diff --git a/internal/api/v2/v2.go b/internal/api/v2/v2.go
index 68f205d..9ace5b4 100644
--- a/internal/api/v2/v2.go
+++ b/internal/api/v2/v2.go
@@ -330,8 +330,12 @@ func toAPIEvent(inc *db.Incident, isAuth bool) *Incident {
 		components[i] = int(comp.ID)
 	}
 
+	updates, latestDescription := mapEventUpdates(inc.Statuses, isAuth, inc.Status, inc.EndDate, inc.Type)
+
 	var description string
-	if inc.Description != nil {
+	if latestDescription != "" {
+		description = latestDescription
+	} else if inc.Description != nil {
 		description = *inc.Description
 	}
 
@@ -343,8 +347,8 @@ func toAPIEvent(inc *db.Incident, isAuth bool) *Incident {
 		StartDate:   *inc.StartDate,
 		EndDate:     inc.EndDate,
 		System:      &inc.System,
-		Updates:     mapEventUpdates(inc.Statuses, isAuth),
-		Status:      inc.Status,
+		Updates:     updates,
+		Status:      eventStatus(inc),
 		Type:        inc.Type,
 	}
 
@@ -1848,23 +1852,103 @@ func PatchEventUpdateTextHandler(dbInst *db.DB, logger *zap.Logger) gin.HandlerF
 	}
 }
 
-func mapEventUpdates(statuses []db.IncidentStatus, isAuth bool) []EventUpdateData {
+// mapEventUpdates maps stored status rows to the API updates array. Rows with
+// status "description" are not status entries: they are dropped from the array
+// and the latest one is returned as the event description.
+// statusDescription marks an update row that carries a description change rather
+// than a status change; the API folds it into the event description field.
+const statusDescription event.Status = "description"
+
+func mapEventUpdates(
+	statuses []db.IncidentStatus, isAuth bool, eventStatus event.Status,
+	endDate *time.Time, eventType string,
+) ([]EventUpdateData, string) {
 	updates := make([]EventUpdateData, 0, len(statuses))
 	idx := 0
+	var latestDescription string
+	// "changed" and "impact changed" are not status changes: they collapse to the
+	// previous normalized status. Seeding that with the event status keeps a
+	// leading such row from collapsing to an empty value.
+	lastStatus := normalizeStatus(eventStatus, endDate, eventType)
 	for _, s := range statuses {
 		if !isAuth && isInternalStatus(s.Status) {
 			continue
 		}
+		if s.Status == statusDescription {
+			latestDescription = s.Text
+			continue
+		}
+		status := normalizeStatus(s.Status, endDate, eventType)
+		if status == event.IncidentChanged || status == event.IncidentImpactChanged {
+			status = lastStatus
+		}
+		lastStatus = status
 		updates = append(updates, EventUpdateData{
 			ID:        idx,
-			Status:    s.Status,
+			Status:    status,
 			Text:      s.Text,
 			Timestamp: s.Timestamp,
 		})
 		idx++
 	}
 
-	return updates
+	return updates, latestDescription
+}
+
+// eventStatus normalizes the stored event status. "changed" and "impact changed"
+// annotate a change rather than denote a state, so they are collapsed to the
+// previous status from the update history, matching the updates sequence. It
+// walks the full history, so unlike updates[] the result does not depend on the
+// caller's visibility.
+func eventStatus(inc *db.Incident) event.Status {
+	status := normalizeStatus(inc.Status, inc.EndDate, inc.Type)
+	if status != event.IncidentChanged && status != event.IncidentImpactChanged {
+		return status
+	}
+
+	prev := status
+	for _, s := range inc.Statuses {
+		if s.Status == statusDescription {
+			continue
+		}
+		row := normalizeStatus(s.Status, inc.EndDate, inc.Type)
+		if row == event.IncidentChanged || row == event.IncidentImpactChanged {
+			row = prev
+		}
+		prev = row
+	}
+
+	return prev
+}
+
+// normalizeStatus maps non-canonical status values stored in the database to
+// their canonical form. "changed" and "impact changed" are not status changes;
+// they are collapsed to the previous status by eventStatus and mapEventUpdates.
+// OutDatedSystem without an end date is kept verbatim: it has no canonical
+// terminal status, and consumers map it to the previous status.
+func normalizeStatus(raw event.Status, endDate *time.Time, eventType string) event.Status {
+	switch raw {
+	case "analyzing":
+		return event.IncidentAnalysing
+	case "in progress":
+		return event.MaintenanceInProgress
+	case "scheduled":
+		return event.MaintenancePlanned
+	case event.OutDatedSystem:
+		if endDate == nil {
+			return raw
+		}
+		switch eventType {
+		case event.TypeIncident:
+			return event.IncidentResolved
+		case event.TypeInformation:
+			return event.InfoCompleted
+		default:
+			return event.MaintenanceCompleted
+		}
+	default:
+		return raw
+	}
 }
 
 // isInternalStatus returns true for statuses that should not be exposed to public (non-authenticated) users.
diff --git a/internal/api/v2/v2_visibility_test.go b/internal/api/v2/v2_visibility_test.go
index d029b88..67dd030 100644
--- a/internal/api/v2/v2_visibility_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/v2/v2_visibility_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"github.com/stackmon/otc-status-dashboard/internal/db"
+	"github.com/stackmon/otc-status-dashboard/internal/event"
 )
 
 func TestMapEventUpdates_FiltersInternalStatuses(t *testing.T) {
@@ -20,27 +21,224 @@ func TestMapEventUpdates_FiltersInternalStatuses(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	t.Run("authenticated sees all statuses", func(t *testing.T) {
-		updates := mapEventUpdates(statuses, true)
+		updates, _ := mapEventUpdates(statuses, true, event.MaintenancePlanned, nil, event.TypeMaintenance)
 		assert.Len(t, updates, 4)
 		assert.Equal(t, "pending_review", string(updates[0].Status))
 		assert.Equal(t, "reviewed", string(updates[1].Status))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("unauthenticated sees only public statuses", func(t *testing.T) {
-		updates := mapEventUpdates(statuses, false)
+		updates, _ := mapEventUpdates(statuses, false, event.MaintenancePlanned, nil, event.TypeMaintenance)
 		assert.Len(t, updates, 2)
 		assert.Equal(t, "planned", string(updates[0].Status))
 		assert.Equal(t, "in_progress", string(updates[1].Status))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("IDs are sequential after filtering", func(t *testing.T) {
-		updates := mapEventUpdates(statuses, false)
+		updates, _ := mapEventUpdates(statuses, false, event.MaintenancePlanned, nil, event.TypeMaintenance)
 		for i, u := range updates {
 			assert.Equal(t, i, u.ID)
 		}
 	})
 }
 
+func TestMapEventUpdates_DescriptionRows(t *testing.T) {
+	testTime := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	statuses := []db.IncidentStatus{
+		{ID: 1, Status: "planned", Text: "Planned", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{ID: 2, Status: "description", Text: "First description", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{ID: 3, Status: "in_progress", Text: "In progress", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{ID: 4, Status: "description", Text: "Latest description", Timestamp: testTime},
+	}
+
+	t.Run("description rows are removed and latest text is returned", func(t *testing.T) {
+		updates, description := mapEventUpdates(statuses, true, event.MaintenancePlanned, nil, event.TypeMaintenance)
+		assert.Len(t, updates, 2)
+		assert.Equal(t, "planned", string(updates[0].Status))
+		assert.Equal(t, "in_progress", string(updates[1].Status))
+		assert.Equal(t, "Latest description", description)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("IDs are sequential after description removal", func(t *testing.T) {
+		updates, _ := mapEventUpdates(statuses, false, event.MaintenancePlanned, nil, event.TypeMaintenance)
+		for i, u := range updates {
+			assert.Equal(t, i, u.ID)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("no description rows returns empty description", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, description := mapEventUpdates(statuses[:1], true, event.MaintenancePlanned, nil, event.TypeMaintenance)
+		assert.Empty(t, description)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestMapEventUpdates_NormalizesStatuses(t *testing.T) {
+	testTime := time.Now().UTC()
+	endDate := testTime.Add(time.Hour)
+
+	statuses := []db.IncidentStatus{
+		{ID: 1, Status: "analyzing", Text: "Analysing", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{ID: 2, Status: "in progress", Text: "In progress", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{ID: 3, Status: "scheduled", Text: "Scheduled", Timestamp: testTime},
+	}
+
+	updates, _ := mapEventUpdates(statuses, true, event.MaintenancePlanned, &endDate, event.TypeMaintenance)
+	assert.Equal(t, "analysing", string(updates[0].Status))
+	assert.Equal(t, "in_progress", string(updates[1].Status))
+	assert.Equal(t, "planned", string(updates[2].Status))
+
+	systemStatuses := []db.IncidentStatus{
+		{ID: 1, Status: event.OutDatedSystem, Text: "Moved", Timestamp: testTime},
+	}
+	systemUpdates, _ := mapEventUpdates(systemStatuses, true, event.MaintenancePlanned, &endDate, event.TypeMaintenance)
+	assert.Equal(t, event.MaintenanceCompleted, systemUpdates[0].Status)
+}
+
+func TestEventStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	testTime := time.Now().UTC()
+	endDate := testTime.Add(time.Hour)
+	past := testTime.Add(-time.Hour)
+
+	t.Run("changed on a closed incident collapses to the previous status", func(t *testing.T) {
+		inc := &db.Incident{
+			Type:    event.TypeIncident,
+			Status:  event.IncidentChanged,
+			EndDate: &endDate,
+			Statuses: []db.IncidentStatus{
+				{Status: event.IncidentDetected, Timestamp: past},
+				{Status: event.IncidentResolved, Timestamp: past},
+			},
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentResolved, eventStatus(inc))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("impact changed on an open incident collapses to the previous status", func(t *testing.T) {
+		inc := &db.Incident{
+			Type:   event.TypeIncident,
+			Status: event.IncidentImpactChanged,
+			Statuses: []db.IncidentStatus{
+				{Status: event.IncidentDetected, Timestamp: past},
+				{Status: event.IncidentAnalysing, Timestamp: past},
+			},
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentAnalysing, eventStatus(inc))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("a plain status is returned normalized", func(t *testing.T) {
+		inc := &db.Incident{
+			Type:     event.TypeIncident,
+			Status:   "analyzing",
+			Statuses: []db.IncidentStatus{{Status: "analyzing", Timestamp: past}},
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentAnalysing, eventStatus(inc))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("SYSTEM without an end date is kept verbatim", func(t *testing.T) {
+		inc := &db.Incident{
+			Type:     event.TypeIncident,
+			Status:   event.OutDatedSystem,
+			Statuses: []db.IncidentStatus{{Status: event.OutDatedSystem, Timestamp: past}},
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, event.OutDatedSystem, eventStatus(inc))
+	})
+}
+
+func TestEventStatus_MatchesLastUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	testTime := time.Now().UTC()
+	endDate := testTime.Add(time.Hour)
+
+	statuses := []db.IncidentStatus{
+		{Status: event.IncidentDetected, Text: "detected", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{Status: event.IncidentResolved, Text: "resolved", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{Status: event.IncidentChanged, Text: "changed", Timestamp: testTime},
+	}
+	inc := &db.Incident{
+		Type:     event.TypeIncident,
+		Status:   event.IncidentChanged,
+		EndDate:  &endDate,
+		Statuses: statuses,
+	}
+
+	updates, _ := mapEventUpdates(statuses, true, inc.Status, inc.EndDate, inc.Type)
+	assert.Equal(t, eventStatus(inc), updates[len(updates)-1].Status)
+}
+
+func TestEventStatus_DoesNotDependOnVisibility(t *testing.T) {
+	testTime := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	statuses := []db.IncidentStatus{
+		{Status: event.MaintenancePlanned, Text: "planned", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{Status: event.MaintenanceReviewed, Text: "reviewed", Timestamp: testTime},
+	}
+	inc := &db.Incident{Type: event.TypeMaintenance, Status: event.MaintenanceReviewed, Statuses: statuses}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, event.MaintenanceReviewed, eventStatus(inc))
+
+	// The unauthenticated view filters the trailing internal row, so the last
+	// visible update can differ from the view-independent event status.
+	public, _ := mapEventUpdates(statuses, false, inc.Status, inc.EndDate, inc.Type)
+	assert.Equal(t, event.MaintenancePlanned, public[len(public)-1].Status)
+}
+
+func TestMapEventUpdates_ChangedStatusesKeepPrevious(t *testing.T) {
+	testTime := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	statuses := []db.IncidentStatus{
+		{ID: 1, Status: "analysing", Text: "Analysing", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{ID: 2, Status: "impact changed", Text: "Impact changed", Timestamp: testTime},
+		{ID: 3, Status: "changed", Text: "Changed", Timestamp: testTime},
+	}
+
+	updates, _ := mapEventUpdates(statuses, true, event.IncidentAnalysing, nil, event.TypeIncident)
+	assert.Len(t, updates, 3)
+	assert.Equal(t, "analysing", string(updates[0].Status))
+	assert.Equal(t, "analysing", string(updates[1].Status))
+	assert.Equal(t, "analysing", string(updates[2].Status))
+}
+
+func TestMapEventUpdates_LeadingChangedUsesEventStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	testTime := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	statuses := []db.IncidentStatus{
+		{ID: 1, Status: "changed", Text: "Changed", Timestamp: testTime},
+	}
+
+	updates, _ := mapEventUpdates(statuses, true, event.IncidentResolved, nil, event.TypeIncident)
+	assert.Len(t, updates, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentResolved, updates[0].Status)
+}
+
+func TestNormalizeStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	endDate := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		raw       event.Status
+		endDate   *time.Time
+		eventType string
+		want      event.Status
+	}{
+		{name: "analyzing to analysing", raw: "analyzing", want: event.IncidentAnalysing},
+		{name: "in progress to in_progress", raw: "in progress", want: event.MaintenanceInProgress},
+		{name: "scheduled to planned", raw: "scheduled", want: event.MaintenancePlanned},
+		{name: "SYSTEM incident with end date", raw: event.OutDatedSystem, endDate: &endDate, eventType: event.TypeIncident, want: event.IncidentResolved},
+		{name: "SYSTEM maintenance with end date", raw: event.OutDatedSystem, endDate: &endDate, eventType: event.TypeMaintenance, want: event.MaintenanceCompleted},
+		{name: "SYSTEM info with end date", raw: event.OutDatedSystem, endDate: &endDate, eventType: event.TypeInformation, want: event.InfoCompleted},
+		{name: "SYSTEM without end date passes through", raw: event.OutDatedSystem, want: event.OutDatedSystem},
+		{name: "changed passes through", raw: event.IncidentChanged, want: event.IncidentChanged},
+		{name: "impact changed passes through", raw: event.IncidentImpactChanged, want: event.IncidentImpactChanged},
+		{name: "canonical status passes through", raw: event.IncidentResolved, want: event.IncidentResolved},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := normalizeStatus(tt.raw, tt.endDate, tt.eventType)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsCancelledWithoutPublicStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	testTime := time.Now().UTC()
 
diff --git a/tests/v2_events_test.go b/tests/v2_events_test.go
index 59c63cb..ed14954 100644
--- a/tests/v2_events_test.go
+++ b/tests/v2_events_test.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestV2PostEventsHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, oldIncident.Updates, 3)
 	t.Logf("STATUS updates: %v", oldIncident.Updates)
 	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentDetected, oldIncident.Updates[0].Status)
-	assert.Equal(t, event.OutDatedSystem, oldIncident.Updates[1].Status)
+	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentResolved, oldIncident.Updates[1].Status)
 	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentResolved, oldIncident.Updates[2].Status)
 	assert.Equal(t, "The incident is detected.", oldIncident.Updates[0].Text)
 	assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("Cloud Container Engine (Container, EU-DE, cce) moved to <a href='/incidents/%d'>Test incident creation for api V2 for components: 1, 2. Test should close previous and move components to the new.</a>", result.Result[0].IncidentID), oldIncident.Updates[1].Text)
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ func TestV2PatchEventHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 	inc = internalPatch(incID, &pData)
 	assert.Equal(t, startDate.Truncate(time.Microsecond), inc.StartDate)
-	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentChanged, inc.Status)
+	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentResolved, inc.Status, "changing dates on a closed incident keeps the resolved status")
 	require.NotNil(t, inc.EndDate)
 	assert.Equal(t, endDate.Truncate(time.Microsecond), inc.EndDate.Truncate(time.Microsecond))
 	assert.Nil(t, inc.Version, "Version must not be exposed for non-maintenance events")
diff --git a/tests/v2_test.go b/tests/v2_test.go
index 14b4488..d94a3c6 100644
--- a/tests/v2_test.go
+++ b/tests/v2_test.go
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func TestV2PostIncidentsHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, oldIncident.Updates, 3)
 	t.Logf("STATUS updates: %v", oldIncident.Updates)
 	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentDetected, oldIncident.Updates[0].Status)
-	assert.Equal(t, event.OutDatedSystem, oldIncident.Updates[1].Status)
+	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentResolved, oldIncident.Updates[1].Status)
 	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentResolved, oldIncident.Updates[2].Status)
 	assert.Equal(t, "The incident is detected.", oldIncident.Updates[0].Text)
 	assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("Cloud Container Engine (Container, EU-DE, cce) moved to <a href='/incidents/%d'>Test incident creation for api V2 for components: 1, 2. Test should close previous and move components to the new.</a>", result.Result[0].IncidentID), oldIncident.Updates[1].Text)
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ func TestV2PatchIncidentHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 	inc = internalPatch(incID, &pData)
 	assert.Equal(t, startDate.Truncate(time.Microsecond), inc.StartDate)
-	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentChanged, inc.Status)
+	assert.Equal(t, event.IncidentResolved, inc.Status, "changing dates on a closed incident keeps the resolved status")
 	require.NotNil(t, inc.EndDate)
 	assert.Equal(t, endDate.Truncate(time.Microsecond), inc.EndDate.Truncate(time.Microsecond))