diff --git a/.changeset/rich-lions-carry.md b/.changeset/rich-lions-carry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afb39a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rich-lions-carry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@aonic-ui/pipelines": patch
+---
+
+add tab auto selection based on the availability of the tab data
diff --git a/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/Tabs/AdvancedClusterSecurity/AdvancedClusterSecurity.tsx b/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/Tabs/AdvancedClusterSecurity/AdvancedClusterSecurity.tsx
index 7a19a88..1d34336 100644
--- a/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/Tabs/AdvancedClusterSecurity/AdvancedClusterSecurity.tsx
+++ b/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/Tabs/AdvancedClusterSecurity/AdvancedClusterSecurity.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Tab, Tabs, TabTitleText } from '@patternfly/react-core';
+import { useFirstLoadedInput } from '../../hooks/useFirstLoadedInput';
+import { SubTab } from '../../Toolbar/types';
 import { ACSCheckResults, ACSImageScanResult } from '../../types';
 import { isEmpty } from '../../utils/helper-utils';
 import ACSContextProvider from './AdvancedClusterSecurityContext';
@@ -27,13 +29,24 @@ const AdvancedClusterSecurity: React.FC<AdvancedClusterSecurityProps> = (acsProp
     [acsImageScanResult, acsImageCheckResults, acsDeploymentCheckResults].filter((a) => !isEmpty(a))
       .length > 0;
 
+  const tabOrder: SubTab[] = [SubTab.imageScan, SubTab.imageCheck, SubTab.deploymentCheck];
+  const firstLoadedTab = useFirstLoadedInput<SubTab>([
+    { name: SubTab.imageScan, value: acsImageScanResult },
+    { name: SubTab.imageCheck, value: acsImageCheckResults },
+    { name: SubTab.deploymentCheck, value: acsDeploymentCheckResults },
+  ]);
+
   if (!showACSTab) {
     return null;
   }
 
   return (
     <ACSContextProvider {...acsProps}>
-      <Tabs defaultActiveKey={0} data-testid="acs-tabs">
+      <Tabs
+        key={firstLoadedTab}
+        defaultActiveKey={tabOrder.indexOf(firstLoadedTab) ?? 0}
+        data-testid="acs-tabs"
+      >
         {!isEmpty(acsImageScanResult) && (
           <Tab eventKey={0} title={<TabTitleText>Image Scan</TabTitleText>}>
             <div style={{ marginTop: 'var(--pf-v5-global--spacer--sm)' }}>
diff --git a/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/hooks/__tests__/useFirstLoadedInput.test.ts b/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/hooks/__tests__/useFirstLoadedInput.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d4866f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/hooks/__tests__/useFirstLoadedInput.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { useFirstLoadedInput } from '../useFirstLoadedInput';
+
+describe('useFirstLoadedInput', () => {
+  test('should handle the invalid value', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useFirstLoadedInput([]));
+    expect(result.current).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test('should return the default value if the input value is empty', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useFirstLoadedInput([{ name: 'tab-1', value: [] }]));
+    expect(result.current).toBe('tab-1');
+  });
+  test('should return the default value if the input value is undefined', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+      useFirstLoadedInput([{ name: 'tab-1', value: undefined as any }]),
+    );
+    expect(result.current).toBe('tab-1');
+  });
+
+  test('should identify the first input with some data in it', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+      useFirstLoadedInput([
+        { name: 'tab-1', value: [] },
+        { name: 'tab-2', value: ['data'] },
+      ]),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.current).toBe('tab-2');
+  });
+
+  test('should work with object values', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+      useFirstLoadedInput([
+        { name: 'tab-1', value: [] },
+        { name: 'tab-2', value: { key: 'data' } },
+      ]),
+    );
+    expect(result.current).toBe('tab-2');
+  });
+
+  test('should work with string values', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+      useFirstLoadedInput([
+        { name: 'tab-1', value: [] },
+        { name: 'tab-2', value: 'data streaming' },
+      ]),
+    );
+    expect(result.current).toBe('tab-2');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/hooks/useFirstLoadedInput.ts b/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/hooks/useFirstLoadedInput.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bce2896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pipelines/src/components/Output/hooks/useFirstLoadedInput.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+export const useFirstLoadedInput = <T extends Object>(inputs: { name: T; value: any }[]): T => {
+  const [firstLoadedInput, setFirstLoadedInput] = React.useState<T>();
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
+      const inputValue = inputs[i].value;
+      if (typeof inputValue === 'object') {
+        if (Array.isArray(inputValue) && inputValue.length > 0) {
+          setFirstLoadedInput(inputs[i].name);
+          break;
+        } else if (!Array.isArray(inputValue) && Object.keys(inputValue).length > 0) {
+          setFirstLoadedInput(inputs[i].name);
+          break;
+        }
+      } else if (inputValue !== undefined && inputValue !== '') {
+        setFirstLoadedInput(inputs[i].name);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }, [inputs]);
+
+  return firstLoadedInput ?? inputs?.[0]?.name;
+};