diff --git a/tanco/app.py b/tanco/app.py
index 6810eff..d602329 100644
--- a/tanco/app.py
+++ b/tanco/app.py
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ async def notify(code, data, wrap=True):
         await o.put(data)
 
 
+async def notify_client_state(code):
+    data = dict(name="client", status='connected')
+    if not clients.get(code):
+        data['status'] = 'disconnected'
+
+    html = await quart.render_template_string('''
+        {% import 'websocket.html' as ws %}
+        {{ ws.ws(**data) }}
+        ''', data=data)
+    await notify(code, html, wrap=False)
+
+
 async def notify_state(code, state, focus):
     data = dict(state=state, focus=focus, code=code)
     html = await quart.render_template('state.html', data=data)
@@ -232,7 +244,7 @@ async def attempt_live(code):
     global observers
     observers.setdefault(code, []).append(q)
     try:
-        await ws.send('')
+        await notify_client_state(code)
         while True:
             html = await q.get()
             await ws.send(html)
@@ -249,6 +261,7 @@ async def attempt_share(code):
     global clients
     clients[code] = q
     await ws.send('hello')
+    await notify_client_state(code)
     try:
         while True:
             cmd = await q.get()
@@ -259,6 +272,7 @@ async def attempt_share(code):
             await notify(code, f'<pre id="shell-output">{ws_res}</pre>', wrap=False)
     except asyncio.CancelledError:
         clients.pop(code)
+        await notify_client_state(code)
 
 
 @app.route('/a/<code>/shell', methods=['POST'])
diff --git a/tanco/runner.py b/tanco/runner.py
index 5e85c11..b55982b 100644
--- a/tanco/runner.py
+++ b/tanco/runner.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def load_config() -> Config:
 class NoTestPlanError(Exception):
     pass
 
+
 class StopTesting(Exception):
     pass
 
diff --git a/tanco/static/style.css b/tanco/static/style.css
index 7f8af08..c15ad65 100644
--- a/tanco/static/style.css
+++ b/tanco/static/style.css
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@ a:hover { color: #0162c2ff; background: #f3f0e5; }
 
 #whoami { position:absolute; top: 20px; left: var(--top-info-left); }
 
-#ws { position:absolute; top: 30px; right: 10px;
+.ws { position:absolute; top: 30px;
   width: 10px; height: 10px; border-radius: 10px;
   border: solid #333 1px; background: #999; }
-#ws .tooltip { position: relative; left: -100px; width: 100px; }
+.ws .tooltip { position: relative; left: -100px; width: 100px; }
+.ws.connected { background-color: limegreen; }
+.ws.disconnected { background-color: tomato; }
+#browser-ws { right: 10px; }
+#client-ws { right: 30px; }
+
 
 .has-tooltip:hover .tooltip { visibility: visible;
   transition-delay: 500ms;
diff --git a/tanco/templates/attempt.html b/tanco/templates/attempt.html
index 78481b7..156d3ab 100644
--- a/tanco/templates/attempt.html
+++ b/tanco/templates/attempt.html
@@ -9,20 +9,22 @@
 
 
 <!-- websocket content -->
-<div id="ws" class="has-tooltip" hx-ext="ws" ws-connect="live">
-  <div class="tooltip">websocket: <span class="status">waiting to connect</span></div>
-</div>
+{% import "websocket.html" as ws %}
+{{ ws.ws("client", "waiting") }}
+{{ ws.ws("browser","waiting", 'hx-ext=ws ws-connect=live') }}
 <script>
   htmx.createWebSocket = function(uri) {
     let url = `${document.location}/${uri}`.replace('http','ws')
     console.log('connecting to:', url)
     let ws = new WebSocket(url)
-    const el = document.getElementById('ws')
+    const el = document.getElementById('browser-ws')
     el.addEventListener('htmx:wsOpen', e=> {
-      el.style.backgroundColor = 'limegreen';
+      el.classList.remove('disconnected');
+      el.classList.add('connected');
       el.querySelector('.status').innerHTML='connected'; });
     el.addEventListener('htmx:wsClose', e=> {
-      el.style.backgroundColor = 'tomato';
+      el.classList.remove('connected');
+      el.classList.add('disconnected');
       el.querySelector('.status').innerHTML='disconnected'});
     return ws }
 </script>
diff --git a/tanco/templates/websocket.html b/tanco/templates/websocket.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..560bb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tanco/templates/websocket.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% macro ws(name, status, attrs='') %}
+<div id="{{ name }}-ws" class="ws has-tooltip {{ status }}"
+  {{ attrs }}>
+  <div class="tooltip">{{ name }} websocket:
+    <span class="status">{{ status }}</span>
+  </div>
+</div>
+{% endmacro %}
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