diff --git a/api/dataset/v1alpha1/dataset_types.go b/api/dataset/v1alpha1/dataset_types.go
index 9737bb0..e94b0b3 100644
--- a/api/dataset/v1alpha1/dataset_types.go
+++ b/api/dataset/v1alpha1/dataset_types.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const (
 	DatasetTypeModelScope  DatasetType = "MODEL_SCOPE"
 	DatasetTypeDatabase    DatasetType = "DATABASE"
 	DatasetTypeHadoop      DatasetType = "HADOOP"
+	DatasetTypeManual      DatasetType = "MANUAL"
 
 	// must be same as apis/management-api/dataset/v1alpha1/dataset.proto
 	DatasetStatusPhasePending    DatasetStatusPhase = "PENDING"
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 type DatasetSource struct {
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=GIT;S3;HTTP;PVC;NFS;CONDA;REFERENCE;HUGGING_FACE;MODEL_SCOPE;DATABASE;HADOOP
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=GIT;S3;HTTP;PVC;NFS;CONDA;REFERENCE;HUGGING_FACE;MODEL_SCOPE;DATABASE;HADOOP;MANUAL
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:XValidation:rule="self == oldSelf",message="Value is immutable"
 	Type DatasetType `json:"type"`
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Required
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ type DatasetSource struct {
 	// - MODEL_SCOPE: modelscope://<namespace>/<model>
 	// - DATABASE: database://<ip>:<port>
 	// - HADOOP: hdfs://<ip>:<port>
+	// - MANUAL: manual://
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:XValidation:rule="self == oldSelf",message="Value is immutable"
 	URI string `json:"uri"`
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ type DatasetSource struct {
 	// * Note: syncMode can be "sync" (default) or "copy". "sync" removes files in destination that don't exist in source, "copy" only adds/updates files without removing existing ones.
 	// - DATABASE: type(currently only support MySQL, other database types may be supported in the future.), host, port, dbName, tables(in the dbName), exportFormat(currently only support csv)
 	// - HADOOP: coreSiteXml and hdfsSiteXml, sourcePath, username
+	// - MANUAL:
 	Options map[string]string `json:"options,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/dataset.baizeai.io_datasets.yaml b/config/crd/bases/dataset.baizeai.io_datasets.yaml
index ba85d0d..ce832d0 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/dataset.baizeai.io_datasets.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/dataset.baizeai.io_datasets.yaml
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ spec:
                       * Note: syncMode can be "sync" (default) or "copy". "sync" removes files in destination that don't exist in source, "copy" only adds/updates files without removing existing ones.
                       - DATABASE: type(currently only support MySQL, other database types may be supported in the future.), host, port, dbName, tables(in the dbName), exportFormat(currently only support csv)
                       - HADOOP: coreSiteXml and hdfsSiteXml, sourcePath, username
+                      - MANUAL:
                     type: object
                     x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
                   type:
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ spec:
                     - MODEL_SCOPE
                     - DATABASE
                     - HADOOP
+                    - MANUAL
                     type: string
                     x-kubernetes-validations:
                     - message: Value is immutable
@@ -262,6 +264,7 @@ spec:
                       - MODEL_SCOPE: modelscope://<namespace>/<model>
                       - DATABASE: database://<ip>:<port>
                       - HADOOP: hdfs://<ip>:<port>
+                      - MANUAL: manual://
                     type: string
                     x-kubernetes-validations:
                     - message: Value is immutable
diff --git a/internal/controller/dataset/dataset_controller.go b/internal/controller/dataset/dataset_controller.go
index f79cf9a..2aa5464 100644
--- a/internal/controller/dataset/dataset_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/dataset/dataset_controller.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (r *DatasetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ct
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 	}
 
-	status := ds.Status.DeepCopy()
+	prevStatus := ds.Status.DeepCopy()
 	var reconcilers []reconciler
 	if kubeutils.IsDeleted(ds) {
 		reconcilers = []reconciler{
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ func (r *DatasetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ct
 	}
 	resOk := ctrl.Result{}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(ds.Status, *status) {
-		err := r.Status().Update(ctx, ds)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(ds.Status, *prevStatus) {
+		err := r.updateStatus(ctx, ds, prevStatus)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("error update status for %s/%s: %v", ds.Namespace, ds.Name, err)
 			return res30sec, err
@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ func (r *DatasetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ct
 	}
 }
 
+func (r *DatasetReconciler) updateStatus(ctx context.Context, ds *datasetv1alpha1.Dataset, prevStatus *datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatus) error {
+	// Use a status-only merge patch instead of Status().Update. The dataset
+	// may have been updated while reconciling (for example, when adding the
+	// finalizer), and a full update would then fail on a stale resourceVersion.
+	statusBase := ds.DeepCopy()
+	statusBase.Status = *prevStatus
+	return r.Status().Patch(ctx, ds, client.MergeFrom(statusBase))
+}
+
 func supportPreload(ds *datasetv1alpha1.Dataset) bool {
 	switch ds.Spec.Source.Type {
 	case datasetv1alpha1.DatasetTypeGit,
@@ -544,7 +553,7 @@ func (r *DatasetReconciler) reconcileConfigMap(ctx context.Context, ds *datasetv
 
 func (r *DatasetReconciler) reconcileJob(ctx context.Context, ds *datasetv1alpha1.Dataset) error {
 	if !supportPreload(ds) {
-		log.Infof("the type of %s/%s is %s not support preload, quit reconciling job",
+		log.Infof("the type of %s/%s is %s not support preload, reconciling job is skipped",
 			ds.Namespace, ds.Name, ds.Spec.Source.Type)
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -840,7 +849,7 @@ func changeDefinitionForHadoop(sourceType datasetv1alpha1.DatasetType, jobSpec b
 func (r *DatasetReconciler) reconcileJobStatus(ctx context.Context, ds *datasetv1alpha1.Dataset) error {
 	if !supportPreload(ds) {
 		ds.Status.LastSyncTime = ds.CreationTimestamp
-		log.Infof("the type of %s/%s is %s not support preload, quit reconciling job",
+		log.Infof("the type of %s/%s is %s not support preload, reconciling job status is skipped",
 			ds.Namespace, ds.Name, ds.Spec.Source.Type)
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -912,6 +921,18 @@ func (r *DatasetReconciler) reconcilePhase(_ context.Context, ds *datasetv1alpha
 			ds.Status.Phase = datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhaseFailed
 			return nil
 		}
+	case datasetv1alpha1.DatasetTypeManual:
+		if _, ok := lo.Find(ds.Status.Conditions, func(c metav1.Condition) bool {
+			return c.Status == metav1.ConditionFalse
+		}); ok {
+			phase = datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhaseFailed
+		} else if ds.Status.PVCName == "" || !kubeutils.IsConditionReady(ds.Status.Conditions, condTypePVC) {
+			phase = datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhasePending
+		} else {
+			phase = datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhaseReady
+		}
+		ds.Status.Phase = phase
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	if ds.Spec.Source.Type == datasetv1alpha1.DatasetTypePVC {
@@ -943,6 +964,10 @@ func (r *DatasetReconciler) getSourceDataset(ctx context.Context, ds *datasetv1a
 }
 
 func (r *DatasetReconciler) validate(ctx context.Context, ds *datasetv1alpha1.Dataset) error {
+	if ds.Spec.Source.Type == datasetv1alpha1.DatasetTypeManual && ds.Spec.Source.URI != "manual://" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("MANUAL dataset source URI must be manual://")
+	}
+
 	if ds.Spec.Source.Type == datasetv1alpha1.DatasetTypeReference {
 		sourceDs, err := r.getSourceDataset(ctx, ds)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/controller/dataset/dataset_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/dataset/dataset_controller_test.go
index 9242fbd..f9d805a 100644
--- a/internal/controller/dataset/dataset_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/dataset/dataset_controller_test.go
@@ -536,3 +536,192 @@ func TestDatasetReconciler_reconcilePVCNFSVersionDoesNotUpdateExistingPV(t *test
 	require.NoError(t, fakeClient.Get(context.Background(), client.ObjectKey{Name: pv.Name}, storedPV))
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"nfsvers=4.1"}, storedPV.Spec.MountOptions)
 }
+
+func TestDatasetReconciler_reconcilePVCManual(t *testing.T) {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	require.NoError(t, datasetv1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme))
+	require.NoError(t, corev1.AddToScheme(scheme))
+
+	storageClassName := "manual-storage"
+	ds := &datasetv1alpha1.Dataset{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "manual-dataset",
+			Namespace: "default",
+			UID:       types.UID("manual-dataset-uid"),
+		},
+		Spec: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetSpec{
+			Source: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetSource{
+				Type: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetTypeManual,
+				URI:  "manual://",
+			},
+			VolumeClaimTemplate: corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+				Spec: corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimSpec{
+					AccessModes:      []corev1.PersistentVolumeAccessMode{corev1.ReadWriteOnce},
+					StorageClassName: &storageClassName,
+					Resources: corev1.VolumeResourceRequirements{
+						Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+							corev1.ResourceStorage: resource.MustParse("1Gi"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	fakeClient := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).Build()
+	reconciler := &DatasetReconciler{Client: fakeClient, Scheme: scheme}
+
+	require.NoError(t, reconciler.reconcilePVC(context.Background(), ds))
+	assert.Equal(t, ds.Name, ds.Status.PVCName)
+
+	pvc := &corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim{}
+	require.NoError(t, fakeClient.Get(context.Background(), client.ObjectKey{
+		Namespace: ds.Namespace,
+		Name:      ds.Name,
+	}, pvc))
+	assert.Equal(t, []corev1.PersistentVolumeAccessMode{corev1.ReadWriteOnce}, pvc.Spec.AccessModes)
+	require.NotNil(t, pvc.Spec.StorageClassName)
+	assert.Equal(t, storageClassName, *pvc.Spec.StorageClassName)
+	assert.True(t, pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[corev1.ResourceStorage].Equal(resource.MustParse("1Gi")))
+	assert.Equal(t, ds.Name, pvc.Labels[constants.DatasetNameLabel])
+	require.Len(t, pvc.OwnerReferences, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, ds.UID, pvc.OwnerReferences[0].UID)
+}
+
+func TestDatasetReconciler_updateStatusDoesNotRequireLatestMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	require.NoError(t, datasetv1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme))
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ds := &datasetv1alpha1.Dataset{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "manual-dataset",
+			Namespace: "public",
+		},
+	}
+	fakeClient := fake.NewClientBuilder().
+		WithScheme(scheme).
+		WithStatusSubresource(&datasetv1alpha1.Dataset{}).
+		WithObjects(ds).
+		Build()
+
+	stale := &datasetv1alpha1.Dataset{}
+	require.NoError(t, fakeClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(ds), stale))
+
+	concurrent := &datasetv1alpha1.Dataset{}
+	require.NoError(t, fakeClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(ds), concurrent))
+	concurrent.Labels = map[string]string{"updated": "concurrently"}
+	require.NoError(t, fakeClient.Update(ctx, concurrent))
+
+	previousStatus := stale.Status.DeepCopy()
+	stale.Status.Phase = datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhaseReady
+	reconciler := &DatasetReconciler{Client: fakeClient, Scheme: scheme}
+	require.NoError(t, reconciler.updateStatus(ctx, stale, previousStatus))
+
+	updated := &datasetv1alpha1.Dataset{}
+	require.NoError(t, fakeClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(ds), updated))
+	assert.Equal(t, datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhaseReady, updated.Status.Phase)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"updated": "concurrently"}, updated.Labels)
+}
+
+func TestManualDatasetDoesNotSupportPreload(t *testing.T) {
+	ds := &datasetv1alpha1.Dataset{
+		Spec: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetSpec{
+			Source: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetSource{
+				Type: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetTypeManual,
+				URI:  "manual://",
+			},
+			DataSyncRound: 1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	assert.False(t, supportPreload(ds))
+	require.NoError(t, (&DatasetReconciler{}).reconcileJob(context.Background(), ds))
+	assert.False(t, ds.Status.InProcessing)
+}
+
+func TestDatasetReconciler_reconcilePhaseManual(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		status datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatus
+		want   datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhase
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "ready after PVC reconciliation succeeds",
+			status: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatus{
+				PVCName: "manual-dataset",
+				Conditions: []metav1.Condition{{
+					Type:   condTypePVC,
+					Status: metav1.ConditionTrue,
+				}},
+			},
+			want: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhaseReady,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "pending before PVC reconciliation succeeds",
+			status: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatus{
+				PVCName: "manual-dataset",
+			},
+			want: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhasePending,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "failed when reconciliation reports an error",
+			status: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatus{
+				PVCName: "manual-dataset",
+				Conditions: []metav1.Condition{{
+					Type:   condTypePVC,
+					Status: metav1.ConditionFalse,
+				}},
+			},
+			want: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetStatusPhaseFailed,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ds := &datasetv1alpha1.Dataset{
+				Spec: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetSpec{
+					Source: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetSource{
+						Type: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetTypeManual,
+						URI:  "manual://",
+					},
+					DataSyncRound: 1,
+				},
+				Status: tt.status,
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, (&DatasetReconciler{}).reconcilePhase(context.Background(), ds))
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, ds.Status.Phase)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDatasetReconciler_validateManualURI(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		uri     string
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{name: "canonical URI", uri: "manual://"},
+		{name: "non-canonical URI", uri: "manual://invalid", wantErr: true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ds := &datasetv1alpha1.Dataset{
+				Spec: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetSpec{
+					Source: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetSource{
+						Type: datasetv1alpha1.DatasetTypeManual,
+						URI:  tt.uri,
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			err := (&DatasetReconciler{}).validate(context.Background(), ds)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				require.EqualError(t, err, "MANUAL dataset source URI must be manual://")
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}