diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/components/TaskInstanceTooltip.tsx b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/components/TaskInstanceTooltip.tsx
index ae5df5b5a97e2..025463dc955f6 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/components/TaskInstanceTooltip.tsx
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/components/TaskInstanceTooltip.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import type {
 } from "openapi/requests/types.gen";
 import Time from "src/components/Time";
 import { Tooltip, type TooltipProps } from "src/components/ui";
-import { getDuration } from "src/utils";
+import { renderDuration } from "src/utils";
 
 type Props = {
   readonly taskInstance?: LightGridTaskInstanceSummary | TaskInstanceHistoryResponse | TaskInstanceResponse;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const TaskInstanceTooltip = ({ children, positioning, taskInstance, ...rest }: P
                 {translate("endDate")}: <Time datetime={taskInstance.end_date} />
               </Text>
               <Text>
-                {translate("duration")}: {getDuration(taskInstance.start_date, taskInstance.end_date)}
+                {translate("duration")}: {renderDuration(taskInstance.duration)}
               </Text>
             </>
           ) : undefined}
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/DagsList/RecentRuns.tsx b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/DagsList/RecentRuns.tsx
index 3d98c30dccd1c..d52ca59f53631 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/DagsList/RecentRuns.tsx
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/DagsList/RecentRuns.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import type { DAGWithLatestDagRunsResponse } from "openapi/requests/types.gen";
 import Time from "src/components/Time";
 import { Tooltip } from "src/components/ui";
-import { getDuration } from "src/utils";
+import { renderDuration } from "src/utils";
 
 dayjs.extend(duration);
 
@@ -42,19 +42,14 @@ export const RecentRuns = ({
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  const runsWithDuration = latestRuns.map((run) => ({
-    ...run,
-    duration: dayjs.duration(dayjs(run.end_date).diff(run.start_date)).asSeconds(),
-  }));
-
   const max = Math.max.apply(
     undefined,
-    runsWithDuration.map((run) => run.duration),
+    latestRuns.map((run) => run.duration ?? 0),
   );
 
   return (
     <Flex alignItems="flex-end" flexDirection="row-reverse" pb={1}>
-      {runsWithDuration.map((run) => (
+      {latestRuns.map((run) => (
         <Tooltip
           content={
             <Box>
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ export const RecentRuns = ({
                 </Text>
               )}
               <Text>
-                {translate("duration")}: {getDuration(run.start_date, run.end_date)}
+                {translate("duration")}: {renderDuration(run.duration)}
               </Text>
             </Box>
           }
@@ -93,7 +88,7 @@ export const RecentRuns = ({
               <Box
                 bg={`${run.state}.solid`}
                 borderRadius="4px"
-                height={`${(run.duration / max) * BAR_HEIGHT}px`}
+                height={`${run.duration === null ? 1 : (run.duration / max) * BAR_HEIGHT}px`}
                 minHeight={1}
                 width="4px"
               />
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstance/Details.tsx b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstance/Details.tsx
index 400846d1e2aa7..a769498f6d05e 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstance/Details.tsx
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstance/Details.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { TaskTrySelect } from "src/components/TaskTrySelect";
 import Time from "src/components/Time";
 import { ClipboardRoot, ClipboardIconButton } from "src/components/ui";
 import { SearchParamsKeys } from "src/constants/searchParams";
-import { getDuration, useAutoRefresh, isStatePending } from "src/utils";
+import { useAutoRefresh, isStatePending, renderDuration } from "src/utils";
 
 import { BlockingDeps } from "./BlockingDeps";
 import { ExtraLinks } from "./ExtraLinks";
@@ -147,11 +147,7 @@ export const Details = () => {
           </Table.Row>
           <Table.Row>
             <Table.Cell>{translate("duration")}</Table.Cell>
-            <Table.Cell>
-              {Boolean(tryInstance?.start_date) // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-null
-                ? getDuration(tryInstance?.start_date ?? null, tryInstance?.end_date ?? null)
-                : ""}
-            </Table.Cell>
+            <Table.Cell>{renderDuration(tryInstance?.duration)}</Table.Cell>
           </Table.Row>
           <Table.Row>
             <Table.Cell>{translate("startDate")}</Table.Cell>
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstance/Header.tsx b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstance/Header.tsx
index feeaf1da33e50..37349d8f030e5 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstance/Header.tsx
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstance/Header.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { HeaderCard } from "src/components/HeaderCard";
 import { MarkTaskInstanceAsButton } from "src/components/MarkAs";
 import Time from "src/components/Time";
 import { usePatchTaskInstance } from "src/queries/usePatchTaskInstance";
-import { getDuration, useContainerWidth } from "src/utils";
+import { renderDuration, useContainerWidth } from "src/utils";
 
 export const Header = ({
   isRefreshing,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const Header = ({
     { label: translate("startDate"), value: <Time datetime={taskInstance.start_date} /> },
     { label: translate("endDate"), value: <Time datetime={taskInstance.end_date} /> },
     ...(Boolean(taskInstance.start_date)
-      ? [{ label: translate("duration"), value: getDuration(taskInstance.start_date, taskInstance.end_date) }]
+      ? [{ label: translate("duration"), value: renderDuration(taskInstance.duration) }]
       : []),
     {
       label: translate("taskInstance.dagVersion"),
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstances/TaskInstances.tsx b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstances/TaskInstances.tsx
index 072472471cb74..f7965e696bbb2 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstances/TaskInstances.tsx
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/pages/TaskInstances/TaskInstances.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { StateBadge } from "src/components/StateBadge";
 import Time from "src/components/Time";
 import { TruncatedText } from "src/components/TruncatedText";
 import { SearchParamsKeys, type SearchParamsKeysType } from "src/constants/searchParams";
-import { getDuration, useAutoRefresh, isStatePending } from "src/utils";
+import { useAutoRefresh, isStatePending, renderDuration } from "src/utils";
 import { getTaskInstanceLink } from "src/utils/links";
 
 import DeleteTaskInstanceButton from "./DeleteTaskInstanceButton";
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ const taskInstanceColumns = ({
     header: translate("task.operator"),
   },
   {
-    cell: ({ row: { original } }) =>
-      Boolean(original.start_date) ? getDuration(original.start_date, original.end_date) : "",
+    accessorKey: "duration",
+    cell: ({ row: { original } }) => renderDuration(original.duration),
     header: translate("duration"),
   },
   {
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/utils/datetimeUtils.test.ts b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/utils/datetimeUtils.test.ts
index 3ecf3c0b5641b..229936d925fdc 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/utils/datetimeUtils.test.ts
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/utils/datetimeUtils.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 
-import { getDuration } from "./datetimeUtils";
+import { getDuration, renderDuration } from "./datetimeUtils";
 
 describe("getDuration", () => {
   it("handles durations less than 10 seconds", () => {
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ describe("getDuration", () => {
     expect(getDuration(start, end)).toBe("02:30:00");
   });
 
-  it("handles null or undefined dates", () => {
-    expect(getDuration(null, null)).toBe("00:00:00");
-    expect(getDuration(undefined, undefined)).toBe("00:00:00");
+  it("handles small, null or undefined values", () => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-null
+    expect(getDuration(null, null)).toBe(undefined);
+    expect(getDuration(undefined, undefined)).toBe(undefined);
+    expect(renderDuration(0.000_01)).toBe(undefined);
   });
 });
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/utils/datetimeUtils.ts b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/utils/datetimeUtils.ts
index f1871b4d4fe6f..a5495111d69db 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/utils/datetimeUtils.ts
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/utils/datetimeUtils.ts
@@ -26,20 +26,17 @@ dayjs.extend(tz);
 export const DEFAULT_DATETIME_FORMAT = "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss";
 export const DEFAULT_DATETIME_FORMAT_WITH_TZ = `${DEFAULT_DATETIME_FORMAT} z`;
 
-export const renderDuration = (durationSeconds: number | null | undefined): string => {
-  if (
-    durationSeconds === null ||
-    durationSeconds === undefined ||
-    isNaN(durationSeconds) ||
-    durationSeconds <= 0
-  ) {
-    return "00:00:00";
+export const renderDuration = (durationSeconds: number | null | undefined): string | undefined => {
+  if (durationSeconds === null || durationSeconds === undefined || durationSeconds <= 0.01) {
+    return undefined;
   }
 
+  // If under 10 seconds, render as 9s
   if (durationSeconds < 10) {
     return `${durationSeconds.toFixed(2)}s`;
   }
 
+  // If under 1 day, render as HH:mm:ss otherwise include the number of days
   return durationSeconds < 86_400
     ? dayjs.duration(durationSeconds, "seconds").format("HH:mm:ss")
     : dayjs.duration(durationSeconds, "seconds").format("D[d]HH:mm:ss");