diff --git a/swh/storage/cassandra/model.py b/swh/storage/cassandra/model.py
--- a/swh/storage/cassandra/model.py
+++ b/swh/storage/cassandra/model.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
     origin: str
     visit: int
     date: datetime.datetime
+    type: Optional[str]
     status: str
     metadata: str
     snapshot: bytes
diff --git a/swh/storage/cassandra/schema.py b/swh/storage/cassandra/schema.py
--- a/swh/storage/cassandra/schema.py
+++ b/swh/storage/cassandra/schema.py
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
     origin          text,
     visit           bigint,
     date            timestamp,
+    type            text,
     status          ascii,
     metadata        text,
     snapshot        blob,
diff --git a/swh/storage/cassandra/storage.py b/swh/storage/cassandra/storage.py
--- a/swh/storage/cassandra/storage.py
+++ b/swh/storage/cassandra/storage.py
@@ -929,6 +929,8 @@
             "origin": visit["origin"],
             # but keep the date of the creation of the origin visit
             "date": visit["date"],
+            # if the type is still not set on visit_status, the type of visit is used
+            "type": visit_status.type or visit["type"],
         }
 
     def _origin_visit_get_latest_status(self, visit: OriginVisit) -> OriginVisitStatus: