diff --git a/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py b/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
index 4851804f..2280f5ce 100644
--- a/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
+++ b/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ GITLAB_AUTH_REPOSITORY_TAGS_URL = (
 )
 GITLAB_AUTH_ANNOUNCEMENT_ISSUES_URL = (
     'https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/allianceauth%2Fallianceauth/issues'
-    '?labels=announcement'
+    '?labels=announcement&state=opened'
 )
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 @register.inclusion_tag('allianceauth/admin-status/overview.html')
 def status_overview() -> dict:
     response = {
-        'notifications': list(),        
+        'notifications': list(),
         'current_version': __version__,
         'task_queue_length': -1,
     }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def _fetch_celery_queue_length() -> int:
         app = app_or_default(None)
         with app.connection_or_acquire() as conn:
             return conn.default_channel.queue_declare(
-                queue=getattr(settings, 'CELERY_DEFAULT_QUEUE', 'celery'), 
+                queue=getattr(settings, 'CELERY_DEFAULT_QUEUE', 'celery'),
                 passive=True
             ).message_count
     except amqp.exceptions.ChannelError:
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ def _fetch_celery_queue_length() -> int:
 
 
 def _current_notifications() -> dict:
-    """returns the newest 5 announcement issues"""    
+    """returns the newest 5 announcement issues"""
     try:
         notifications = cache.get_or_set(
-            'gitlab_notification_issues', 
+            'gitlab_notification_issues',
             _fetch_notification_issues_from_gitlab,
             NOTIFICATION_CACHE_TIME
-        )                
+        )
     except requests.RequestException:
         logger.exception('Error while getting gitlab notifications')
         top_notifications = []
@@ -78,19 +78,19 @@ def _current_notifications() -> dict:
             top_notifications = notifications[:5]
         else:
             top_notifications = []
-    
+
     response = {
         'notifications': top_notifications,
     }
     return response
 
 
-def _fetch_notification_issues_from_gitlab() -> list:    
+def _fetch_notification_issues_from_gitlab() -> list:
     return _fetch_list_from_gitlab(GITLAB_AUTH_ANNOUNCEMENT_ISSUES_URL, max_pages=10)
 
 
 def _current_version_summary() -> dict:
-    """returns the current version info"""    
+    """returns the current version info"""
     try:
         tags = cache.get_or_set(
             'git_release_tags', _fetch_tags_from_gitlab, TAG_CACHE_TIME
@@ -98,16 +98,16 @@ def _current_version_summary() -> dict:
     except requests.RequestException:
         logger.exception('Error while getting gitlab release tags')
         return {}
-        
+
     if not tags:
         return {}
-        
+
     (
-        latest_major_version, 
-        latest_minor_version, 
-        latest_patch_version, 
+        latest_major_version,
+        latest_minor_version,
+        latest_patch_version,
         latest_beta_version
-    ) = _latests_versions(tags)    
+    ) = _latests_versions(tags)
     current_version = Pep440Version(__version__)
 
     has_latest_major = \
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def _current_version_summary() -> dict:
         and latest_major_version.base_version <= latest_beta_version.base_version \
         if latest_beta_version else False
 
-    response = {        
+    response = {
         'latest_major': has_latest_major,
         'latest_minor': has_latest_minor,
         'latest_patch': has_latest_patch,
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def _current_version_summary() -> dict:
         'latest_minor_version': str(latest_minor_version),
         'latest_patch_version': str(latest_patch_version),
         'latest_beta_version': str(latest_beta_version)
-    }        
+    }
     return response
 
 
@@ -141,14 +141,14 @@ def _fetch_tags_from_gitlab():
 
 def _latests_versions(tags: list) -> tuple:
     """returns latests version from given tags list
-    
+
     Non-compliant tags will be ignored
     """
     versions = list()
     betas = list()
     for tag in tags:
         try:
-            version = Pep440Version(tag.get('name'))            
+            version = Pep440Version(tag.get('name'))
         except InvalidVersion:
             pass
         else:
@@ -162,21 +162,21 @@ def _latests_versions(tags: list) -> tuple:
         v for v in versions if v.major == latest_version.major
     ])
     latest_minor_version = min([
-        v for v in versions 
+        v for v in versions
         if v.major == latest_version.major and v.minor == latest_version.minor
     ])
     latest_beta_version = max(betas)
     return (
-        latest_major_version, 
-        latest_minor_version, 
-        latest_patch_version, 
+        latest_major_version,
+        latest_minor_version,
+        latest_patch_version,
         latest_beta_version
     )
 
 
 def _fetch_list_from_gitlab(url: str, max_pages: int = MAX_PAGES) -> list:
     """returns a list from the GitLab API. Supports pageing"""
-    result = list()    
+    result = list()
     for page in range(1, max_pages + 1):
         request = requests.get(
             url, params={'page': page}, timeout=REQUESTS_TIMEOUT
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ def _fetch_list_from_gitlab(url: str, max_pages: int = MAX_PAGES) -> list:
                 total_pages = None
         else:
             total_pages = None
-            
+
         if not total_pages or page >= total_pages:
             break
-    
+
     return result