diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
index 0cbbd692..1600cdd0 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # License OPL-1 (Odoo Proprietary License v1.0)
 {
     'name': 'Fusion Plating — Native Jobs',
-    'version': '19.0.8.20.2',
+    'version': '19.0.8.20.3',
     'category': 'Manufacturing/Plating',
     'summary': 'Native plating job model — replaces mrp.production / mrp.workorder bridge.',
     'author': 'Nexa Systems Inc.',
diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job.py
index baf7005d..6647cdd9 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job.py
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ class FpJob(models.Model):
         for job in self:
             passed = WS.browse()
             for ws in all_states:
+                # Highest-passed semantics: untagged / not-applicable
+                # states don't block the cascade. The bar reflects
+                # the furthest milestone the job has actually reached.
                 if ws._fp_is_passed_for_job(job):
                     passed = ws
-                else:
-                    # First non-passed state stops the bar's progress
-                    break
             job.workflow_state_id = passed
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job_workflow_state.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job_workflow_state.py
index 9da46fc5..e00d0a86 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job_workflow_state.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job_workflow_state.py
@@ -141,6 +141,22 @@ class FpJobWorkflowState(models.Model):
              'customer pickup) independently from plating steps.',
     )
 
+    trigger_on_job_state = fields.Selection(
+        [
+            ('confirmed',   'Job Confirmed'),
+            ('in_progress', 'Job In Progress'),
+            ('done',        'Job Done'),
+        ],
+        string='Trigger on Job State',
+        help='State-driven trigger: this milestone passes when '
+             'fp.job.state reaches AT LEAST the chosen value. Fallback '
+             'for jobs whose recipes do not tag steps with default_kind '
+             '(so default_kind-driven triggers cannot fire). Order: '
+             'draft < confirmed < in_progress/on_hold < done. '
+             'Use for Confirmed ("confirmed") and optionally as a '
+             'safety-net for Done ("done").',
+    )
+
     block_when_quality_hold = fields.Boolean(
         string='Blocked by Quality Hold',
         default=False,
@@ -198,6 +214,19 @@ class FpJobWorkflowState(models.Model):
                 job.delivery_id and job.delivery_id.state == 'delivered'
             )
 
+        # Special trigger: job.state reached ("at least" semantics).
+        if self.trigger_on_job_state:
+            order = {
+                'draft':       0,
+                'confirmed':   1,
+                'in_progress': 2,
+                'on_hold':     2,
+                'done':        3,
+            }
+            required = order.get(self.trigger_on_job_state, -1)
+            actual = order.get(job.state, -1)
+            return required >= 0 and actual >= required
+
         # Special trigger: first wet step started
         if self.trigger_first_step_started:
             wet_kinds = ('wet', 'bake', 'mask', 'rack')