diff --git a/allianceauth/templates/allianceauth/admin-status/overview.html b/allianceauth/templates/allianceauth/admin-status/overview.html
index 2c8e685f..867322b6 100644
--- a/allianceauth/templates/allianceauth/admin-status/overview.html
+++ b/allianceauth/templates/allianceauth/admin-status/overview.html
@@ -57,19 +57,13 @@
                     <ul class="list-group">
                         {% for notif in application_notifications %}
                             <li class="list-group-item">
-                                {% if 'open' in notif.state %}
-                                    <span class="badge bg-success me-2">{% translate "Open" %}</span>
-                                {% else %}
-                                    <span class="badge bg-danger me-2">{% translate "Closed" %}</span>
-                                {% endif %}
+                                <span class="badge bg-success me-2">{% translate "Open" %}</span>
                                 <span class="badge bg-info me-2">{{ notif.app_name }}</span>
                                 <a href="{{ notif.web_url }}" target="_blank">#{{ notif.iid }} {{ notif.title }}</a>
                             </li>
                         {% endfor %}
                     </ul>
-
                     {# TODO maybe add some disclaimer that those are managed by application devs? #}
-
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py b/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
index 5747960a..320f2ed4 100644
--- a/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
+++ b/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ register = template.Library()
 
 # cache timers
 TAG_CACHE_TIME = 3600  # 1 hours
-NOTIFICATION_CACHE_TIME = 300  # 5 minutes
+NOTIFICATION_CACHE_TIME = 10  # 5 minutes
 # timeout for all requests
 REQUESTS_TIMEOUT = 5    # 5 seconds
 # max pages to be fetched from gitlab
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class AppAnnouncementHook:
         """
         raw_list = _fetch_list_from_github(
             f"https://api.github.com/repos/{self.repository_namespace}/issues"
-            f"?labels={self.label}&state=all"
+            f"?labels={self.label}"
         )
         # Translates GitHub attributes to GitLab and filters out pull requests
         clean_list = []
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class AppAnnouncementHook:
         """Return the issues list for a GitLab repository"""
         return _fetch_list_from_gitlab(
             f"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/{quote_plus(self.repository_namespace)}/issues"
-            f"?labels={self.label}")
+            f"?labels={self.label}&state=opened")
 
 @register.simple_tag()
 def decimal_widthratio(this_value, max_value, max_width) -> str:
diff --git a/docs/development/custom/img/app_announcement_hook_example.png b/docs/development/custom/img/app_announcement_hook_example.png
index dab4766f..b57c6950 100755
Binary files a/docs/development/custom/img/app_announcement_hook_example.png and b/docs/development/custom/img/app_announcement_hook_example.png differ