diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue
index 825c2c4a13b..eeaca575bd5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ function _isElementInvalid(element: HistoryItemSummary): string | null {
         return localize("is a collection, this is not allowed");
     }
 
-    var validState = element.state === STATES.OK || STATES.NOT_READY_STATES.includes(element.state as string);
+    const validState = STATES.VALID_INPUT_STATES.includes(element.state as string);
 
     if (!validState) {
         return localize("has errored, is paused, or is not accessible");
diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/PairCollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/PairCollectionCreator.vue
index 95997a5c00c..13e755dbd14 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/PairCollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/PairCollectionCreator.vue
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ function _isElementInvalid(element: HistoryItemSummary) {
         return localize("is a collection, this is not allowed");
     }
 
-    var validState = element.state === STATES.OK || STATES.NOT_READY_STATES.includes(element.state as string);
+    const validState = STATES.VALID_INPUT_STATES.includes(element.state as string);
 
     if (!validState) {
         return localize("has errored, is paused, or is not accessible");
diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
index 4542ad32445..6fd9f9be825 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ function _isElementInvalid(element: HistoryItemSummary) {
     if (element.history_content_type === "dataset_collection") {
         return localize("is a collection, this is not allowed");
     }
-    var validState = element.state === STATES.OK || STATES.NOT_READY_STATES.includes(element.state as string);
+    const validState = STATES.VALID_INPUT_STATES.includes(element.state as string);
     if (!validState) {
         return localize("has errored, is paused, or is not accessible");
     }
diff --git a/client/src/mvc/dataset/states.ts b/client/src/mvc/dataset/states.ts
index dd5b37d7fb0..262b1e99fe6 100644
--- a/client/src/mvc/dataset/states.ts
+++ b/client/src/mvc/dataset/states.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /** Map of possible HDA/collection/job states to their string equivalents.
  *      A port of galaxy.model.Dataset.states.
  */
-const STATES = {
+const RAW_STATES = {
     // NOT ready states
     /** is uploading and not ready */
     UPLOAD: "upload",
@@ -34,23 +34,31 @@ const STATES = {
     DEFERRED: "deferred",
     /** the tool producing this dataset failed */
     ERROR: "error",
-
-    READY_STATES: [] as string[],
-    NOT_READY_STATES: [] as string[],
 };
 
-STATES.READY_STATES = [
-    STATES.OK,
-    STATES.EMPTY,
-    STATES.PAUSED,
-    STATES.FAILED_METADATA,
-    STATES.NOT_VIEWABLE,
-    STATES.DEFERRED,
-    STATES.DISCARDED,
-    STATES.ERROR,
-];
-
-STATES.NOT_READY_STATES = [STATES.UPLOAD, STATES.QUEUED, STATES.RUNNING, STATES.SETTING_METADATA, STATES.NEW];
+const STATES = {
+    ...RAW_STATES,
+    READY_STATES: [
+        RAW_STATES.OK,
+        RAW_STATES.EMPTY,
+        RAW_STATES.PAUSED,
+        RAW_STATES.FAILED_METADATA,
+        RAW_STATES.NOT_VIEWABLE,
+        RAW_STATES.DEFERRED,
+        RAW_STATES.DISCARDED,
+        RAW_STATES.ERROR,
+    ],
+    NOT_READY_STATES: [
+        RAW_STATES.UPLOAD,
+        RAW_STATES.QUEUED,
+        RAW_STATES.RUNNING,
+        RAW_STATES.SETTING_METADATA,
+        RAW_STATES.NEW,
+    ],
+    VALID_INPUT_STATES: Object.values(RAW_STATES).filter(
+        (state) => ![RAW_STATES.ERROR, RAW_STATES.DISCARDED, RAW_STATES.FAILED_METADATA].includes(state)
+    ),
+};
 
 //==============================================================================
 export default STATES;