diff --git a/modules/actions/task_state.go b/modules/actions/task_state.go
index 31a74be3fd36..1f36e021a59a 100644
--- a/modules/actions/task_state.go
+++ b/modules/actions/task_state.go
@@ -18,8 +18,32 @@ func FullSteps(task *actions_model.ActionTask) []*actions_model.ActionTaskStep {
 		return fullStepsOfEmptySteps(task)
 	}
 
-	firstStep := task.Steps[0]
+	// firstStep is the first step that has run or running, not include preStep.
+	// For example,
+	// 1. preStep(Success) -> step1(Success) -> step2(Running) -> step3(Waiting) -> postStep(Waiting): firstStep is step1.
+	// 2. preStep(Success) -> step1(Skipped) -> step2(Success) -> postStep(Success): firstStep is step2.
+	// 3. preStep(Success) -> step1(Running) -> step2(Waiting) -> postStep(Waiting): firstStep is step1.
+	// 4. preStep(Success) -> step1(Skipped) -> step2(Skipped) -> postStep(Skipped): firstStep is nil.
+	// 5. preStep(Success) -> step1(Cancelled) -> step2(Cancelled) -> postStep(Cancelled): firstStep is nil.
+	var firstStep *actions_model.ActionTaskStep
+	// lastHasRunStep is the last step that has run.
+	// For example,
+	// 1. preStep(Success) -> step1(Success) -> step2(Running) -> step3(Waiting) -> postStep(Waiting): lastHasRunStep is step1.
+	// 2. preStep(Success) -> step1(Success) -> step2(Success) -> step3(Success) -> postStep(Success): lastHasRunStep is step3.
+	// 3. preStep(Success) -> step1(Success) -> step2(Failure) -> step3 -> postStep(Waiting): lastHasRunStep is step2.
+	// So its Stopped is the Started of postStep when there are no more steps to run.
+	var lastHasRunStep *actions_model.ActionTaskStep
+
 	var logIndex int64
+	for _, step := range task.Steps {
+		if firstStep == nil && (step.Status.HasRun() || step.Status.IsRunning()) {
+			firstStep = step
+		}
+		if step.Status.HasRun() {
+			lastHasRunStep = step
+		}
+		logIndex += step.LogLength
+	}
 
 	preStep := &actions_model.ActionTaskStep{
 		Name:      preStepName,
@@ -28,32 +52,17 @@ func FullSteps(task *actions_model.ActionTask) []*actions_model.ActionTaskStep {
 		Status:    actions_model.StatusRunning,
 	}
 
-	if firstStep.Status.HasRun() || firstStep.Status.IsRunning() {
+	// No step has run or is running, so preStep is equal to the task
+	if firstStep == nil {
+		preStep.Stopped = task.Stopped
+		preStep.Status = task.Status
+	} else {
 		preStep.LogLength = firstStep.LogIndex
 		preStep.Stopped = firstStep.Started
 		preStep.Status = actions_model.StatusSuccess
-	} else if task.Status.IsDone() {
-		preStep.Stopped = task.Stopped
-		preStep.Status = actions_model.StatusFailure
-		if task.Status.IsSkipped() {
-			preStep.Status = actions_model.StatusSkipped
-		}
 	}
 	logIndex += preStep.LogLength
 
-	// lastHasRunStep is the last step that has run.
-	// For example,
-	// 1. preStep(Success) -> step1(Success) -> step2(Running) -> step3(Waiting) -> postStep(Waiting): lastHasRunStep is step1.
-	// 2. preStep(Success) -> step1(Success) -> step2(Success) -> step3(Success) -> postStep(Success): lastHasRunStep is step3.
-	// 3. preStep(Success) -> step1(Success) -> step2(Failure) -> step3 -> postStep(Waiting): lastHasRunStep is step2.
-	// So its Stopped is the Started of postStep when there are no more steps to run.
-	var lastHasRunStep *actions_model.ActionTaskStep
-	for _, step := range task.Steps {
-		if step.Status.HasRun() {
-			lastHasRunStep = step
-		}
-		logIndex += step.LogLength
-	}
 	if lastHasRunStep == nil {
 		lastHasRunStep = preStep
 	}
diff --git a/modules/actions/task_state_test.go b/modules/actions/task_state_test.go
index 28213d781bef..ff0fd5719511 100644
--- a/modules/actions/task_state_test.go
+++ b/modules/actions/task_state_test.go
@@ -137,6 +137,25 @@ func TestFullSteps(t *testing.T) {
 				{Name: postStepName, Status: actions_model.StatusSkipped, LogIndex: 0, LogLength: 0, Started: 0, Stopped: 0},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "first step is skipped",
+			task: &actions_model.ActionTask{
+				Steps: []*actions_model.ActionTaskStep{
+					{Status: actions_model.StatusSkipped, LogIndex: 0, LogLength: 0, Started: 0, Stopped: 0},
+					{Status: actions_model.StatusSuccess, LogIndex: 10, LogLength: 80, Started: 10010, Stopped: 10090},
+				},
+				Status:    actions_model.StatusSuccess,
+				Started:   10000,
+				Stopped:   10100,
+				LogLength: 100,
+			},
+			want: []*actions_model.ActionTaskStep{
+				{Name: preStepName, Status: actions_model.StatusSuccess, LogIndex: 0, LogLength: 10, Started: 10000, Stopped: 10010},
+				{Status: actions_model.StatusSkipped, LogIndex: 0, LogLength: 0, Started: 0, Stopped: 0},
+				{Status: actions_model.StatusSuccess, LogIndex: 10, LogLength: 80, Started: 10010, Stopped: 10090},
+				{Name: postStepName, Status: actions_model.StatusSuccess, LogIndex: 90, LogLength: 10, Started: 10090, Stopped: 10100},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {