diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausedState/PauseDisabledState.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausedState/PauseDisabledState.tsx
index 4929166d957..90b85ea5a45 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausedState/PauseDisabledState.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausedState/PauseDisabledState.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   DropdownMenuItem,
   DropdownMenuTrigger,
 } from 'ui'
-import { Admonition } from 'ui-patterns'
+import { Admonition, TimestampInfo } from 'ui-patterns'
 
 export const PauseDisabledState = () => {
   const { ref } = useParams()
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ export const PauseDisabledState = () => {
       <Admonition
         showIcon={false}
         type="warning"
-        className="rounded-none border-0 px-6"
+        className="rounded-none border-0 px-6 [&>div>div>div]:flex [&>div>div>div]:flex-col [&>div>div>div]:gap-y-3"
         title="Project can no longer be restored through the dashboard"
       >
-        <p className="!leading-normal !mb-3">
+        <p className="!leading-normal">
           This project has been paused for over{' '}
           <span className="text-foreground">
             {pauseStatus?.max_days_till_restore_disabled ?? 90} days
@@ -133,6 +133,17 @@ export const PauseDisabledState = () => {
           downloaded as a backup.
         </p>
 
+        {!!pauseStatus?.last_paused_on && (
+          <p className="text-foreground-lighter text-sm">
+            Project last paused on{' '}
+            <TimestampInfo
+              className="text-sm"
+              labelFormat="DD MMM YYYY"
+              utcTimestamp={pauseStatus.last_paused_on}
+            />
+          </p>
+        )}
+
         <div>
           <p className="!leading-normal !mb-1">Recovery options:</p>
           <ul className="flex flex-col gap-y-0.5">
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausedState/ProjectPausedState.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausedState/ProjectPausedState.tsx
index 366cb1463ca..9899cd98fd2 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausedState/ProjectPausedState.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausedState/ProjectPausedState.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export const ProjectPausedState = ({ product }: ProjectPausedStateProps) => {
   const { mutate: restoreProject, isPending: isRestoring } = useProjectRestoreMutation({
     onSuccess: (_, variables) => {
       setProjectStatus({ ref: variables.ref, status: PROJECT_STATUS.RESTORING })
-      toast.success('Restoring project')
+      toast.success('Restoring project, project will be ready in a few minutes')
     },
   })
 
@@ -185,11 +185,21 @@ export const ProjectPausedState = ({ product }: ProjectPausedStateProps) => {
                         ). After that, this project will not be resumable, but data will still be
                         available for download.
                       </p>
-                      <p className="text-sm text-foreground-lighter mt-4">
+                      <p className="text-sm mt-4">
                         {enableProBenefitWording === 'variant-a'
                           ? 'Upgrade to Pro to prevent pauses and unlock features like branching, compute upgrades, and daily backups.'
                           : 'To prevent future pauses, consider upgrading to Pro.'}
                       </p>
+                      {!!pauseStatus.last_paused_on && (
+                        <p className="text-foreground-lighter text-sm">
+                          Project last paused on{' '}
+                          <TimestampInfo
+                            className="text-sm"
+                            labelFormat="DD MMM YYYY"
+                            utcTimestamp={pauseStatus.last_paused_on}
+                          />
+                        </p>
+                      )}
                     </>
                   ) : (
                     <p className="text-sm">
@@ -264,43 +274,46 @@ export const ProjectPausedState = ({ product }: ProjectPausedStateProps) => {
 
       <ConfirmationModal
         visible={showConfirmRestore}
-        size="medium"
+        size="small"
         title="Resume this project"
-        description={
-          isFreePlan
-            ? "Your project's data will be restored to when it was initially paused."
-            : "Your project's data will be restored and billing will resume based on compute size and hours active."
-        }
         onCancel={() => setShowConfirmRestore(false)}
         onConfirm={() => form.handleSubmit(onConfirmRestore)()}
         loading={isRestoring}
-        confirmLabel="Confirm resume"
+        confirmLabel="Resume"
+        confirmLabelLoading="Resuming"
         cancelLabel="Cancel"
       >
-        <Form_Shadcn_ {...form}>
-          <form onSubmit={form.handleSubmit(onConfirmRestore)}>
-            {showPostgresVersionSelector && (
-              <div className="space-y-2">
-                <FormField_Shadcn_
-                  control={form.control}
-                  name="postgresVersionSelection"
-                  render={({ field }) => (
-                    <PostgresVersionSelector
-                      field={field}
-                      form={form}
-                      type="unpause"
-                      label="Select the version of Postgres to resume to"
-                      layout="vertical"
-                      dbRegion={region?.displayName ?? ''}
-                      cloudProvider={(project?.cloud_provider ?? 'AWS') as CloudProvider}
-                      organizationSlug={selectedOrganization?.slug}
-                    />
-                  )}
-                />
-              </div>
-            )}
-          </form>
-        </Form_Shadcn_>
+        <div className={cn(showPostgresVersionSelector && 'flex flex-col gap-y-4')}>
+          <p className="text-sm">
+            {isFreePlan
+              ? 'Your project’s data will be restored to when it was initially paused.'
+              : 'Your project’s data will be restored and billing will resume based on compute size and hours active.'}
+          </p>
+          <Form_Shadcn_ {...form}>
+            <form onSubmit={form.handleSubmit(onConfirmRestore)}>
+              {showPostgresVersionSelector && (
+                <div className="space-y-2">
+                  <FormField_Shadcn_
+                    control={form.control}
+                    name="postgresVersionSelection"
+                    render={({ field }) => (
+                      <PostgresVersionSelector
+                        field={field}
+                        form={form}
+                        type="unpause"
+                        label="Postgres version"
+                        layout="vertical"
+                        dbRegion={region?.displayName ?? ''}
+                        cloudProvider={(project?.cloud_provider ?? 'AWS') as CloudProvider}
+                        organizationSlug={selectedOrganization?.slug}
+                      />
+                    )}
+                  />
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </form>
+          </Form_Shadcn_>
+        </div>
       </ConfirmationModal>
 
       <Dialog
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausingState.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausingState.tsx
index a2499c29a66..ab919456655 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausingState.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/PausingState.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-import { useParams } from 'common'
-import { Badge } from 'ui'
+import { Circle, Loader } from 'lucide-react'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
+import { useParams } from 'common'
 import { useInvalidateProjectsInfiniteQuery } from 'data/projects/org-projects-infinite-query'
 import { Project, useInvalidateProjectDetailsQuery } from 'data/projects/project-detail-query'
 import { useProjectStatusQuery } from 'data/projects/project-status-query'
 import { PROJECT_STATUS } from 'lib/constants'
-import { Circle, Loader } from 'lucide-react'
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { Badge } from 'ui'
 
 export interface PausingStateProps {
   project: Project
 }
 
-const PausingState = ({ project }: PausingStateProps) => {
+export const PausingState = ({ project }: PausingStateProps) => {
   const { ref } = useParams()
   const [startPolling, setStartPolling] = useState(false)
 
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ const PausingState = ({ project }: PausingStateProps) => {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!isProjectStatusSuccess) return
     if (projectStatusData?.status === PROJECT_STATUS.INACTIVE) {
-      if (ref) {
-        invalidateProjectDetailsQuery(ref)
-      }
+      if (ref) invalidateProjectDetailsQuery(ref)
       invalidateProjectsQuery()
     }
   }, [
@@ -85,5 +83,3 @@ const PausingState = ({ project }: PausingStateProps) => {
     </div>
   )
 }
-
-export default PausingState
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/RestoringState.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/RestoringState.tsx
index 43ae5f80dd5..35944239661 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/RestoringState.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/RestoringState.tsx
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ const RestoringState = () => {
     if (!isProjectStatusSuccess) return
     if (projectStatusData.status === PROJECT_STATUS.ACTIVE_HEALTHY) {
       setIsCompleted(true)
-    } else {
-      if (ref) {
-        invalidateProjectDetailsQuery(ref)
-      }
     }
   }, [isProjectStatusSuccess, projectStatusData, ref, invalidateProjectDetailsQuery])
 
@@ -70,7 +66,6 @@ const RestoringState = () => {
 
   const onConfirm = async () => {
     if (!project) return console.error('Project is required')
-
     setLoading(true)
     if (ref) await invalidateProjectDetailsQuery(ref)
   }
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/index.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/index.tsx
index b987038cf74..3ffa96b4852 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/index.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import ConnectingState from './ConnectingState'
 import { LoadingState } from './LoadingState'
 import { ProjectPausedState } from './PausedState/ProjectPausedState'
 import { PauseFailedState } from './PauseFailedState'
-import PausingState from './PausingState'
+import { PausingState } from './PausingState'
 import ProductMenuBar from './ProductMenuBar'
 import { ResizingState } from './ResizingState'
 import RestartingState from './RestartingState'