diff --git a/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts b/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts
index 3335d3803d..31e0251966 100644
--- a/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts
+++ b/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts
@@ -54,15 +54,24 @@ export interface KubernetesClusterSpec extends CatalogEntitySpec {
   accessibleNamespaces?: string[];
 }
 
+export enum LensKubernetesClusterStatus {
+  DELETING = "deleting",
+  CONNECTING = "connecting",
+  CONNECTED = "connected",
+  DISCONNECTED = "disconnected"
+}
+
 export interface KubernetesClusterMetadata extends CatalogEntityMetadata {
   distro?: string;
   kubeVersion?: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated This is no longer used as it is incorrect. Other sources can add more values
+ */
 export type KubernetesClusterStatusPhase = "connected" | "connecting" | "disconnected" | "deleting";
 
 export interface KubernetesClusterStatus extends CatalogEntityStatus {
-  phase: KubernetesClusterStatusPhase;
 }
 
 export class KubernetesCluster extends CatalogEntity<KubernetesClusterMetadata, KubernetesClusterStatus, KubernetesClusterSpec> {
@@ -110,15 +119,15 @@ export class KubernetesCluster extends CatalogEntity<KubernetesClusterMetadata,
     }
 
     switch (this.status.phase) {
-      case "connected":
-      case "connecting":
+      case LensKubernetesClusterStatus.CONNECTED:
+      case LensKubernetesClusterStatus.CONNECTING:
         context.menuItems.push({
           title: "Disconnect",
           icon: "link_off",
           onClick: () => requestMain(clusterDisconnectHandler, this.metadata.uid)
         });
         break;
-      case "disconnected":
+      case LensKubernetesClusterStatus.DISCONNECTED:
         context.menuItems.push({
           title: "Connect",
           icon: "link",
diff --git a/src/extensions/common-api/catalog.ts b/src/extensions/common-api/catalog.ts
index 689310b69d..2d703b0dff 100644
--- a/src/extensions/common-api/catalog.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/common-api/catalog.ts
@@ -19,5 +19,22 @@
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-export * from "../../common/catalog-entities";
+export {
+  KubernetesCluster,
+  kubernetesClusterCategory,
+  GeneralEntity,
+  WebLink,
+} from "../../common/catalog-entities";
+
+export type {
+  KubernetesClusterPrometheusMetrics,
+  KubernetesClusterSpec,
+  KubernetesClusterMetadata,
+  WebLinkSpec,
+  WebLinkStatus,
+  WebLinkStatusPhase,
+  KubernetesClusterStatusPhase,
+  KubernetesClusterStatus,
+} from "../../common/catalog-entities";
+
 export * from "../../common/catalog/catalog-entity";
diff --git a/src/main/cluster-manager.ts b/src/main/cluster-manager.ts
index e72cbd59cc..8cd6664b6a 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster-manager.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import logger from "./logger";
 import { apiKubePrefix } from "../common/vars";
 import { getClusterIdFromHost, Singleton } from "../common/utils";
 import { catalogEntityRegistry } from "./catalog";
-import { KubernetesCluster, KubernetesClusterPrometheusMetrics, KubernetesClusterStatusPhase } from "../common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster";
+import { KubernetesCluster, KubernetesClusterPrometheusMetrics, LensKubernetesClusterStatus } from "../common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster";
 import { ipcMainOn } from "../common/ipc";
 import { once } from "lodash";
 import { ClusterStore } from "../common/cluster-store";
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import type { ClusterId } from "../common/cluster-types";
 
 const logPrefix = "[CLUSTER-MANAGER]:";
 
+const lensSpecificClusterStatuses: Set<string> = new Set(Object.values(LensKubernetesClusterStatus));
+
 export class ClusterManager extends Singleton {
   private store = ClusterStore.getInstance();
   deleting = observable.set<ClusterId>();
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ export class ClusterManager extends Singleton {
 
   @action
   protected updateCatalog(clusters: Cluster[]) {
+    logger.debug("[CLUSTER-MANAGER]: updating catalog from cluster store");
+
     for (const cluster of clusters) {
       this.updateEntityFromCluster(cluster);
     }
@@ -144,27 +148,28 @@ export class ClusterManager extends Singleton {
   @action
   protected updateEntityStatus(entity: KubernetesCluster, cluster?: Cluster) {
     if (this.deleting.has(entity.getId())) {
-      entity.status.phase = "deleting";
+      entity.status.phase = LensKubernetesClusterStatus.DELETING;
       entity.status.enabled = false;
     } else {
-      entity.status.phase = ((): KubernetesClusterStatusPhase => {
+      entity.status.phase = (() => {
         if (!cluster) {
-          return "disconnected";
+          return LensKubernetesClusterStatus.DISCONNECTED;
         }
 
         if (cluster.accessible) {
-          return "connected";
+          return LensKubernetesClusterStatus.CONNECTED;
         }
 
         if (!cluster.disconnected) {
-          return "connecting";
+          return LensKubernetesClusterStatus.CONNECTING;
         }
 
-        if (entity?.status?.phase) {
+        // Extensions are not allowed to use the Lens specific status phases
+        if (!lensSpecificClusterStatuses.has(entity?.status?.phase)) {
           return entity.status.phase;
         }
 
-        return "disconnected";
+        return LensKubernetesClusterStatus.DISCONNECTED;
       })();
 
       entity.status.enabled = true;
@@ -276,7 +281,9 @@ export function catalogEntityFromCluster(cluster: Cluster) {
       icon: {}
     },
     status: {
-      phase: cluster.disconnected ? "disconnected" : "connected",
+      phase: cluster.disconnected
+        ? LensKubernetesClusterStatus.DISCONNECTED
+        : LensKubernetesClusterStatus.CONNECTED,
       reason: "",
       message: "",
       active: !cluster.disconnected
diff --git a/src/main/cluster.ts b/src/main/cluster.ts
index fd8142aa57..b84939a5d3 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster.ts
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
    * @internal
    */
   @action disconnect() {
-    logger.info(`[CLUSTER]: disconnect`, this.getMeta());
     this.unbindEvents();
     this.contextHandler?.stopServer();
     this.disconnected = true;
@@ -405,6 +404,7 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
     this.allowedNamespaces = [];
     this.resourceAccessStatuses.clear();
     this.pushState();
+    logger.info(`[CLUSTER]: disconnect`, this.getMeta());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/hotbar/hotbar-entity-icon.tsx b/src/renderer/components/hotbar/hotbar-entity-icon.tsx
index fc6628f3eb..05ce960a23 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/hotbar/hotbar-entity-icon.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/hotbar/hotbar-entity-icon.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { cssNames, IClassName } from "../../utils";
 import { Icon } from "../icon";
 import { HotbarIcon } from "./hotbar-icon";
 import { HotbarStore } from "../../../common/hotbar-store";
+import { LensKubernetesClusterStatus } from "../../../common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster";
 
 interface Props extends DOMAttributes<HTMLElement> {
   entity: CatalogEntity;
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ export class HotbarEntityIcon extends React.Component<Props> {
       return null;
     }
 
-    const className = cssNames("led", { online: this.props.entity.status.phase == "connected"}); // TODO: make it more generic
+    const className = cssNames("led", { online: this.props.entity.status.phase === LensKubernetesClusterStatus.CONNECTED}); // TODO: make it more generic
 
     return <div className={className} />;
   }