diff --git a/libs/i18n/locales/en/translation.json b/libs/i18n/locales/en/translation.json
index d3c1801fe..54f5ef969 100644
--- a/libs/i18n/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/libs/i18n/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@
   "Stop": "Stop",
   "Restart": "Restart",
   "Open console": "Open console",
+  "The requested action failed": "The requested action failed",
   "Expand row": "Expand row",
   "Ready": "Ready",
   "Restarts": "Restarts",
diff --git a/libs/ui-components/src/components/DetailsPage/Tables/ApplicationLifecycleActions.tsx b/libs/ui-components/src/components/DetailsPage/Tables/ApplicationLifecycleActions.tsx
index 9c31b7e95..588e922f8 100644
--- a/libs/ui-components/src/components/DetailsPage/Tables/ApplicationLifecycleActions.tsx
+++ b/libs/ui-components/src/components/DetailsPage/Tables/ApplicationLifecycleActions.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ const ApplicationLifecycleActions = ({
           <Alert
             isInline
             variant="danger"
-            title={t('An error occurred')}
+            title={t('The requested action failed')}
             isPlain
             actionClose={<AlertActionCloseButton onClose={clearError} />}
           >
diff --git a/libs/ui-components/src/hooks/useApplicationLifecycle.ts b/libs/ui-components/src/hooks/useApplicationLifecycle.ts
index 8fed345a1..e76f6e1dd 100644
--- a/libs/ui-components/src/hooks/useApplicationLifecycle.ts
+++ b/libs/ui-components/src/hooks/useApplicationLifecycle.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 
 import type { ApplicationStatusType, Device } from '@flightctl/types';
 
-import { type ApplicationLifecycleAction, shouldClearPendingLifecycleAction } from '../utils/applicationLifecycle';
+import {
+  type ApplicationLifecycleAction,
+  RESTART_PENDING_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  shouldClearPendingLifecycleAction,
+} from '../utils/applicationLifecycle';
 import { getErrorMessage } from '../utils/error';
 import { useFetch } from './useFetch';
 
@@ -57,6 +61,21 @@ export const useApplicationLifecycle = ({
     }
   }, [appRestarts, appStatus, pendingAction]);
 
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (pendingAction !== 'restart') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Restarting a running application does not produce an observable change in status.
+    // If the action was successfully submitted, it is considered finished after a short timeout.
+    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      setPendingAction(null);
+      restartsAtRequestRef.current = undefined;
+    }, RESTART_PENDING_TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+    return () => window.clearTimeout(timer);
+  }, [pendingAction]);
+
   const executeAction = React.useCallback(
     async (action: ApplicationLifecycleAction) => {
       setIsSubmitting(true);
diff --git a/libs/ui-components/src/utils/applicationLifecycle.ts b/libs/ui-components/src/utils/applicationLifecycle.ts
index ff42f63fe..8f2a1af80 100644
--- a/libs/ui-components/src/utils/applicationLifecycle.ts
+++ b/libs/ui-components/src/utils/applicationLifecycle.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ export const getDeviceAppLifecycleOverrides = (
   return mergeApplicationLifecycleLayers(fleetOverrides, deviceOverrides);
 };
 
+/**
+ * The "status.apps[].restarts" field is only modified on "real" app restarts/crashes, not by successful restarts.
+ * Successfully restarting an application is not observable through status, and the action is cleared after a timeout.
+ */
+export const RESTART_PENDING_TIMEOUT_MS = 500;
+
 export const shouldClearPendingLifecycleAction = (
   pendingAction: ApplicationLifecycleAction,
   currentStatus: ApplicationStatusType,
@@ -168,11 +174,13 @@ export const shouldClearPendingLifecycleAction = (
 
     case 'start':
       return (
-        currentStatus === ApplicationStatusType.ApplicationStatusStarting ||
+        currentStatus === ApplicationStatusType.ApplicationStatusCompleted ||
         currentStatus === ApplicationStatusType.ApplicationStatusRunning ||
         currentStatus === ApplicationStatusType.ApplicationStatusError
       );
     case 'restart':
+      // The following conditions to clearing pending "restart" actions may not always eventually be satisfied.
+      // See RESTART_PENDING_TIMEOUT_MS for more details.
       return (
         currentStatus === ApplicationStatusType.ApplicationStatusStarting ||
         currentStatus !== statusAtRequest ||