diff --git a/ui-common/src/components/TrafficViewer/TrafficViewer.tsx b/ui-common/src/components/TrafficViewer/TrafficViewer.tsx
index b4a044859..a8a0e7380 100644
--- a/ui-common/src/components/TrafficViewer/TrafficViewer.tsx
+++ b/ui-common/src/components/TrafficViewer/TrafficViewer.tsx
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export const TrafficViewer: React.FC<TrafficViewerProps> = ({
 
   return (
     <div className={TrafficViewerStyles.TrafficPage}>
-      {tappingStatus && isShowStatusBar && <StatusBar isDemoBannerView={isDemoBannerView}/>}
+      {tappingStatus && isShowStatusBar && <StatusBar disabled={ws?.current?.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN} isDemoBannerView={isDemoBannerView}/>}
       <div className={TrafficViewerStyles.TrafficPageHeader}>
         <div className={TrafficViewerStyles.TrafficPageStreamStatus}>
           <img className={TrafficViewerStyles.playPauseIcon}
diff --git a/ui-common/src/components/UI/StatusBar.tsx b/ui-common/src/components/UI/StatusBar.tsx
index a12da99fe..1ad98770c 100644
--- a/ui-common/src/components/UI/StatusBar.tsx
+++ b/ui-common/src/components/UI/StatusBar.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import failIcon from 'assets/failed.svg';
 import successIcon from 'assets/success.svg';
 import {useRecoilValue} from "recoil";
 import tappingStatusAtom, {tappingStatusDetails} from "../../recoil/tappingStatus";
+import Tooltip from "./Tooltip";
 
 const pluralize = (noun: string, amount: number) => {
     return `${noun}${amount !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`
@@ -12,20 +13,22 @@ const pluralize = (noun: string, amount: number) => {
 
 interface StatusBarProps {
    isDemoBannerView: boolean;
+   disabled?: boolean;
   }
 
-export const StatusBar: React.FC<StatusBarProps> = ({isDemoBannerView}) => {
+export const StatusBar: React.FC<StatusBarProps> = ({isDemoBannerView, disabled}) => {
     const tappingStatus = useRecoilValue(tappingStatusAtom);
     const [expandedBar, setExpandedBar] = useState(false);
     const {uniqueNamespaces, amountOfPods, amountOfTappedPods, amountOfUntappedPods} = useRecoilValue(tappingStatusDetails);
-    return <div className={`${isDemoBannerView ? `${style.banner}` : ''} ${style.statusBar} ${(expandedBar ? `${style.expandedStatusBar}` : "")}`} onMouseOver={() => setExpandedBar(true)} onMouseLeave={() => setExpandedBar(false)} data-cy="expandedStatusBar">
+    return <div style={{opacity: disabled ? 0.4 : 1}} className={`${isDemoBannerView ? `${style.banner}` : ''} ${style.statusBar} ${(expandedBar && !disabled ? `${style.expandedStatusBar}` : "")}`} onMouseOver={() => setExpandedBar(true)} onMouseLeave={() => setExpandedBar(false)} data-cy="expandedStatusBar">
         <div className={style.podsCount}>
         {tappingStatus.some(pod => !pod.isTapped) && <img src={warningIcon} alt="warning"/>}
+          {disabled &&  <Tooltip title={"Tapping status is not updated when streaming is paused"} isSimple><img src={warningIcon} alt="warning"/></Tooltip>}
             <span className={style.podsCountText} data-cy="podsCountText">
                 {`Tapping ${amountOfUntappedPods > 0 ? amountOfTappedPods + " / " + amountOfPods : amountOfPods} ${pluralize('pod', amountOfPods)} in ${pluralize('namespace', uniqueNamespaces.length)} ${uniqueNamespaces.join(", ")}`}
             </span>
         </div>
-        {expandedBar && <div style={{marginTop: 20}}>
+        {expandedBar && !disabled && <div style={{marginTop: 20}}>
             <table>
                 <thead>
                     <tr>