diff --git a/sky/skylet/job_lib.py b/sky/skylet/job_lib.py
index 06b8636f6103..90253fbf146f 100644
--- a/sky/skylet/job_lib.py
+++ b/sky/skylet/job_lib.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def colored_str(self):
 # to avoid race condition with `ray job` to make sure it job has been
 # correctly updated.
 # TODO(zhwu): This number should be tuned based on heuristics.
-_PENDING_SUBMIT_TIMEOUT = 5
+_PENDING_SUBMIT_TIMEOUT = 60
 
 _PRE_RESOURCE_STATUSES = [JobStatus.PENDING]
 
@@ -541,19 +541,16 @@ def update_job_status(job_owner: str,
             ray_status = job_details[ray_job_id].status
             job_statuses[i] = _RAY_TO_JOB_STATUS_MAP[ray_status]
         if job_id in pending_jobs:
-            # Gives a 5 second timeout between job being submit from the
-            # pending queue until appearing in ray jobs
-            if pending_jobs[job_id]['submit'] > 0 and pending_jobs[job_id][
-                    'submit'] < time.time() - _PENDING_SUBMIT_TIMEOUT:
-                continue
             if pending_jobs[job_id]['created_time'] < psutil.boot_time():
                 # The job is stale as it is created before the instance
                 # is booted, e.g. the instance is rebooted.
                 job_statuses[i] = JobStatus.FAILED
-            else:
-                # Set the job status to PENDING even though the job can be
-                # in any later status, because the code will take the max
-                # of this status and the status in the jobs table.
+            elif (pending_jobs[job_id]['submit'] >
+                  max(0, time.time() - _PENDING_SUBMIT_TIMEOUT)):
+                # Gives a 60 second timeout between job being submit from the
+                # pending queue until appearing in ray jobs
+                # Reset the job status to PENDING even though it may not appear
+                # in the ray jobs, so that it will not be considered as stale.
                 job_statuses[i] = JobStatus.PENDING
 
     assert len(job_statuses) == len(job_ids), (job_statuses, job_ids)
diff --git a/sky/skylet/skylet.py b/sky/skylet/skylet.py
index d396bb84628b..6bbb51e7a376 100644
--- a/sky/skylet/skylet.py
+++ b/sky/skylet/skylet.py
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 from sky import sky_logging
 from sky.skylet import events
 
-logger = sky_logging.init_logger(__name__)
+# Use the explicit logger name so that the logger is under the
+# `sky.skylet.skylet` namespace when executed directly, so as
+# to inherit the setup from the `sky` logger.
+logger = sky_logging.init_logger('sky.skylet.skylet')
 logger.info('skylet started')
 
 EVENTS = [