diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 006e5d1..2b2f6bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1899,6 +1899,10 @@ retries) is individually logged for full observability.
 | `error`         | string  | Error message (on failure) |
 | `duration`      | integer | Request duration in milliseconds |
 
+A `database` or `log` target sends no HTTP request, so in the event log and
+on the event's page its attempts show no status: a successful one reads
+"archived" or "written to the log".
+
 **Relations:** Belongs to Delivery.
 
 #### EventTotals, TargetTotals and EntrypointTotals
diff --git a/internal/handlers/delivery_attempts_test.go b/internal/handlers/delivery_attempts_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b517c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/handlers/delivery_attempts_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package handlers_test
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/webhooker/internal/database"
+)
+
+// TestDeliveryAttempts_ReadInTheTargetTypesOwnTerms proves, on the
+// event's page and in the event log, that an http or slack attempt
+// shows its status as before, while a database or log attempt, which
+// sends no HTTP request, says what it did and shows no status.
+func TestDeliveryAttempts_ReadInTheTargetTypesOwnTerms(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		targetType database.TargetType
+		success    bool
+		statusCode int
+		errText    string
+		outcome    string
+		status     string // "" when the attempt must show no status
+	}{
+		{
+			database.TargetTypeHTTP, false, 0, "",
+			"failure", "Status: — (no response)",
+		},
+		{
+			database.TargetTypeSlack, true, http.StatusOK, "",
+			"success", "Status: 200",
+		},
+		{database.TargetTypeDatabase, true, 0, "", "archived", ""},
+		{
+			database.TargetTypeDatabase, false, 0,
+			"opening archive database: disk full", "failure", "",
+		},
+		{database.TargetTypeLog, true, 0, "", "written to the log", ""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(string(tc.targetType), func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			f := newRecentEventsFixture(t)
+			target := seedTarget(t, f.db, f.webhook.ID, tc.targetType)
+			event := f.event(t, contentTypeJSON, "{}", time.Now())
+			dlv := f.delivery(
+				t, event, target.ID, database.DeliveryStatusDelivered,
+			)
+
+			require.NoError(t, f.webhookDB.Omit(clause.Associations).Create(
+				&database.DeliveryResult{
+					DeliveryID: dlv.ID,
+					AttemptNum: 1,
+					Success:    tc.success,
+					StatusCode: tc.statusCode,
+					Error:      tc.errText,
+				},
+			).Error)
+
+			w := serveEventPage(t, f.h, f.sess, f.webhook.ID, event.ID)
+			require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+
+			pages := []string{
+				w.Body.String(),
+				renderSourceLogsPage(t, f.h, f.sess, f.webhook.ID),
+			}
+
+			for _, page := range pages {
+				assert.Contains(t, page, ">"+tc.outcome+"</span>")
+
+				if tc.errText != "" {
+					assert.Contains(t, page, "Error: "+tc.errText)
+				}
+
+				if tc.status == "" {
+					assert.NotContains(t, page, "Status:")
+				} else {
+					assert.Contains(t, page, tc.status)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/templates/delivery_attempts.html b/templates/delivery_attempts.html
index 96d77a2..59d3b72 100644
--- a/templates/delivery_attempts.html
+++ b/templates/delivery_attempts.html
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
 <p class="text-xs text-gray-500">{{.AttemptsOmitted}} attempt{{if ne .AttemptsOmitted 1}}s{{end}} omitted between the first and last shown.</p>
 {{end}}
 {{range .Results}}
+{{/* Inside this loop, dot is one attempt and $ the whole delivery. */}}
 <div class="rounded-md bg-white border border-gray-200 p-2">
     <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3 text-xs">
         <span class="text-gray-500">Attempt {{.AttemptNum}}</span>
-        <span class="{{if .Success}}text-green-600{{else}}text-red-600{{end}}">{{if .Success}}success{{else}}failure{{end}}</span>
+        <span class="{{if .Success}}text-green-600{{else}}text-red-600{{end}}">{{if not .Success}}failure{{else if eq $.Target.Type "database"}}archived{{else if eq $.Target.Type "log"}}written to the log{{else}}success{{end}}</span>
+        {{/* A database or log target sends no HTTP request, so its attempts have no status code. */}}
+        {{if not (eq $.Target.Type "database" "log")}}
         <span class="text-gray-500">Status: {{if .HasStatusCode}}{{.StatusCode}}{{else}}&mdash; (no response){{end}}</span>
+        {{end}}
         <span class="text-gray-500">Duration: {{.DurationMS}} ms</span>
     </div>
     {{if .Error}}