diff --git a/app/models/concerns/has_status.rb b/app/models/concerns/has_status.rb
index 5101cc7e687..0a1a65da05a 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/has_status.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/has_status.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module HasStatus
         WHEN (#{builds})=(#{created})+(#{skipped})+(#{pending}) THEN 'pending'
         WHEN (#{running})+(#{pending})>0 THEN 'running'
         WHEN (#{manual})>0 THEN 'manual'
+        WHEN (#{created})>0 THEN 'running'
         ELSE 'failed'
       END)"
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/concerns/has_status_spec.rb b/spec/models/concerns/has_status_spec.rb
index f134da441c2..f4a7446e662 100644
--- a/spec/models/concerns/has_status_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/concerns/has_status_spec.rb
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ describe HasStatus do
         it { is_expected.to eq 'running' }
       end
 
+      context 'when pipeline is in transition between stages' do
+        let!(:statuses) do
+          [create(type, status: :success), create(type, status: :created)]
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to eq 'running' }
+      end
+
       context 'when one status is a blocking manual action' do
         let!(:statuses) do
           [create(type, status: :failed),