInstance taskInstance, @NonNull ProcessInstance processInstance) {
         processService = SpringApplicationContext.getBean(ProcessService.class);
+        processInstanceDao = SpringApplicationContext.getBean(ProcessInstanceDao.class);
         masterConfig = SpringApplicationContext.getBean(MasterConfig.class);
         taskPluginManager = SpringApplicationContext.getBean(TaskPluginManager.class);
         curingParamsService = SpringApplicationContext.getBean(CuringParamsService.class);
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/BlockingTaskProcessor.java b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/BlockingTaskProcessor.java
index 96fed73c0d..e1fee907be 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/BlockingTaskProcessor.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/BlockingTaskProcessor.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class BlockingTaskProcessor extends BaseTaskProcessor {
         logger.info("blocking opportunity: expected-->{}, actual-->{}", expected, this.conditionResult);
         processInstance.setBlocked(isBlocked);
         if (isBlocked) {
-            processInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.READY_BLOCK);
+            processInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.READY_BLOCK, "ready block");
         }
         taskInstance.setState(TaskExecutionStatus.SUCCESS);
         taskInstance.setEndTime(new Date());
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/SubTaskProcessor.java b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/SubTaskProcessor.java
index bc753fb862..681e7a362d 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/SubTaskProcessor.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/task/SubTaskProcessor.java
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ public class SubTaskProcessor extends BaseTaskProcessor {
         if (subProcessInstance == null || taskInstance.getState().isFinished()) {
             return false;
         }
-        subProcessInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.READY_PAUSE);
-        processService.updateProcessInstance(subProcessInstance);
+        subProcessInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.READY_PAUSE, "ready pause sub workflow");
+        processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(subProcessInstance);
         sendToSubProcess();
         return true;
     }
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ public class SubTaskProcessor extends BaseTaskProcessor {
         if (subProcessInstance == null || taskInstance.getState().isFinished()) {
             return false;
         }
-        subProcessInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.READY_STOP);
-        processService.updateProcessInstance(subProcessInstance);
+        subProcessInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.READY_STOP, "ready stop by kill task");
+        processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(subProcessInstance);
         sendToSubProcess();
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/WorkflowExecuteRunnableTest.java b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/WorkflowExecuteRunnableTest.java
index 41a590bdfa..6a4a7f5594 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/WorkflowExecuteRunnableTest.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/runner/WorkflowExecuteRunnableTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.CommandType;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.Flag;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.ProcessExecutionTypeEnum;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.enums.WorkflowExecutionStatus;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.service.expand.CuringParamsService;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.graph.DAG;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.common.utils.DateUtils;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnableTest {
 
     private ProcessService processService;
 
-    private final int processDefinitionId = 1;
+    private ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao;
 
     private MasterConfig config;
 
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnableTest {
         processService = mock(ProcessService.class);
         Mockito.when(applicationContext.getBean(ProcessService.class)).thenReturn(processService);
 
+        processInstanceDao = mock(ProcessInstanceDao.class);
+
         processInstance = mock(ProcessInstance.class);
         Mockito.when(processInstance.getState()).thenReturn(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUCCESS);
         Mockito.when(processInstance.getHistoryCmd()).thenReturn(CommandType.COMPLEMENT_DATA.toString());
@@ -119,9 +122,8 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnableTest {
         curingGlobalParamsService = mock(CuringParamsService.class);
         NettyExecutorManager nettyExecutorManager = mock(NettyExecutorManager.class);
         ProcessAlertManager processAlertManager = mock(ProcessAlertManager.class);
-        workflowExecuteThread =
-                PowerMockito.spy(new WorkflowExecuteRunnable(processInstance, processService, nettyExecutorManager,
-                        processAlertManager, config, stateWheelExecuteThread, curingGlobalParamsService));
+        workflowExecuteThread = PowerMockito.spy(
+            new WorkflowExecuteRunnable(processInstance, processService, processInstanceDao, nettyExecutorManager, processAlertManager, config, stateWheelExecuteThread, curingGlobalParamsService));
         // prepareProcess init dag
         Field dag = WorkflowExecuteRunnable.class.getDeclaredField("dag");
         dag.setAccessible(true);
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnableTest {
             Method method = masterExecThreadClass.getDeclaredMethod("parseStartNodeName", String.class);
             method.setAccessible(true);
             List<String> nodeNames =
-                    (List<String>) method.invoke(workflowExecuteThread, JSONUtils.toJsonString(cmdParam));
+                (List<String>) method.invoke(workflowExecuteThread, JSONUtils.toJsonString(cmdParam));
             Assert.assertEquals(3, nodeNames.size());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Assert.fail();
@@ -161,18 +163,18 @@ public class WorkflowExecuteRunnableTest {
             cmdParam.put(CMD_PARAM_RECOVERY_START_NODE_STRING, "1,2,3,4");
             Mockito.when(processService.findTaskInstanceByIdList(
                     Arrays.asList(taskInstance1.getId(), taskInstance2.getId(), taskInstance3.getId(),
-                            taskInstance4.getId())))
-                    .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(taskInstance1, taskInstance2, taskInstance3, taskInstance4));
+                        taskInstance4.getId())))
+                .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(taskInstance1, taskInstance2, taskInstance3, taskInstance4));
             Class<WorkflowExecuteRunnable> masterExecThreadClass = WorkflowExecuteRunnable.class;
             Method method = masterExecThreadClass.getDeclaredMethod("getRecoverTaskInstanceList", String.class);
             method.setAccessible(true);
             List<TaskInstance> taskInstances =
-                    workflowExecuteThread.getRecoverTaskInstanceList(JSONUtils.toJsonString(cmdParam));
+                workflowExecuteThread.getRecoverTaskInstanceList(JSONUtils.toJsonString(cmdParam));
             Assert.assertEquals(4, taskInstances.size());
 
             cmdParam.put(CMD_PARAM_RECOVERY_START_NODE_STRING, "1");
             List<TaskInstance> taskInstanceEmpty =
-                    (List<TaskInstance>) method.invoke(workflowExecuteThread, JSONUtils.toJsonString(cmdParam));
+                (List<TaskInstance>) method.invoke(workflowExecuteThread, JSONUtils.toJsonString(cmdParam));
             Assert.assertTrue(taskInstanceEmpty.isEmpty());
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-service/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessService.java b/dolphinscheduler-service/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessService.java
index b99a9ad325..ba2d4992a4 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-service/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessService.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-service/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessService.java
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ public interface ProcessService {
 
     TaskExecutionStatus getSubmitTaskState(TaskInstance taskInstance, ProcessInstance processInstance);
 
-    void saveProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance);
-
     int saveCommand(Command command);
 
     boolean saveTaskInstance(TaskInstance taskInstance);
@@ -163,8 +161,6 @@ public interface ProcessService {
 
     ProcessInstance findParentProcessInstance(Integer subProcessId);
 
-    int updateProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance);
-
     void changeOutParam(TaskInstance taskInstance);
 
     Schedule querySchedule(int id);
@@ -186,8 +182,6 @@ public interface ProcessService {
 
     DataSource findDataSourceById(int id);
 
-    int updateProcessInstanceState(Integer processInstanceId, WorkflowExecutionStatus executionStatus);
-
     ProcessInstance findProcessInstanceByTaskId(int taskId);
 
     List<UdfFunc> queryUdfFunListByIds(Integer[] ids);
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-service/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessServiceImpl.java b/dolphinscheduler-service/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessServiceImpl.java
index 130e9f1ae9..0d05d6f56b 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-service/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-service/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessServiceImpl.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.TenantMapper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.UdfFuncMapper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.UserMapper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.WorkFlowLineageMapper;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.utils.DagHelper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.utils.DqRuleUtils;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.enums.Direct;
@@ -180,9 +181,13 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
     @Autowired
     private ProcessDefinitionLogMapper processDefineLogMapper;
 
+    // todo replace with processInstanceDao
     @Autowired
     private ProcessInstanceMapper processInstanceMapper;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao;
+
     @Autowired
     private DataSourceMapper dataSourceMapper;
 
@@ -301,7 +306,7 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
                 return null;
             }
         } else {
-            saveProcessInstance(processInstance);
+            processInstanceDao.upsertProcessInstance(processInstance);
         }
         setSubProcessParam(processInstance);
         deleteCommandWithCheck(command.getId());
@@ -309,10 +314,10 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
     }
 
     protected void saveSerialProcess(ProcessInstance processInstance, ProcessDefinition processDefinition) {
-        processInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SERIAL_WAIT);
-        saveProcessInstance(processInstance);
-        // serial wait
-        // when we get the running instance(or waiting instance) only get the priority instance(by id)
+        processInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SERIAL_WAIT, "wait by serial_wait strategy");
+        processInstanceDao.upsertProcessInstance(processInstance);
+        //serial wait
+        //when we get the running instance(or waiting instance) only get the priority instance(by id)
         if (processDefinition.getExecutionType().typeIsSerialWait()) {
             List<ProcessInstance> runningProcessInstances =
                     this.processInstanceMapper.queryByProcessDefineCodeAndProcessDefinitionVersionAndStatusAndNextId(
@@ -320,8 +325,8 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
                             processInstance.getProcessDefinitionVersion(), Constants.RUNNING_PROCESS_STATE,
                             processInstance.getId());
             if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(runningProcessInstances)) {
-                processInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUBMITTED_SUCCESS);
-                saveProcessInstance(processInstance);
+                processInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUBMITTED_SUCCESS, "submit from serial_wait strategy");
+                processInstanceDao.upsertProcessInstance(processInstance);
             }
         } else if (processDefinition.getExecutionType().typeIsSerialDiscard()) {
             List<ProcessInstance> runningProcessInstances =
@@ -330,12 +335,12 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
                             processInstance.getProcessDefinitionVersion(), Constants.RUNNING_PROCESS_STATE,
                             processInstance.getId());
             if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(runningProcessInstances)) {
-                processInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.STOP);
-                saveProcessInstance(processInstance);
+                processInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.STOP, "stop by serial_discard strategy");
+                processInstanceDao.upsertProcessInstance(processInstance);
                 return;
             }
-            processInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUBMITTED_SUCCESS);
-            saveProcessInstance(processInstance);
+            processInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUBMITTED_SUCCESS, "submit from serial_discard strategy");
+            processInstanceDao.upsertProcessInstance(processInstance);
         } else if (processDefinition.getExecutionType().typeIsSerialPriority()) {
             List<ProcessInstance> runningProcessInstances =
                     this.processInstanceMapper.queryByProcessDefineCodeAndProcessDefinitionVersionAndStatusAndNextId(
@@ -345,8 +350,8 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
             for (ProcessInstance info : runningProcessInstances) {
                 info.setCommandType(CommandType.STOP);
                 info.addHistoryCmd(CommandType.STOP);
-                info.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.READY_STOP);
-                int update = updateProcessInstance(info);
+                info.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.READY_STOP, "ready stop by serial_priority strategy");
+                int update = processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(info);
                 // determine whether the process is normal
                 if (update > 0) {
                     WorkflowStateEventChangeCommand workflowStateEventChangeCommand =
@@ -360,8 +365,8 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            processInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUBMITTED_SUCCESS);
-            saveProcessInstance(processInstance);
+            processInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUBMITTED_SUCCESS, "submit by serial_priority strategy");
+            processInstanceDao.upsertProcessInstance(processInstance);
         }
     }
 
@@ -742,7 +747,7 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
         ProcessInstance processInstance = new ProcessInstance(processDefinition);
         processInstance.setProcessDefinitionCode(processDefinition.getCode());
         processInstance.setProcessDefinitionVersion(processDefinition.getVersion());
-        processInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.RUNNING_EXECUTION);
+        processInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.RUNNING_EXECUTION, "init running");
         processInstance.setRecovery(Flag.NO);
         processInstance.setStartTime(new Date());
         // the new process instance restart time is null.
@@ -1046,7 +1051,7 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
             default:
                 break;
         }
-        processInstance.setState(runStatus);
+        processInstance.setStateWithDesc(runStatus, commandType.getDescp());
         return processInstance;
     }
 
@@ -1158,7 +1163,7 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
             paramMap.put(CMD_PARAM_SUB_PROCESS, String.valueOf(subProcessInstance.getId()));
             subProcessInstance.setCommandParam(JSONUtils.toJsonString(paramMap));
             subProcessInstance.setIsSubProcess(Flag.YES);
-            this.saveProcessInstance(subProcessInstance);
+            processInstanceDao.upsertProcessInstance(subProcessInstance);
         }
         // copy parent instance user def params to sub process..
         String parentInstanceId = paramMap.get(CMD_PARAM_SUB_PROCESS_PARENT_INSTANCE_ID);
@@ -1169,7 +1174,7 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
                         joinGlobalParams(parentInstance.getGlobalParams(), subProcessInstance.getGlobalParams()));
                 subProcessInstance
                         .setVarPool(joinVarPool(parentInstance.getVarPool(), subProcessInstance.getVarPool()));
-                this.saveProcessInstance(subProcessInstance);
+                processInstanceDao.upsertProcessInstance(subProcessInstance);
             } else {
                 logger.error("sub process command params error, cannot find parent instance: {} ", cmdParam);
             }
@@ -1510,8 +1515,8 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
      */
     private void initSubInstanceState(ProcessInstance childInstance) {
         if (childInstance != null) {
-            childInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.RUNNING_EXECUTION);
-            updateProcessInstance(childInstance);
+            childInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.RUNNING_EXECUTION, "init sub workflow instance");
+            processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(childInstance);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1640,24 +1645,6 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
         return true;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * insert or update work process instance to data base
-     *
-     * @param processInstance processInstance
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void saveProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance) {
-        if (processInstance == null) {
-            logger.error("save error, process instance is null!");
-            return;
-        }
-        if (processInstance.getId() != 0) {
-            processInstanceMapper.updateById(processInstance);
-        } else {
-            processInstanceMapper.insert(processInstance);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * insert or update command
      *
@@ -1940,17 +1927,6 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
         return processInstance;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * update process instance
-     *
-     * @param processInstance processInstance
-     * @return update process instance result
-     */
-    @Override
-    public int updateProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance) {
-        return processInstanceMapper.updateById(processInstance);
-    }
-
     /**
      * for show in page of taskInstance
      */
@@ -2121,20 +2097,6 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
         return dataSourceMapper.selectById(id);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * update process instance state by id
-     *
-     * @param processInstanceId processInstanceId
-     * @param executionStatus   executionStatus
-     * @return update process result
-     */
-    @Override
-    public int updateProcessInstanceState(Integer processInstanceId, WorkflowExecutionStatus executionStatus) {
-        ProcessInstance instance = processInstanceMapper.selectById(processInstanceId);
-        instance.setState(executionStatus);
-        return processInstanceMapper.updateById(instance);
-    }
-
     /**
      * find process instance by the task id
      *
@@ -3190,8 +3152,8 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
                         .filter(instance -> instance.getState().isFailure() || instance.getState().isKill())
                         .map(TaskInstance::getId).collect(Collectors.toList());
                 if (failTaskList.size() == 1 && failTaskList.contains(taskInstanceId)) {
-                    processInstance.setState(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUCCESS);
-                    updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
+                    processInstance.setStateWithDesc(WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUCCESS, "success by task force success");
+                    processInstanceDao.updateProcessInstance(processInstance);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-service/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessServiceTest.java b/dolphinscheduler-service/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessServiceTest.java
index 190f869b1a..5dd64fac9d 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-service/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessServiceTest.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-service/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/service/process/ProcessServiceTest.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.TaskGroupMapper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.TaskGroupQueueMapper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.TaskInstanceMapper;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.mapper.UserMapper;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.ProcessInstanceDao;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.enums.dp.DqTaskState;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.enums.dp.ExecuteSqlType;
 import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.plugin.task.api.enums.dp.InputType;
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ public class ProcessServiceTest {
     @Mock
     private ProcessInstanceMapper processInstanceMapper;
     @Mock
+    private ProcessInstanceDao processInstanceDao;
+    @Mock
     private UserMapper userMapper;
     @Mock
     private TaskInstanceMapper taskInstanceMapper;