diff --git a/src/app.jsx b/src/app.jsx
index 13c3353e8..0863a7962 100644
--- a/src/app.jsx
+++ b/src/app.jsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import ContainerHeader from './ContainerHeader.jsx';
 import Containers from './Containers.jsx';
 import Images from './Images.jsx';
 import * as client from './client.js';
+import { debug } from './util.js';
 
 const _ = cockpit.gettext;
 
@@ -276,6 +277,27 @@ class Application extends React.Component {
         return new_wait;
     }
 
+    /* lightweight version of updateContainer, but still needs the same serialization */
+    updateContainerState(id, system, props) {
+        const idx = id + system.toString();
+
+        if (!this.state.containers[idx])
+            // we got an event for a container which we didn't introspect yet
+            return this.updateContainer(id, system);
+
+        const wait = this.pendingUpdateContainer[idx] ?? Promise.resolve();
+
+        wait.then(() => this.setState(prevState => {
+            const containers = { ...prevState.containers };
+            const newContainer = { ...containers[idx], State: { ...containers[idx].State, ...props } };
+            containers[idx] = newContainer;
+            debug(system, "updateContainerState", idx, "to", JSON.stringify(newContainer.State));
+            return { containers };
+        }));
+        this.pendingUpdateContainer[idx] = wait;
+        wait.finally(() => { delete this.pendingUpdateContainer[idx] });
+    }
+
     updateImage(id, system) {
         client.getImages(system, id)
                 .then(reply => {
@@ -343,6 +365,15 @@ class Application extends React.Component {
         case 'unmount':
         case 'wait':
             break;
+
+        /* The following events just change the State properties */
+        case 'pause':
+            this.updateContainerState(id, system, { Status: "paused" });
+            break;
+        case 'unpause':
+            this.updateContainerState(id, system, { Status: "running" });
+            break;
+
         /* The following events need only to update the Container list
          * We do get the container affected in the event object but for
          * now we 'll do a batch update
@@ -353,17 +384,28 @@ class Application extends React.Component {
             (event.Actor.Attributes.podId
                 ? this.updatePod(event.Actor.Attributes.podId, system)
                 : this.updatePods(system)
-            ).then(() => this.updateContainer(id, system, event));
+            ).then(() => this.updateContainerState(
+                id, system,
+                {
+                    Status: "running",
+                    StartedAt: new Date(event.timeNano / 1000000).toISOString()
+                }));
             break;
-        case 'checkpoint':
+
+        case 'died':
+        case 'stop':
+            this.updateContainerState(id, system, { Status: "stopped" });
+            break;
+
         case 'cleanup':
+            // don't bother with setting FinishedAt, we don't use it anywhere
+            this.updateContainerState(id, system, { Status: "exited" });
+            break;
+
+        case 'checkpoint':
         case 'create':
-        case 'died':
         case 'exec_died': // HACK: pick up health check runs, see https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/19237
-        case 'pause':
         case 'restore':
-        case 'stop':
-        case 'unpause':
         case 'rename': // rename event is available starting podman v4.1; until then the container does not get refreshed after renaming
             this.updateContainer(id, system, event);
             break;
diff --git a/test/check-application b/test/check-application
index 121dab5e7..1f7047d68 100755
--- a/test/check-application
+++ b/test/check-application
@@ -1235,10 +1235,10 @@ class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
         # Restart the container; there is no steady state change in the visible UI, so look for
         # a changed data-started-at attribute
         old_start = self.getStartTime("swamped-crate", auth=auth)
-        b.wait_in_text(f'#containers-containers tr[data-started-at="{old_start}"]', "swamped-crate")
+        old_start_dom = b.attr("#containers-containers tr[data-row-id", "data-started-at")
         self.performContainerAction(IMG_BUSYBOX, "Force restart")
-        new_start = self.waitRestart("swamped-crate", old_start, auth=auth)
-        b.wait_in_text(f'#containers-containers tr[data-started-at="{new_start}"]', "swamped-crate")
+        self.waitRestart("swamped-crate", old_start, auth=auth)
+        b.wait_not_attr("#containers-containers tr[data-row-id", "data-started-at", old_start_dom)
         self.waitContainer(container_sha, auth, name='swamped-crate', image=IMG_BUSYBOX, state='Running')
 
         self.waitContainerRow(IMG_BUSYBOX)