diff --git a/app/templates/components/table.html b/app/templates/components/table.html
index 80e118059..c5708512c 100644
--- a/app/templates/components/table.html
+++ b/app/templates/components/table.html
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
 {% macro notification_status_field(notification) %}
 
-  {% set displayed_on_single_line = notification.status in ['created', 'pending', 'pending-virus-check', 'sending', 'sent', 'delivered', 'returned-letter', 'accepted', 'received', 'permanent-failure'] %}
+  {% set displayed_on_single_line = notification.status in ['created', 'pending', 'pending-virus-check', 'sending', 'sent', 'delivered', 'returned-letter', 'accepted', 'received'] %}
 
   {% if not notification %}
     {% call field(align='right') %}{% endcall %}
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py
index 54d8989fe..ff0f8de0f 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py
@@ -601,14 +601,25 @@ def test_big_numbers_and_search_dont_show_for_letters(
 @freeze_time("2017-09-27 16:30:00.000000")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "message_type, status, expected_hint_status, single_line", [
+        ('email', 'created', 'Sending since 27 September at 5:30pm', True),
+        ('email', 'sending', 'Sending since 27 September at 5:30pm', True),
+        ('email', 'temporary-failure', 'Inbox not accepting messages right now 27 September at 5:31pm', False),
+        ('email', 'permanent-failure', 'Email address doesn’t exist 27 September at 5:31pm', False),
         ('email', 'delivered', 'Delivered 27 September at 5:31pm', True),
+        ('sms', 'created', 'Sending since 27 September at 5:30pm', True),
+        ('sms', 'sending', 'Sending since 27 September at 5:30pm', True),
+        ('sms', 'temporary-failure', 'Phone not accepting messages right now 27 September at 5:31pm', False),
+        ('sms', 'permanent-failure', 'Phone number doesn’t exist 27 September at 5:31pm', False),
         ('sms', 'delivered', 'Delivered 27 September at 5:31pm', True),
         ('letter', 'created', '27 September at 5:30pm', True),
+        ('letter', 'pending-virus-check', '27 September at 5:30pm', True),
         ('letter', 'sending', '27 September at 5:30pm', True),
         ('letter', 'delivered', '27 September at 5:30pm', True),
         ('letter', 'received', '27 September at 5:30pm', True),
         ('letter', 'accepted', '27 September at 5:30pm', True),
-        ('letter', 'permanent-failure', '27 September at 5:31pm', True),
+        ('letter', 'cancelled', '27 September at 5:30pm', False),  # The API won’t return cancelled letters
+        ('letter', 'permanent-failure', '27 September at 5:31pm', False),  # Deprecated for ‘cancelled’
+        ('letter', 'temporary-failure', '27 September at 5:30pm', False),  # Not currently a real letter status
         ('letter', 'virus-scan-failed', 'Virus detected 27 September at 5:30pm', False),
         ('letter', 'validation-failed', 'Validation failed 27 September at 5:30pm', False),
         ('letter', 'technical-failure', 'Technical failure 27 September at 5:30pm', False),