diff --git a/pkg/coredata/evidence_description_status.go b/pkg/coredata/evidence_description_status.go
index eefb91118..c5d81c485 100644
--- a/pkg/coredata/evidence_description_status.go
+++ b/pkg/coredata/evidence_description_status.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const (
 	EvidenceDescriptionStatusPending    EvidenceDescriptionStatus = "PENDING"
 	EvidenceDescriptionStatusProcessing EvidenceDescriptionStatus = "PROCESSING"
 	EvidenceDescriptionStatusCompleted  EvidenceDescriptionStatus = "COMPLETED"
+	EvidenceDescriptionStatusFailed     EvidenceDescriptionStatus = "FAILED"
 )
 
 func (s EvidenceDescriptionStatus) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ func (s *EvidenceDescriptionStatus) UnmarshalText(data []byte) error {
 		*s = EvidenceDescriptionStatusProcessing
 	case EvidenceDescriptionStatusCompleted.String():
 		*s = EvidenceDescriptionStatusCompleted
+	case EvidenceDescriptionStatusFailed.String():
+		*s = EvidenceDescriptionStatusFailed
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid EvidenceDescriptionStatus value: %q", val)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/coredata/migrations/20260326T150000Z.sql b/pkg/coredata/migrations/20260326T150000Z.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6f22e7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/coredata/migrations/20260326T150000Z.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TYPE evidence_description_status ADD VALUE IF NOT EXISTS 'FAILED';
diff --git a/pkg/probo/evidence_description_worker.go b/pkg/probo/evidence_description_worker.go
index 36438c6c3..4bb19072d 100644
--- a/pkg/probo/evidence_description_worker.go
+++ b/pkg/probo/evidence_description_worker.go
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ func (w *EvidenceDescriptionWorker) processNext(ctx context.Context, sem chan st
 				log.String("evidence_id", evidence.ID.String()),
 			)
 
-			if err := w.resetEvidence(nonCancelableCtx, &evidence); err != nil {
-				w.logger.ErrorCtx(nonCancelableCtx, "cannot reset evidence description status", log.Error(err))
+			if err := w.failEvidence(nonCancelableCtx, &evidence); err != nil {
+				w.logger.ErrorCtx(nonCancelableCtx, "cannot mark evidence description as failed", log.Error(err))
 			}
 		}
 	}(evidence)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (w *EvidenceDescriptionWorker) describeAndCommit(
 	)
 }
 
-func (w *EvidenceDescriptionWorker) resetEvidence(
+func (w *EvidenceDescriptionWorker) failEvidence(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	evidence *coredata.Evidence,
 ) error {
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func (w *EvidenceDescriptionWorker) resetEvidence(
 	return w.pg.WithTx(
 		ctx,
 		func(tx pg.Conn) error {
-			evidence.DescriptionStatus = coredata.EvidenceDescriptionStatusPending
+			evidence.DescriptionStatus = coredata.EvidenceDescriptionStatusFailed
 			evidence.DescriptionProcessingStartedAt = nil
 			evidence.UpdatedAt = time.Now()
 			if err := evidence.Update(ctx, tx, scope); err != nil {