diff --git a/superset/charts/data/commands/get_data_command.py b/superset/charts/data/commands/get_data_command.py
index a84870a1dd306..c791ace9de3ee 100644
--- a/superset/charts/data/commands/get_data_command.py
+++ b/superset/charts/data/commands/get_data_command.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Any
 
-from flask_babel import lazy_gettext as _
+from flask_babel import gettext as _
 
 from superset.charts.commands.exceptions import (
     ChartDataCacheLoadError,
diff --git a/superset/common/query_context_processor.py b/superset/common/query_context_processor.py
index 58e9022736730..56f53cc16a983 100644
--- a/superset/common/query_context_processor.py
+++ b/superset/common/query_context_processor.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
-from flask_babel import _
+from flask_babel import gettext as _
 from pandas import DateOffset
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
 
diff --git a/superset/tasks/async_queries.py b/superset/tasks/async_queries.py
index cfcb3e31c6ba8..8a8b52e7d5231 100644
--- a/superset/tasks/async_queries.py
+++ b/superset/tasks/async_queries.py
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ def load_chart_data_into_cache(
             raise ex
         except Exception as ex:
             # TODO: QueryContext should support SIP-40 style errors
-            error = (
+            error = str(
                 ex.message  # pylint: disable=no-member
                 if hasattr(ex, "message")
-                else str(ex)
+                else ex
             )
             errors = [{"message": error}]
             async_query_manager.update_job(
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/tasks/test_async_queries.py b/tests/unit_tests/tasks/test_async_queries.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5787bbdc8bb6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/tasks/test_async_queries.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+from flask_babel import lazy_gettext as _
+
+from superset.charts.commands.exceptions import ChartDataQueryFailedError
+
+
+@mock.patch("superset.tasks.async_queries.security_manager")
+@mock.patch("superset.tasks.async_queries.async_query_manager")
+@mock.patch("superset.tasks.async_queries.ChartDataQueryContextSchema")
+def test_load_chart_data_into_cache_with_error(
+    mock_query_context_schema_cls, mock_async_query_manager, mock_security_manager
+):
+    """Test that the task is gracefully marked failed in event of error"""
+    from superset.tasks.async_queries import load_chart_data_into_cache
+
+    job_metadata = {"user_id": 1}
+    form_data = {}
+    err_message = "Something went wrong"
+    err = ChartDataQueryFailedError(_(err_message))
+
+    mock_user = mock.MagicMock()
+    mock_query_context_schema = mock.MagicMock()
+
+    mock_security_manager.get_user_by_id.return_value = mock_user
+    mock_async_query_manager.STATUS_ERROR = "error"
+    mock_query_context_schema_cls.return_value = mock_query_context_schema
+
+    mock_query_context_schema.load.side_effect = err
+
+    with pytest.raises(ChartDataQueryFailedError):
+        load_chart_data_into_cache(job_metadata, form_data)
+
+    expected_errors = [{"message": err_message}]
+
+    mock_async_query_manager.update_job.assert_called_once_with(
+        job_metadata, "error", errors=expected_errors
+    )