diff --git a/.github/label-configuration-files/labels.yml b/.github/label-configuration-files/labels.yml
index 7189230d..be49bb3c 100644
--- a/.github/label-configuration-files/labels.yml
+++ b/.github/label-configuration-files/labels.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 - name: "status: maintenance required"
   color: "ff0000"
   description: Infrastructure failure unrelated to request
+- name: "status: pending backend"
+  color: "0000ff"
+  description: Depends on backend maintenance operations
 - name: "topic: invalid"
   color: "ff0000"
   description: Request could not be processed