diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index ba34527..4157942 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -230,3 +230,5 @@ Roughly in priority order:
 `v0.16.52` fixes the Certificates page's Upstream column always showing "Not configured" for Hosted Sites, even when the exact same upstream health check was clearly running and healthy on that site's own dashboard card. The cause was a single overly-narrow condition in `domainReadiness()`: `const upstream = item.kind === "Proxy host" ? upstreamHealth.get(item.id) || null : null;` only ever read cached health-check results back out for Proxy hosts, even though `checkAllProxies()` runs that identical check against Hosted Sites too and stores the result in the same `upstreamHealth` map under the same id -- the data existed the whole time, this function just refused to return it for anything that wasn't a Proxy host. The condition now also includes `"Hosted site"`; Redirect hosts are unaffected and correctly continue to show no upstream data, since they have none.
 
 `v0.16.53` fixes the "Configure thresholds" popup on the Certificates page (added in v0.16.51) rendering with its first input floating oddly beside the title instead of below it. The cause: `.settings-form` is a shared two-column CSS grid, and the dialog's heading block was placed as a plain grid child instead of spanning both columns like every other full-width element in a settings form already does (`.dialog-actions`, error text, a `<label>` wrapping a textarea). That left the "Renewing-soon warning" field sitting in the grid's second column of row one, directly beside the heading text. `.settings-form>.dialog-heading` is now added to that same existing full-span rule, so the heading spans the full width and the three threshold fields lay out normally beneath it.
+
+`v0.16.54` gives the Certificates table's Upstream column an accurate three-state color treatment instead of collapsing every non-numeric outcome into a single generic "no response." The underlying `upstreamHealth` data already distinguished four real states -- healthy (has a status code), unmonitored (monitoring intentionally turned off for that host), pending (no check has run yet), and a genuine failure (the check ran and errored or timed out) -- and the Hosted Site / Proxy host cards already labeled these correctly ("Monitoring paused", "Upstream check pending", etc.), but the new table only checked for a numeric status code and printed "no response" for everything else, including deliberately paused monitoring. The column now reads: green "running" dot with the status code for a healthy check, amber "idle" dot with "Monitoring paused" or "Check pending" for the two non-issue states, and a new red `.status-dot.bad` (added to styles.css, reusing the existing `--danger` token) with the actual error message for a real failure -- so a glance at the column now tells you whether something needs attention or is simply not being checked by design.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5887f95..6ff796e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "site-gateway",
-  "version": "0.16.53",
+  "version": "0.16.54",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Site Gateway: simple self-hosted website publishing, reverse proxying, and automatic HTTPS.",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/public/app.js b/src/public/app.js
index c2f6e00..02212aa 100644
--- a/src/public/app.js
+++ b/src/public/app.js
@@ -271,10 +271,9 @@ function renderCertificates() {
     const cert = row.cert, item = row.readiness;
     const dnsOk = item ? item.dns.healthy : null;
     const tlsOk = item ? ["healthy", "warning", "critical", "not-configured"].includes(item.tls.status) : null;
-    const upstreamOk = item ? (!item.upstream || item.upstream.status === "healthy") : null;
     const dnsCell = item ? `<span class="status-dot ${dnsOk ? "running" : "error"}"></span>${dnsOk ? "Resolved" : "Failed"}` : `<span class="status-dot idle"></span>—`;
     const tlsCell = item ? `<span class="status-dot ${tlsOk ? "running" : "error"}"></span>${escapeHtml(item.tls.status.replaceAll("-", " "))}` : `<span class="status-dot idle"></span>—`;
-    const upstreamCell = item ? (item.upstream ? `<span class="status-dot ${upstreamOk ? "running" : "error"}"></span>${item.upstream.httpStatus ?? "no response"}` : `<span class="status-dot idle"></span>Not configured`) : `<span class="status-dot idle"></span>—`;
+    const upstreamCell = !item ? `<span class="status-dot idle"></span>—` : !item.upstream || item.upstream.status === "unmonitored" ? `<span class="status-dot idle"></span>Monitoring paused` : item.upstream.status === "pending" ? `<span class="status-dot idle"></span>Check pending` : item.upstream.status === "healthy" ? `<span class="status-dot running"></span>${item.upstream.httpStatus}` : `<span class="status-dot bad"></span>${escapeHtml(item.upstream.error || "Unavailable")}`;
     const statusLabel = cert.status === "mismatch" ? "Domain mismatch" : cert.status.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + cert.status.slice(1);
     return `<tr class="cert-table-row" data-index="${index}" tabindex="0"><td><strong>${escapeHtml(cert.domain)}</strong><br><small class="muted">${escapeHtml(cert.kind)} · ${escapeHtml(cert.source)}</small></td><td><span class="status-dot ${cert.status === "healthy" ? "running" : cert.status === "pending" ? "idle" : "error"}"></span>${escapeHtml(statusLabel)}</td><td>${cert.expiresAt ? `${cert.daysRemaining} days` : "—"}</td><td>${escapeHtml(cert.issuer || "—")}</td><td>${dnsCell}</td><td>${tlsCell}</td><td>${upstreamCell}</td></tr>`;
   }).join("") : '<tr><td colspan="7" class="quiet-state">No HTTPS domains are configured.</td></tr>';
diff --git a/src/public/index.html b/src/public/index.html
index 10a2758..e507c32 100644
--- a/src/public/index.html
+++ b/src/public/index.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <title>Site Gateway</title>
   <meta name="description" content="Host sites, proxy services, and manage HTTPS from one simple dashboard.">
   <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/site-gateway-icon-approved.png">
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css?v=0.16.53">
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css?v=0.16.54">
 </head>
 
 <!-- ================================================================
@@ -451,6 +451,6 @@
   <div id="toast" class="toast" role="status"></div>
   <div id="update-banner" class="update-banner hidden" role="status"><span>A new version of Site Gateway is available.</span><div class="update-banner-actions"><button id="update-banner-refresh" class="button primary">Refresh</button><button id="update-banner-dismiss" class="text-button">Dismiss</button></div></div>
   <!-- App scripts: core (app.js) then extended views/admin (features.js) -->
-  <script src="/app.js?v=0.16.53" defer></script><script src="/features.js?v=0.16.53" defer></script><script src="/select-enhance.js?v=0.16.53" defer></script>
+  <script src="/app.js?v=0.16.54" defer></script><script src="/features.js?v=0.16.54" defer></script><script src="/select-enhance.js?v=0.16.54" defer></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/public/styles.css b/src/public/styles.css
index 3f21c04..e8c550c 100644
--- a/src/public/styles.css
+++ b/src/public/styles.css
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ h2{letter-spacing:-.025em}
 .status-dot.running{background:var(--green);box-shadow:0 0 0 4px rgba(var(--green-rgb),.1)}
 .status-dot.disabled{background:var(--danger);box-shadow:0 0 0 4px rgba(var(--danger-rgb),.09)}
 .status-dot.error,.status-dot.idle{background:var(--warning);box-shadow:0 0 0 4px rgba(var(--warning-rgb),.09)}
+.status-dot.bad{background:var(--danger);box-shadow:0 0 0 4px rgba(var(--danger-rgb),.09)}
 
 /* Hosted Site / Proxy Host cards, card menu, and the toggle switch */
 .site-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(270px,1fr));gap:18px}