diff --git a/server/controllers/cln/channels.ts b/server/controllers/cln/channels.ts
index 4fd52cd1..5ee0f18d 100644
--- a/server/controllers/cln/channels.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/cln/channels.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export const listPeerChannels = (req, res, next) => {
     const getPeerAliasesTasks = body.channels.map((channel) => () => {
       channel.to_them_msat = channel.total_msat - channel.to_us_msat;
       channel.balancedness = (channel.total_msat === 0) ? 1 : (1 - Math.abs((channel.to_us_msat - channel.to_them_msat) / channel.total_msat)).toFixed(3);
+      // listpeerchannels reports connection state as peer_connected. Mirror it onto the
+      // legacy 'connected' field so backward-compat consumers stay in sync (issue #1606).
+      channel.connected = channel.peer_connected;
       return getAlias(req.session.selectedNode, channel, 'peer_id');
     });
     common.runWithConcurrencyLimit(getPeerAliasesTasks, 20, () => {
diff --git a/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-open-table/channel-open-table.component.html b/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-open-table/channel-open-table.component.html
index d8ec138e..24f447e7 100644
--- a/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-open-table/channel-open-table.component.html
+++ b/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-open-table/channel-open-table.component.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       </ng-container>
       <ng-container matColumnDef="connected">
         <th *matHeaderCellDef mat-header-cell mat-sort-header>Connected</th>
-        <td *matCellDef="let channel" mat-cell>{{(channel?.connected) ? 'Connected' : 'Disconnected'}}</td>
+        <td *matCellDef="let channel" mat-cell>{{(channel?.peer_connected) ? 'Connected' : 'Disconnected'}}</td>
       </ng-container>
       <ng-container matColumnDef="our_channel_reserve_satoshis">
         <th *matHeaderCellDef mat-header-cell mat-sort-header arrowPosition="before">Local Reserve (Sats)</th>
diff --git a/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-open-table/channel-open-table.component.spec.ts b/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-open-table/channel-open-table.component.spec.ts
index 7984afa9..89408e46 100644
--- a/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-open-table/channel-open-table.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-open-table/channel-open-table.component.spec.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { CLNChannelOpenTableComponent } from './channel-open-table.component';
 import { ExtraOptions, Route, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { HttpClientTestingModule, provideHttpClientTesting } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
 import { provideHttpClient, withInterceptorsFromDi } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { MatTableDataSource } from '@angular/material/table';
 
 describe('CLNChannelOpenTableComponent', () => {
   let component: CLNChannelOpenTableComponent;
@@ -58,6 +59,29 @@ describe('CLNChannelOpenTableComponent', () => {
     expect(component).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  const connectedCellText = (): string => {
+    const cell = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('td.mat-column-connected');
+    return cell ? cell.textContent.trim() : '';
+  };
+
+  const renderSingleChannel = (channel: any) => {
+    component.displayedColumns = ['connected'];
+    component.channels = new MatTableDataSource<any>([channel]);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  };
+
+  // Issue #1606: the connected column must reflect peer_connected (what listpeerchannels
+  // returns), not the legacy 'connected' field, so it stays consistent with the detail panel.
+  it('should render Connected from peer_connected even when legacy connected is false', () => {
+    renderSingleChannel({ peer_connected: true, connected: false });
+    expect(connectedCellText()).toBe('Connected');
+  });
+
+  it('should render Disconnected from peer_connected even when legacy connected is true', () => {
+    renderSingleChannel({ peer_connected: false, connected: true });
+    expect(connectedCellText()).toBe('Disconnected');
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
     TestBed.resetTestingModule();
   });
diff --git a/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-pending-table/channel-pending-table.component.html b/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-pending-table/channel-pending-table.component.html
index 4042080d..82192f0d 100644
--- a/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-pending-table/channel-pending-table.component.html
+++ b/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-pending-table/channel-pending-table.component.html
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       </ng-container>
       <ng-container matColumnDef="connected">
         <th *matHeaderCellDef mat-header-cell mat-sort-header>Connected</th>
-        <td *matCellDef="let channel" mat-cell>{{(channel?.connected) ? 'Connected' : 'Disconnected'}}</td>
+        <td *matCellDef="let channel" mat-cell>{{(channel?.peer_connected) ? 'Connected' : 'Disconnected'}}</td>
       </ng-container>
       <ng-container matColumnDef="state">
         <th *matHeaderCellDef mat-header-cell mat-sort-header>State</th>
diff --git a/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-pending-table/channel-pending-table.component.spec.ts b/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-pending-table/channel-pending-table.component.spec.ts
index 5d97bffe..9d5448ce 100644
--- a/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-pending-table/channel-pending-table.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/cln/peers-channels/channels/channels-tables/channel-pending-table/channel-pending-table.component.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { RTLEffects } from '../../../../../store/rtl.effects';
 import { SharedModule } from '../../../../../shared/shared.module';
 import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import { DataService } from '../../../../../shared/services/data.service';
+import { MatTableDataSource } from '@angular/material/table';
 
 describe('CLNChannelPendingTableComponent', () => {
   let component: CLNChannelPendingTableComponent;
@@ -49,6 +50,29 @@ describe('CLNChannelPendingTableComponent', () => {
     expect(component).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  const connectedCellText = (): string => {
+    const cell = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('td.mat-column-connected');
+    return cell ? cell.textContent.trim() : '';
+  };
+
+  const renderSingleChannel = (channel: any) => {
+    component.displayedColumns = ['connected'];
+    component.channels = new MatTableDataSource<any>([channel]);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  };
+
+  // Issue #1606: the connected column must reflect peer_connected (what listpeerchannels
+  // returns), not the legacy 'connected' field, so it stays consistent with the detail panel.
+  it('should render Connected from peer_connected even when legacy connected is false', () => {
+    renderSingleChannel({ peer_connected: true, connected: false });
+    expect(connectedCellText()).toBe('Connected');
+  });
+
+  it('should render Disconnected from peer_connected even when legacy connected is true', () => {
+    renderSingleChannel({ peer_connected: false, connected: true });
+    expect(connectedCellText()).toBe('Disconnected');
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
     TestBed.resetTestingModule();
   });