diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 4e94b6e..a243d2c 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -16,6 +16,30 @@ pipeline {
                 }
             }
         }
+        stage('Check First Pipeline Status') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    def jobName = "custom-dind-pipeline"
+                    def jobURL = "http://jenkins-server.default.svc.cluster.local:8080/job/${jobName}/api/json"
+
+                    // Fetch the raw JSON response
+                    def response = sh(script: "curl -s ${jobURL}", returnStdout: true).trim()
+
+                    // Parse JSON using Groovy's built-in JSON handling
+                    def jsonSlurper = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper()
+                    def jobData = jsonSlurper.parseText(response)
+
+                    // Extract the first build number to check if the job has run at least once
+                    def firstBuildNumber = jobData.firstBuild?.number
+
+                    if (firstBuildNumber == null) {
+                        error("Pipeline '${jobName}' has **never** run! Stopping execution.")
+                    }
+
+                    echo "Pipeline '${jobName}' has executed before. First build number: ${firstBuildNumber}"
+                }
+            }
+        }
         stage('Build and Deploy') {
             steps {
                 script {