diff --git a/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component.html.erb b/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component.html.erb
index 5ee3ce94ab8f..15cea3bfb15a 100644
--- a/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component.html.erb
+++ b/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component.html.erb
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ See COPYRIGHT and LICENSE files for more details.
 
         health_status_container.with_row(mt: 2) do
           primer_form_with(
-            model: @storage,
-            url: validate_connection_admin_settings_storage_connection_validation_path(@storage),
+            model:,
+            url: validate_connection_admin_settings_storage_connection_validation_path(model),
             method: :post,
             data: { turbo: true }
           ) do
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ See COPYRIGHT and LICENSE files for more details.
           end
         end
 
-        if @storage.automatic_management_enabled?
+        if model.automatic_management_enabled?
           health_status_container.with_row(mt: 2) do
             render(Primer::Beta::Text.new(font_weight: :bold)) { I18n.t("storages.health.project_folders.subtitle") }
           end
 
           health_status_container.with_row(mt: 2) do
             concat(render(Primer::Beta::Text.new(pr: 2, test_selector: "storage-health-checked-at")) do
-              I18n.t('storages.health.checked', datetime: helpers.format_time(@storage.health_checked_at))
+              I18n.t('storages.health.checked', datetime: helpers.format_time(model.health_checked_at))
             end)
 
             concat(render(Primer::Beta::Label.new(scheme: health_status_indicator[:scheme], test_selector: "storage-health-status")) do
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ See COPYRIGHT and LICENSE files for more details.
             end)
           end
 
-          if @storage.health_unhealthy?
+          if model.health_unhealthy?
             health_status_container.with_row(mt: 2) do
               render(Primer::Beta::Text.new(color: :muted, test_selector: "storage-health-error")) do
                 formatted_health_reason
diff --git a/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component.rb b/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component.rb
index 6c7a1f79ec45..1de2253d289b 100644
--- a/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component.rb
+++ b/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component.rb
@@ -31,20 +31,15 @@
 module Storages
   module Admin
     module SidePanel
-      class HealthStatusComponent < ApplicationComponent # rubocop:disable OpenProject/AddPreviewForViewComponent
+      class HealthStatusComponent < ApplicationComponent
         include ApplicationHelper
         include OpTurbo::Streamable
         include OpPrimer::ComponentHelpers
 
-        def initialize(storage:)
-          super(storage)
-          @storage = storage
-        end
-
         private
 
         def health_status_indicator
-          case @storage.health_status
+          case model.health_status
           when "healthy"
             { scheme: :success, label: I18n.t("storages.health.label_healthy") }
           when "unhealthy"
@@ -57,8 +52,15 @@ def health_status_indicator
         # This method returns the health identifier, description and the time since when the error occurs in a
         # formatted manner. e.g. "Not found: Outbound request destination not found since 12/07/2023 03:45 PM"
         def formatted_health_reason
-          "#{@storage.health_reason_identifier.tr('_', ' ').strip.capitalize}: #{@storage.health_reason_description} " +
-            I18n.t("storages.health.since", datetime: helpers.format_time(@storage.health_changed_at))
+          identifier = model.health_reason_identifier.tr("_", " ").strip
+          description = model.health_reason_description
+
+          if description.present?
+            identifier.capitalize!
+            identifier << ": #{description}"
+          end
+
+          "#{identifier} #{I18n.t('storages.health.since', datetime: helpers.format_time(model.health_changed_at))}"
         end
 
         def validation_result_placeholder
diff --git a/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel_component.html.erb b/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel_component.html.erb
index 4282f7d9710b..0a699dd5f40d 100644
--- a/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel_component.html.erb
+++ b/modules/storages/app/components/storages/admin/side_panel_component.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%=
   component_wrapper do
     render(Primer::OpenProject::SidePanel.new) do |panel|
-      panel.with_section(Storages::Admin::SidePanel::HealthStatusComponent.new(storage: @storage))
+      panel.with_section(Storages::Admin::SidePanel::HealthStatusComponent.new(@storage))
 
       if @storage.automatic_management_enabled?
         panel.with_section(Storages::Admin::SidePanel::HealthNotificationsComponent.new(storage: @storage))
diff --git a/modules/storages/spec/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component_spec.rb b/modules/storages/spec/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component_spec.rb
index 8d139374dbc6..a8410af1c0d2 100644
--- a/modules/storages/spec/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component_spec.rb
+++ b/modules/storages/spec/components/storages/admin/side_panel/health_status_component_spec.rb
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
 RSpec.describe Storages::Admin::SidePanel::HealthStatusComponent, type: :component do
   frozen_date_time = Time.zone.local(2023, 11, 28, 1, 2, 3)
 
-  subject(:health_status_component) { described_class.new(storage:) }
+  subject(:health_status_component) { described_class.new(storage) }
 
   before do
     render_inline(health_status_component)
   end
 
   context "with healthy storage" do
-    shared_let(:storage) do
+    let(:storage) do
       travel_to(frozen_date_time) do
         create(:nextcloud_storage_with_complete_configuration, :as_healthy)
       end
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   end
 
   context "with storage health pending" do
-    shared_let(:storage) do
+    let(:storage) do
       travel_to(frozen_date_time) do
         create(:nextcloud_storage_with_complete_configuration)
       end
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   end
 
   context "with unhealthy storage" do
-    shared_let(:storage) do
+    let(:storage) do
       travel_to(frozen_date_time) do
         create(:nextcloud_storage_with_complete_configuration, :as_unhealthy)
       end
@@ -76,8 +76,22 @@
     end
   end
 
+  context "with an unhealthy storage with a localized error message" do
+    let(:error_text) { I18n.t("services.errors.models.nextcloud_sync_service.unauthorized") }
+    let(:storage) do
+      travel_to(frozen_date_time) do
+        create(:nextcloud_storage_with_complete_configuration, :as_unhealthy, health_reason: error_text)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "shows a correctly formatted error message" do
+      expect(page).to have_test_selector("storage-health-status", text: "Error")
+      expect(page).to have_test_selector("storage-health-error", text: "#{error_text} since 11/28/2023 01:02 AM")
+    end
+  end
+
   context "with unhealthy storage, long reason" do
-    shared_let(:storage) do
+    let(:storage) do
       travel_to(frozen_date_time) do
         create(:nextcloud_storage_with_complete_configuration, :as_unhealthy_long_reason)
       end