diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
index 7d42cd13b8..acdfe116ff 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
@@ -4685,8 +4685,10 @@ processAgentMessageConn vr user@User {userId} corrId agentConnId agentMessage =
       case err of
         SMP _ SMP.AUTH -> do
           authErrCounter' <- withStore' $ \db -> incConnectionAuthErrCounter db user conn
-          when (authErrCounter' >= authErrDisableCount) $ do
-            toView $ CRConnectionDisabled connEntity
+          when (authErrCounter' >= authErrDisableCount) $ case connEntity of
+            RcvDirectMsgConnection ctConn (Just ct) -> do
+              toView $ CRContactDisabled user ct {activeConn = Just ctConn {authErrCounter = authErrCounter'}}
+            _ -> toView $ CRConnectionDisabled connEntity
         _ -> pure ()
 
     -- TODO v5.7 / v6.0 - together with deprecating old group protocol establishing direct connections?
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
index 8f239088d5..267298f188 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ data ChatResponse
   | CRAgentSubs {activeSubs :: Map Text Int, pendingSubs :: Map Text Int, removedSubs :: Map Text [String]}
   | CRAgentSubsDetails {agentSubs :: SubscriptionsInfo}
   | CRAgentMsgCounts {msgCounts :: [(Text, (Int, Int))]}
+  | CRContactDisabled {user :: User, contact :: Contact}
   | CRConnectionDisabled {connectionEntity :: ConnectionEntity}
   | CRAgentRcvQueueDeleted {agentConnId :: AgentConnId, server :: SMPServer, agentQueueId :: AgentQueueId, agentError_ :: Maybe AgentErrorType}
   | CRAgentConnDeleted {agentConnId :: AgentConnId}
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
index 236730e45d..4b3240fe46 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ responseToView hu@(currentRH, user_) ChatConfig {logLevel, showReactions, showRe
       plain . LB.unpack $ J.encode agentWorkersDetails -- this would be huge, but copypastable when has its own line
     ]
   CRAgentMsgCounts {msgCounts} -> ["received messages (total, duplicates):", plain . LB.unpack $ J.encode msgCounts]
+  CRContactDisabled u c -> ttyUser u ["[" <> ttyContact' c <> "] connection is disabled, to enable: " <> highlight ("/enable " <> viewContactName c) <> ", to delete: " <> highlight ("/d " <> viewContactName c)]
   CRConnectionDisabled entity -> viewConnectionEntityDisabled entity
   CRAgentRcvQueueDeleted acId srv aqId err_ ->
     [ ("completed deleting rcv queue, agent connection id: " <> sShow acId)