diff --git a/torchci/components/GroupJobConclusion.tsx b/torchci/components/GroupJobConclusion.tsx
index fa58ece874..932f62a545 100644
--- a/torchci/components/GroupJobConclusion.tsx
+++ b/torchci/components/GroupJobConclusion.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,37 @@ export enum GroupedJobStatus {
   Pending = "pending",
 }
 
+type RepoViableStrictBlockingJobsMap = {
+  [key: string]: RegExp[];
+};
+
+// TODO: Move this to a config file
+const VIABLE_STRICT_BLOCKING_JOBS: RepoViableStrictBlockingJobsMap = {
+  // Source of truth for these jobs is in https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/.github/workflows/update-viablestrict.yml#L26
+  "pytorch/pytorch": [/trunk/i, /pull/i, /linux-binary/i, /lint/i],
+};
+
+function isJobViableStrictBlocking(
+  jobName: string | undefined,
+  repoOwner: string,
+  repoName: string
+): boolean {
+  if (!jobName) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const repo = `${repoOwner}/${repoName}`;
+  let viablestrict_blocking_jobs_patterns =
+    VIABLE_STRICT_BLOCKING_JOBS[repo] ?? [];
+
+  for (const regex of viablestrict_blocking_jobs_patterns) {
+    if (jobName.match(regex)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 export default function HudGroupedCell({
   sha,
   groupName,
@@ -42,6 +73,8 @@ export default function HudGroupedCell({
   toggleExpanded,
   isClassified,
   unstableIssues,
+  repoOwner,
+  repoName,
 }: {
   sha: string;
   groupName: string;
@@ -50,6 +83,8 @@ export default function HudGroupedCell({
   toggleExpanded: () => void;
   isClassified: boolean;
   unstableIssues: IssueData[];
+  repoOwner: string;
+  repoName: string;
 }) {
   const [pinnedId, setPinnedId] = useContext(PinnedTooltipContext);
   const style = pinnedId.name == groupName ? hudStyles.highlight : "";
@@ -60,12 +95,17 @@ export default function HudGroupedCell({
   const pendingJobs = [];
   const noStatusJobs = [];
   const failedPreviousRunJobs = [];
+
+  let viableStrictBlocking = false;
   for (const job of jobs) {
     if (isFailedJob(job)) {
       if (isRerunDisabledTestsJob(job) || isUnstableJob(job, unstableIssues)) {
         warningOnlyJobs.push(job);
       } else {
         erroredJobs.push(job);
+        if (isJobViableStrictBlocking(job.name, repoOwner, repoName)) {
+          viableStrictBlocking = true;
+        }
       }
     } else if (job.conclusion === JobStatus.Pending) {
       pendingJobs.push(job);
@@ -113,7 +153,11 @@ export default function HudGroupedCell({
             />
           }
         >
-          <span className={styles.conclusion}>
+          <span
+            className={`${styles.conclusion} ${
+              viableStrictBlocking ? styles.viablestrict_blocking : ""
+            }`}
+          >
             <span
               className={
                 isClassified
@@ -121,7 +165,10 @@ export default function HudGroupedCell({
                   : styles[conclusion ?? "none"]
               }
               onDoubleClick={toggleExpanded}
-              style={{ border: "1px solid gainsboro", padding: "0 1px" }}
+              style={{
+                border: "1px solid gainsboro",
+                padding: "0 1px",
+              }}
             >
               {getGroupConclusionChar(conclusion)}
             </span>
diff --git a/torchci/components/JobConclusion.module.css b/torchci/components/JobConclusion.module.css
index 80bfe420ce..f021de54b0 100644
--- a/torchci/components/JobConclusion.module.css
+++ b/torchci/components/JobConclusion.module.css
@@ -62,3 +62,8 @@
 .warning {
   color: #f8b88b;
 }
+
+.viablestrict_blocking {
+  border-left: 1px solid red;
+  border-right: 1px solid red;
+}
diff --git a/torchci/pages/hud/[repoOwner]/[repoName]/[branch]/[[...page]].tsx b/torchci/pages/hud/[repoOwner]/[repoName]/[branch]/[[...page]].tsx
index ef77db0337..cb9571355d 100644
--- a/torchci/pages/hud/[repoOwner]/[repoName]/[branch]/[[...page]].tsx
+++ b/torchci/pages/hud/[repoOwner]/[repoName]/[branch]/[[...page]].tsx
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ function HudRow({
         rowData={rowData}
         names={names}
         unstableIssues={unstableIssues}
+        params={params}
       />
     </tr>
   );
@@ -185,10 +186,12 @@ function HudJobCells({
   rowData,
   names,
   unstableIssues,
+  params,
 }: {
   rowData: RowData;
   names: string[];
   unstableIssues: IssueData[];
+  params: HudParams;
 }) {
   let groupNames = groups.map((group) => group.name).concat("other");
   const { expandedGroups, setExpandedGroups, groupNameMapping } =
@@ -214,6 +217,8 @@ function HudJobCells({
               sha={rowData.sha}
               key={name}
               groupName={name}
+              repoOwner={params.repoOwner}
+              repoName={params.repoName}
               jobs={
                 groupNameMapping
                   .get(name)