diff --git a/cmd/karma/alerts.go b/cmd/karma/alerts.go
index c8034c264..570c6d1f3 100644
--- a/cmd/karma/alerts.go
+++ b/cmd/karma/alerts.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func getUpstreams() models.AlertmanagerAPISummary {
 		summary.Instances = append(summary.Instances, u)
 
 		summary.Counters.Total++
-		if u.Error == "" {
+		if upstream.IsHealthy() {
 			summary.Counters.Healthy++
 		} else {
 			summary.Counters.Failed++
diff --git a/cmd/karma/views_test.go b/cmd/karma/views_test.go
index 49ceabec2..4395b4f8c 100644
--- a/cmd/karma/views_test.go
+++ b/cmd/karma/views_test.go
@@ -1464,9 +1464,9 @@ func TestUpstreamStatus(t *testing.T) {
 						ReadOnly:        false,
 						Headers:         map[string]string{},
 						CORSCredentials: "omit",
-						Error:           "",
+						Error:           "missing cluster peers: ha2",
 						Version:         "0.20.0",
-						Cluster:         "ha1",
+						Cluster:         "Broken HA",
 						ClusterMembers:  []string{"ha1"},
 					},
 					{
@@ -1476,15 +1476,14 @@ func TestUpstreamStatus(t *testing.T) {
 						ReadOnly:        true,
 						Headers:         map[string]string{},
 						CORSCredentials: "omit",
-						Error:           "",
+						Error:           "missing cluster peers: ha1",
 						Version:         "0.19.0",
-						Cluster:         "ha2",
+						Cluster:         "Broken HA",
 						ClusterMembers:  []string{"ha2"},
 					},
 				},
 				Clusters: map[string][]string{
-					"ha1": {"ha1"},
-					"ha2": {"ha2"},
+					"Broken HA": {"ha1"},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -1598,7 +1597,7 @@ func TestUpstreamStatus(t *testing.T) {
 						ReadOnly:        false,
 						Headers:         map[string]string{},
 						CORSCredentials: "omit",
-						Error:           "",
+						Error:           "missing cluster peers: ha2",
 						Version:         "0.20.0",
 						Cluster:         "ha1",
 						ClusterMembers:  []string{"ha1"},
@@ -1610,7 +1609,7 @@ func TestUpstreamStatus(t *testing.T) {
 						ReadOnly:        true,
 						Headers:         map[string]string{},
 						CORSCredentials: "omit",
-						Error:           "",
+						Error:           "missing cluster peers: ha1",
 						Version:         "0.19.0",
 						Cluster:         "ha2",
 						ClusterMembers:  []string{"ha2"},
@@ -1742,9 +1741,9 @@ func TestUpstreamStatus(t *testing.T) {
 						ReadOnly:        false,
 						Headers:         map[string]string{},
 						CORSCredentials: "omit",
-						Error:           "",
+						Error:           "missing cluster peers: ha2",
 						Version:         "0.20.0",
-						Cluster:         "ha1",
+						Cluster:         "Errors",
 						ClusterMembers:  []string{"ha1"},
 					},
 					{
@@ -1756,13 +1755,12 @@ func TestUpstreamStatus(t *testing.T) {
 						CORSCredentials: "omit",
 						Error:           "json: cannot unmarshal array into Go value of type string",
 						Version:         "",
-						Cluster:         "ha2",
+						Cluster:         "Errors",
 						ClusterMembers:  []string{"ha2"},
 					},
 				},
 				Clusters: map[string][]string{
-					"ha1": {"ha1"},
-					"ha2": {"ha2"},
+					"Errors": {"ha1"},
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/internal/alertmanager/dedup_test.go b/internal/alertmanager/dedup_test.go
index 90840cd25..b0bd0c5af 100644
--- a/internal/alertmanager/dedup_test.go
+++ b/internal/alertmanager/dedup_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package alertmanager_test
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ func TestClearData(t *testing.T) {
 		if am.Version() == "" {
 			t.Errorf("[%s] Got empty version string", am.Name)
 		}
-		if am.Error() != "" {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(am.Error(), "missing cluster peers:") {
 			t.Errorf("[%s] Got non-empty error string: %s", am.Name, am.Error())
 		}
 		if len(am.Silences()) == 0 {
diff --git a/internal/alertmanager/models.go b/internal/alertmanager/models.go
index 652aba8f4..0b892bcc1 100644
--- a/internal/alertmanager/models.go
+++ b/internal/alertmanager/models.go
@@ -425,7 +425,19 @@ func (am *Alertmanager) Error() string {
 	am.lock.RLock()
 	defer am.lock.RUnlock()
 
-	return am.lastError
+	if am.lastError != "" {
+		return am.lastError
+	}
+
+	configPeers := clusterMembersFromConfig(am)
+	apiPeers := clusterMembersFromAPI(am)
+	missing, _ := slices.StringSliceDiff(configPeers, apiPeers)
+
+	if len(missing) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("missing cluster peers: %s", strings.Join(missing, ", "))
+	}
+
+	return ""
 }
 
 // SanitizedURI returns a copy of Alertmanager.URI with password replaced by
@@ -489,18 +501,17 @@ func (am *Alertmanager) ClusterName() string {
 
 	var clusterName string
 	if am.Cluster != "" {
-		configPeers := clusterMembersFromConfig(am)
-		apiPeers := clusterMembersFromAPI(am)
-		missing, extra := slices.StringSliceDiff(configPeers, apiPeers)
-
-		if len(missing) == 0 && len(extra) == 0 {
-			clusterName = am.Cluster
-		} else {
-			clusterName = strings.Join(am.ClusterMemberNames(), " | ")
-		}
+		clusterName = am.Cluster
 	} else {
 		clusterName = strings.Join(am.ClusterMemberNames(), " | ")
 	}
 	am.clusterName = clusterName
 	return clusterName
 }
+
+func (am *Alertmanager) IsHealthy() bool {
+	am.lock.RLock()
+	defer am.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return am.lastError == ""
+}