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 af2bb4c6ce..8ed4900da0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/testkube/model_test_workflow_result_extended.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/testkube/model_test_workflow_result_extended.go
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func (r *TestWorkflowResult) HealMissingPauseStatuses() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *TestWorkflowResult) healPredictedStatus() {
+func (r *TestWorkflowResult) healPredictedStatus(sigSequence []TestWorkflowSignature) {
 	// Mark as aborted, when any step is aborted
 	if r.IsAnyStepAborted() || r.Initialization.Status.AnyError() {
 		r.PredictedStatus = common.Ptr(ABORTED_TestWorkflowStatus)
@@ -342,7 +342,19 @@ func (r *TestWorkflowResult) healPredictedStatus() {
 	}
 
 	// Determine if there are some steps failed
+loop:
 	for ref := range r.Steps {
+		// Ignore optional steps
+		for i := range sigSequence {
+			if sigSequence[i].Ref == ref {
+				if sigSequence[i].Optional {
+					continue loop
+				}
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Predict failure on step error
 		if r.Steps[ref].Status != nil && r.Steps[ref].Status.AnyError() {
 			r.PredictedStatus = common.Ptr(FAILED_TestWorkflowStatus)
 			return
@@ -361,8 +373,8 @@ func (r *TestWorkflowResult) healStatus() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *TestWorkflowResult) HealStatus() {
-	r.healPredictedStatus()
+func (r *TestWorkflowResult) HealStatus(sigSequence []TestWorkflowSignature) {
+	r.healPredictedStatus(sigSequence)
 	r.healStatus()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/testworkflows/testworkflowcontroller/notifier.go b/pkg/testworkflows/testworkflowcontroller/notifier.go
index 2b418b41ad..f18d162b4e 100644
--- a/pkg/testworkflows/testworkflowcontroller/notifier.go
+++ b/pkg/testworkflows/testworkflowcontroller/notifier.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func (n *notifier) reconcile() {
 	n.result.HealTimestamps(n.sigSequence, n.scheduledAt, containerStartTs, completionTs, n.ended)
 	n.result.HealDuration()
 	n.result.HealMissingPauseStatuses()
-	n.result.HealStatus()
+	n.result.HealStatus(n.sigSequence)
 }
 
 // TODO: Optimize memory