Mutation effect for Inserts

>From a table's pre insert trigger we are inserting to the same table (thru a
procedure). But the recursive effect is stopped by using some logic (i.e. The second record is put only if the :NEW.status equals something. In the second insert, the record is put with a different 'status'. ). Is this ok ? I checked the docs it said upto 32 it is ok and depends on MAX_OPEN_CURSORS also.

But when I update an existing record and expect to see the second record inserted I get the table is mutating error message.

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