diff --git a/explorer/src/components/TransactionDetails.tsx b/explorer/src/components/TransactionDetails.tsx
index cbb9fed73d..d171a2269a 100644
--- a/explorer/src/components/TransactionDetails.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/components/TransactionDetails.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ import React from "react";
 import bs58 from "bs58";
 import {
   Source,
+  useFetchTransactionStatus,
   useTransactionStatus,
   useTransactionDetails,
-  useTransactionsDispatch,
   useDetailsDispatch,
-  checkTransactionStatus,
-  ActionType,
   FetchStatus
 } from "../providers/transactions";
 import { fetchDetails } from "providers/transactions/details";
@@ -28,8 +26,7 @@ import { useHistory, useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
 
 type Props = { signature: TransactionSignature };
 export default function TransactionDetails({ signature }: Props) {
-  const dispatch = useTransactionsDispatch();
-  const { url } = useCluster();
+  const fetchTransaction = useFetchTransactionStatus();
   const [, setShow] = useClusterModal();
   const [search, setSearch] = React.useState(signature);
   const history = useHistory();
@@ -41,13 +38,8 @@ export default function TransactionDetails({ signature }: Props) {
 
   // Fetch transaction on load
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    dispatch({
-      type: ActionType.FetchSignature,
-      signature,
-      source: Source.Url
-    });
-    checkTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url);
-  }, [signature, dispatch, url]);
+    fetchTransaction(signature, Source.Url);
+  }, [signature]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
   const searchInput = (
     <input
@@ -104,20 +96,15 @@ export default function TransactionDetails({ signature }: Props) {
 
 function StatusCard({ signature }: Props) {
   const status = useTransactionStatus(signature);
-  const dispatch = useTransactionsDispatch();
+  const refresh = useFetchTransactionStatus();
   const details = useTransactionDetails(signature);
-  const { url } = useCluster();
-
-  const refreshStatus = () => {
-    checkTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url);
-  };
 
   if (!status || status.fetchStatus === FetchStatus.Fetching) {
     return <LoadingCard />;
   } else if (status?.fetchStatus === FetchStatus.FetchFailed) {
-    return <RetryCard retry={refreshStatus} text="Fetch Failed" />;
+    return <RetryCard retry={() => refresh(signature)} text="Fetch Failed" />;
   } else if (!status.info) {
-    return <RetryCard retry={refreshStatus} text="Not Found" />;
+    return <RetryCard retry={() => refresh(signature)} text="Not Found" />;
   }
 
   const { info } = status;
@@ -141,7 +128,10 @@ function StatusCard({ signature }: Props) {
     <div className="card">
       <div className="card-header align-items-center">
         <h3 className="card-header-title">Status</h3>
-        <button className="btn btn-white btn-sm" onClick={refreshStatus}>
+        <button
+          className="btn btn-white btn-sm"
+          onClick={() => refresh(signature)}
+        >
           <span className="fe fe-refresh-cw mr-2"></span>
           Refresh
         </button>
@@ -179,14 +169,25 @@ function AccountsCard({ signature }: Props) {
   const dispatch = useDetailsDispatch();
   const { url } = useCluster();
 
+  const fetchStatus = useFetchTransactionStatus();
+  const refreshStatus = () => fetchStatus(signature);
   const refreshDetails = () => fetchDetails(dispatch, signature, url);
   const transaction = details?.transaction?.transaction;
   const message = React.useMemo(() => {
     return transaction?.compileMessage();
   }, [transaction]);
 
-  if (!details) {
+  const status = useTransactionStatus(signature);
+
+  if (!status || !status.info) {
     return null;
+  } else if (!details) {
+    return (
+      <RetryCard
+        retry={refreshStatus}
+        text="Details are not available until the transaction reaches MAX confirmations"
+      />
+    );
   } else if (details.fetchStatus === FetchStatus.Fetching) {
     return <LoadingCard />;
   } else if (details?.fetchStatus === FetchStatus.FetchFailed) {
@@ -571,11 +572,17 @@ function LoadingCard() {
 function RetryCard({ retry, text }: { retry: () => void; text: string }) {
   return (
     <div className="card">
-      <div className="card-body">
+      <div className="card-body text-center">
         {text}
-        <span className="btn btn-white ml-3" onClick={retry}>
+        <span className="btn btn-white ml-3 d-none d-md-inline" onClick={retry}>
           Try Again
         </span>
+        <div className="d-block d-md-none mt-4">
+          <hr></hr>
+          <span className="btn btn-white" onClick={retry}>
+            Try Again
+          </span>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/explorer/src/components/TransactionsCard.tsx b/explorer/src/components/TransactionsCard.tsx
index 1e3e9fad9e..6218378d09 100644
--- a/explorer/src/components/TransactionsCard.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/components/TransactionsCard.tsx
@@ -2,24 +2,20 @@ import React from "react";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import {
   useTransactions,
-  useTransactionsDispatch,
-  checkTransactionStatus,
-  ActionType,
   TransactionStatus,
   Source,
-  FetchStatus
+  FetchStatus,
+  useFetchTransactionStatus
 } from "../providers/transactions";
 import bs58 from "bs58";
 import { assertUnreachable } from "../utils";
-import { useCluster } from "../providers/cluster";
 import Copyable from "./Copyable";
 
 function TransactionsCard() {
   const { transactions, idCounter } = useTransactions();
-  const dispatch = useTransactionsDispatch();
+  const fetchTransaction = useFetchTransactionStatus();
   const signatureInput = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const [error, setError] = React.useState("");
-  const { url } = useCluster();
 
   const onNew = (signature: string) => {
     if (signature.length === 0) return;
@@ -37,13 +33,7 @@ function TransactionsCard() {
       return;
     }
 
-    dispatch({
-      type: ActionType.FetchSignature,
-      signature,
-      source: Source.Input
-    });
-    checkTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url);
-
+    fetchTransaction(signature, Source.Input);
     const inputEl = signatureInput.current;
     if (inputEl) {
       inputEl.value = "";
@@ -98,9 +88,7 @@ function TransactionsCard() {
               <td>-</td>
               <td></td>
             </tr>
-            {transactions.map(transaction =>
-              renderTransactionRow(transaction, dispatch, url)
-            )}
+            {transactions.map(transaction => renderTransactionRow(transaction))}
           </tbody>
         </table>
       </div>
@@ -120,11 +108,7 @@ const renderHeader = () => {
   );
 };
 
-const renderTransactionRow = (
-  transactionStatus: TransactionStatus,
-  dispatch: any,
-  url: string
-) => {
+const renderTransactionRow = (transactionStatus: TransactionStatus) => {
   const { fetchStatus, info, signature, id } = transactionStatus;
 
   let statusText;
@@ -162,30 +146,6 @@ const renderTransactionRow = (
     confirmationsText = `${info.confirmations}`;
   }
 
-  const renderDetails = () => {
-    if (info?.confirmations === "max") {
-      return (
-        <Link
-          to={location => ({ ...location, pathname: "/tx/" + signature })}
-          className="btn btn-rounded-circle btn-white btn-sm"
-        >
-          <span className="fe fe-arrow-right"></span>
-        </Link>
-      );
-    } else {
-      return (
-        <button
-          className="btn btn-rounded-circle btn-white btn-sm"
-          onClick={() => {
-            checkTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url);
-          }}
-        >
-          <span className="fe fe-refresh-cw"></span>
-        </button>
-      );
-    }
-  };
-
   return (
     <tr key={signature}>
       <td>
@@ -201,7 +161,14 @@ const renderTransactionRow = (
       </td>
       <td className="text-uppercase">{confirmationsText}</td>
       <td>{slotText}</td>
-      <td>{renderDetails()}</td>
+      <td>
+        <Link
+          to={location => ({ ...location, pathname: "/tx/" + signature })}
+          className="btn btn-rounded-circle btn-white btn-sm"
+        >
+          <span className="fe fe-arrow-right"></span>
+        </Link>
+      </td>
     </tr>
   );
 };
diff --git a/explorer/src/providers/cluster.tsx b/explorer/src/providers/cluster.tsx
index 0083f71ec5..6225ea2926 100644
--- a/explorer/src/providers/cluster.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/providers/cluster.tsx
@@ -61,28 +61,24 @@ interface State {
   status: ClusterStatus;
 }
 
-interface Connecting {
-  status: ClusterStatus.Connecting;
+interface Action {
+  status: ClusterStatus;
   cluster: Cluster;
   customUrl: string;
 }
 
-interface Connected {
-  status: ClusterStatus.Connected;
-}
-
-interface Failure {
-  status: ClusterStatus.Failure;
-}
-
-type Action = Connected | Connecting | Failure;
 type Dispatch = (action: Action) => void;
 
 function clusterReducer(state: State, action: Action): State {
   switch (action.status) {
     case ClusterStatus.Connected:
     case ClusterStatus.Failure: {
-      return Object.assign({}, state, { status: action.status });
+      if (
+        state.cluster !== action.cluster ||
+        state.customUrl !== action.customUrl
+      )
+        return state;
+      return action;
     }
     case ClusterStatus.Connecting: {
       return action;
@@ -197,10 +193,10 @@ async function updateCluster(
   try {
     const connection = new Connection(clusterUrl(cluster, customUrl));
     await connection.getRecentBlockhash();
-    dispatch({ status: ClusterStatus.Connected });
+    dispatch({ status: ClusterStatus.Connected, cluster, customUrl });
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("Failed to update cluster", error);
-    dispatch({ status: ClusterStatus.Failure });
+    dispatch({ status: ClusterStatus.Failure, cluster, customUrl });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/explorer/src/providers/transactions/index.tsx b/explorer/src/providers/transactions/index.tsx
index 7f7e625f27..7827235f2f 100644
--- a/explorer/src/providers/transactions/index.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/providers/transactions/index.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   SignatureResult
 } from "@solana/web3.js";
 import { useQuery } from "../../utils/url";
-import { useCluster, Cluster } from "../cluster";
+import { useCluster, Cluster, ClusterStatus } from "../cluster";
 import {
   DetailsProvider,
   StateContext as DetailsStateContext,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export function TransactionsProvider({ children }: TransactionsProviderProps) {
     transactions: {}
   });
 
-  const { cluster, url } = useCluster();
+  const { cluster, status: clusterStatus, url } = useCluster();
   const accountsDispatch = useAccountsDispatch();
   const query = useQuery();
   const testFlag = query.get("test");
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ export function TransactionsProvider({ children }: TransactionsProviderProps) {
         signature,
         source: Source.Url
       });
-      checkTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url);
+      fetchTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url, clusterStatus);
     });
 
     // Create a test transaction
     if (cluster === Cluster.Devnet && testFlag !== null) {
-      createTestTransaction(dispatch, accountsDispatch, url);
+      createTestTransaction(dispatch, accountsDispatch, url, clusterStatus);
     }
-  }, [testFlag, cluster, url]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [testFlag, cluster, clusterStatus, url]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
   // Check for transactions in the url params
   const values = TX_ALIASES.flatMap(key => [
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export function TransactionsProvider({ children }: TransactionsProviderProps) {
           signature,
           source: Source.Url
         });
-        checkTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url);
+        fetchTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url, clusterStatus);
       });
   }, [values.toString()]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ export function TransactionsProvider({ children }: TransactionsProviderProps) {
 async function createTestTransaction(
   dispatch: Dispatch,
   accountsDispatch: AccountsDispatch,
-  url: string
+  url: string,
+  clusterStatus: ClusterStatus
 ) {
   const testKey = process.env.REACT_APP_TEST_KEY;
   let testAccount = new Account();
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ async function createTestTransaction(
       signature,
       source: Source.Test
     });
-    checkTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url);
+    fetchTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url, clusterStatus);
     accountsDispatch({
       type: AccountsActionType.Input,
       pubkey: testAccount.publicKey
@@ -226,16 +227,17 @@ async function createTestTransaction(
       signature,
       source: Source.Test
     });
-    checkTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url);
+    fetchTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url, clusterStatus);
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("Failed to create test failure transaction", error);
   }
 }
 
-export async function checkTransactionStatus(
+export async function fetchTransactionStatus(
   dispatch: Dispatch,
   signature: TransactionSignature,
-  url: string
+  url: string,
+  status: ClusterStatus
 ) {
   dispatch({
     type: ActionType.UpdateStatus,
@@ -243,6 +245,9 @@ export async function checkTransactionStatus(
     fetchStatus: FetchStatus.Fetching
   });
 
+  // We will auto-refetch when status is no longer connecting
+  if (status === ClusterStatus.Connecting) return;
+
   let fetchStatus;
   let info: TransactionStatusInfo | undefined;
   try {
@@ -317,16 +322,6 @@ export function useTransactionDetails(signature: TransactionSignature) {
   return context[signature];
 }
 
-export function useTransactionsDispatch() {
-  const context = React.useContext(DispatchContext);
-  if (!context) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `useTransactionsDispatch must be used within a TransactionsProvider`
-    );
-  }
-  return context;
-}
-
 export function useDetailsDispatch() {
   const context = React.useContext(DetailsDispatchContext);
   if (!context) {
@@ -336,3 +331,25 @@ export function useDetailsDispatch() {
   }
   return context;
 }
+
+export function useFetchTransactionStatus() {
+  const dispatch = React.useContext(DispatchContext);
+  if (!dispatch) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `useFetchTransactionStatus must be used within a TransactionsProvider`
+    );
+  }
+
+  const { url, status } = useCluster();
+  return (signature: TransactionSignature, source?: Source) => {
+    if (source !== undefined) {
+      dispatch({
+        type: ActionType.FetchSignature,
+        signature,
+        source
+      });
+    }
+
+    fetchTransactionStatus(dispatch, signature, url, status);
+  };
+}