diff --git a/bin/base-demo-services b/bin/base-demo-services
index 69e12c1..5deec43 100755
--- a/bin/base-demo-services
+++ b/bin/base-demo-services
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ import urllib.error
 import urllib.request
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple
+
+
+class CheckResult(NamedTuple):
+    ok: bool
+    label: str
+    detail: str
 
 
 def project_root() -> Path:
@@ -246,79 +252,67 @@ def stop_process(service: dict[str, Any], root: Path) -> int:
     return 0
 
 
-def check_service(service: dict[str, Any], root: Path) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+def check_service(service: dict[str, Any], root: Path) -> CheckResult:
     check = service.get("check") or {"type": "none"}
     check_type = check.get("type")
 
     if check_type == "none":
-        return True, "none"
+        return CheckResult(True, "none", "none")
 
     if check_type == "file":
         path_value = check.get("path")
         if not isinstance(path_value, str) or not path_value:
-            return False, "file:<missing path>"
+            return CheckResult(False, "file:<missing path>", "file:<missing path>")
         path = Path(path_value)
         if not path.is_absolute():
             path = root / path
-        return path.exists(), f"file:{path_value}"
+        label = f"file:{path_value}"
+        return CheckResult(path.exists(), label, label)
 
     if check_type == "http":
-        # HTTP checks use the service-level health_url so the display URL and probe target stay aligned.
         url = service.get("health_url")
         if not isinstance(url, str) or not url:
-            return False, "http:<missing health_url>"
+            return CheckResult(False, "http:<missing health_url>", "http:<missing health_url>")
+        label = url
         try:
             with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=1.0) as response:
-                return 200 <= response.status < 400, f"http:{url}"
+                return CheckResult(200 <= response.status < 400, label, f"http:{url}")
         except (OSError, urllib.error.URLError) as exc:
-            return False, f"http:{url} ({exc})"
+            return CheckResult(False, label, f"http:{url} ({exc})")
 
     if check_type == "compose":
         service_name = check.get("service") or service.get("compose_service") or service.get("name")
         if not isinstance(service_name, str) or not service_name:
-            return False, "compose:<missing service>"
+            return CheckResult(False, "compose:<missing service>", "compose:<missing service>")
+        label = f"compose:{service_name}"
         if shutil.which("docker") is None:
-            return False, f"compose:{service_name} unavailable"
+            return CheckResult(False, label, f"{label} unavailable")
         command = compose_command(root, ["ps", "--services", "--status", "running"])
         result = subprocess.run(command, check=False, capture_output=True, text=True)
         running = set(result.stdout.splitlines())
-        return service_name in running, f"compose:{service_name}"
+        return CheckResult(service_name in running, label, label)
 
     if check_type == "command":
         command = check.get("command")
         if not isinstance(command, list) or not all(isinstance(item, str) for item in command):
-            return False, "command:<invalid command>"
+            return CheckResult(False, "command:<invalid command>", "command:<invalid command>")
+        label = f"command:{shlex.join(command)}"
         try:
             result = subprocess.run(command, cwd=root, check=False, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=3.0)
         except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as exc:
-            return False, f"command:{shlex.join(command)} ({exc})"
-        return result.returncode == 0, f"command:{shlex.join(command)}"
-
-    return False, f"unsupported:{check_type}"
+            return CheckResult(False, label, f"{label} ({exc})")
+        return CheckResult(result.returncode == 0, label, label)
 
-
-def health_label(service: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
-    check = service.get("check") or {"type": "none"}
-    if service.get("health_url"):
-        return str(service["health_url"])
-    if check.get("type") == "compose":
-        return f"compose:{check.get('service', service.get('compose_service', '-'))}"
-    if check.get("type") == "file":
-        return f"file:{check.get('path', '-')}"
-    if check.get("type") == "command":
-        command = check.get("command")
-        if isinstance(command, list) and all(isinstance(item, str) for item in command):
-            return f"command:{shlex.join(command)}"
-        return "command:<invalid command>"
-    return str(check.get("type") or "-")
+    detail = f"unsupported:{check_type}"
+    return CheckResult(False, detail, detail)
 
 
 def service_rows(services: list[dict[str, Any]], root: Path) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
     rows: list[dict[str, str]] = []
     for service in services:
         process_state = read_process_state(root, service)
-        ok, detail = check_service(service, root)
-        if ok:
+        check_result = check_service(service, root)
+        if check_result.ok:
             state = "healthy"
         elif service.get("required", False):
             state = "unhealthy"
@@ -337,11 +331,11 @@ def service_rows(services: list[dict[str, Any]], root: Path) -> list[dict[str, s
                 "kind": str(service.get("kind", "-")),
                 "runtime": str(service.get("runtime", "-")),
                 "port": str(service.get("port") or "-"),
-                "health": health_label(service),
+                "health": check_result.label,
                 "state": state,
                 "since": since,
                 "logs": str(service.get("logs") or "-"),
-                "detail": detail,
+                "detail": check_result.detail,
                 "required": "true" if service.get("required", False) else "false",
             }
         )
diff --git a/tests/services_test.bats b/tests/services_test.bats
index 905fe01..d07ab4f 100644
--- a/tests/services_test.bats
+++ b/tests/services_test.bats
@@ -66,6 +66,29 @@ write_optional_compose_catalog() {
 EOF
 }
 
+write_missing_http_catalog() {
+  local catalog="$1"
+
+  cat > "$catalog" <<EOF
+{
+  "services": [
+    {
+      "name": "missing-http",
+      "kind": "service",
+      "runtime": "test",
+      "port": null,
+      "health_url": null,
+      "required": false,
+      "check": {
+        "type": "http"
+      },
+      "logs": null
+    }
+  ]
+}
+EOF
+}
+
 write_fake_docker_with_stopped_compose_service() {
   local bin_dir="$1"
   mkdir -p "$bin_dir"
@@ -199,3 +222,18 @@ EOF
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
   [[ "$output" == *"optional-compose"*"error"* ]]
 }
+
+@test "services status and check use the same missing http target detail" {
+  local catalog="$TEST_TMPDIR/catalog.json"
+  write_missing_http_catalog "$catalog"
+
+  run env BASE_DEMO_SERVICES_STATE_DIR="$TEST_TMPDIR/state" "$TEST_ROOT/bin/base-demo-services" --catalog "$catalog" status
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "$output" == *"missing-http"*"http:<missing health_url>"* ]]
+
+  run env BASE_DEMO_SERVICES_STATE_DIR="$TEST_TMPDIR/state" "$TEST_ROOT/bin/base-demo-services" --catalog "$catalog" check
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "$output" == *"missing-http skip optional http:<missing health_url>"* ]]
+}