Creating a new Custom Object should default to first stage in the Pipeline like it does for tickets
Today, I noticed I'm required to enter the stage along with the pipeline for my new object. Otherwise, the instance is not created in the pipeline I selected. It does exist in the All objects list, but it did not retain the pipeline selected.
I tested Tickets and sure enough, I only need to select the pipeline and a ticket will appear in the first stage of the selected pipeline.