diff --git a/dashcaddy-api/__tests__/health-checker-hysteresis.test.js b/dashcaddy-api/__tests__/health-checker-hysteresis.test.js
index 49dd2ed..e4dcd42 100644
--- a/dashcaddy-api/__tests__/health-checker-hysteresis.test.js
+++ b/dashcaddy-api/__tests__/health-checker-hysteresis.test.js
@@ -22,11 +22,17 @@ process.env.HEALTH_DATA_DIR = tmpDir;
 process.env.HEALTH_CONFIG_FILE = path.join(tmpDir, 'health-config.json');
 process.env.HEALTH_HISTORY_FILE = path.join(tmpDir, 'health-history.json');
 
-const { HealthChecker } = require('../src/monitoring/health-checker');
 // Module exports a singleton instance, not a class — see module.exports in
 // src/monitoring/health-checker.js. The test creates fresh state by replacing
 // the relevant maps on the singleton in beforeEach.
 const healthCheckerSingleton = require('../src/monitoring/health-checker');
+const originalDownThreshold = process.env.HEALTH_DOWN_THRESHOLD;
+const originalUpThreshold = process.env.HEALTH_UP_THRESHOLD;
+
+function restoreEnv(name, value) {
+  if (value === undefined) delete process.env[name];
+  else process.env[name] = value;
+}
 
 function makeUp(serviceId = 'svc1') {
   return {
@@ -68,6 +74,15 @@ describe('DC-086: hysteresis on the dashboard badge', () => {
     hc = healthCheckerSingleton;
   });
 
+  afterEach(() => {
+    restoreEnv('HEALTH_DOWN_THRESHOLD', originalDownThreshold);
+    restoreEnv('HEALTH_UP_THRESHOLD', originalUpThreshold);
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
   test('first probe (no prior state) emits', () => {
     hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());
     expect(emitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -88,6 +103,19 @@ describe('DC-086: hysteresis on the dashboard badge', () => {
     expect(hc.displayedStatus.get('svc1').status).toBe('up');
   });
 
+  test('up, down, up, down, down resets the first streak before flipping', () => {
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());
+    expect(hc.displayedStatus.get('svc1').status).toBe('up');
+    expect(emitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());
+    expect(hc.displayedStatus.get('svc1').status).toBe('down');
+    expect(emitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
   test('two consecutive "down" probes flip the badge to red', () => {
     hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());        // baseline: green
     hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());      // blip #1 — keep green (counter=1)
@@ -120,10 +148,28 @@ describe('DC-086: hysteresis on the dashboard badge', () => {
   });
 
   test('getCurrentStatus returns the displayed status, not the raw probe', () => {
-    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());
-    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());      // raw=down, displayed=up
+    const displayedUp = makeUp();
+    displayedUp.timestamp = '2026-08-22T09:59:00.000Z';
+    displayedUp.statusCode = 200;
+    displayedUp.message = 'healthy';
+    displayedUp.details = { source: 'accepted-up' };
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', displayedUp);
+    const latestRaw = makeDown();
+    latestRaw.timestamp = '2026-08-22T10:00:00.000Z';
+    latestRaw.responseTime = 987;
+    latestRaw.statusCode = 500;
+    latestRaw.message = 'failed probe';
+    latestRaw.error = 'upstream failure';
+    latestRaw.details = { source: 'suppressed-down' };
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', latestRaw);       // raw=down, displayed=up
     const out = hc.getCurrentStatus();
     expect(out['svc1'].status).toBe('up');    // shown to API consumers
+    expect(out['svc1'].timestamp).toBe(displayedUp.timestamp);
+    expect(out['svc1'].statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(out['svc1'].message).toBe('healthy');
+    expect(out['svc1'].error).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(out['svc1'].details).toEqual({ source: 'accepted-up' });
+    expect(hc.currentStatus.get('svc1')).toBe(latestRaw);
   });
 
   test('a long steady-green run produces exactly ONE emit (no per-probe spam)', () => {
@@ -142,7 +188,6 @@ describe('DC-086: hysteresis on the dashboard badge', () => {
   });
 
   test('DOWN_THRESHOLD env var is honored', () => {
-    const origDown = process.env.HEALTH_DOWN_THRESHOLD;
     process.env.HEALTH_DOWN_THRESHOLD = '3';
     jest.resetModules();
     const HC2Module = require('../src/monitoring/health-checker');
@@ -164,7 +209,89 @@ describe('DC-086: hysteresis on the dashboard badge', () => {
     hc2.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());      // 3 — flip
     expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     expect(hc2.displayedStatus.get('svc1').status).toBe('down');
-    if (origDown === undefined) delete process.env.HEALTH_DOWN_THRESHOLD;
-    else process.env.HEALTH_DOWN_THRESHOLD = origDown;
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  test.each(['not-a-number', '0', '-2', '1.5'])('malformed DOWN_THRESHOLD %s falls back to 2', value => {
+    process.env.HEALTH_DOWN_THRESHOLD = value;
+    jest.resetModules();
+    const hc2 = require('../src/monitoring/health-checker');
+    hc2.displayedStatus = new Map();
+    hc2.consecutiveSinceChange = new Map();
+    hc2.currentStatus = new Map();
+    hc2.history = {};
+    hc2.removeAllListeners('status-check');
+    const spy = jest.fn();
+    hc2.on('status-check', spy);
+    hc2.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());
+    hc2.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    hc2.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  test('UP_THRESHOLD env var greater than 1 is honored', () => {
+    process.env.HEALTH_UP_THRESHOLD = '2';
+    jest.resetModules();
+    const hc2 = require('../src/monitoring/health-checker');
+    hc2.displayedStatus = new Map();
+    hc2.consecutiveSinceChange = new Map();
+    hc2.currentStatus = new Map();
+    hc2.history = {};
+    hc2.removeAllListeners('status-check');
+    const spy = jest.fn();
+    hc2.on('status-check', spy);
+    hc2.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());
+    hc2.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(hc2.displayedStatus.get('svc1').status).toBe('down');
+    hc2.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(hc2.displayedStatus.get('svc1').status).toBe('up');
+  });
+
+  test.each(['not-a-number', '0', '-2', '1.5'])('malformed UP_THRESHOLD %s falls back to 1', value => {
+    process.env.HEALTH_UP_THRESHOLD = value;
+    jest.resetModules();
+    const hc2 = require('../src/monitoring/health-checker');
+    hc2.displayedStatus = new Map();
+    hc2.consecutiveSinceChange = new Map();
+    hc2.currentStatus = new Map();
+    hc2.history = {};
+    hc2.removeAllListeners('status-check');
+    const spy = jest.fn();
+    hc2.on('status-check', spy);
+    hc2.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());
+    hc2.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(hc2.displayedStatus.get('svc1').status).toBe('up');
+  });
+
+  test('removeService clears hysteresis state before the same ID is re-added', () => {
+    hc.config.services.svc1 = { name: 'Service 1' };
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeUp());
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());
+    expect(hc.displayedStatus.has('svc1')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hc.consecutiveSinceChange.get('svc1')).toBe(1);
+    hc.consecutiveFailures.set('svc1', 3);
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {}, 60_000);
+    hc.serviceTimers.set('svc1', timer);
+
+    hc.saveConfig = jest.fn();
+    hc.removeService('svc1');
+
+    expect(hc.displayedStatus.has('svc1')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hc.consecutiveSinceChange.has('svc1')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hc.currentStatus.has('svc1')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hc.consecutiveFailures.has('svc1')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hc.serviceTimers.has('svc1')).toBe(false);
+
+    hc.config.services.svc1 = { name: 'Service 1 re-added' };
+    const emitSpyAfterReAdd = jest.fn();
+    hc.on('status-check', emitSpyAfterReAdd);
+    hc.recordStatus('svc1', makeDown());
+
+    expect(emitSpyAfterReAdd).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(hc.displayedStatus.get('svc1').status).toBe('down');
+    expect(hc.consecutiveSinceChange.has('svc1')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/dashcaddy-api/__tests__/health-checker.test.js b/dashcaddy-api/__tests__/health-checker.test.js
index 55f2e74..64b6ca1 100644
--- a/dashcaddy-api/__tests__/health-checker.test.js
+++ b/dashcaddy-api/__tests__/health-checker.test.js
@@ -203,6 +203,48 @@ describe('HealthChecker', () => {
       expect(result.error).toBe('ECONNREFUSED');
     });
 
+    it('opens and resolves an outage incident across real checkService transitions', async () => {
+      healthChecker._doRequest = jest.fn()
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce({ healthy: true, statusCode: 200, message: 'ok', details: {} })
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce({ healthy: false, statusCode: 500, message: 'down', details: {} })
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce({ healthy: true, statusCode: 200, message: 'ok', details: {} });
+
+      const config = { url: 'http://test.local' };
+      await healthChecker.checkService('svc1', config);
+      await healthChecker.checkService('svc1', config);
+
+      expect(healthChecker.incidents).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(healthChecker.incidents[0]).toMatchObject({
+        serviceId: 'svc1',
+        type: 'outage',
+        status: 'open'
+      });
+
+      await healthChecker.checkService('svc1', config);
+      expect(healthChecker.incidents[0].status).toBe('resolved');
+      expect(healthChecker.incidents[0].resolvedAt).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it('does not resurrect state when an in-flight probe resolves after removal', async () => {
+      let resolveProbe;
+      healthChecker.config.services.svc1 = { url: 'http://test.local' };
+      healthChecker._doRequest = jest.fn(() => new Promise(resolve => {
+        resolveProbe = resolve;
+      }));
+
+      const pending = healthChecker.checkService('svc1', healthChecker.config.services.svc1);
+      healthChecker.saveConfig = jest.fn();
+      healthChecker.removeService('svc1');
+      resolveProbe({ healthy: true, statusCode: 200, message: 'late', details: {} });
+      await pending;
+
+      expect(healthChecker.currentStatus.has('svc1')).toBe(false);
+      expect(healthChecker.displayedStatus.has('svc1')).toBe(false);
+      expect(healthChecker.consecutiveFailures.has('svc1')).toBe(false);
+      expect(healthChecker.history.svc1).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(healthChecker.incidents).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
     it('increments consecutive failures on error', async () => {
       healthChecker._doRequest = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('fail'));
 
diff --git a/dashcaddy-api/src/monitoring/health-checker.js b/dashcaddy-api/src/monitoring/health-checker.js
index 44ec2f7..572d342 100644
--- a/dashcaddy-api/src/monitoring/health-checker.js
+++ b/dashcaddy-api/src/monitoring/health-checker.js
@@ -43,8 +43,15 @@ const HISTORY_RETENTION_DAYS = parseInt(process.env.HEALTH_HISTORY_RETENTION ||
 //   - UP_THRESHOLD   = N consecutive "up" probes before the badge flips back to green
 // Single probe flips to green on purpose — false-positive-green is much less
 // painful than perpetual-red (operators notice red, ignore green).
-const DOWN_THRESHOLD = Math.max(1, parseInt(process.env.HEALTH_DOWN_THRESHOLD || '2', 10));
-const UP_THRESHOLD = Math.max(1, parseInt(process.env.HEALTH_UP_THRESHOLD || '1', 10));
+function readPositiveIntEnv(name, fallback) {
+  const raw = process.env[name];
+  if (raw === undefined || raw === '') return fallback;
+  const value = Number(raw);
+  return Number.isSafeInteger(value) && value >= 1 ? value : fallback;
+}
+
+const DOWN_THRESHOLD = readPositiveIntEnv('HEALTH_DOWN_THRESHOLD', 2);
+const UP_THRESHOLD = readPositiveIntEnv('HEALTH_UP_THRESHOLD', 1);
 
 class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
   constructor() {
@@ -63,6 +70,8 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
     this.checkInterval = null;
     this.consecutiveFailures = new Map(); // serviceId -> failure count
     this.serviceTimers = new Map(); // serviceId -> timer for per-service backoff
+    // Invalidate probe completions that race with removal/reconfiguration.
+    this.serviceGenerations = new Map(); // serviceId -> configuration generation
   }
 
   /**
@@ -135,6 +144,7 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
    */
   async checkService(serviceId, config) {
     const startTime = Date.now();
+    const generation = this.serviceGenerations.get(serviceId) || 0;
 
     try {
       const result = await this.performHealthCheck(config);
@@ -150,6 +160,10 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
         details: result.details
       };
 
+      if ((this.serviceGenerations.get(serviceId) || 0) !== generation) {
+        return status;
+      }
+
       // Track consecutive failures for exponential backoff
       if (result.healthy) {
         this.consecutiveFailures.delete(serviceId);
@@ -157,8 +171,9 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
         this.consecutiveFailures.set(serviceId, (this.consecutiveFailures.get(serviceId) || 0) + 1);
       }
 
+      const previousStatus = this.currentStatus.get(serviceId);
       this.recordStatus(serviceId, status);
-      this.checkForIncidents(serviceId, status, config);
+      this.checkForIncidents(serviceId, status, config, previousStatus);
 
       return status;
     } catch (error) {
@@ -175,8 +190,13 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
         error: error.message
       };
 
+      if ((this.serviceGenerations.get(serviceId) || 0) !== generation) {
+        return status;
+      }
+
+      const previousStatus = this.currentStatus.get(serviceId);
       this.recordStatus(serviceId, status);
-      this.checkForIncidents(serviceId, status, config);
+      this.checkForIncidents(serviceId, status, config, previousStatus);
 
       return status;
     }
@@ -319,7 +339,7 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
     // a brief blip doesn't accumulate against the displayed state.
     if (rawStatus.status === previousStatus) {
       this.consecutiveSinceChange.set(serviceId, 0);
-      return currentDisplayed;
+      return rawStatus;
     }
 
     // Probe disagrees with displayed. Bump the streak counter — this counts
@@ -334,6 +354,9 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
       // with the displayed "up" state.
       if (previousStatus === 'up' && next < DOWN_THRESHOLD) {
         this.consecutiveSinceChange.set(serviceId, next);
+        // Keep the last internally-consistent displayed snapshot. Mixing the
+        // raw failure metadata with status="up" would expose contradictory
+        // API data (for example statusCode=500 on an "up" service).
         return currentDisplayed;
       }
       // Threshold met (or already down) — flip to red.
@@ -402,8 +425,7 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
   /**
    * Check for incidents (downtime, slow response, etc.)
    */
-  checkForIncidents(serviceId, status, config) {
-    const previous = this.currentStatus.get(serviceId);
+  checkForIncidents(serviceId, status, config, previous = this.currentStatus.get(serviceId)) {
     
     // Check for status change (up -> down or down -> up)
     if (previous && previous.status !== status.status) {
@@ -638,6 +660,7 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
       this.config.services = {};
     }
 
+    this.serviceGenerations.set(serviceId, (this.serviceGenerations.get(serviceId) || 0) + 1);
     this.config.services[serviceId] = {
       enabled: config.enabled !== false,
       name: config.name || serviceId,
@@ -660,12 +683,19 @@ class HealthChecker extends EventEmitter {
    * Remove service configuration
    */
   removeService(serviceId) {
+    this.serviceGenerations.set(serviceId, (this.serviceGenerations.get(serviceId) || 0) + 1);
     if (this.config.services) {
       delete this.config.services[serviceId];
       this.saveConfig();
     }
 
     this.currentStatus.delete(serviceId);
+    this.displayedStatus.delete(serviceId);
+    this.consecutiveSinceChange.delete(serviceId);
+    this.consecutiveFailures.delete(serviceId);
+    const timer = this.serviceTimers.get(serviceId);
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    this.serviceTimers.delete(serviceId);
     delete this.history[serviceId];
   }