diff --git a/app/main/views/platform_admin.py b/app/main/views/platform_admin.py
index 802ed5b18..6190ac988 100644
--- a/app/main/views/platform_admin.py
+++ b/app/main/views/platform_admin.py
@@ -662,7 +662,21 @@ def create_global_stats(services):
         "email": {"delivered": 0, "failed": 0, "requested": 0},
         "sms": {"delivered": 0, "failed": 0, "requested": 0},
     }
+    # Issue #1323. The back end is now sending 'failure' instead of
+    # 'failed'.  Adjust it here, but keep it flexible in case
+    # the backend reverts to 'failed'.
     for service in services:
+        if service["statistics"]["sms"].get("failure") is not None:
+            service["statistics"]["sms"]["failed"] = service["statistics"]["sms"][
+                "failure"
+            ]
+        if service["statistics"]["email"].get("failure") is not None:
+            service["statistics"]["email"]["failed"] = service["statistics"]["email"][
+                "failure"
+            ]
+
+    for service in services:
+
         for msg_type, status in itertools.product(
             ("sms", "email"), ("delivered", "failed", "requested")
         ):
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 8046520d4..49a2e0aad 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1516,6 +1516,7 @@ files = [
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-cp39-cp39-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:5fbb160554e319f7b22ecf530a80a3ff496d38e8e07ae763b9e82fadfe96f273"},
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-cp39-cp39-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:f9af38a89b6a5c04b7d18c492c8ccf2aee7048aff1ce8437c4683bb5a1df893d"},
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:ed59dd52075f8fc91da6053b12e8c89e37aa043f8986efd89e61fae69dc1b011"},
+    {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:24f727df1e20b9876fa6e95f840a2a2651e34c0ad147676356f4bf5fbb0206ca"},
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:95c02b0e27e706e48d0e5426d1710ca78e0f0628d6e89d5b5a5b91a5f12274f3"},
 ]