diff --git a/app/models/submission/test_run.rb b/app/models/submission/test_run.rb
index ecdb804534..a9d031c352 100644
--- a/app/models/submission/test_run.rb
+++ b/app/models/submission/test_run.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class TestResult
     def to_h
       {
         name: test[:name].to_s,
-        status: test[:status].try(&:to_sym),
+        status: Array(test[:status]).first.try(&:to_sym),
         test_code: test[:test_code],
         message: test[:message],
         message_html: Ansi::RenderHTML.(test[:message]),
diff --git a/test/models/submission/test_run_test.rb b/test/models/submission/test_run_test.rb
index 01c9029747..dc597111f5 100644
--- a/test/models/submission/test_run_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/submission/test_run_test.rb
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ class Submission::TestRunTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 3, tr.version
   end
 
+  test "handles test result status as array" do
+    tests = [{ 'name' => 'test1', 'status' => ['pass'] }]
+    tr = create(:submission_test_run, raw_results: { version: 2, status: 'pass', tests: tests })
+    assert_equal :pass, tr.test_results.first.to_h[:status]
+  end
+
   test "truncate message" do
     message = 'a' * 66_000
     test_run = create(:submission_test_run, raw_results: { message: })