diff --git a/.chloggen/k8s-waiting-status.yaml b/.chloggen/k8s-waiting-status.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..850b08930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/k8s-waiting-status.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+#
+# If your change doesn't affect end users you should instead start
+# your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the area of concern in the attributes-registry, (e.g. http, cloud, db)
+component: "k8s"
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "add k8s.container.status.current_waiting_reason resource attribute"
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+# The values here must be integers.
+issues: [996]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/docs/attributes-registry/k8s.md b/docs/attributes-registry/k8s.md
index b9bc22533..2bc73fa8e 100644
--- a/docs/attributes-registry/k8s.md
+++ b/docs/attributes-registry/k8s.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Kubernetes resource attributes.
 | `k8s.cluster.uid`                             | string | A pseudo-ID for the cluster, set to the UID of the `kube-system` namespace. [1]                                                                                  | `218fc5a9-a5f1-4b54-aa05-46717d0ab26d`                                                                                                    | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `k8s.container.name`                          | string | The name of the Container from Pod specification, must be unique within a Pod. Container runtime usually uses different globally unique name (`container.name`). | `redis`                                                                                                                                   | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `k8s.container.restart_count`                 | int    | Number of times the container was restarted. This attribute can be used to identify a particular container (running or stopped) within a container spec.         |                                                                                                                                           | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+| `k8s.container.status.current_waiting_reason` | string | Current waiting reason of the Container.                                                                                                                         | `CrashLoopBackOff`                                                                                                                        | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason` | string | Last terminated reason of the Container.                                                                                                                         | `Evicted`; `Error`                                                                                                                        | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `k8s.cronjob.name`                            | string | The name of the CronJob.                                                                                                                                         | `opentelemetry`                                                                                                                           | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `k8s.cronjob.uid`                             | string | The UID of the CronJob.                                                                                                                                          | `275ecb36-5aa8-4c2a-9c47-d8bb681b9aff`                                                                                                    | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
diff --git a/docs/resource/k8s.md b/docs/resource/k8s.md
index e88759384..458a79fdb 100644
--- a/docs/resource/k8s.md
+++ b/docs/resource/k8s.md
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ to a running container.
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | [`k8s.container.name`](/docs/attributes-registry/k8s.md) | string | The name of the Container from Pod specification, must be unique within a Pod. Container runtime usually uses different globally unique name (`container.name`). | `redis` | `Recommended` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | [`k8s.container.restart_count`](/docs/attributes-registry/k8s.md) | int | Number of times the container was restarted. This attribute can be used to identify a particular container (running or stopped) within a container spec. |  | `Recommended` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+| [`k8s.container.status.current_waiting_reason`](/docs/attributes-registry/k8s.md) | string | Current waiting reason of the Container. | `CrashLoopBackOff` | `Recommended` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | [`k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason`](/docs/attributes-registry/k8s.md) | string | Last terminated reason of the Container. | `Evicted`; `Error` | `Recommended` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 
 
diff --git a/model/registry/k8s.yaml b/model/registry/k8s.yaml
index 013ede5c0..e38a1dadf 100644
--- a/model/registry/k8s.yaml
+++ b/model/registry/k8s.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ groups:
         brief: >
           Last terminated reason of the Container.
         examples: ["Evicted", "Error"]
+      - id: container.status.current_waiting_reason
+        type: string
+        stability: experimental
+        brief: >
+          Current waiting reason of the Container.
+        examples: ["CrashLoopBackOff"]
+
       - id: replicaset.uid
         type: string
         stability: experimental
diff --git a/model/resource/k8s.yaml b/model/resource/k8s.yaml
index d94425e00..8a874b152 100644
--- a/model/resource/k8s.yaml
+++ b/model/resource/k8s.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ groups:
       - ref: k8s.container.name
       - ref: k8s.container.restart_count
       - ref: k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason
+      - ref: k8s.container.status.current_waiting_reason
 
   - id: k8s.replicaset
     prefix: k8s.replicaset