diff --git a/.github/actions/control-instance/action.yml b/.github/actions/control-instance/action.yml
index 62392e71..f4194aa5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/control-instance/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/control-instance/action.yml
@@ -236,3 +236,13 @@ runs:
           `${{ inputs.command_name }}` command successfully applied to **${{ steps.define.outputs.instance_name }}** instance.
 
           See details at https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+
+    - name: Update Request Status Label
+      uses: ./.github/actions/update-request-status-label
+      with:
+        os_cloud: ${{ inputs.os_cloud }}
+        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        issue_number: ${{ inputs.issue_number }}
+        instance_name: ${{ steps.define.outputs.instance_name }}
+        instance_status:
+          ${{ inputs.command_name == 'delete' && 'DELETED' || '' }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/update-request-status-label/action.yml b/.github/actions/update-request-status-label/action.yml
index dc060403..a4f4853a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/update-request-status-label/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/update-request-status-label/action.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ inputs:
     description: "GITHUB_TOKEN or repo scoped PAT"
     required: true
   issue_number:
-    description: "Issue number"
+    description:
+      "The GitHub issue number that corresponds to the instance request."
     required: true
   instance_name:
-    description: "Instance name"
+    description:
+      "The name of the instance for which the status is being updated."
     required: true
   instance_status:
     description: |
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Retrieve instance status
       id: retrieve_instance_status
-      if: ${{ inputs.instance_status != '' }}
+      if: ${{ inputs.instance_status == '' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
         source ~/venv/bin/activate
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-instance.yml b/.github/workflows/create-instance.yml
index 8915e7d7..25788e2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-instance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-instance.yml
@@ -420,6 +420,29 @@ jobs:
 
             See details at https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
 
+      - name: Update Request Status Label
+        id: update-request-status-label
+        uses: ./.github/actions/update-request-status-label
+        with:
+          os_cloud: ${{ vars.MORPHOCLOUD_OS_CLOUD }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          instance_name: ${{ steps.define.outputs.instance_name }}
+          issue_number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+
+      - name: comment (failed to update request status label)
+        if:
+          ${{ steps.update-request-status-label.outcome == 'failure' &&
+          failure() }}
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v4.0.0
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          body: |
+            ### Instance Creation Results ❌
+
+            Failed to update request status label for instance **${{ steps.define.outputs.instance_name }}**.
+
+            See details at https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+
       - name: comment (progress)
         uses: ./.github/actions/comment-progress
         with: