diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/testkube/model_test_workflow_result_extended.go b/pkg/api/v1/testkube/model_test_workflow_result_extended.go
index c6408d227b8..81e2c0c850b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/testkube/model_test_workflow_result_extended.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/testkube/model_test_workflow_result_extended.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package testkube
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 	"time"
 
@@ -157,7 +158,46 @@ func (r *TestWorkflowResult) UpdateStepResult(sig []TestWorkflowSignature, ref s
 func (r *TestWorkflowResult) RecomputeDuration() {
 	if !r.FinishedAt.IsZero() {
 		r.PausedMs = 0
+
+		// Get unique pause periods
+		pauses := make([]TestWorkflowPause, 0)
+	loop:
 		for _, p := range r.Pauses {
+			// Finalize the pause if it's not
+			step := r.Steps[p.Ref]
+			if !step.FinishedAt.IsZero() && p.ResumedAt.IsZero() {
+				p.ResumedAt = step.FinishedAt
+			}
+
+			for i := range pauses {
+				// They don't overlap
+				if p.PausedAt.After(pauses[i].ResumedAt) || p.ResumedAt.Before(pauses[i].PausedAt) {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// The existing pause period may take some period before
+				if pauses[i].PausedAt.After(p.PausedAt) {
+					pauses[i].PausedAt = p.PausedAt
+					p.PausedAt = pauses[i].ResumedAt
+					if p.ResumedAt.Before(p.PausedAt) {
+						p.ResumedAt = p.PausedAt
+					}
+				}
+
+				// The existing pause period may take some period after
+				if pauses[i].ResumedAt.Before(p.ResumedAt) {
+					pauses[i].ResumedAt = p.ResumedAt
+					p.ResumedAt = pauses[i].PausedAt
+				}
+
+				// The pause is already enclosed in existing list
+				continue loop
+			}
+
+			pauses = append(pauses, p)
+		}
+
+		for _, p := range pauses {
 			resumedAt := p.ResumedAt
 			if resumedAt.IsZero() {
 				resumedAt = r.FinishedAt
@@ -167,6 +207,7 @@ func (r *TestWorkflowResult) RecomputeDuration() {
 				r.PausedMs += milli
 			}
 		}
+
 		totalDuration := r.FinishedAt.Sub(r.QueuedAt)
 		duration := totalDuration - time.Duration(1e3*r.PausedMs)
 		if totalDuration < 0 {
@@ -202,8 +243,10 @@ func (r *TestWorkflowResult) HasUnfinishedPause(ref string) bool {
 
 func (r *TestWorkflowResult) PauseStart(sig []TestWorkflowSignature, scheduledAt time.Time, ref string, start time.Time) {
 	if r.HasPauseAt(ref, start) {
+		fmt.Println("     Already had a pause")
 		return
 	}
+	fmt.Println("     Added a pause entry")
 	r.Pauses = append(r.Pauses, TestWorkflowPause{Ref: ref, PausedAt: start})
 	r.Recompute(sig, scheduledAt)
 }
@@ -213,12 +256,15 @@ func (r *TestWorkflowResult) PauseEnd(sig []TestWorkflowSignature, scheduledAt t
 		if p.Ref != ref {
 			continue
 		}
+		fmt.Println("     Found pause for ref possibly to resume", ref)
 		if !p.PausedAt.After(end) && !p.ResumedAt.Before(end) {
 			// It's already covered by another period
+			fmt.Println("     It's already covered", p.PausedAt, p.ResumedAt)
 			return
 		}
 		if !p.PausedAt.After(end) && (p.ResumedAt.IsZero() || p.ResumedAt.Equal(end)) {
 			// It found a period to fulfill
+			fmt.Println("     Filling the pause from", p.PausedAt)
 			r.Pauses[i].ResumedAt = end
 			r.Recompute(sig, scheduledAt)
 			return
diff --git a/pkg/testworkflows/testworkflowcontroller/notifier.go b/pkg/testworkflows/testworkflowcontroller/notifier.go
index eef9767e65b..1b27ae0e2dd 100644
--- a/pkg/testworkflows/testworkflowcontroller/notifier.go
+++ b/pkg/testworkflows/testworkflowcontroller/notifier.go
@@ -343,9 +343,6 @@ func (n *notifier) Pause(ref string, ts time.Time) {
 }
 
 func (n *notifier) Resume(ref string, ts time.Time) {
-	if n.result.Steps[ref].Status == nil || *n.result.Steps[ref].Status != testkube.PAUSED_TestWorkflowStepStatus {
-		return
-	}
 	n.result.PauseEnd(n.sig, n.scheduledAt, ref, ts)
 	n.emit()
 }