diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8f99f0b..952f7bb7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/)
 ### Enhancements
 ### Bug Fixes
 - Remove useCase and defaultParams field in WorkflowRequest ([#758](https://github.com/opensearch-project/flow-framework/pull/758))
+- Fix RBAC fetching from workflow state when template is not present ([#998](https://github.com/opensearch-project/flow-framework/pull/998))
 
 ### Infrastructure
 ### Documentation
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/CreateWorkflowTransportAction.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/CreateWorkflowTransportAction.java
index 813613a3..4e0967ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/CreateWorkflowTransportAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/CreateWorkflowTransportAction.java
@@ -156,7 +156,17 @@ private void resolveUserAndExecute(
                 boolean filterByBackendRole = requestedUser == null ? false : filterByEnabled;
                 // Update workflow request, check if user has permissions to update the workflow
                 // Get workflow and verify backend roles
-                getWorkflow(requestedUser, workflowId, filterByBackendRole, listener, function, client, clusterService, xContentRegistry);
+                getWorkflow(
+                    requestedUser,
+                    workflowId,
+                    filterByBackendRole,
+                    false,
+                    listener,
+                    function,
+                    client,
+                    clusterService,
+                    xContentRegistry
+                );
             } else {
                 // Create Workflow. No need to get current workflow.
                 function.run();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/DeleteWorkflowTransportAction.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/DeleteWorkflowTransportAction.java
index 2974f522..41e61c01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/DeleteWorkflowTransportAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/DeleteWorkflowTransportAction.java
@@ -83,12 +83,15 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, WorkflowRequest request, ActionListener<Dele
             String workflowId = request.getWorkflowId();
             User user = getUserContext(client);
 
+            final boolean clearStatus = Booleans.parseBoolean(request.getParams().get(CLEAR_STATUS), false);
+
             ThreadContext.StoredContext context = client.threadPool().getThreadContext().stashContext();
 
             resolveUserAndExecute(
                 user,
                 workflowId,
                 filterByEnabled,
+                clearStatus,
                 listener,
                 () -> executeDeleteRequest(request, listener, context),
                 client,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/DeprovisionWorkflowTransportAction.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/DeprovisionWorkflowTransportAction.java
index 9699de5a..af0eec66 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/DeprovisionWorkflowTransportAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/DeprovisionWorkflowTransportAction.java
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, WorkflowRequest request, ActionListener<Work
                 user,
                 workflowId,
                 filterByEnabled,
+                true,
                 listener,
-                () -> executeDeprovisionRequest(request, listener, context),
+                () -> executeDeprovisionRequest(request, listener, context, user),
                 client,
                 clusterService,
                 xContentRegistry
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, WorkflowRequest request, ActionListener<Work
     private void executeDeprovisionRequest(
         WorkflowRequest request,
         ActionListener<WorkflowResponse> listener,
-        ThreadContext.StoredContext context
+        ThreadContext.StoredContext context,
+        User user
     ) {
         String workflowId = request.getWorkflowId();
         String allowDelete = request.getParams().get(ALLOW_DELETE);
@@ -163,7 +165,8 @@ private void executeDeprovisionRequest(
                         workflowId,
                         response.getWorkflowState().resourcesCreated(),
                         deleteAllowedResources,
-                        listener
+                        listener,
+                        user
                     )
                 );
         }, exception -> {
@@ -180,7 +183,8 @@ private void executeDeprovisionSequence(
         String workflowId,
         List<ResourceCreated> resourcesCreated,
         Set<String> deleteAllowedResources,
-        ActionListener<WorkflowResponse> listener
+        ActionListener<WorkflowResponse> listener,
+        User user
     ) {
         List<ResourceCreated> deleteNotAllowed = new ArrayList<>();
         // Create a list of ProcessNodes with the corresponding deprovision workflow steps
@@ -294,26 +298,23 @@ private void executeDeprovisionSequence(
             logger.info("Resources requiring allow_delete: {}.", deleteNotAllowed);
         }
         // This is a redundant best-effort backup to the incremental deletion done earlier
-        updateWorkflowState(workflowId, remainingResources, deleteNotAllowed, listener);
+        updateWorkflowState(workflowId, remainingResources, deleteNotAllowed, listener, user);
     }
 
     private void updateWorkflowState(
         String workflowId,
         List<ResourceCreated> remainingResources,
         List<ResourceCreated> deleteNotAllowed,
-        ActionListener<WorkflowResponse> listener
+        ActionListener<WorkflowResponse> listener,
+        User user
     ) {
         if (remainingResources.isEmpty() && deleteNotAllowed.isEmpty()) {
             // Successful deprovision of all resources, reset state to initial
             flowFrameworkIndicesHandler.doesTemplateExist(workflowId, templateExists -> {
                 if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(templateExists)) {
-                    flowFrameworkIndicesHandler.putInitialStateToWorkflowState(
-                        workflowId,
-                        getUserContext(client),
-                        ActionListener.wrap(indexResponse -> {
-                            logger.info("Reset workflow {} state to NOT_STARTED", workflowId);
-                        }, exception -> { logger.error("Failed to reset to initial workflow state for {}", workflowId, exception); })
-                    );
+                    flowFrameworkIndicesHandler.putInitialStateToWorkflowState(workflowId, user, ActionListener.wrap(indexResponse -> {
+                        logger.info("Reset workflow {} state to NOT_STARTED", workflowId);
+                    }, exception -> { logger.error("Failed to reset to initial workflow state for {}", workflowId, exception); }));
                 } else {
                     flowFrameworkIndicesHandler.deleteFlowFrameworkSystemIndexDoc(workflowId, ActionListener.wrap(deleteResponse -> {
                         logger.info("Deleted workflow {} state", workflowId);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/GetWorkflowStateTransportAction.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/GetWorkflowStateTransportAction.java
index bf374e05..4106e492 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/GetWorkflowStateTransportAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/GetWorkflowStateTransportAction.java
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, GetWorkflowStateRequest request, ActionListe
                 user,
                 workflowId,
                 filterByEnabled,
+                true,
                 listener,
                 () -> executeGetWorkflowStateRequest(request, listener, context),
                 client,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/GetWorkflowTransportAction.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/GetWorkflowTransportAction.java
index 58d37edf..2462a839 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/GetWorkflowTransportAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/GetWorkflowTransportAction.java
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, WorkflowRequest request, ActionListener<GetW
                     user,
                     workflowId,
                     filterByEnabled,
+                    false,
                     listener,
                     () -> executeGetRequest(request, listener, context),
                     client,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/ProvisionWorkflowTransportAction.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/ProvisionWorkflowTransportAction.java
index 45f37416..81db1197 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/ProvisionWorkflowTransportAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/ProvisionWorkflowTransportAction.java
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, WorkflowRequest request, ActionListener<Work
                 user,
                 workflowId,
                 filterByEnabled,
+                false,
                 listener,
                 () -> executeProvisionRequest(request, listener, context),
                 client,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/ReprovisionWorkflowTransportAction.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/ReprovisionWorkflowTransportAction.java
index 8e501228..fc616343 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/ReprovisionWorkflowTransportAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/transport/ReprovisionWorkflowTransportAction.java
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, ReprovisionWorkflowRequest request, ActionLi
                 user,
                 workflowId,
                 filterByEnabled,
+                false,
                 listener,
                 () -> executeReprovisionRequest(request, listener, context),
                 client,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/util/ParseUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/util/ParseUtils.java
index 154e343f..7428249f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/util/ParseUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/util/ParseUtils.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.opensearch.flowframework.exception.FlowFrameworkException;
 import org.opensearch.flowframework.model.Template;
+import org.opensearch.flowframework.model.WorkflowState;
 import org.opensearch.flowframework.transport.WorkflowResponse;
 import org.opensearch.flowframework.workflow.WorkflowData;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 
 import static org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentParserUtils.ensureExpectedToken;
 import static org.opensearch.flowframework.common.CommonValue.GLOBAL_CONTEXT_INDEX;
+import static org.opensearch.flowframework.common.CommonValue.WORKFLOW_STATE_INDEX;
 
 /**
  * Utility methods for Template parsing
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ public static SearchSourceBuilder addUserBackendRolesFilter(User user, SearchSou
      * @param requestedUser the user to execute the request
      * @param workflowId workflow id
      * @param filterByEnabled filter by enabled setting
+     * @param statePresent state present for the transport action
      * @param listener action listener
      * @param function workflow function
      * @param client node client
@@ -294,6 +297,7 @@ public static void resolveUserAndExecute(
         User requestedUser,
         String workflowId,
         Boolean filterByEnabled,
+        Boolean statePresent,
         ActionListener<? extends ActionResponse> listener,
         Runnable function,
         Client client,
@@ -307,7 +311,17 @@ public static void resolveUserAndExecute(
                 // !filterByEnabled means security is enabled and filterByEnabled is disabled
                 function.run();
             } else {
-                getWorkflow(requestedUser, workflowId, filterByEnabled, listener, function, client, clusterService, xContentRegistry);
+                getWorkflow(
+                    requestedUser,
+                    workflowId,
+                    filterByEnabled,
+                    statePresent,
+                    listener,
+                    function,
+                    client,
+                    clusterService,
+                    xContentRegistry
+                );
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             listener.onFailure(e);
@@ -368,6 +382,7 @@ public static void checkFilterByBackendRoles(User requestedUser) {
      * @param requestUser the user to execute the request
      * @param workflowId workflow id
      * @param filterByEnabled filter by enabled setting
+     * @param statePresent state present for the transport action
      * @param listener action listener
      * @param function workflow function
      * @param client node client
@@ -378,15 +393,17 @@ public static void getWorkflow(
         User requestUser,
         String workflowId,
         Boolean filterByEnabled,
+        Boolean statePresent,
         ActionListener listener,
         Runnable function,
         Client client,
         ClusterService clusterService,
         NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry
     ) {
-        if (clusterService.state().metadata().hasIndex(GLOBAL_CONTEXT_INDEX)) {
+        String index = statePresent ? WORKFLOW_STATE_INDEX : GLOBAL_CONTEXT_INDEX;
+        if (clusterService.state().metadata().hasIndex(index)) {
             try (ThreadContext.StoredContext context = client.threadPool().getThreadContext().stashContext()) {
-                GetRequest request = new GetRequest(GLOBAL_CONTEXT_INDEX, workflowId);
+                GetRequest request = new GetRequest(index, workflowId);
                 client.get(
                     request,
                     ActionListener.wrap(
@@ -395,9 +412,11 @@ public static void getWorkflow(
                             requestUser,
                             workflowId,
                             filterByEnabled,
+                            statePresent,
                             listener,
                             function,
-                            xContentRegistry
+                            xContentRegistry,
+                            context
                         ),
                         exception -> {
                             logger.error("Failed to get workflow: {}", workflowId, exception);
@@ -407,10 +426,8 @@ public static void getWorkflow(
                 );
             }
         } else {
-            String errorMessage = ParameterizedMessageFactory.INSTANCE.newMessage(
-                "Failed to retrieve template ({}) from global context.",
-                workflowId
-            ).getFormattedMessage();
+            String errorMessage = ParameterizedMessageFactory.INSTANCE.newMessage("Failed to retrieve template ({}).", workflowId)
+                .getFormattedMessage();
             logger.error(errorMessage);
             listener.onFailure(new FlowFrameworkException(errorMessage, RestStatus.NOT_FOUND));
         }
@@ -422,26 +439,30 @@ public static void getWorkflow(
      * @param response get response
      * @param workflowId workflow id
      * @param filterByEnabled filter by enabled setting
+     * @param statePresent state present for the transport action
      * @param listener action listener
      * @param function workflow function
      * @param xContentRegistry contentRegister to parse get response
+     * @param context thread context
      */
     public static void onGetWorkflowResponse(
         GetResponse response,
         User requestUser,
         String workflowId,
         Boolean filterByEnabled,
+        Boolean statePresent,
         ActionListener<WorkflowResponse> listener,
         Runnable function,
-        NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry
+        NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry,
+        ThreadContext.StoredContext context
     ) {
         if (response.isExists()) {
             try (
                 XContentParser parser = RestHandlerUtils.createXContentParserFromRegistry(xContentRegistry, response.getSourceAsBytesRef())
             ) {
+                context.restore();
                 ensureExpectedToken(XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT, parser.nextToken(), parser);
-                Template template = Template.parse(parser);
-                User resourceUser = template.getUser();
+                User resourceUser = statePresent ? WorkflowState.parse(parser).getUser() : Template.parse(parser).getUser();
 
                 if (!filterByEnabled || checkUserPermissions(requestUser, resourceUser, workflowId) || isAdmin(requestUser)) {
                     function.run();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/FlowFrameworkRestTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/FlowFrameworkRestTestCase.java
index 3570dccf..e21e41ba 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/FlowFrameworkRestTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/FlowFrameworkRestTestCase.java
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ public Response createIndexRole(String role, String index) throws IOException {
             TestHelpers.toHttpEntity(
                 "{\n"
                     + "\"cluster_permissions\": [\n"
+                    + "\"cluster:admin/ingest/pipeline/put\",\n"
                     + "\"cluster:admin/ingest/pipeline/delete\"\n"
                     + "],\n"
                     + "\"index_permissions\": [\n"
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ public Response createIndexRole(String role, String index) throws IOException {
                     + "\"crud\",\n"
                     + "\"indices:admin/create\",\n"
                     + "\"indices:admin/aliases\",\n"
+                    + "\"indices:admin/settings/update\",\n"
                     + "\"indices:admin/delete\"\n"
                     + "]\n"
                     + "}\n"