diff --git a/apify-api/openapi/components/schemas/common/ActorJob.yaml b/apify-api/openapi/components/schemas/common/ActorJob.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e50d3074e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apify-api/openapi/components/schemas/common/ActorJob.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+title: ActorJob
+description: Minimal model for an Actor job (run or build) with status. Used for validation during polling operations.
+required:
+  - status
+type: object
+properties:
+  status:
+    description: Current status of the Actor job.
+    $ref: ./ActorJobStatus.yaml
diff --git a/apify-api/openapi/components/schemas/common/ActorJobResponse.yaml b/apify-api/openapi/components/schemas/common/ActorJobResponse.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8a3604fbd
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+++ b/apify-api/openapi/components/schemas/common/ActorJobResponse.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+title: ActorJobResponse
+description: Response wrapper for an Actor job (run or build). Used for minimal validation during polling operations.
+required:
+  - data
+type: object
+properties:
+  data:
+    $ref: ./ActorJob.yaml
diff --git a/apify-api/openapi/openapi.yaml b/apify-api/openapi/openapi.yaml
index c7d938985d..f76f5e6c7c 100644
--- a/apify-api/openapi/openapi.yaml
+++ b/apify-api/openapi/openapi.yaml
@@ -624,6 +624,11 @@ paths:
   /v2/users/me/limits:
     $ref: paths/users/users@me@limits.yaml
 components:
+  schemas:
+    ActorJob:
+      $ref: components/schemas/common/ActorJob.yaml
+    ActorJobResponse:
+      $ref: components/schemas/common/ActorJobResponse.yaml
   securitySchemes:
     httpBearer:
       $ref: components/securitySchemes/httpBearer.yaml