diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6f2a531..5d77fa3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = 'com.flexcodelabs'
-version = '0.0.60'
+version = '0.0.61'
 description = 'Flextuma App'
 
 java {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/modules/whatsapp/services/WhatsAppWebhookConfigService.java b/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/modules/whatsapp/services/WhatsAppWebhookConfigService.java
index 3ecb7b0..9f1fb01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/modules/whatsapp/services/WhatsAppWebhookConfigService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/modules/whatsapp/services/WhatsAppWebhookConfigService.java
@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ private Map<UUID, String> configHealth(List<WhatsAppWebhookConfig> configs, List
                 health.put(config.getId(), "PAUSED");
                 continue;
             }
+            // A connector is optional (only needed to download inbound media), so its absence
+            // isn't a problem -- but a linked connector that's been deactivated will silently
+            // fail every media download, and nothing else here would ever surface that.
+            SmsConnector connector = config.getConnector();
+            if (connector != null && !Boolean.TRUE.equals(connector.getActive())) {
+                health.put(config.getId(), "DISCONNECTED");
+                continue;
+            }
             List<WhatsAppRelayDelivery> configDeliveries = deliveriesByConfig.getOrDefault(config.getId(), List.of());
             boolean retrying = configDeliveries.stream().anyMatch(d ->
                     d.getStatus() == WhatsAppRelayStatus.PENDING || d.getStatus() == WhatsAppRelayStatus.PROCESSING