diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/connection/CloudEnvironmentRows.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/connection/CloudEnvironmentRows.tsx
index b1748b1938c7a0b5ec854e42adbbdd6ac93337ad..dbb1dca068d45625caf356a6dc71850186b501d3 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/connection/CloudEnvironmentRows.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/connection/CloudEnvironmentRows.tsx
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ function ConnectedCloudEnvironmentRow(props: {
   );
   const unsupported = props.environment.connectionState === "unsupported";
   const enabled = props.environment.isEnabled && !unsupported;
+  // Discovery empties its map on every refresh; hold the last descriptor seen
+  // so the glyph does not blink back to the generic one each time.
+  const [lastDescriptor, setLastDescriptor] = useState(props.descriptor);
+  if (props.descriptor !== undefined && props.descriptor !== lastDescriptor) {
+    setLastDescriptor(props.descriptor);
+  }
   return (
     <Pressable
       accessibilityHint="Long press to remove from this device"
@@ -248,8 +254,7 @@ function ConnectedCloudEnvironmentRow(props: {
         errorExpanded={props.errorExpanded}
         label={props.environment.environmentLabel}
         machine={resolveEnvironmentMachineKind(
-          serverConfig ??
-            (props.descriptor === undefined ? null : { environment: props.descriptor }),
+          serverConfig ?? (lastDescriptor === undefined ? null : { environment: lastDescriptor }),
         )}
         onValueChange={props.onSetEnabled}
         onToggleError={props.onToggleError}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/ConnectionsSettings.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/ConnectionsSettings.tsx
index 208efd61ed6385b823d526ee227e035b787e8422..324361d7fb68cea57911215f5c580af9587b16fc 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/ConnectionsSettings.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/ConnectionsSettings.tsx
@@ -1523,14 +1523,20 @@ function SavedBackendListRow({
   const serverVersion = environment.serverConfig?.environment.serverVersion ?? null;
   // A saved T3 Connect machine this device has never reached (unsupported,
   // or not yet connected) still has a descriptor from relay discovery, so
-  // it can wear its detected glyph instead of the generic server.
+  // it can wear its detected glyph instead of the generic server. Discovery
+  // empties its map on every refresh, so hold the last descriptor seen or
+  // the glyph would blink back to the generic one each time.
   const relayDiscovery = useRelayEnvironmentDiscovery();
   const discoveredDescriptor = Option.getOrNull(
     relayDiscovery.environments.get(environmentId)?.status ?? Option.none(),
   )?.descriptor;
+  const [lastDescriptor, setLastDescriptor] = useState(discoveredDescriptor);
+  if (discoveredDescriptor !== undefined && discoveredDescriptor !== lastDescriptor) {
+    setLastDescriptor(discoveredDescriptor);
+  }
   const machineKind = resolveEnvironmentMachineKind(
     environment.serverConfig ??
-      (discoveredDescriptor === undefined ? null : { environment: discoveredDescriptor }),
+      (lastDescriptor === undefined ? null : { environment: lastDescriptor }),
   );
   const subtitleText = [
     environmentTransportLabel(environment),
@@ -1560,10 +1566,7 @@ function SavedBackendListRow({
               <span
                 className={cn(
                   "block truncate",
-                  (enabled || unsupported) &&
-                    status.tone === "error" &&
-                    !resumingServerUpdate &&
-                    "text-destructive",
+                  enabled && status.tone === "error" && !resumingServerUpdate && "text-destructive",
                 )}
               />
             }
@@ -1571,8 +1574,8 @@ function SavedBackendListRow({
             {subtitleText}
           </TooltipTrigger>
           <TooltipPopup side="top" className="max-w-80 whitespace-pre-wrap leading-tight">
-            {unsupported && environment.connection.error
-              ? environment.connection.error
+            {unsupported
+              ? (environment.connection.error ?? connectionStatusText(environment.connection))
               : enabled
                 ? connectionStatusText(environment.connection)
                 : "Switched off"}