diff --git a/daemon/HTTPServer.cpp b/daemon/HTTPServer.cpp
index 2d6800b4..862d6e4a 100644
--- a/daemon/HTTPServer.cpp
+++ b/daemon/HTTPServer.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* Copyright (c) 2013-2023, The PurpleI2P Project
+* Copyright (c) 2013-2024, The PurpleI2P Project
 *
 * This file is part of Purple i2pd project and licensed under BSD3
 *
@@ -133,23 +133,19 @@ namespace http {
 	static void ShowTunnelDetails (std::stringstream& s, enum i2p::tunnel::TunnelState eState, bool explr, int bytes)
 	{
 		std::string state, stateText;
-		switch (eState) {
+		switch (eState) 
+		{
 			case i2p::tunnel::eTunnelStateBuildReplyReceived :
 			case i2p::tunnel::eTunnelStatePending     : state = "building";    break;
-			case i2p::tunnel::eTunnelStateBuildFailed :
-			case i2p::tunnel::eTunnelStateTestFailed  :
+			case i2p::tunnel::eTunnelStateBuildFailed : state = "failed"; stateText = "declined"; break;
+			case i2p::tunnel::eTunnelStateTestFailed  : state = "failed"; stateText = "test failed";  break;
 			case i2p::tunnel::eTunnelStateFailed      : state = "failed";      break;
 			case i2p::tunnel::eTunnelStateExpiring    : state = "expiring";    break;
 			case i2p::tunnel::eTunnelStateEstablished : state = "established"; break;
 			default: state = "unknown"; break;
 		}
-
-		if      (state == "building")    stateText = tr("building");
-		else if (state == "failed")      stateText = tr("failed");
-		else if (state == "expiring")    stateText = tr("expiring");
-		else if (state == "established") stateText = tr("established");
-		else stateText = tr("unknown");
-
+		if (stateText.empty ()) stateText = tr(state);
+		
 		s << "<span class=\"tunnel " << state << "\"> " << stateText << ((explr) ? " (" + tr("exploratory") + ")" : "") << "</span>, ";
 		ShowTraffic(s, bytes);
 		s << "\r\n";
diff --git a/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp b/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
index b578217f..d46da5b9 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 
 	void InboundTunnel::HandleTunnelDataMsg (std::shared_ptr<I2NPMessage>&& msg)
 	{
-		if (IsFailed ()) SetState (eTunnelStateEstablished); // incoming messages means a tunnel is alive
+		if (GetState () != eTunnelStateExpiring) SetState (eTunnelStateEstablished); // incoming messages means a tunnel is alive
 		EncryptTunnelMsg (msg, msg);
 		msg->from = GetSharedFromThis ();
 		m_Endpoint.HandleDecryptedTunnelDataMsg (msg);
diff --git a/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp b/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
index 93df99be..dc43a025 100644
--- a/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 			// restore from test failed state if any
 			if (test.first)
 			{
-				if (test.first->GetState () == eTunnelStateTestFailed)
+				if (test.first->GetState () != eTunnelStateExpiring)
 					test.first->SetState (eTunnelStateEstablished);
 				// update latency
 				uint64_t latency = 0;
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 			}
 			if (test.second)
 			{
-				if (test.second->GetState () == eTunnelStateTestFailed)
+				if (test.second->GetState () != eTunnelStateExpiring)
 					test.second->SetState (eTunnelStateEstablished);
 				// update latency
 				uint64_t latency = 0;