diff --git a/app/utils/file_status.py b/app/utils/file_status.py
index ab39c21d..75c84526 100644
--- a/app/utils/file_status.py
+++ b/app/utils/file_status.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def get_files_processing_status(db: Session, file_ids: List[int]) -> Dict[int, D
                     status = "completed"
                 else:
                     status = "pending"
-            elif terminal_step is not None and terminal_step.status in ("success", "skipped"):
+            elif terminal_step is not None and terminal_step.status == "success":
                 # Terminal step succeeded but some intermediate steps are
                 # still "pending" (dynamic pipeline artifacts). The file
                 # is effectively complete.
diff --git a/app/utils/step_manager.py b/app/utils/step_manager.py
index e663d18e..9e4449a3 100644
--- a/app/utils/step_manager.py
+++ b/app/utils/step_manager.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def get_file_overall_status(db: Session, file_id: int) -> Dict:
             status = "completed"
         else:
             status = "pending"
-    elif terminal_step_obj is not None and terminal_step_obj.status in ("success", "skipped"):
+    elif terminal_step_obj is not None and terminal_step_obj.status == "success":
         # The terminal step succeeded but some intermediate steps are still
         # "pending" (e.g. check_for_duplicates logged without file_id, or
         # extract_text not marked when OCR path was taken).  The pipeline
diff --git a/tests/test_step_manager.py b/tests/test_step_manager.py
index 3611a990..2c3cdb47 100644
--- a/tests/test_step_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_step_manager.py
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ class TestStepManager:
 
         # Terminal step hasn't run yet, so file should remain pending
         assert status["status"] == "pending"
+        assert status["has_errors"] is False
+        assert status["completed_steps"] == 3
 
     def test_get_file_overall_status_failed(self, db_session: Session):
         """Test overall status for a file with failed steps."""