diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
index 1c0fb325..fed43300 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': '19.0.8.20.4',
+    'version': '19.0.8.20.5',
     '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 6647cdd9..de74b609 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job.py
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ class FpJob(models.Model):
         'quality_hold_count',
         'delivery_id',
         'delivery_id.state',
+        'sale_order_id',
+        'sale_order_id.x_fc_receiving_status',
     )
     def _compute_workflow_state_id(self):
         WS = self.env['fp.job.workflow.state']
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 e9e73133..424cb6bb 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
@@ -157,6 +157,20 @@ class FpJobWorkflowState(models.Model):
              'safety-net for Done ("done").',
     )
 
+    trigger_on_parts_received = fields.Boolean(
+        string='Trigger on Parts Received',
+        default=False,
+        help='Special trigger — passes once the job\'s sale order has '
+             'a receiving status of "partial" or "received" (set by '
+             'the fp.receiving inbound logistics flow). Used by the '
+             'Received milestone in lieu of recipe-side '
+             'default_kind="receiving" tagging. Receiving is a pre-'
+             'recipe activity (parts physically arrive on the dock) — '
+             'keeping the trigger off recipe steps means shops without '
+             'a "Receiving" step in their recipe still see the bar '
+             'advance correctly.',
+    )
+
     block_when_quality_hold = fields.Boolean(
         string='Blocked by Quality Hold',
         default=False,
@@ -214,6 +228,15 @@ class FpJobWorkflowState(models.Model):
                 job.delivery_id and job.delivery_id.state == 'delivered'
             )
 
+        # Special trigger: parts physically received (pre-recipe).
+        if self.trigger_on_parts_received:
+            so = job.sale_order_id
+            if (so and 'x_fc_receiving_status' in so._fields
+                    and so.x_fc_receiving_status
+                    in ('partial', 'received')):
+                return True
+            return False
+
         # Special trigger: job.state reached ("at least" semantics).
         if self.trigger_on_job_state:
             order = {