diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/knowledge/KnowledgePageMapper.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/knowledge/KnowledgePageMapper.java
index 1507c7d23c57..68fa4cdefeb6 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/knowledge/KnowledgePageMapper.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/knowledge/KnowledgePageMapper.java
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ public Page createToEntity(CreatePage create, String user) {
         .withPageType(create.getPageType())
         .withPage(create.getPage())
         .withParent(create.getParent())
-        .withRelatedEntities(relatedEntities);
+        .withRelatedEntities(relatedEntities)
+        // Handed through untouched: a null reaches EntityRepository.setDefaultStatus, which fills
+        // in Unprocessed.
+        .withEntityStatus(create.getEntityStatus());
   }
 }
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/knowledge/KnowledgePageMapperTest.java b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/knowledge/KnowledgePageMapperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18b4a53f2f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/knowledge/KnowledgePageMapperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package org.openmetadata.service.resources.knowledge;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openmetadata.schema.api.data.CreatePage;
+import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Article;
+import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Page;
+import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.PageType;
+import org.openmetadata.schema.type.EntityReference;
+import org.openmetadata.schema.type.EntityStatus;
+
+class KnowledgePageMapperTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void theRequestedEntityStatusReachesTheEntity() {
+    // CreatePage carries entityStatus, but the mapper never copied it, so every article was
+    // persisted as Unprocessed no matter what the caller asked for.
+    Page page =
+        new KnowledgePageMapper().createToEntity(createPage(EntityStatus.ARCHIVED), "admin");
+
+    assertEquals(EntityStatus.ARCHIVED, page.getEntityStatus());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void anOmittedEntityStatusIsCarriedThroughUnchanged() {
+    // Omits entityStatus entirely instead of setting it to null. Asserts propagation rather than a
+    // literal value on purpose: createPage.json declares "default": "Approved" next to a $ref, and
+    // whether jsonschema2pojo materializes that default at all depends on schema processing order,
+    // so the generated field is null on some builds and Unprocessed on others. Either way the
+    // mapper must hand the value through untouched - null then reaches
+    // EntityRepository.setDefaultStatus, which fills in Unprocessed.
+    CreatePage request =
+        withRelatedEntity(
+            new CreatePage()
+                .withName("runbook")
+                .withPageType(PageType.ARTICLE)
+                .withPage(new Article()));
+
+    Page page = new KnowledgePageMapper().createToEntity(request, "admin");
+
+    assertEquals(request.getEntityStatus(), page.getEntityStatus());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void anExplicitNullEntityStatusIsLeftForTheRepositoryDefault() {
+    // The mapper must not invent a status of its own: a null reaches the repository, which then
+    // fills in Unprocessed via setDefaultStatus.
+    Page page = new KnowledgePageMapper().createToEntity(createPage(null), "admin");
+
+    assertNull(page.getEntityStatus());
+  }
+
+  private static CreatePage createPage(EntityStatus status) {
+    return withRelatedEntity(
+            new CreatePage()
+                .withName("runbook")
+                .withPageType(PageType.ARTICLE)
+                .withPage(new Article()))
+        .withEntityStatus(status);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Supplies relatedEntities so the mapper skips its Organization-team fallback, which needs a live
+   * entity registry and is not what these tests are about.
+   */
+  private static CreatePage withRelatedEntity(CreatePage request) {
+    return request.withRelatedEntities(
+        List.of(new EntityReference().withId(UUID.randomUUID()).withType("table")));
+  }
+}