diff --git a/spec/services/ci/retry_pipeline_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/ci/retry_pipeline_service_spec.rb
index ed2f07c4a7c64b0712e664a27aea85ecdf0cde5f..5445b65f4e8b2d95a6fafbdc7ea53e51f29e274e 100644
--- a/spec/services/ci/retry_pipeline_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/ci/retry_pipeline_service_spec.rb
@@ -89,20 +89,59 @@ describe Ci::RetryPipelineService, '#execute', :services do
     end
 
     context 'when pipeline contains manual actions' do
-      context 'when there is a canceled manual action in first stage' do
-        before do
-          create_build('rspec 1', :failed, 0)
-          create_build('staging', :canceled, 0, when: :manual, allow_failure: true)
-          create_build('rspec 2', :canceled, 1)
+      context 'when there are optional manual actions only' do
+        context 'when there is a canceled manual action in first stage' do
+          before do
+            create_build('rspec 1', :failed, 0)
+            create_build('staging', :canceled, 0, when: :manual, allow_failure: true)
+            create_build('rspec 2', :canceled, 1)
+          end
+
+          it 'retries failed builds and marks subsequent for processing' do
+            service.execute(pipeline)
+
+            expect(build('rspec 1')).to be_pending
+            expect(build('staging')).to be_manual
+            expect(build('rspec 2')).to be_created
+            expect(pipeline.reload).to be_running
+          end
         end
+      end
 
-        it 'retries builds failed builds and marks subsequent for processing' do
-          service.execute(pipeline)
+      context 'when pipeline has blocking manual actions defined' do
+        context 'when pipeline retry should enqueue builds' do
+          before do
+            create_build('test', :failed, 0)
+            create_build('deploy', :canceled, 0, when: :manual, allow_failure: false)
+            create_build('verify', :canceled, 1)
+          end
+
+          it 'retries failed builds' do
+            service.execute(pipeline)
+
+            expect(build('test')).to be_pending
+            expect(build('deploy')).to be_manual
+            expect(build('verify')).to be_created
+            expect(pipeline.reload).to be_running
+          end
+        end
 
-          expect(build('rspec 1')).to be_pending
-          expect(build('staging')).to be_manual
-          expect(build('rspec 2')).to be_created
-          expect(pipeline.reload).to be_running
+        context 'when pipeline retry should block pipeline immediately' do
+          before do
+            create_build('test', :success, 0)
+            create_build('deploy:1', :success, 1, when: :manual, allow_failure: false)
+            create_build('deploy:2', :failed, 1, when: :manual, allow_failure: false)
+            create_build('verify', :canceled, 2)
+          end
+
+          it 'reprocesses blocking manual action and blocks pipeline' do
+            service.execute(pipeline)
+
+            expect(build('deploy:1')).to be_success
+            expect(build('deploy:2')).to be_manual
+            expect(build('verify')).to be_created
+            expect(pipeline.reload).to be_blocked
+          end
         end
       end