Index: app/controllers/trackers_controller.rb
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diff --git a/trunk/app/controllers/trackers_controller.rb b/trunk/app/controllers/trackers_controller.rb
--- a/trunk/app/controllers/trackers_controller.rb	(revision 17479)
+++ b/trunk/app/controllers/trackers_controller.rb	(working copy)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   end
 
   def new
-    @tracker ||= Tracker.new
+    @tracker ||= Tracker.new(:default_status => IssueStatus.sorted.first)
     @tracker.safe_attributes = params[:tracker]
     @trackers = Tracker.sorted.to_a
     @projects = Project.all
Index: test/functional/trackers_controller_test.rb
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diff --git a/trunk/test/functional/trackers_controller_test.rb b/trunk/test/functional/trackers_controller_test.rb
--- a/trunk/test/functional/trackers_controller_test.rb	(revision 17479)
+++ b/trunk/test/functional/trackers_controller_test.rb	(working copy)
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
     get :new
     assert_response :success
     assert_select 'input[name=?]', 'tracker[name]'
+    assert_select 'select[name=?]', 'tracker[default_status_id]' do
+      assert_select 'option[value=?][selected=selected]', "#{IssueStatus.sorted.first.id}"
+    end
   end
 
   def test_create