diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/server/api_converter.go b/backend/src/apiserver/server/api_converter.go
index 919fea213e4..09b6819f605 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/server/api_converter.go
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/server/api_converter.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 
-	workflowapi "github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/pkg/apis/workflow/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp"
 	"github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/api/v2alpha1/go/pipelinespec"
 	apiv1beta1 "github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/backend/api/v1beta1/go_client"
@@ -1620,15 +1619,15 @@ func toModelTask(t interface{}) (*model.Task, error) {
 				children = append(children, c.GetPodName())
 			}
 		}
-	case workflowapi.NodeStatus:
+	case util.NodeStatus:
 		// TODO(gkcalat): parse input and output artifacts
 		wfStatus := t
 		nodeId = wfStatus.ID
 		name = wfStatus.DisplayName
-		state = string(wfStatus.Phase)
-		startTime = wfStatus.StartedAt.Unix()
-		createTime = startTime
-		finishTime = wfStatus.FinishedAt.Unix()
+		state = wfStatus.State
+		startTime = wfStatus.StartTime
+		createTime = wfStatus.CreateTime
+		finishTime = wfStatus.FinishTime
 		children = wfStatus.Children
 	default:
 		return nil, util.NewUnknownApiVersionError("Task", t)
@@ -1672,20 +1671,21 @@ func toModelTasks(t interface{}) ([]*model.Task, error) {
 			modelTasks = append(modelTasks, modelTask)
 		}
 		return modelTasks, nil
-	case *util.Workflow:
+	case util.ExecutionSpec:
 		execSpec := t
 		runId := execSpec.ExecutionObjectMeta().Labels[util.LabelKeyWorkflowRunId]
 		namespace := execSpec.ExecutionNamespace()
-		createdAt := execSpec.GetCreationTimestamp().Unix()
+		createdAt := execSpec.ExecutionObjectMeta().GetCreationTimestamp().Unix()
 		// Get sorted node names to make the results repeatable
-		nodeNames := make([]string, 0, len(execSpec.Status.Nodes))
-		for nodeName := range execSpec.Status.Nodes {
+		nodes := execSpec.ExecutionStatus().NodeStatuses()
+		nodeNames := make([]string, 0, len(nodes))
+		for nodeName := range nodes {
 			nodeNames = append(nodeNames, nodeName)
 		}
 		sort.Strings(nodeNames)
 		modelTasks := make([]*model.Task, 0)
 		for _, nodeName := range nodeNames {
-			node := execSpec.Status.Nodes[nodeName]
+			node := nodes[nodeName]
 			modelTask, err := toModelTask(node)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, util.Wrap(err, "Failed to convert Argo workflow to tasks details")
diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/server/api_converter_test.go b/backend/src/apiserver/server/api_converter_test.go
index 1719ace361c..be94a6956ad 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/server/api_converter_test.go
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/server/api_converter_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ package server
 import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/pkg/apis/workflow/v1alpha1"
-	workflowapi "github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/pkg/apis/workflow/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	apiv1beta1 "github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/backend/api/v1beta1/go_client"
@@ -3013,14 +3011,14 @@ func Test_toModelTask(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"argo node status",
-			workflowapi.NodeStatus{
+			util.NodeStatus{
 				ID:          "1",
 				DisplayName: "node_1",
-				Name:        "wrong name",
-				Phase:       workflowapi.NodePhase("Pending"),
+				State:       "Pending",
 				Children:    []string{"node3", "node4"},
-				StartedAt:   v1.Time{Time: time.Unix(4, 0)},
-				FinishedAt:  v1.Time{Time: time.Unix(5, 0)},
+				StartTime:   4,
+				CreateTime:  4,
+				FinishTime:  5,
 			},
 			&model.Task{
 				PodName:           "1",
diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/server/report_server.go b/backend/src/apiserver/server/report_server.go
index 8ae30ec2efe..892e43e102f 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/server/report_server.go
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/server/report_server.go
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ type ReportServer struct {
 }
 
 // Extracts task details from an execution spec and reports them to storage.
-func (s ReportServer) reportTasksFromExecution(wf *util.Workflow, runId string) ([]*model.Task, error) {
-	if len(wf.Status.Nodes) == 0 {
+func (s ReportServer) reportTasksFromExecution(execSpec util.ExecutionSpec, runId string) ([]*model.Task, error) {
+	if !execSpec.ExecutionStatus().HasNodes() {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	tasks, err := toModelTasks(wf)
+	tasks, err := toModelTasks(execSpec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, util.Wrap(err, "Failed to report tasks of an execution")
 	}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (s *ReportServer) reportWorkflow(ctx context.Context, workflow string) (*em
 	}
 
 	runId := newExecSpec.ExecutionObjectMeta().Labels[util.LabelKeyWorkflowRunId]
-	_, err = s.reportTasksFromExecution(newExecSpec.(*util.Workflow), runId)
+	_, err = s.reportTasksFromExecution(newExecSpec, runId)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, util.Wrap(err, "Failed to report task details")
 	}
diff --git a/backend/src/common/util/execution_status.go b/backend/src/common/util/execution_status.go
index d7fcd7c3c3d..7eff8a20645 100644
--- a/backend/src/common/util/execution_status.go
+++ b/backend/src/common/util/execution_status.go
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
+// Data struct to represent Node status
+type NodeStatus struct {
+	ID          string
+	DisplayName string
+	State       string
+	StartTime   int64
+	CreateTime  int64
+	FinishTime  int64
+	Children    []string
+}
+
 type RetrieveArtifact func(request *api.ReadArtifactRequest, user string) (*api.ReadArtifactResponse, error)
 
 // Abstract interface to encapsulate the resources of the execution runtime specifically
@@ -54,4 +65,9 @@ type ExecutionStatus interface {
 
 	// does ExecutionStatus contain any finished node or not
 	HasMetrics() bool
+
+	// Any node status exists or not
+	HasNodes() bool
+	// Get node statuses, the NodeStatus data struct could be extended if needed
+	NodeStatuses() map[string]NodeStatus
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/common/util/workflow.go b/backend/src/common/util/workflow.go
index 3f5a9c37028..821f69df5de 100644
--- a/backend/src/common/util/workflow.go
+++ b/backend/src/common/util/workflow.go
@@ -751,6 +751,26 @@ func (w *Workflow) PatchTemplateOutputArtifacts() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (w *Workflow) NodeStatuses() map[string]NodeStatus {
+	rev := make(map[string]NodeStatus, len(w.Status.Nodes))
+	for id, node := range w.Status.Nodes {
+		rev[id] = NodeStatus{
+			ID:          node.ID,
+			DisplayName: node.DisplayName,
+			State:       string(node.Phase),
+			StartTime:   node.StartedAt.Unix(),
+			CreateTime:  node.StartedAt.Unix(),
+			FinishTime:  node.FinishedAt.Unix(),
+			Children:    node.Children,
+		}
+	}
+	return rev
+}
+
+func (w *Workflow) HasNodes() bool {
+	return len(w.Status.Nodes) > 0
+}
+
 // implementation of ExecutionClientInterface
 type WorkflowClient struct {
 	client *argoclient.Clientset