diff --git a/apps/ssb.json b/apps/ssb.json
index 8745153b..f6d7bcc5 100644
--- a/apps/ssb.json
+++ b/apps/ssb.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"type": "tildefriends-app",
 	"emoji": "🐌",
-	"previous": "&7L314QLuVl8kNbFIWuXXeLqIVefUe5S66WvEmOMQb2U=.sha256"
+	"previous": "&nPhjx+lscaqxp3pwcpLlQ2HyJDPQPssdfzcFKsPEMsI=.sha256"
 }
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-connections.js b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-connections.js
index b6a4c282..865e0564 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-connections.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-connections.js
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ class TfTabConnectionsElement extends LitElement {
 			<div>
 				${requests.map(
 					(x) => html`
-						<span class="w3-tag w3-small"
+						<span
+							class=${'w3-tag w3-small ' + (x.active ? 'w3-blue' : 'w3-black')}
 							>${x.request_number > 0 ? '🟩' : '🟥'} ${x.name}
 							<span
 								class="w3-badge w3-white"
diff --git a/src/ssb.c b/src/ssb.c
index 28af7f49..36dc0975 100644
--- a/src/ssb.c
+++ b/src/ssb.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ typedef struct _tf_ssb_request_t
 	tf_ssb_callback_cleanup_t* cleanup;
 	void* user_data;
 	tf_ssb_connection_t* dependent_connection;
+	time_t last_active;
 	int32_t request_number;
 } tf_ssb_request_t;
 
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ typedef struct _tf_ssb_t
 	uv_timer_t broadcast_cleanup_timer;
 	uv_timer_t broadcast_timer;
 	uv_timer_t trace_timer;
+	uv_timer_t request_activity_timer;
 	uv_tcp_t server;
 
 	uint8_t network_key[32];
@@ -679,6 +681,12 @@ static bool _tf_ssb_connection_get_request_callback(tf_ssb_connection_t* connect
 	return false;
 }
 
+static void _tf_ssb_request_activity_timer(uv_timer_t* timer)
+{
+	tf_ssb_t* ssb = timer->data;
+	_tf_ssb_notify_connections_changed(ssb, k_tf_ssb_change_update, NULL);
+}
+
 void tf_ssb_connection_add_request(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, int32_t request_number, const char* name, tf_ssb_rpc_callback_t* callback, tf_ssb_callback_cleanup_t* cleanup,
 	void* user_data, tf_ssb_connection_t* dependent_connection)
 {
@@ -690,6 +698,7 @@ void tf_ssb_connection_add_request(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, int32_t requ
 		assert(!existing->cleanup);
 		assert(!existing->user_data);
 		assert(!existing->dependent_connection);
+		existing->last_active = time(NULL);
 		existing->callback = callback;
 		existing->cleanup = cleanup;
 		existing->user_data = user_data;
@@ -704,6 +713,7 @@ void tf_ssb_connection_add_request(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, int32_t requ
 			.cleanup = cleanup,
 			.user_data = user_data,
 			.dependent_connection = dependent_connection,
+			.last_active = time(NULL),
 		};
 		snprintf(request.name, sizeof(request.name), "%s", name);
 		int index = tf_util_insert_index(&request_number, connection->requests, connection->requests_count, sizeof(tf_ssb_request_t), _request_compare);
@@ -714,9 +724,12 @@ void tf_ssb_connection_add_request(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, int32_t requ
 		}
 		connection->requests[index] = request;
 		connection->requests_count++;
-
 		connection->ssb->request_count++;
 	}
+	if (uv_timer_get_due_in(&connection->ssb->request_activity_timer) == 0)
+	{
+		uv_timer_start(&connection->ssb->request_activity_timer, _tf_ssb_request_activity_timer, 3000, 0);
+	}
 	_tf_ssb_notify_connections_changed(connection->ssb, k_tf_ssb_change_update, connection);
 }
 
@@ -2216,6 +2229,11 @@ tf_ssb_t* tf_ssb_create(uv_loop_t* loop, JSContext* context, const char* db_path
 	uv_timer_start(&ssb->trace_timer, _tf_ssb_trace_timer, 100, 100);
 	uv_unref((uv_handle_t*)&ssb->trace_timer);
 
+	ssb->request_activity_timer.data = ssb;
+	uv_timer_init(ssb->loop, &ssb->request_activity_timer);
+	uv_timer_start(&ssb->request_activity_timer, _tf_ssb_request_activity_timer, 3000, 0);
+	uv_unref((uv_handle_t*)&ssb->request_activity_timer);
+
 	if (!_tf_ssb_load_keys(ssb))
 	{
 		tf_printf("Generating a new keypair.\n");
@@ -2418,6 +2436,11 @@ void tf_ssb_destroy(tf_ssb_t* ssb)
 		uv_close((uv_handle_t*)&ssb->trace_timer, _tf_ssb_on_handle_close);
 	}
 
+	if (ssb->request_activity_timer.data && !uv_is_closing((uv_handle_t*)&ssb->request_activity_timer))
+	{
+		uv_close((uv_handle_t*)&ssb->request_activity_timer, _tf_ssb_on_handle_close);
+	}
+
 	if (ssb->server.data && !uv_is_closing((uv_handle_t*)&ssb->server))
 	{
 		uv_close((uv_handle_t*)&ssb->server, _tf_ssb_on_handle_close);
@@ -2434,7 +2457,7 @@ void tf_ssb_destroy(tf_ssb_t* ssb)
 	tf_printf("Waiting for closes.\n");
 
 	while (ssb->broadcast_listener.data || ssb->broadcast_sender.data || ssb->broadcast_timer.data || ssb->broadcast_cleanup_timer.data || ssb->trace_timer.data ||
-		ssb->server.data || ssb->ref_count)
+		ssb->server.data || ssb->ref_count || ssb->request_activity_timer.data)
 	{
 		uv_run(ssb->loop, UV_RUN_ONCE);
 	}
@@ -4185,6 +4208,7 @@ JSValue tf_ssb_connection_requests_to_object(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection)
 		JSValue request = JS_NewObject(context);
 		JS_SetPropertyStr(context, request, "name", JS_NewString(context, connection->requests[i].name));
 		JS_SetPropertyStr(context, request, "request_number", JS_NewInt32(context, connection->requests[i].request_number));
+		JS_SetPropertyStr(context, request, "active", JS_NewBool(context, time(NULL) - connection->requests[i].last_active < 3));
 		JS_SetPropertyUint32(context, object, i, request);
 	}
 	return object;
diff --git a/src/ssb.connections.c b/src/ssb.connections.c
index 8ab356be..547ee27a 100644
--- a/src/ssb.connections.c
+++ b/src/ssb.connections.c
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ typedef struct _tf_ssb_connections_t
 
 static void _tf_ssb_connections_changed_callback(tf_ssb_t* ssb, tf_ssb_change_t change, tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, void* user_data)
 {
+	if (!connection)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
 	tf_ssb_connections_t* connections = user_data;
 	switch (change)
 	{