diff --git a/v1/.openapi-generator-ignore b/v1/.openapi-generator-ignore
index 7484ee5..04d93d3 100644
--- a/v1/.openapi-generator-ignore
+++ b/v1/.openapi-generator-ignore
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@
 #docs/*.md
 # Then explicitly reverse the ignore rule for a single file:
 #!docs/README.md
+
+# Custom unmarshaler for ComputePool.Status (and its tests) that handles the
+# flat API response shape.
+model_compute_pool_custom.go
+model_compute_pool_custom_test.go
diff --git a/v1/model_compute_pool_custom.go b/v1/model_compute_pool_custom.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2247ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1/model_compute_pool_custom.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// UnmarshalJSON wraps every value in ComputePool.Status as {"value": v} so the
+// CMF API's flat status object (e.g. {"phase":"RUNNING"}) fits the generated
+// type *map[string]map[string]interface{}. Non-object status shapes surface a
+// decode error rather than being silently dropped.
+func (o *ComputePool) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	// Alias strips methods so the inner decode doesn't re-enter UnmarshalJSON.
+	type Alias ComputePool
+	aux := struct {
+		Status json.RawMessage `json:"status"`
+		*Alias
+	}{Alias: (*Alias)(o)}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &aux); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	o.Status = nil // reset for receiver reuse
+	if len(aux.Status) == 0 || bytes.Equal(aux.Status, []byte("null")) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var flat map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(aux.Status, &flat); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unmarshal ComputePool.Status: %w", err)
+	}
+	wrapped := make(map[string]map[string]interface{}, len(flat))
+	for k, v := range flat {
+		wrapped[k] = map[string]interface{}{"value": v}
+	}
+	o.Status = &wrapped
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/v1/model_compute_pool_custom_test.go b/v1/model_compute_pool_custom_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d633fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1/model_compute_pool_custom_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// makeComputePoolJSON builds a ComputePool payload. statusLiteral is raw JSON
+// (e.g. `"RUNNING"`, `null`, `{"phase":"X"}`), or "" to omit the status field.
+func makeComputePoolJSON(name, statusLiteral string) []byte {
+	if statusLiteral == "" {
+		return []byte(`{
+			"apiVersion": "cmf.confluent.io/v1",
+			"kind": "ComputePool",
+			"metadata": {"name": "` + name + `"},
+			"spec": {"type": "DEDICATED", "clusterSpec": {}}
+		}`)
+	}
+	return []byte(`{
+		"apiVersion": "cmf.confluent.io/v1",
+		"kind": "ComputePool",
+		"metadata": {"name": "` + name + `"},
+		"spec": {"type": "DEDICATED", "clusterSpec": {}},
+		"status": ` + statusLiteral + `
+	}`)
+}
+
+func wrappedValue(pool ComputePool, key string) (interface{}, bool) {
+	if pool.Status == nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	inner, ok := (*pool.Status)[key]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	v, ok := inner["value"]
+	return v, ok
+}
+
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_FlatStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	data := makeComputePoolJSON("pool-a", `{"phase":"RUNNING","message":null,"reason":"x","ready":true}`)
+
+	var pool ComputePool
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &pool); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pool.Metadata.Name != "pool-a" {
+		t.Errorf("metadata.name = %q, want %q", pool.Metadata.Name, "pool-a")
+	}
+	if pool.Spec.Type != "DEDICATED" {
+		t.Errorf("spec.type = %q, want %q", pool.Spec.Type, "DEDICATED")
+	}
+	if pool.Status == nil {
+		t.Fatal("status is nil")
+	}
+	wantValues := map[string]interface{}{
+		"phase":   "RUNNING",
+		"message": nil,
+		"reason":  "x",
+		"ready":   true,
+	}
+	status := *pool.Status
+	if len(status) != len(wantValues) {
+		t.Errorf("status has %d keys, want %d", len(status), len(wantValues))
+	}
+	for k, want := range wantValues {
+		inner, ok := status[k]
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("status[%q] missing", k)
+			continue
+		}
+		// Literal "value" key catches format drift.
+		got, hasValue := inner["value"]
+		if !hasValue {
+			t.Errorf("status[%q] missing %q key; got %v", k, "value", inner)
+			continue
+		}
+		if got != want {
+			t.Errorf("status[%q][\"value\"] = %v, want %v", k, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_NullStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	data := makeComputePoolJSON("pool-d", `null`)
+
+	var pool ComputePool
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &pool); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pool.Status != nil {
+		t.Errorf("status = %v, want nil", pool.Status)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_MissingStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	data := makeComputePoolJSON("pool-e", "")
+
+	var pool ComputePool
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &pool); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pool.Status != nil {
+		t.Errorf("status = %v, want nil", pool.Status)
+	}
+	if pool.Metadata.Name != "pool-e" {
+		t.Errorf("metadata.name = %q, want %q", pool.Metadata.Name, "pool-e")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_EmptyObjectStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	data := makeComputePoolJSON("pool-f", `{}`)
+
+	var pool ComputePool
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &pool); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pool.Status == nil {
+		t.Fatal("status is nil, want non-nil empty map")
+	}
+	if len(*pool.Status) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("status has %d keys, want 0", len(*pool.Status))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_AllNullValues(t *testing.T) {
+	data := makeComputePoolJSON("pool-g", `{"phase":null,"message":null}`)
+
+	var pool ComputePool
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &pool); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, k := range []string{"phase", "message"} {
+		v, ok := wrappedValue(pool, k)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("%s.value missing", k)
+			continue
+		}
+		if v != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s.value = %v, want nil", k, v)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Non-object status shapes indicate API regressions; surface the decode error.
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_NonObjectStatusFails(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name   string
+		status string
+	}{
+		{"array", `[1,2,3]`},
+		{"string", `"RUNNING"`},
+		{"number", `42`},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			data := makeComputePoolJSON("pool-"+tc.name, tc.status)
+			var pool ComputePool
+			err := json.Unmarshal(data, &pool)
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected error for %s status, got nil", tc.name)
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "ComputePool.Status") {
+				t.Errorf("err = %q, want it to mention ComputePool.Status", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// A null payload on a reused receiver must clear Status, not retain the prior value.
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_ReceiverReuse(t *testing.T) {
+	var pool ComputePool
+	first := makeComputePoolJSON("first", `{"phase":"RUNNING"}`)
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(first, &pool); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first unmarshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pool.Status == nil {
+		t.Fatal("status nil after first unmarshal")
+	}
+	second := makeComputePoolJSON("second", `null`)
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(second, &pool); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("second unmarshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pool.Status != nil {
+		t.Errorf("status = %v after null payload, want nil", pool.Status)
+	}
+}
+
+// ComputePoolsPage.Items must invoke our UnmarshalJSON per element.
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_PageResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	data := []byte(`{
+		"items": [
+			{
+				"apiVersion": "cmf.confluent.io/v1",
+				"kind": "ComputePool",
+				"metadata": {"name": "pool-1"},
+				"spec": {"type": "DEDICATED", "clusterSpec": {}},
+				"status": {"phase": "RUNNING"}
+			},
+			{
+				"apiVersion": "cmf.confluent.io/v1",
+				"kind": "ComputePool",
+				"metadata": {"name": "pool-2"},
+				"spec": {"type": "DEDICATED", "clusterSpec": {}},
+				"status": {"phase": "PENDING"}
+			}
+		]
+	}`)
+
+	var page ComputePoolsPage
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &page); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	items := page.GetItems()
+	if len(items) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d items, want 2", len(items))
+	}
+	wantPhases := []string{"RUNNING", "PENDING"}
+	for i, item := range items {
+		v, ok := wrappedValue(item, "phase")
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("item %d: phase.value missing", i)
+			continue
+		}
+		if v != wantPhases[i] {
+			t.Errorf("item %d phase.value = %v, want %q", i, v, wantPhases[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_EmptyPageItems(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name string
+		body string
+	}{
+		{"empty", `{"items":[]}`},
+		{"missing", `{}`},
+		{"null", `{"items":null}`},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var page ComputePoolsPage
+			if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(tc.body), &page); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if n := len(page.GetItems()); n != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("got %d items, want 0", n)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComputePoolUnmarshal_InvalidJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	var pool ComputePool
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{not valid json`), &pool)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
+	}
+	if _, isSyntax := err.(*json.SyntaxError); !isSyntax {
+		t.Errorf("err type = %T, want *json.SyntaxError", err)
+	}
+}