diff --git a/pkg/cache/task.go b/pkg/cache/task.go
index 1527d6c0f..5a3a1ed5b 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/task.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/task.go
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ func (task *Task) postTaskBound() {
 
 func (task *Task) postTaskRejected(reason string) {
 	// if task is rejected because of conflicting metadata, we should fail the pod with reason
-	if strings.Contains(reason, constants.TaskPodInconsistMetadataFailure) {
+	if strings.Contains(reason, constants.TaskPodInconsistentMetadataFailure) {
 		// Before version 1.7.0, this path would never be reached.
 		// After version 1.7.0, task pod should fail if pod has conflicting metadata.
 		task.failTaskPodWithReasonAndMsg(constants.TaskRejectedFailure, reason)
@@ -577,12 +577,15 @@ func (task *Task) sanityCheckBeforeScheduling() (error, bool) {
 	if !utils.PodAlreadyBound(task.pod) {
 		if err := task.checkTaskPodWithoutConflictMetadata(); err != nil {
 			// Before version 1.7.0, return nil error and log a warning if pod metadata is conflicting
+			// Before version 1.7.0, rejectTask is always false for backward compatibility
 			// After version 1.7.0, err should be returned if pod metadata is conflicting
 			// After version 1.7.0, rejectTask should be true if pod metadata is conflicting
 			log.Log(log.ShimCacheTask).Warn("Task pod has conflicting metadata, the unbound task pod will be rejected after version 1.7.0",
 				zap.String("appID", task.applicationID),
 				zap.String("podName", task.pod.Name),
 				zap.String("error", err.Error()))
+			// rejectTask = true
+			// return err, rejectTask
 			return nil, rejectTask
 		}
 	}
@@ -601,7 +604,7 @@ func (task *Task) checkTaskPodWithoutConflictMetadata() error {
 		constants.AnnotationApplicationID,
 	}
 	if !utils.ValidatePodLabelAnnotationConsistency(task.pod, appIdLabelKeys, appIdAnnotationKeys) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("application ID is not consistently set in pod's labels and annotations. [%s]", constants.TaskPodInconsistMetadataFailure)
+		return fmt.Errorf("application ID is not consistently set in pod's labels and annotations. [%s]", constants.TaskPodInconsistentMetadataFailure)
 	}
 
 	// check queue name
@@ -615,7 +618,7 @@ func (task *Task) checkTaskPodWithoutConflictMetadata() error {
 	}
 
 	if !utils.ValidatePodLabelAnnotationConsistency(task.pod, queueLabelKeys, queueAnnotationKeys) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("queue is not consistently set in pod's labels and annotations. [%s]", constants.TaskPodInconsistMetadataFailure)
+		return fmt.Errorf("queue is not consistently set in pod's labels and annotations. [%s]", constants.TaskPodInconsistentMetadataFailure)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cache/task_test.go b/pkg/cache/task_test.go
index b082e424f..14bc02c41 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/task_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/task_test.go
@@ -713,8 +713,8 @@ func TestCheckTaskPodWithoutConflictMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		queueName  = "root.sandbox1"
 		queue2Name = "root.sandbox2"
 	)
-	var appIdInconsitentErr = fmt.Errorf("application ID is not consistently set in pod's labels and annotations. [%s]", constants.TaskPodInconsistMetadataFailure)
-	var queueInconsitentErr = fmt.Errorf("queue is not consistently set in pod's labels and annotations. [%s]", constants.TaskPodInconsistMetadataFailure)
+	var appIdInconsitentErr = fmt.Errorf("application ID is not consistently set in pod's labels and annotations. [%s]", constants.TaskPodInconsistentMetadataFailure)
+	var queueInconsitentErr = fmt.Errorf("queue is not consistently set in pod's labels and annotations. [%s]", constants.TaskPodInconsistentMetadataFailure)
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name           string
diff --git a/pkg/common/constants/constants.go b/pkg/common/constants/constants.go
index 3a9246a03..c31565bf2 100644
--- a/pkg/common/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/common/constants/constants.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var SchedulingPolicyStyleParamValues = map[string]string{"Hard": "Hard", "Soft":
 const ApplicationInsufficientResourcesFailure = "ResourceReservationTimeout"
 const ApplicationRejectedFailure = "ApplicationRejected"
 const TaskRejectedFailure = "TaskRejected"
-const TaskPodInconsistMetadataFailure = "PodInconsistentMetadata"
+const TaskPodInconsistentMetadataFailure = "PodInconsistentMetadata"
 
 // namespace.max.* (Retaining for backwards compatibility. Need to be removed in next major release)
 const CPUQuota = DomainYuniKorn + "namespace.max.cpu"