diff --git a/app/cli/cmd/attestation_init.go b/app/cli/cmd/attestation_init.go
index 3648812a0..f2ccd94af 100644
--- a/app/cli/cmd/attestation_init.go
+++ b/app/cli/cmd/attestation_init.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright 2024-2025 The Chainloop Authors.
+// Copyright 2024-2026 The Chainloop Authors.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func newAttestationInitCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				return newGracefulError(err)
 			}
 
-			res, err := statusAction.Run(cmd.Context(), attestationID)
+			res, err := statusAction.Run(cmd.Context(), attestationID, action.WithSkipPolicyEvaluation())
 			if err != nil {
 				return newGracefulError(err)
 			}
diff --git a/app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_push.go b/app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_push.go
index 046dd7efc..5e952cf00 100644
--- a/app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_push.go
+++ b/app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_push.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright 2024-2025 The Chainloop Authors.
+// Copyright 2024-2026 The Chainloop Authors.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (action *AttestationPush) Run(ctx context.Context, attestationID string, ru
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating status action: %w", err)
 	}
-	attestationStatus, err := statusAction.Run(ctx, attestationID)
+	attestationStatus, err := statusAction.Run(ctx, attestationID, WithSkipPolicyEvaluation())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating running status action: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ func (action *AttestationPush) Run(ctx context.Context, attestationID string, ru
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("evaluating attestation policies: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// Update the status result with the evaluated policies
+	attestationStatus.PolicyEvaluations, attestationStatus.HasPolicyViolations = getPolicyEvaluations(crafter)
+
 	// render final attestation with all the evaluated policies inside
 	envelope, bundle, err := renderer.Render(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_status.go b/app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_status.go
index 70bccb691..72573d560 100644
--- a/app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_status.go
+++ b/app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_status.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright 2024-2025 The Chainloop Authors.
+// Copyright 2024-2026 The Chainloop Authors.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ func NewAttestationStatus(cfg *AttestationStatusOpts) (*AttestationStatus, error
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// WithSkipPolicyEvaluation skips re-evaluating policies against the attestation statement.
+// Existing policy evaluations already stored in the crafting state (e.g. from material additions)
+// will still be included in the result.
 func WithSkipPolicyEvaluation() func(*AttestationStatus) {
 	return func(opts *AttestationStatus) {
 		opts.skipPolicyEvaluation = true
@@ -159,10 +162,12 @@ func (action *AttestationStatus) Run(ctx context.Context, attestationID string,
 		if err := c.EvaluateAttestationPolicies(ctx, attestationID, statement); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("evaluating attestation policies: %w", err)
 		}
-
-		res.PolicyEvaluations, res.HasPolicyViolations = getPolicyEvaluations(c)
 	}
 
+	// Always read existing policy evaluations from crafting state,
+	// even when skipping re-evaluation (e.g. material-level evaluations from add)
+	res.PolicyEvaluations, res.HasPolicyViolations = getPolicyEvaluations(c)
+
 	if v := workflowMeta.GetVersion(); v != nil {
 		res.WorkflowMeta.ProjectVersion = &ProjectVersion{
 			Version:        v.GetVersion(),
@@ -210,7 +215,8 @@ func (action *AttestationStatus) Run(ctx context.Context, attestationID string,
 	return res, nil
 }
 
-// getPolicyEvaluations retrieves both material-level and attestation-level policy evaluations and returns if it has violations
+// getPolicyEvaluations retrieves both material-level and attestation-level policy evaluations from the crafting state
+// and returns whether any violations exist.
 func getPolicyEvaluations(c *crafter.Crafter) (map[string][]*PolicyEvaluation, bool) {
 	// grouped by material name
 	evaluations := make(map[string][]*PolicyEvaluation)