diff --git a/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/api/_models.py b/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/api/_models.py
index 0fc87e66..28899868 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/api/_models.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/api/_models.py
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ class DeploymentStatus(str, Enum):
     waiting_upload = "waiting_upload"
     upload_cancelled = "upload_cancelled"
     ready_for_build = "ready_for_build"
+    build_skipped_filtered = "build_skipped_filtered"
+    build_skipped_superseded = "build_skipped_superseded"
     building = "building"
     extracting = "extracting"
     extracting_failed = "extracting_failed"
@@ -120,12 +122,20 @@ class DeploymentStatus(str, Enum):
     expired = "expired"
     failed = "failed"
 
+    unknown = "unknown"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _missing_(cls, value: object) -> "DeploymentStatus":
+        return cls.unknown
+
     @classmethod
     def to_human_readable(cls, status: "DeploymentStatus") -> str:
         return {
             cls.waiting_upload: "Awaiting Upload",
             cls.upload_cancelled: "Upload Cancelled",
             cls.ready_for_build: "Build Queued",
+            cls.build_skipped_filtered: "Build Skipped (Filtered)",
+            cls.build_skipped_superseded: "Build Skipped (Superseded)",
             cls.building: "Building",
             cls.extracting: "Extracting Upload",
             cls.extracting_failed: "Extraction Failed",
@@ -145,6 +155,7 @@ def to_human_readable(cls, status: "DeploymentStatus") -> str:
             cls.degraded: "Degraded",
             cls.expired: "Expired",
             cls.failed: "Failed",
+            cls.unknown: "Unknown",
         }[status]
 
 
@@ -167,6 +178,8 @@ class Deployment(BaseModel):
     DeploymentStatus.extracting_failed_archive_too_large,
 }
 FAILED_STATUSES = BUILD_FAILED_STATUSES | {
+    DeploymentStatus.build_skipped_filtered,
+    DeploymentStatus.build_skipped_superseded,
     DeploymentStatus.failed,
     DeploymentStatus.verifying_failed,
     DeploymentStatus.verification_failed_oom,
diff --git a/tests/test_api_client.py b/tests/test_api_client.py
index 2f1c053f..deac1d5e 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_client.py
@@ -440,6 +440,23 @@ def handler(request: httpx.Request, route: respx.Route) -> Response:
     assert call_count == 3
 
 
+def test_poll_deployment_status_keeps_polling_on_unknown_status(
+    poll_route: respx.Route, client: APIClient, deployment_id: str
+) -> None:
+    poll_route.mock(
+        side_effect=[
+            Response(200, json={"status": "some_new_status"}),
+            Response(200, json={"status": "success"}),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    with patch("time.sleep"):
+        status = client.poll_deployment_status(deployment_id)
+
+    assert status == DeploymentStatus.success
+    assert poll_route.call_count == 2
+
+
 def test_poll_deployment_status_raises_after_max_consecutive_errors(
     poll_route: respx.Route, client: APIClient, deployment_id: str
 ) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_deploy_utils.py b/tests/test_deploy_utils.py
index b51c6f68..a7806cf3 100644
--- a/tests/test_deploy_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_deploy_utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from fastapi_cloud_cli.api import DeploymentStatus
+from fastapi_cloud_cli.api import Deployment, DeploymentStatus
 from fastapi_cloud_cli.commands.deploy.archive import (
     _get_large_files,
     _should_exclude_entry,
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ def test_includes_paths(path: Path) -> None:
     [
         (DeploymentStatus.waiting_upload, "Awaiting Upload"),
         (DeploymentStatus.ready_for_build, "Build Queued"),
+        (DeploymentStatus.build_skipped_filtered, "Build Skipped (Filtered)"),
+        (DeploymentStatus.build_skipped_superseded, "Build Skipped (Superseded)"),
         (DeploymentStatus.building, "Building"),
         (DeploymentStatus.extracting, "Extracting Upload"),
         (DeploymentStatus.extracting_failed, "Extraction Failed"),
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ def test_includes_paths(path: Path) -> None:
         (DeploymentStatus.degraded, "Degraded"),
         (DeploymentStatus.expired, "Expired"),
         (DeploymentStatus.failed, "Failed"),
+        (DeploymentStatus.unknown, "Unknown"),
     ],
 )
 def test_deployment_status_to_human_readable(
@@ -103,6 +106,20 @@ def test_every_deployment_status_has_human_readable(
     assert DeploymentStatus.to_human_readable(status)
 
 
+def test_deployment_model_accepts_unknown_status() -> None:
+    deployment = Deployment.model_validate(
+        {
+            "id": "dep-1",
+            "app_id": "app-1",
+            "slug": "my-app",
+            "status": "some_new_status",
+            "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+        }
+    )
+
+    assert deployment.status is DeploymentStatus.unknown
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "value,expected",
     [