The status detail is used by lots of customers and is really useful. However, unless you are changing a status it can be a little tricky to see and remember to change it, for example the staus might not change but the detial might.
I think with pipelines it might be worth showing or highlighting that the status you are in has status details to try and make this a little more obvious. Also I thought perhaps if there is a note added or a recall set we should have a note appear within the recall window to say " You are adding a note/setting a recall, do you need to update your lead status or status detail and allow them to do it in that window"
