diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04ba350..0b63a7d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,19 +113,19 @@ half second. As soon as one answers, a new round starts.
 ### Rows, colors and controls
 
 A figure and its line in the graph take the color of the legend in the footer,
-from green under 50 ms to red from 500 ms up; gray is no answer. The graph's
-axis ends at 1000 ms; a higher latency is drawn at the top, and the figure still
-shows its real value.
+from green under 50 ms to red from 500 ms up; gray is no answer. The dot beside
+the host's name takes the same color. The graph's axis ends at 1000 ms; a higher
+latency is drawn at the top, and the figure still shows its real value.
 
 From time to time, the page sorts the WAN rows by their latest latency: fastest
 first, failed last. The pin button at the left of a row keeps the row at the
 top; pinned rows are sorted by name. `datavi.be` is pinned at start.
 
 `Pause` stops the checks: the graphs keep scrolling with a gap for each paused
-round, and the figures turn gray. The `Interval` menu sets the time between
-rounds: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 seconds. Changing it clears the history and
-starts a new round at once. The `Debug log` checkbox in the footer opens a panel
-with the page's last 1000 log lines.
+round, and the figures and dots turn gray. The `Interval` menu sets the time
+between rounds: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 seconds. Changing it clears the
+history and starts a new round at once. The `Debug log` checkbox in the footer
+opens a panel with the page's last 1000 log lines.
 
 ## Reporting
 
diff --git a/test/unit/main.test.js b/test/unit/main.test.js
index d265b44..15ce6d1 100644
--- a/test/unit/main.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/main.test.js
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import {
 // a host's row that tick or greyOutUI draws into is a plain object, made
 // the first time a test looks it up and kept in elements under its
 // selector until the next test starts. As on a page, writing its text
-// replaces its markup; the status dot greyOutUI looks for in it is not
-// there. Drawing a sparkline does nothing; it looks for the pixel ratio on
+// replaces its markup; setting a style keeps it in the element's style
+// object. Drawing a sparkline does nothing; it looks for the pixel ratio on
 // window and finds none. The commit the page's footer names, which
 // vite.config.js fills in when it builds the page, is blank. In each test,
 // console.error and console.info print nothing and keep what they are
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ globalThis.document = {
     querySelector: (selector) =>
         (elements[selector] ??= {
             getContext: () => canvasContext,
-            querySelector: () => null,
+            style: {},
             set textContent(text) {
                 this.innerHTML = text;
             },
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ function statusText(state, host) {
     return elements[`.status-text[data-host="${index}"]`]?.innerHTML;
 }
 
+// The color last given to the dot beside host's name.
+function statusDot(state, host) {
+    const index = state.allHosts.indexOf(host);
+    return elements[`.status-dot[data-host="${index}"]`]?.style.backgroundColor;
+}
+
 // What this test wrote to the browser console with console[method].
 function consoleLines(method) {
     return console[method].mock.calls.map((call) => call.arguments[0]);
@@ -683,6 +689,37 @@ test("a check that timed out or found its target unreachable has a grey figure a
     assert.equal(latencyHex(null), "#6b7280");
 });
 
+test("a check that answers after 488ms turns the dot beside its target's name orange", async (t) => {
+    const { state, target } = stateWithOneTarget();
+    mockTargets(t, () => 488);
+    const round = tick(state, new AbortController().signal);
+    t.mock.timers.tick(488);
+    assert.notEqual(await settled(round), "still waiting");
+    assert.equal(statusDot(state, target), "#f97316");
+});
+
+test("a check that fails after one that answered turns the dot beside its target's name gray", async (t) => {
+    const { state, target } = stateWithOneTarget();
+    target.pushSample(Date.now(), { latency: 8, error: null });
+    mockTargets(t, () => 23, target.url);
+    const round = tick(state, new AbortController().signal);
+    t.mock.timers.tick(23);
+    assert.notEqual(await settled(round), "still waiting");
+    assert.equal(statusDot(state, target), "#6b7280");
+});
+
+test("pausing turns the dot beside a target's name gray", async (t) => {
+    const { state, target } = stateWithOneTarget();
+    mockTargets(t, () => 8);
+    const round = tick(state, new AbortController().signal);
+    t.mock.timers.tick(8);
+    assert.notEqual(await settled(round), "still waiting");
+    assert.equal(statusDot(state, target), "#22c55e");
+    state.paused = true;
+    greyOutUI(state);
+    assert.equal(statusDot(state, target), "#6b7280");
+});
+
 // buildUI draws the page into #app, here a plain object. Each entry in the
 // footer's color legend is a colored dot and the latencies it stands for,
 // with < and > written as &lt; and &gt;. A latency takes the color of the
diff --git a/web/src/main.js b/web/src/main.js
index 85d16f1..a0b1da9 100644
--- a/web/src/main.js
+++ b/web/src/main.js
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ export const CONFIG = {
         return [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5].map((i) => Math.round((d * i) / 5));
     },
     canvasHeight: 96,
-    // A latency figure and its sparkline take the color of the first entry
-    // whose limit, in ms, the latency is below.
+    // A latency figure, its row's dot and its sparkline take the color of
+    // the first entry whose limit, in ms, the latency is below.
     latencyColors: [
         { below: 50, hex: "#22c55e", className: "text-green-500" },
         { below: 100, hex: "#84cc16", className: "text-lime-500" },
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ export function hostRowHTML(host, index, showPin = true) {
         ${pinBtn}
         <div class="w-[420px] flex-shrink-0 grid grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)_auto] items-center">
           <div class="flex items-center gap-2 min-w-[200px]">
-            <div class="w-3 h-3 rounded-full flex-shrink-0 bg-[#6b7280]"></div>
+            <div class="status-dot w-3 h-3 rounded-full flex-shrink-0 bg-[#6b7280]" data-host="${index}"></div>
             <span class="font-medium text-white truncate">${escapeHTML(host.name)}</span>
           </div>
           <div class="latency-value text-4xl font-bold tabular-nums text-right mt-3" data-host="${index}">
@@ -982,8 +982,10 @@ function updateHostRow(host, index) {
     const canvas = document.querySelector(
         `.sparkline-canvas[data-host="${index}"]`,
     );
-    if (!latencyEl || !statusEl || !canvas) return;
+    const dot = document.querySelector(`.status-dot[data-host="${index}"]`);
+    if (!latencyEl || !statusEl || !canvas || !dot) return;
 
+    dot.style.backgroundColor = latencyHex(host.lastLatency);
     if (host.lastLatency !== null) {
         const cls = latencyClass(host.lastLatency, host.status);
         latencyEl.innerHTML = `<span class="${cls}">${host.lastLatency}<span class="text-lg">ms</span></span>`;
@@ -1420,12 +1422,8 @@ export function greyOutUI(state) {
             statusEl.textContent = "paused";
             statusEl.className = `${STATUS_TEXT_CLASS} text-gray-500`;
         }
-        // Grey out the status dot
-        const row = document.querySelector(`.host-row[data-index="${i}"]`);
-        if (row) {
-            const dot = row.querySelector(".rounded-full");
-            if (dot) dot.style.backgroundColor = "#6b7280";
-        }
+        const dot = document.querySelector(`.status-dot[data-host="${i}"]`);
+        if (dot) dot.style.backgroundColor = latencyHex(null);
     });
 
     // Grey out summary current stats