diff --git a/frontend/src/components/actors/actor-status-indicator.tsx b/frontend/src/components/actors/actor-status-indicator.tsx
index 76d5dcad7c..356ff9a98e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/actors/actor-status-indicator.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/actors/actor-status-indicator.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export const ActorStatusIndicator = ({
 					"bg-blue-600 animate-pulse": status === "starting",
 					"bg-destructive": status === "crashed",
 					"bg-foreground/10": status === "stopped",
+					"bg-primary": status === "pending",
 					"bg-accent": status === "unknown",
 				},
 				props.className,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/actors/actor-status-label.tsx b/frontend/src/components/actors/actor-status-label.tsx
index cd45604e87..2e282330c3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/actors/actor-status-label.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/actors/actor-status-label.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export const ACTOR_STATUS_LABEL_MAP = {
 	stopped: "Stopped",
 	crashed: "Crashed",
 	sleeping: "Sleeping",
+	pending: "Pending (Allocating)",
 } satisfies Record<ActorStatus, string>;
 
 export const ActorStatusLabel = ({ status }: { status?: ActorStatus }) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/actors/queries/index.ts b/frontend/src/components/actors/queries/index.ts
index 8aa066042b..9303d62300 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/actors/queries/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/actors/queries/index.ts
@@ -95,15 +95,30 @@ export type ActorStatus =
 	| "stopped"
 	| "crashed"
 	| "sleeping"
+	| "pending"
 	| "unknown";
 
 export function getActorStatus(
 	actor: Pick<
 		Actor,
-		"createdAt" | "startedAt" | "destroyedAt" | "sleepingAt"
+		| "createdAt"
+		| "startedAt"
+		| "destroyedAt"
+		| "sleepingAt"
+		| "pendingAllocationAt"
 	>,
 ): ActorStatus {
-	const { createdAt, startedAt, destroyedAt, sleepingAt } = actor;
+	const {
+		createdAt,
+		startedAt,
+		destroyedAt,
+		sleepingAt,
+		pendingAllocationAt,
+	} = actor;
+
+	if (pendingAllocationAt && !startedAt && !destroyedAt) {
+		return "pending";
+	}
 
 	if (createdAt && sleepingAt && !destroyedAt) {
 		return "sleeping";