diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/workspace-model.ts b/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/workspace-model.ts
index 210ddb8de68f99..92b4fd21a628f0 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/workspace-model.ts
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/workspace-model.ts
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ export class WorkspaceModel implements Disposable, Partial<GitpodClient> {
 
     protected isActive(info: WorkspaceInfo): boolean {
         return info.workspace.pinned ||
-            (!!info.latestInstance && info.latestInstance.status?.phase !== 'stopped');
+            (!!info.latestInstance && !['stopping', 'stopped'].includes(info.latestInstance.status?.phase));
     }
 
     public getAllFetchedWorkspaces(): Map<string, WorkspaceInfo> {
         return this.workspaces;
     }
 
-}
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+}