diff --git a/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/assert-passing-ci.ts b/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/assert-passing-ci.ts
index f78fa02857..159171c119 100644
--- a/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/assert-passing-ci.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/assert-passing-ci.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ class Validation extends PullRequestValidation {
     if (statuses.find((status) => status.name === 'lint') === undefined) {
       throw this._createError(
         'Pull request is missing expected status checks. Check the pull request for pending workflows',
+        false,
       );
     }
     if (combinedStatus === PullRequestStatus.PENDING) {
-      throw this._createError('Pull request has pending status checks.');
+      throw this._createError('Pull request has pending status checks.', false);
     }
     if (combinedStatus === PullRequestStatus.FAILING) {
       throw this._createError('Pull request has failing status checks.');
diff --git a/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validate-pull-request.ts b/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validate-pull-request.ts
index f633be1788..62ee5f075b 100644
--- a/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validate-pull-request.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validate-pull-request.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import {parseCommitMessage} from '../../../commit-message/parse.js';
 import {ActiveReleaseTrains} from '../../../release/versioning/active-release-trains.js';
 import {NgDevConfig, GithubConfig} from '../../../utils/config.js';
 import {PullRequestConfig, PullRequestValidationConfig} from '../../config/index.js';
-import {PullRequestFromGithub} from '../fetch-pull-request.js';
+import {fetchPullRequestFromGithub, PullRequestFromGithub} from '../fetch-pull-request.js';
+import {Log} from '../../../utils/logging.js';
+import {Spinner} from '../../../utils/spinner.js';
 import {PullRequestTarget} from '../targeting/target-label.js';
 import {changesAllowForTargetLabelValidation} from './assert-allowed-target-label.js';
 import {breakingChangeInfoValidation} from './assert-breaking-change-info.js';
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ import {AuthenticatedGitClient} from '../../../utils/git/authenticated-git-clien
  * Active release trains may be available for additional checks or not.
  */
 export async function assertValidPullRequest(
-  pullRequest: PullRequestFromGithub,
+  originalPullRequest: PullRequestFromGithub,
   validationConfig: PullRequestValidationConfig,
   ngDevConfig: NgDevConfig<{
     pullRequest: PullRequestConfig;
@@ -43,48 +45,98 @@ export async function assertValidPullRequest(
   target: PullRequestTarget,
   gitClient: AuthenticatedGitClient,
 ): Promise<PullRequestValidationFailure[]> {
-  const labels = pullRequest.labels.nodes.map((l) => l.name);
-  const commitsInPr = pullRequest.commits.nodes.map((n) => {
-    return parseCommitMessage(n.commit.message);
-  });
+  let pullRequest = originalPullRequest;
+  let spinner: Spinner | undefined;
+  let attempts = 0;
+  const maxAttempts = 60;
 
-  const validationResults = [
-    minimumReviewsValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
-    completedReviewsValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
-    mergeReadyValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
-    signedClaValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
-    pendingStateValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
-    breakingChangeInfoValidation.run(validationConfig, commitsInPr, labels),
-    passingCiValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
-    enforcedStatusesValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest, ngDevConfig.pullRequest),
-    isolatedSeparateFilesValidation.run(
-      validationConfig,
-      ngDevConfig,
-      pullRequest.number,
-      gitClient,
-    ),
-    enforceTestedValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest, gitClient),
-  ];
+  while (true) {
+    const labels = pullRequest.labels.nodes.map((l) => l.name);
+    const commitsInPr = pullRequest.commits.nodes.map((n) => {
+      return parseCommitMessage(n.commit.message);
+    });
 
-  if (activeReleaseTrains !== null) {
-    validationResults.push(
-      changesAllowForTargetLabelValidation.run(
+    const validationResults = [
+      minimumReviewsValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
+      completedReviewsValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
+      mergeReadyValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
+      signedClaValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
+      pendingStateValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
+      breakingChangeInfoValidation.run(validationConfig, commitsInPr, labels),
+      passingCiValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest),
+      enforcedStatusesValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest, ngDevConfig.pullRequest),
+      isolatedSeparateFilesValidation.run(
         validationConfig,
-        commitsInPr,
-        target.label,
-        ngDevConfig.pullRequest,
-        activeReleaseTrains,
-        labels,
-        pullRequest,
+        ngDevConfig,
+        pullRequest.number,
+        gitClient,
       ),
-    );
-  }
+      enforceTestedValidation.run(validationConfig, pullRequest, gitClient),
+    ];
+
+    if (activeReleaseTrains !== null) {
+      validationResults.push(
+        changesAllowForTargetLabelValidation.run(
+          validationConfig,
+          commitsInPr,
+          target.label,
+          ngDevConfig.pullRequest,
+          activeReleaseTrains,
+          labels,
+          pullRequest,
+        ),
+      );
+    }
 
-  return await Promise.all(validationResults).then((results) => {
-    return results.filter(
+    const results = await Promise.all(validationResults);
+    const failures = results.filter(
       <(result: null | PullRequestValidationFailure) => result is PullRequestValidationFailure>(
         ((result) => result !== null)
       ),
     );
-  });
+
+    const finalFailures = failures.filter((f) => f.isFinal);
+    const nonFinalFailures = failures.filter((f) => !f.isFinal);
+
+    if (
+      nonFinalFailures.length > 0 &&
+      finalFailures.length === 0 &&
+      validationConfig.waitIfPending
+    ) {
+      if (attempts >= maxAttempts) {
+        if (spinner) {
+          spinner.complete();
+        }
+        Log.error(
+          `Timed out waiting for non-final validations to complete after ${maxAttempts} minutes.`,
+        );
+        return failures;
+      }
+      attempts++;
+
+      const names = nonFinalFailures.map((f) => f.validationName).join(', ');
+      const verb = nonFinalFailures.length === 1 ? 'is' : 'are';
+      const spinnerText = `[${names}] ${verb} not final. Waiting for completion (attempt ${attempts}/${maxAttempts})...`;
+
+      if (!spinner) {
+        spinner = new Spinner(spinnerText);
+      } else {
+        spinner.update(spinnerText);
+      }
+
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 60000)); // Wait 1 minute
+      const freshPr = await fetchPullRequestFromGithub(gitClient, originalPullRequest.number);
+      if (!freshPr) {
+        throw new Error('Failed to re-fetch pull request data');
+      }
+      pullRequest = freshPr;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (spinner) {
+      spinner.complete();
+    }
+
+    return failures;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validation-config.ts b/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validation-config.ts
index 11de3a00b0..63309a9178 100644
--- a/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validation-config.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validation-config.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ export function createPullRequestValidationConfig(
 }
 
 /** Type describing a helper function for validations to create a validation failure. */
-export type PullRequestValidationErrorCreateFn = (message: string) => PullRequestValidationFailure;
+export type PullRequestValidationErrorCreateFn = (
+  message: string,
+  isFinal?: boolean,
+) => PullRequestValidationFailure;
 
 /**
  * Base class for pull request validations, providing helpers for the validation errors,
@@ -62,7 +65,8 @@ export function createPullRequestValidation<T extends PullRequestValidation>(
       if (validationConfig[name]) {
         const validation = new (getValidationCtor())(
           name,
-          (message) => new PullRequestValidationFailure(message, name, canBeForceIgnored),
+          (message, isFinal = true) =>
+            new PullRequestValidationFailure(message, name, canBeForceIgnored, isFinal),
         );
         try {
           await validation.assert(...args);
diff --git a/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validation-failure.ts b/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validation-failure.ts
index 33b273eeac..4c40009756 100644
--- a/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validation-failure.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/pr/common/validation/validation-failure.ts
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ export class PullRequestValidationFailure {
     public readonly validationName: keyof PullRequestValidationConfig,
     /** Validation config name for the failure. */
     public readonly canBeForceIgnored: boolean,
+    /** Whether the failure is final and will not change without action from a human. */
+    public readonly isFinal: boolean = true,
   ) {}
 }
diff --git a/ng-dev/pr/config/index.ts b/ng-dev/pr/config/index.ts
index c2dae51fec..b2b678a3f2 100644
--- a/ng-dev/pr/config/index.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/pr/config/index.ts
@@ -90,4 +90,5 @@ export function assertValidPullRequestConfig<T extends NgDevConfig>(
 
 export interface PullRequestValidationConfig {
   [key: `assert${string}`]: boolean;
+  waitIfPending?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/ng-dev/pr/merge/cli.ts b/ng-dev/pr/merge/cli.ts
index 8aff5658f7..bf827977f3 100644
--- a/ng-dev/pr/merge/cli.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/pr/merge/cli.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export interface MergeCommandOptions {
   forceManualBranches: boolean;
   dryRun: boolean;
   ignorePendingReviews: boolean;
+  waitForValidations: boolean;
 }
 
 /** Builds the command. */
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@ async function builder(argv: Argv) {
       type: 'boolean',
       default: false,
       description: 'Bypass the check for pending reviews on the pull request',
+    })
+    .option('wait-for-validations' as 'waitForValidations', {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      default: false,
+      description: 'Wait for pending validations to complete before merging.',
     });
 }
 
@@ -55,8 +61,15 @@ async function handler({
   forceManualBranches,
   dryRun,
   ignorePendingReviews,
+  waitForValidations,
 }: Arguments<MergeCommandOptions>) {
-  await mergePullRequest(pr, {branchPrompt, forceManualBranches, dryRun, ignorePendingReviews});
+  await mergePullRequest(pr, {
+    branchPrompt,
+    forceManualBranches,
+    dryRun,
+    ignorePendingReviews,
+    waitForValidations,
+  });
 }
 
 /** yargs command module describing the command. */
diff --git a/ng-dev/pr/merge/merge-tool.ts b/ng-dev/pr/merge/merge-tool.ts
index 754a592342..6b8108ea38 100644
--- a/ng-dev/pr/merge/merge-tool.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/pr/merge/merge-tool.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export interface PullRequestMergeFlags {
   forceManualBranches: boolean;
   dryRun: boolean;
   ignorePendingReviews: boolean;
+  waitForValidations: boolean;
 }
 
 const defaultPullRequestMergeFlags: PullRequestMergeFlags = {
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ const defaultPullRequestMergeFlags: PullRequestMergeFlags = {
   forceManualBranches: false,
   dryRun: false,
   ignorePendingReviews: false,
+  waitForValidations: false,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ export class MergeTool {
     const validationConfig = createPullRequestValidationConfig({
       ...this.config.pullRequest.validators,
       ...partialValidationConfig,
+      waitIfPending: this.flags.waitForValidations,
     });
 
     if (this.git.hasUncommittedChanges()) {