Is this supposed to be fixed or is there an alternative (working) endpoint we can query to get the combined status of a commit?

I tried graphQL API as well but that just returns me null.
query {
repository(owner:"<owner_name>", name:"<repo_name>") {
pullRequest(number:1){
commits(last:1){
nodes{
commit{
status{
state
}
}
}
}
}
}
}

Github response is always a pending state regardless of the repo so I am inclined to think that there is a bug in the Github API. Anybody has a fix or workaround?

For the particular example quoted, I don't see that there are any commit statuses on that commit - supercobra/st@dbf9e48. Unless am mistaken, it is the documented behavior that the API would return a pending status when no commit statuses exist on the commit:

pending: if there are no statuses or a context is pending

For the others running into the same issue, you might want to confirm whether whatever integration you are using is reporting Checks rather than commit Statuses. For example, if you are using GitHub Actions for your CI/CD, it will report Checks not commit Statuses. You can use the List check runs for a Git reference endpoint to view Checks on a commit sha. If both of these endpoints don't return any values and you can see that the commit status or check was reported on the commit in the UI, then definitely contact GitHub Support.