diff --git a/internal/orchestrator/txn_status.go b/internal/orchestrator/txn_status.go
index 2d0a30f3e7..e6503626f7 100644
--- a/internal/orchestrator/txn_status.go
+++ b/internal/orchestrator/txn_status.go
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ func (or *orchestrator) GetTransactionStatus(ctx context.Context, id string) (*c
 	}
 	for _, op := range ops {
 		result.Details = append(result.Details, txOperationStatus(op))
+		if op.Status == core.OpStatusPending {
+			// Check to see if there's an update
+			// Operations can stay in "Pending" if FireFly was down when a TX receipt became available
+			opWithDetail, err := or.GetOperationByIDWithStatus(ctx, op.ID.String())
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			op = &opWithDetail.Operation
+		}
 		if op.Retry == nil {
 			updateStatus(result, op.Status)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/orchestrator/txn_status_test.go b/internal/orchestrator/txn_status_test.go
index b01e31fcd9..8aedb21e57 100644
--- a/internal/orchestrator/txn_status_test.go
+++ b/internal/orchestrator/txn_status_test.go
@@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ func TestGetTransactionStatusTokenTransferRetry(t *testing.T) {
 
 	or.mth.On("GetTransactionByIDCached", mock.Anything, txID).Return(tx, nil)
 	or.mdi.On("GetOperations", mock.Anything, "ns", mock.Anything).Return(ops, nil, nil)
+	or.mom.On("GetOperationByIDCached", mock.Anything, op1ID).Return(ops[0], nil)
+	or.mom.On("GetOperationByIDCached", mock.Anything, op2ID).Return(ops[1], nil)
+	or.mbi.On("GetTransactionStatus", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil, nil)
 	or.mdi.On("GetBlockchainEvents", mock.Anything, "ns", mock.Anything).Return(events, nil, nil)
 	or.mdi.On("GetTokenTransfers", mock.Anything, "ns", mock.Anything).Return(transfers, nil, nil)
 
@@ -940,3 +943,29 @@ func TestGetTransactionStatusUnknownType(t *testing.T) {
 
 	or.mdi.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
+
+func TestGetTransactionStatusOpStatusError(t *testing.T) {
+	or := newTestOrchestrator()
+
+	txID := fftypes.NewUUID()
+	tx := &core.Transaction{
+		Namespace: "ns1",
+		Type:      core.TransactionTypeTokenTransfer,
+	}
+	op1ID := fftypes.NewUUID()
+	ops := []*core.Operation{
+		{
+			Namespace: "ns1",
+			Status:    core.OpStatusPending,
+			ID:        op1ID,
+			Type:      core.OpTypeTokenTransfer,
+		},
+	}
+
+	or.mth.On("GetTransactionByIDCached", mock.Anything, txID).Return(tx, nil)
+	or.mdi.On("GetOperations", mock.Anything, "ns", mock.Anything).Return(ops, nil, nil)
+	or.mom.On("GetOperationByIDCached", mock.Anything, op1ID).Return(nil, fmt.Errorf("pop"))
+
+	_, err := or.GetTransactionStatus(context.Background(), txID.String())
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "pop")
+}