diff --git a/src/transport_layer/etcp_connections.c b/src/transport_layer/etcp_connections.c
index f46e99eb..67152bed 100644
--- a/src/transport_layer/etcp_connections.c
+++ b/src/transport_layer/etcp_connections.c
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ struct ETCP_LINK* etcp_link_new(struct ETCP_CONN* etcp, struct ETCP_SOCKET* conn
     etcp_link_update_inflight_lim(link, link->inflight_lim_bytes);
 
     DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_ETCP, "NEW link initialized on etcp=[%s] link=%p socket=%s id=%d is_server=%d mtu=%d", etcp->log_name, link, conn->name, link->local_link_id, link->is_server, link->mtu);
+    etcp_fire_link_status_cbk(link, -1, 0);
 
     if (is_server == 0) {
         etcp_link_enter_init(link);
diff --git a/tools/chatgui-android/jni_bridge/android_jni_bridge.c b/tools/chatgui-android/jni_bridge/android_jni_bridge.c
index 2d984e9e..767d0a23 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui-android/jni_bridge/android_jni_bridge.c
+++ b/tools/chatgui-android/jni_bridge/android_jni_bridge.c
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ char* utun_bridge_get_member_links_json(uint64_t node_id) {
         }
     }
     pos += snprintf(buf + pos, sizeof(buf) - (size_t)pos, "]}");
+    bridge_log(BLEV_INFO, "getMemberLinks node=0x%016llx → %s", (unsigned long long)node_id, buf);
     return u_strdup(buf);
 }