If you want to report anything else other than “success/error” please set it in the step. As mentioned in the input’s description ( https://github.com/bitrise-steplib/steps-gitlab-status/blob/920f7b1d320a2d5ccb99c48bc49a126a528420a2/step.yml#L55 ) :
Set Specific Status: If set, this step will set a specific status instead of reporting the current build status. If you select auto the step will send success status if the current build status is success (no step failed previously) and failed status if the build previously failed.
Meaning, with the default auto option the step will report either success or failed based on whether the build failed or not up to that point. It will not report “pending” or anything else, as it has no idea whether the step is the first or last step in the workflow. It can only know/detect whether a previous step failed or not, but can’t tell whether there will be 10+ other steps after it or 0.
Can you please create a #issues:steps-and-tool-issues report for this? Might be a configuration issue, or an actual step bug. Please don’t forget to include the related build’s bitrise.io URL! 