diff --git a/pkg/api/constant.go b/pkg/api/constant.go
index 5bdebc3b68e..fde1ad8c4fb 100644
--- a/pkg/api/constant.go
+++ b/pkg/api/constant.go
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ const (
 
 	APPCIKubeAPIURL = "https://api.ci.l2s4.p1.openshiftapps.com:6443"
 
+	// ReasonPending is the error reason for pods not scheduled in time.
+	// It is generated when pods are for whatever reason not scheduled before
+	// `podStartTimeout`.
+	ReasonPending = "pod_pending"
 	// CliEnv if the env we use to expose the path to the cli
 	CliEnv          = "CLI_DIR"
 	DefaultLeaseEnv = "LEASED_RESOURCE"
diff --git a/pkg/util/builds.go b/pkg/util/builds.go
index 8bddb13967f..33a44c3455a 100644
--- a/pkg/util/builds.go
+++ b/pkg/util/builds.go
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import (
 
 	buildapi "github.com/openshift/api/build/v1"
 
+	"github.com/openshift/ci-tools/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/openshift/ci-tools/pkg/kubernetes"
+	"github.com/openshift/ci-tools/pkg/results"
 )
 
 // PendingBuildError fetches scheduling errors from the build pod's events
@@ -28,5 +30,6 @@ func PendingBuildError(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.PodClient, build *
 	} else {
 		ret = fmt.Errorf("%s:%s\n%s", msg, getReasonsForUnreadyContainers(&pod), getEventsForPod(ctx, &pod, client))
 	}
+	ret = results.ForReason(api.ReasonPending).ForError(ret)
 	return
 }
diff --git a/pkg/util/pods.go b/pkg/util/pods.go
index ea997018ac7..24267bb61c3 100644
--- a/pkg/util/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/util/pods.go
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	ctrlruntimeclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
+	"github.com/openshift/ci-tools/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/openshift/ci-tools/pkg/kubernetes"
+	"github.com/openshift/ci-tools/pkg/results"
 )
 
 // WaitForPodFlag changes the behavior of the functions which monitor pods
@@ -431,7 +433,7 @@ func checkPending(pod corev1.Pod, timeout time.Duration, now time.Time) (time.Ti
 		if t := t0.Add(timeout); now.Before(t) {
 			return t, nil
 		}
-		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("container %q has not started in %s", name, now.Sub(t0))
+		return time.Time{}, results.ForReason(api.ReasonPending).ForError(fmt.Errorf("container %q has not started in %s", name, now.Sub(t0)))
 	}
 	prev := pod.CreationTimestamp.Time
 	for _, s := range pod.Status.InitContainerStatuses {