diff --git a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/status/status.ts b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/status/status.ts
index d111c3886bd..6191049d308 100644
--- a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/status/status.ts
+++ b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/status/status.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   V1Pod,
   V1ReplicaSet,
   V1ReplicationController,
+  V1Secret,
   V1Service,
 } from "@kubernetes/client-node"
 import { getPods, getResourceKey, hashManifest } from "../util"
@@ -101,6 +102,12 @@ const objHandlers: { [kind: string]: StatusHandler } = {
     return checkWorkloadPodStatus(resource, await getPods(api, namespace, resource.spec!.selector!))
   },
 
+  Secret: async (params: StatusHandlerParams<V1Secret>) => {
+    const { api, namespace, resource } = params
+    // TODO: compare the `resource` against the manifest generated from the action?
+    return { state: "ready", resource }
+  },
+
   Service: async ({ resource }: StatusHandlerParams<V1Service>) => {
     if (resource.spec.type === "ExternalName") {
       return { state: "ready", resource }