diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/FlintJobITSuite.scala b/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/FlintJobITSuite.scala
index 990b9e449..f1192717a 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/FlintJobITSuite.scala
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/FlintJobITSuite.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers.convertToAnyShouldWrapper
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.flint.FlintDataSourceV2.FLINT_DATASOURCE
 import org.apache.spark.sql.flint.config.FlintSparkConf._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.StreamingQueryListener
+import org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.StreamingQueryListener._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.util.MockEnvironment
 import org.apache.spark.util.ThreadUtils
 
@@ -195,6 +197,42 @@ class FlintJobITSuite extends FlintSparkSuite with JobTest {
     }
   }
 
+  test("create skipping index with auto refresh and streaming job early exit") {
+    // Custom listener to force streaming job to fail at the beginning
+    val listener = new StreamingQueryListener {
+      override def onQueryStarted(event: QueryStartedEvent): Unit = {
+        logInfo("Stopping streaming job intentionally")
+        spark.streams.active.find(_.name == event.name).get.stop()
+      }
+      override def onQueryProgress(event: QueryProgressEvent): Unit = {}
+      override def onQueryTerminated(event: QueryTerminatedEvent): Unit = {}
+    }
+
+    try {
+      spark.streams.addListener(listener)
+      val query =
+        s"""
+             | CREATE SKIPPING INDEX ON $testTable
+             | (name VALUE_SET)
+             | WITH (auto_refresh = true)
+             | """.stripMargin
+      val jobRunId = "00ff4o3b5091080q"
+      threadLocalFuture.set(startJob(query, jobRunId))
+
+      // Assert streaming job must exit
+      Thread.sleep(5000)
+      pollForResultAndAssert(_ => true, jobRunId)
+      spark.streams.active.exists(_.name == testIndex) shouldBe false
+
+      // Assert Flint index transitioned to FAILED state after waiting seconds
+      Thread.sleep(2000L)
+      val latestId = Base64.getEncoder.encodeToString(testIndex.getBytes)
+      latestLogEntry(latestId) should contain("state" -> "failed")
+    } finally {
+      spark.streams.removeListener(listener)
+    }
+  }
+
   test("create skipping index with non-existent table") {
     val query =
       s"""