diff --git a/v1/instance.go b/v1/instance.go
index cb10640d..cd34de88 100644
--- a/v1/instance.go
+++ b/v1/instance.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ const (
 	LifecycleStatusTerminating LifecycleStatus = "terminating"
 	LifecycleStatusTerminated  LifecycleStatus = "terminated"
 	LifecycleStatusFailed      LifecycleStatus = "failed"
+	LifecycleStatusEmpty       LifecycleStatus = ""
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/v1/providers/fluidstack/instance.go b/v1/providers/fluidstack/instance.go
index 6e5e9c2c..0a79a38f 100644
--- a/v1/providers/fluidstack/instance.go
+++ b/v1/providers/fluidstack/instance.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func convertFluidStackInstanceToV1Instance(fsInstance openapi.Instance) *v1.Inst
 	case openapi.INSTANCE_ERROR:
 		lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusFailed
 	default:
-		lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusPending
+		lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusEmpty
 	}
 
 	instance := &v1.Instance{
diff --git a/v1/providers/lambdalabs/instance.go b/v1/providers/lambdalabs/instance.go
index c47d5033..8712f91b 100644
--- a/v1/providers/lambdalabs/instance.go
+++ b/v1/providers/lambdalabs/instance.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func convertLambdaLabsStatusToV1Status(status string) v1.LifecycleStatus {
 	case "unhealthy":
 		return v1.LifecycleStatusRunning
 	default:
-		return v1.LifecycleStatusPending
+		return v1.LifecycleStatusEmpty
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/v1/providers/nebius/instance.go b/v1/providers/nebius/instance.go
index 7b126ff7..6831e8ef 100644
--- a/v1/providers/nebius/instance.go
+++ b/v1/providers/nebius/instance.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func (c *NebiusClient) convertNebiusInstanceToV1(ctx context.Context, instance *
 		case compute.InstanceStatus_ERROR:
 			lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusFailed
 		default:
-			lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusFailed
+			lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusEmpty
 		}
 	} else {
 		lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusFailed
diff --git a/v1/providers/sfcompute/instance.go b/v1/providers/sfcompute/instance.go
index dfaf2447..bfd4cd07 100644
--- a/v1/providers/sfcompute/instance.go
+++ b/v1/providers/sfcompute/instance.go
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func sfcStatusToLifecycleStatus(status string) v1.LifecycleStatus {
 	case "nodefailure", "failed":
 		return v1.LifecycleStatusFailed
 	default:
-		return v1.LifecycleStatusPending
+		return v1.LifecycleStatusEmpty
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/v1/providers/shadeform/instance.go b/v1/providers/shadeform/instance.go
index 372a9fb5..3683d8b6 100644
--- a/v1/providers/shadeform/instance.go
+++ b/v1/providers/shadeform/instance.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (c *ShadeformClient) getLifecycleStatus(status string) v1.LifecycleStatus {
 	case "error":
 		lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusFailed
 	default:
-		lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusPending
+		lifecycleStatus = v1.LifecycleStatusEmpty
 	}
 	return lifecycleStatus
 }