diff --git a/clients/tabby-agent/src/config/index.ts b/clients/tabby-agent/src/config/index.ts
index 59d358713784..fdf5fc2c2881 100644
--- a/clients/tabby-agent/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/clients/tabby-agent/src/config/index.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ export class Configurations extends EventEmitter implements Feature {
 
   private configForLsp: TabbyLspConfig = { server: defaultConfigData["server"] }; // config for lsp client
 
+  private clientCapabilities: ClientCapabilities | undefined = undefined;
+
   constructor(private readonly dataStore?: DataStore) {
     super();
   }
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ export class Configurations extends EventEmitter implements Feature {
     clientCapabilities: ClientCapabilities,
     clientProvidedConfig: ClientProvidedConfig,
   ): Promise<ServerCapabilities> {
+    this.clientCapabilities = clientCapabilities;
+
     this.updateClientProvidedConfig(clientProvidedConfig);
 
     connection.onDidChangeConfiguration(async (params) => {
@@ -151,6 +155,13 @@ export class Configurations extends EventEmitter implements Feature {
     return {};
   }
 
+  async initialized(connection: Connection): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.clientCapabilities?.tabby?.configDidChangeListener) {
+      const config = this.getConfigForLsp();
+      connection.sendNotification(ConfigDidChangeNotification.type, config);
+    }
+  }
+
   getClientProvidedConfig(): ClientProvidedConfig {
     return this.clientProvided;
   }
diff --git a/clients/tabby-agent/src/http/tabbyApiClient.ts b/clients/tabby-agent/src/http/tabbyApiClient.ts
index 5b4896fb89f1..4c658d8ec90e 100644
--- a/clients/tabby-agent/src/http/tabbyApiClient.ts
+++ b/clients/tabby-agent/src/http/tabbyApiClient.ts
@@ -247,19 +247,18 @@ export class TabbyApiClient extends EventEmitter {
         this.createTimeOutAbortSignal(),
       ]),
     };
+    this.updateIsConnecting(true);
     try {
       if (!this.api) {
         throw new Error("http client not initialized");
       }
       this.logger.debug(`Health check request: ${requestDescription}. [${requestId}]`);
-      this.updateIsConnecting(true);
       let response;
       if (method === "POST") {
         response = await this.api.POST(requestPath, requestOptions);
       } else {
         response = await this.api.GET(requestPath, requestOptions);
       }
-      this.updateIsConnecting(false);
       this.logger.debug(`Health check response status: ${response.response.status}. [${requestId}]`);
       if (response.error || !response.response.ok) {
         throw new HttpError(response.response);
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ export class TabbyApiClient extends EventEmitter {
       this.serverHealth = response.data;
       this.updateStatus("ready");
     } catch (error) {
-      this.updateIsConnecting(false);
       this.serverHealth = undefined;
       if (error instanceof HttpError && error.status == 405 && method !== "POST") {
         return await this.healthCheck(signal, "POST");
@@ -290,6 +288,7 @@ export class TabbyApiClient extends EventEmitter {
         this.updateStatus("noConnection");
       }
     }
+    this.updateIsConnecting(false);
   }
 
   private async updateServerProvidedConfig(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/clients/tabby-agent/src/server.ts b/clients/tabby-agent/src/server.ts
index 9153d04fff46..b6b5be713d41 100644
--- a/clients/tabby-agent/src/server.ts
+++ b/clients/tabby-agent/src/server.ts
@@ -210,9 +210,11 @@ export class Server {
 
   private async initialized(): Promise<void> {
     this.logger.info("Received initialized notification.");
-    await [this.completionProvider, this.chatFeature].mapAsync((feature: Feature) => {
-      return feature.initialized?.(this.connection);
-    });
+    await [this.configurations, this.statusProvider, this.completionProvider, this.chatFeature].mapAsync(
+      (feature: Feature) => {
+        return feature.initialized?.(this.connection);
+      },
+    );
 
     // FIXME(@icycodes): remove deprecated methods
     if (this.clientCapabilities?.tabby?.agent) {
diff --git a/clients/tabby-agent/src/status.ts b/clients/tabby-agent/src/status.ts
index f31864b2b84b..e91b30680476 100644
--- a/clients/tabby-agent/src/status.ts
+++ b/clients/tabby-agent/src/status.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class StatusProvider extends EventEmitter implements Feature {
   private readonly logger = getLogger("StatusProvider");
 
   private lspConnection: Connection | undefined = undefined;
+  private clientCapabilities: ClientCapabilities | undefined = undefined;
 
   constructor(
     private readonly dataStore: DataStore,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export class StatusProvider extends EventEmitter implements Feature {
 
   initialize(connection: Connection, clientCapabilities: ClientCapabilities): ServerCapabilities {
     this.lspConnection = connection;
+    this.clientCapabilities = clientCapabilities;
 
     connection.onRequest(StatusRequest.type, async (params) => {
       if (params?.recheckConnection) {
@@ -79,6 +81,13 @@ export class StatusProvider extends EventEmitter implements Feature {
     return {};
   }
 
+  async initialized(connection: Connection): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.clientCapabilities?.tabby?.statusDidChangeListener) {
+      const statusInfo = await this.getStatusInfo();
+      connection.sendNotification(StatusDidChangeNotification.type, statusInfo);
+    }
+  }
+
   private async notify() {
     const statusInfo = await this.getStatusInfo();
     this.emit("updated", statusInfo);