diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
index 25e9c9a405..16765a5a5f 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ class WP_REST_Posts_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 					'description' => __( 'A named status for the object.' ),
 					'type'        => 'string',
 					'enum'        => array_keys( get_post_stati( array( 'internal' => false ) ) ),
-					'context'     => array( 'edit' ),
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
 				),
 				'type'            => array(
 					'description' => __( 'Type of Post for the object.' ),
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/testcase-rest-post-type-controller.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/testcase-rest-post-type-controller.php
index 49c2ebaf9c..387d359459 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/testcase-rest-post-type-controller.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/testcase-rest-post-type-controller.php
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ abstract class WP_Test_REST_Post_Type_Controller_Testcase extends WP_Test_REST_C
 			$this->assertFalse( isset( $data['excerpt'] ) );
 		}
 
+		$this->assertEquals( $post->post_status, $data['status'] );
 		$this->assertEquals( $post->guid, $data['guid']['rendered'] );
 
 		if ( 'edit' === $context ) {
 			$this->assertEquals( $post->guid, $data['guid']['raw'] );
-			$this->assertEquals( $post->post_status, $data['status'] );
 
 			if ( '0000-00-00 00:00:00' === $post->post_date_gmt ) {
 				$this->assertNull( $data['date_gmt'] );
diff --git a/tests/qunit/fixtures/wp-api-generated.js b/tests/qunit/fixtures/wp-api-generated.js
index 2adb53cd8a..a7f253282f 100644
--- a/tests/qunit/fixtures/wp-api-generated.js
+++ b/tests/qunit/fixtures/wp-api-generated.js
@@ -3384,6 +3384,7 @@ mockedApiResponse.PostsCollection = [
         "modified": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
         "modified_gmt": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
         "slug": "restapi-client-fixture-post",
+        "status": "publish",
         "type": "post",
         "link": "http://example.org/?p=3",
         "title": {
@@ -3474,6 +3475,7 @@ mockedApiResponse.PostModel = {
     "modified": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
     "modified_gmt": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
     "slug": "restapi-client-fixture-post",
+    "status": "publish",
     "type": "post",
     "link": "http://example.org/?p=3",
     "title": {
@@ -3552,6 +3554,7 @@ mockedApiResponse.PagesCollection = [
         "modified": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
         "modified_gmt": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
         "slug": "restapi-client-fixture-page",
+        "status": "publish",
         "type": "page",
         "link": "http://example.org/?page_id=5",
         "title": {
@@ -3626,6 +3629,7 @@ mockedApiResponse.PageModel = {
     "modified": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
     "modified_gmt": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
     "slug": "restapi-client-fixture-page",
+    "status": "publish",
     "type": "page",
     "link": "http://example.org/?page_id=5",
     "title": {
@@ -3700,6 +3704,7 @@ mockedApiResponse.MediaCollection = [
         "modified": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
         "modified_gmt": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
         "slug": "restapi-client-fixture-attachment",
+        "status": "inherit",
         "type": "attachment",
         "link": "http://example.org/?attachment_id=7",
         "title": {
@@ -3758,6 +3763,7 @@ mockedApiResponse.MediaModel = {
     "modified": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
     "modified_gmt": "2017-02-14T00:00:00",
     "slug": "restapi-client-fixture-attachment",
+    "status": "inherit",
     "type": "attachment",
     "link": "http://example.org/?attachment_id=7",
     "title": {