diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Deployment/Topology.razor b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Deployment/Topology.razor
index 6a0fb025..326a80eb 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Deployment/Topology.razor
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Deployment/Topology.razor
@@ -892,13 +892,20 @@
     }
 
     // Compact summary of a connection's deployment-relevant fields for the diff
-    // table's Before/After cells: protocol, primary endpoint config, and the
-    // failover retry count. Mirrors the fields ConnectionsEqual compares.
+    // table's Before/After cells. Surfaces all four fields ConnectionsEqual
+    // compares — protocol, primary endpoint config, failover retry count, and
+    // the backup endpoint — so a backup-only change doesn't show identical
+    // Before/After cells. The backup segment is omitted when there is no backup.
     private static string FormatConnection(
         ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types.Flattening.ConnectionConfig c)
     {
         var endpoint = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(c.ConfigurationJson) ? "—" : c.ConfigurationJson;
-        return $"{c.Protocol} · {endpoint} · failover ×{c.FailoverRetryCount}";
+        var summary = $"{c.Protocol} · {endpoint} · failover ×{c.FailoverRetryCount}";
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(c.BackupConfigurationJson))
+        {
+            summary += $" · backup {c.BackupConfigurationJson}";
+        }
+        return summary;
     }
 
     // Renders one change section (a heading plus a Bootstrap change-table) for a
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine.Tests/Flattening/DiffServiceTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine.Tests/Flattening/DiffServiceTests.cs
index e405a109..fb5fa89f 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine.Tests/Flattening/DiffServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine.Tests/Flattening/DiffServiceTests.cs
@@ -286,6 +286,36 @@ public class DiffServiceTests
         Assert.Equal("OpcUa", diff[0].NewValue!.Protocol);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void ComputeConnectionsDiff_NullOldConfig_AllReportedAsAdded()
+    {
+        // First deploy: there is no prior flattened config at all (null), so
+        // every connection in the new config is Added. Exercises the public
+        // method's null-oldConfig tolerance explicitly (the ComputeDiff path
+        // covers it end-to-end, but the isolated API contract is asserted here).
+        var newConfig = new FlattenedConfiguration
+        {
+            InstanceUniqueName = "Instance1",
+            Connections = new Dictionary<string, ConnectionConfig>
+            {
+                ["plc1"] = new ConnectionConfig
+                {
+                    Protocol = "OpcUa",
+                    ConfigurationJson = "{\"endpoint\":\"opc.tcp://host\"}",
+                    FailoverRetryCount = 3,
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        var diff = _sut.ComputeConnectionsDiff(null, newConfig);
+
+        Assert.Single(diff);
+        Assert.Equal("plc1", diff[0].CanonicalName);
+        Assert.Equal(DiffChangeType.Added, diff[0].ChangeType);
+        Assert.Null(diff[0].OldValue);
+        Assert.Equal("OpcUa", diff[0].NewValue!.Protocol);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void ComputeConnectionsDiff_BindingCleared_ReportedAsRemoved()
     {