diff --git a/src/ocrd_network/processing_server.py b/src/ocrd_network/processing_server.py
index f60201311..d4a28e58e 100644
--- a/src/ocrd_network/processing_server.py
+++ b/src/ocrd_network/processing_server.py
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ def __init__(self, config_path: str, host: str, port: int) -> None:
             summary='Get information about a workflow run',
         )
 
+        self.router.add_api_route(
+            path='/workflow/job-simple/{workflow_job_id}',
+            endpoint=self.get_workflow_info_simple,
+            methods=['GET'],
+            tags=['workflow', 'processing'],
+            status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK,
+            summary='Get simplified overall job status',
+        )
+
         self.router.add_api_route(
             path='/workflow',
             endpoint=self.upload_workflow,
@@ -911,6 +920,41 @@ async def get_workflow_info(self, workflow_job_id) -> Dict:
                 })
         return res
 
+    """
+    Simplified version of the `get_workflow_info` that returns a single state for the entire workflow.
+    - If a single processing job fails, the entire workflow job status is set to FAILED.
+    - If there are any processing jobs running, regardless of other states, such as QUEUED and CACHED, 
+    the entire workflow job status is set to RUNNING.
+    - If all processing jobs has finished successfully, only then the workflow job status is set to SUCCESS
+    """
+    async def get_workflow_info_simple(self, workflow_job_id) -> Dict[str, StateEnum]:
+        """ Return list of a workflow's processor jobs
+        """
+        try:
+            workflow_job = await db_get_workflow_job(workflow_job_id)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+                                detail=f"Workflow-Job with id: {workflow_job_id} not found")
+        job_ids: List[str] = [job_id for lst in workflow_job.processing_job_ids.values() for job_id in lst]
+        jobs = await db_get_processing_jobs(job_ids)
+
+        workflow_job_state = "UNSET"
+        success_jobs = 0
+        for job in jobs:
+            if job.state == StateEnum.cached or job.state == StateEnum.queued:
+                continue
+            if job.state == StateEnum.failed or job.state == StateEnum.cancelled:
+                workflow_job_state = StateEnum.failed
+                break
+            if job.state == StateEnum.running:
+                workflow_job_state = StateEnum.running
+            if job.state == StateEnum.success:
+                success_jobs += 1
+        # if all jobs succeeded
+        if len(job_ids) == success_jobs:
+            workflow_job_state = StateEnum.success
+        return {"wf_job_state": workflow_job_state}
+
     async def upload_workflow(self, workflow: UploadFile) -> Dict:
         """ Store a script for a workflow in the database
         """
diff --git a/tests/network/test_processing_server.py b/tests/network/test_processing_server.py
index 35e4d9aa4..6716ddf50 100644
--- a/tests/network/test_processing_server.py
+++ b/tests/network/test_processing_server.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+from time import sleep
 from requests import get, post
 from ocrd_utils.config import config
 from ocrd_network import NETWORK_AGENT_WORKER
+from ocrd_network.models import StateEnum
 
 PROCESSING_SERVER_URL = config.PROCESSING_SERVER_URL
 
@@ -52,12 +54,28 @@ def test_processing_server_workflow_request():
     path_to_mets = "/tmp/assets/kant_aufklaerung_1784/data/mets.xml"
     path_to_dummy_wf = "/tmp/assets/dummy-workflow.txt"
 
-    test_url = f"{PROCESSING_SERVER_URL}/workflow?mets_path={path_to_mets}&page_wise=False"
+    # submit the workflow job
+    test_url = f"{PROCESSING_SERVER_URL}/workflow/run?mets_path={path_to_mets}&page_wise=False"
     response = post(
         url=test_url,
         files={"workflow": open(path_to_dummy_wf, 'rb')}
     )
-    assert response.status_code == 201, \
-        f'Processing server: {test_url}, {response.status_code}'
+    assert response.status_code == 200, f"Processing server: {test_url}, {response.status_code}"
+
+    wf_job_id = response.json()["job_id"]
+    assert wf_job_id
 
-    # TODO: Check workflow status here
+    # check simplified workflow status till timeout
+    tries = 50
+    wait_between_tries = 30
+    wf_job_state = None
+    test_url = f"{PROCESSING_SERVER_URL}/workflow/job-simple/{wf_job_id}"
+    while tries > 0:
+        sleep(wait_between_tries)
+        response = post(url=test_url)
+        assert response.status_code == 200, f"Processing server: {test_url}, {response.status_code}"
+        wf_job_state = response.json()["wf_job_state"]
+        if wf_job_state == StateEnum.success or wf_job_state == StateEnum.failed:
+            break
+        tries -= 1
+    assert wf_job_state == "SUCCESS"