diff --git a/code/common/message-queue/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/mqsm/ActorStateMachine.java b/code/common/message-queue/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/mqsm/ActorStateMachine.java
index a3f7edbe..cac47c6a 100644
--- a/code/common/message-queue/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/mqsm/ActorStateMachine.java
+++ b/code/common/message-queue/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/mqsm/ActorStateMachine.java
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ public class ActorStateMachine {
         registerStates(stateGraph);
         isDirectlyInitializable = stateGraph.isDirectlyInitializable();
 
-        for (var declaredState : stateGraph.declaredStates()) {
-            if (!allStates.containsKey(declaredState.name())) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("State " + declaredState.name() + " is not defined in the state graph");
+        stateGraph.declaredStates().forEach((name, declaredState) -> {
+            if (!allStates.containsKey(name)) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("State " + name + " is not defined in the state graph");
             }
             if (!allStates.containsKey(declaredState.next())) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("State " + declaredState.next() + " is not defined in the state graph");
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class ActorStateMachine {
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException("State " + state + " is not defined in the state graph");
                 }
             }
-        }
+        });
 
         resume();
 
diff --git a/code/common/message-queue/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/mqsm/graph/AbstractStateGraph.java b/code/common/message-queue/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/mqsm/graph/AbstractStateGraph.java
index 977f2ce4..648aad63 100644
--- a/code/common/message-queue/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/mqsm/graph/AbstractStateGraph.java
+++ b/code/common/message-queue/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/mqsm/graph/AbstractStateGraph.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractStateGraph {
         this.stateFactory = stateFactory;
     }
 
+    /** User-facing description of the actor. */
+    public abstract String describe();
+
     public void transition(String state) {
         throw new ControlFlowException(state, null);
     }
@@ -30,7 +33,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractStateGraph {
         throw new ControlFlowException("ERROR", "");
     }
 
-
     public <T> void error(T payload) {
         throw new ControlFlowException("ERROR", payload);
     }
@@ -54,13 +56,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractStateGraph {
         return false;
     }
 
-    public Set<GraphState> declaredStates() {
-        Set<GraphState> ret = new HashSet<>();
+    public Map<String, GraphState> declaredStates() {
+        Map<String, GraphState> ret = new HashMap<>();
 
         for (var method : getClass().getMethods()) {
             var gs = method.getAnnotation(GraphState.class);
             if (gs != null) {
-                ret.add(gs);
+                ret.put(gs.name(), gs);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/Actor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/Actor.java
index d9002e18..63e487d8 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/Actor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/Actor.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package nu.marginalia.control.actor;
 public enum Actor {
     CRAWL,
     RECRAWL,
-    RECONVERT_LOAD,
+    CONVERT_AND_LOAD,
     CONVERTER_MONITOR,
     LOADER_MONITOR,
     CRAWLER_MONITOR,
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/ControlActors.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/ControlActors.java
index cf88e683..a42aec50 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/ControlActors.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/ControlActors.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class ControlActors {
                          GsonFactory gsonFactory,
                          BaseServiceParams baseServiceParams,
                          ConvertActor convertActor,
-                         ReconvertAndLoadActor reconvertAndLoadActor,
+                         ConvertAndLoadActor convertAndLoadActor,
                          CrawlActor crawlActor,
                          RecrawlActor recrawlActor,
                          ConverterMonitorActor converterMonitorFSM,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class ControlActors {
         register(Actor.CRAWL, crawlActor);
         register(Actor.RECRAWL, recrawlActor);
         register(Actor.CONVERT, convertActor);
-        register(Actor.RECONVERT_LOAD, reconvertAndLoadActor);
+        register(Actor.CONVERT_AND_LOAD, convertAndLoadActor);
 
         register(Actor.CONVERTER_MONITOR, converterMonitorFSM);
         register(Actor.LOADER_MONITOR, loaderMonitor);
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/AbstractProcessSpawnerActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/AbstractProcessSpawnerActor.java
index 92bbc1d6..312e71d9 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/AbstractProcessSpawnerActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/AbstractProcessSpawnerActor.java
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ public class AbstractProcessSpawnerActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
     private final ProcessService.ProcessId processId;
     private final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
 
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Spawns a(n) " + processId +  " process and monitors its inbox for messages";
+    }
+
     @Inject
     public AbstractProcessSpawnerActor(StateFactory stateFactory,
                                        MqPersistence persistence,
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/FileStorageMonitorActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/FileStorageMonitorActor.java
index 9f2ced26..190d1daf 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/FileStorageMonitorActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/FileStorageMonitorActor.java
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public class FileStorageMonitorActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
     private static final String END = "END";
     private final FileStorageService fileStorageService;
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Monitor the file storage directories and purge any file storage area that has been marked for deletion," +
+                " and remove any file storage area that is missing from disk.";
+    }
 
     @Inject
     public FileStorageMonitorActor(StateFactory stateFactory,
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/MessageQueueMonitorActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/MessageQueueMonitorActor.java
index 77384b06..1665a524 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/MessageQueueMonitorActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/MessageQueueMonitorActor.java
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ public class MessageQueueMonitorActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
     private static final String END = "END";
     private final MqPersistence persistence;
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Periodically run maintenance tasks on the message queue";
+    }
 
     @Inject
     public MessageQueueMonitorActor(StateFactory stateFactory,
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/ProcessLivenessMonitorActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/ProcessLivenessMonitorActor.java
index 4128f6f9..e7542a4c 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/ProcessLivenessMonitorActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/monitor/ProcessLivenessMonitorActor.java
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public class ProcessLivenessMonitorActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
         this.heartbeatService = heartbeatService;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Periodically check to ensure that the control service's view of running processes is agreement with the process heartbeats table.";
+    }
+
     @GraphState(name = INITIAL, next = MONITOR)
     public void init() {
     }
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ConvertActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ConvertActor.java
index 0bcc5293..f1e4b881 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ConvertActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ConvertActor.java
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ public class ConvertActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
         public long loaderMsgId = 0L;
     };
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Convert a set of crawl data into a format suitable for loading into the database.";
+    }
+
     @Inject
     public ConvertActor(StateFactory stateFactory,
                         ActorProcessWatcher processWatcher,
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ReconvertAndLoadActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ConvertAndLoadActor.java
similarity index 94%
rename from code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ReconvertAndLoadActor.java
rename to code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ConvertAndLoadActor.java
index 06c982ff..970e85d5 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ReconvertAndLoadActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ConvertAndLoadActor.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 
 @Singleton
-public class ReconvertAndLoadActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
+public class ConvertAndLoadActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
 
     // STATES
 
@@ -63,13 +63,18 @@ public class ReconvertAndLoadActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
         public long loaderMsgId = 0L;
     };
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Process a set of crawl data and then load it into the database.";
+    }
+
     @Inject
-    public ReconvertAndLoadActor(StateFactory stateFactory,
-                                 ActorProcessWatcher processWatcher,
-                                 ProcessOutboxes processOutboxes,
-                                 FileStorageService storageService,
-                                 IndexClient indexClient,
-                                 Gson gson
+    public ConvertAndLoadActor(StateFactory stateFactory,
+                               ActorProcessWatcher processWatcher,
+                               ProcessOutboxes processOutboxes,
+                               FileStorageService storageService,
+                               IndexClient indexClient,
+                               Gson gson
                                    )
     {
         super(stateFactory);
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/CrawlActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/CrawlActor.java
index 40f447c1..bc26624d 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/CrawlActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/CrawlActor.java
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ public class CrawlActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
         public long crawlerMsgId = 0L;
     };
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Run the crawler with the given crawl spec using no previous crawl data for a reference";
+    }
+
     @Inject
     public CrawlActor(StateFactory stateFactory,
                       ProcessOutboxes processOutboxes,
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/CrawlJobExtractorActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/CrawlJobExtractorActor.java
index 9cadc49a..1b611ce0 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/CrawlJobExtractorActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/CrawlJobExtractorActor.java
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ public class CrawlJobExtractorActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
     public record CrawlJobExtractorArguments(String description) { }
     public record CrawlJobExtractorArgumentsWithURL(String description, String url) { }
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Run the crawler job extractor process";
+    }
+
     @GraphState(name = CREATE_FROM_LINK, next = END,
             resume = ResumeBehavior.ERROR,
             description = """
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ExportDataActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ExportDataActor.java
index 10227dc9..b82b2278 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ExportDataActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/ExportDataActor.java
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ public class ExportDataActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
         public FileStorageId storageId = null;
     };
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Export data from the database to a storage area of type EXPORT.";
+    }
+
     @Inject
     public ExportDataActor(StateFactory stateFactory,
                            FileStorageService storageService,
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/RecrawlActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/RecrawlActor.java
index c4253a0d..071e61db 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/RecrawlActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/RecrawlActor.java
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ public class RecrawlActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
         public long crawlerMsgId = 0L;
     };
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Run the crawler with the given crawl spec using previous crawl data for a reference";
+    }
     public static RecrawlMessage recrawlFromCrawlData(FileStorageId crawlData) {
         return new RecrawlMessage(null, crawlData, 0L);
     }
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/TriggerAdjacencyCalculationActor.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/TriggerAdjacencyCalculationActor.java
index 7441b437..ca78d871 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/TriggerAdjacencyCalculationActor.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/TriggerAdjacencyCalculationActor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ public class TriggerAdjacencyCalculationActor extends AbstractStateGraph {
         this.processService = processService;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Calculate website similarities";
+    }
+
     @GraphState(name = INITIAL, next = END,
                 resume = ResumeBehavior.ERROR,
                 description = """
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/TruncateLinkDatabase.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/TruncateLinkDatabase.java
index 355620e5..90d449c3 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/TruncateLinkDatabase.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/actor/task/TruncateLinkDatabase.java
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ public class TruncateLinkDatabase extends AbstractStateGraph {
         public FileStorageId storageId = null;
     };
 
+    @Override
+    public String describe() {
+        return "Remove all data from the link database.";
+    }
+
     @Inject
     public TruncateLinkDatabase(StateFactory stateFactory,
                                 HikariDataSource dataSource)
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/model/ActorRunState.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/model/ActorRunState.java
index 152af472..805038cb 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/model/ActorRunState.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/model/ActorRunState.java
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package nu.marginalia.control.model;
 
-public record ActorRunState(String name, String state, boolean terminal, boolean canStart) {
+public record ActorRunState(String name,
+                            String state,
+                            String actorDescription,
+                            String stateDescription,
+                            boolean terminal,
+                            boolean canStart) {
     public String stateIcon() {
         if (terminal) {
             return "\uD83D\uDE34";
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/model/ActorStateGraph.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/model/ActorStateGraph.java
index a9d7b783..34caef6f 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/model/ActorStateGraph.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/model/ActorStateGraph.java
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ import nu.marginalia.mqsm.state.MachineState;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-public record ActorStateGraph(List<ActorState> states) {
+public record ActorStateGraph(String description, List<ActorState> states) {
 
     public ActorStateGraph(AbstractStateGraph graph, MachineState currentState) {
-        this(getStateList(graph, currentState));
+        this(graph.describe(), getStateList(graph, currentState));
     }
 
     private static List<ActorState> getStateList(
             AbstractStateGraph graph,
             MachineState currentState)
     {
-        Map<String, GraphState> declaredStates = graph.declaredStates().stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(GraphState::name, gs -> gs));
+        Map<String, GraphState> declaredStates = graph.declaredStates();
         Set<GraphState> seenStates = new HashSet<>(declaredStates.size());
         LinkedList<GraphState> edge = new LinkedList<>();
 
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/svc/ControlActorService.java b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/svc/ControlActorService.java
index ddfbbe58..e883310a 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/svc/ControlActorService.java
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/control/svc/ControlActorService.java
@@ -4,17 +4,20 @@ import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import nu.marginalia.control.actor.ControlActors;
 import nu.marginalia.control.actor.task.CrawlJobExtractorActor;
-import nu.marginalia.control.actor.task.ReconvertAndLoadActor;
+import nu.marginalia.control.actor.task.ConvertAndLoadActor;
 import nu.marginalia.control.actor.task.RecrawlActor;
 import nu.marginalia.control.actor.Actor;
 import nu.marginalia.control.model.ActorRunState;
 import nu.marginalia.control.model.ActorStateGraph;
 import nu.marginalia.db.storage.model.FileStorageId;
+import nu.marginalia.mqsm.graph.GraphState;
 import nu.marginalia.mqsm.state.MachineState;
 import spark.Request;
 import spark.Response;
 
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 @Singleton
 public class ControlActorService {
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ public class ControlActorService {
     }
     public Object triggerProcessing(Request request, Response response) throws Exception {
         controlActors.start(
-                Actor.RECONVERT_LOAD,
+                Actor.CONVERT_AND_LOAD,
                 FileStorageId.parse(request.params("fid"))
         );
         return "";
@@ -75,24 +78,45 @@ public class ControlActorService {
 
         // Start the FSM from the intermediate state that triggers the load
         controlActors.startFrom(
-                Actor.RECONVERT_LOAD,
-                ReconvertAndLoadActor.LOAD,
-                new ReconvertAndLoadActor.Message(null, fid, 0L, 0L)
+                Actor.CONVERT_AND_LOAD,
+                ConvertAndLoadActor.LOAD,
+                new ConvertAndLoadActor.Message(null, fid, 0L, 0L)
         );
 
         return "";
     }
 
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, String> actorStateDescriptions = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
     public Object getActorStates() {
         return controlActors.getActorStates().entrySet().stream().map(e -> {
 
+            final var stateGraph = controlActors.getActorDefinition(e.getKey());
+
             final MachineState state = e.getValue();
+            final String actorDescription = stateGraph.describe();
+
             final String machineName = e.getKey().name();
             final String stateName = state.name();
+
+            final String stateDescription = actorStateDescriptions.computeIfAbsent(
+                    (machineName + "." + stateName),
+                    k -> Optional.ofNullable(stateGraph.declaredStates().get(stateName))
+                            .map(GraphState::description)
+                            .orElse("Description missing for " + stateName)
+            );
+
+
+
             final boolean terminal = state.isFinal();
             final boolean canStart = controlActors.isDirectlyInitializable(e.getKey()) && terminal;
 
-            return new ActorRunState(machineName, stateName, terminal, canStart);
+            return new ActorRunState(machineName,
+                    stateName,
+                    actorDescription,
+                    stateDescription,
+                    terminal,
+                    canStart);
         })
                 .filter(s -> !s.terminal() || s.canStart())
                 .sorted(Comparator.comparing(ActorRunState::name))
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/resources/templates/control/actor-details.hdb b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/resources/templates/control/actor-details.hdb
index d3d807e6..2f57488b 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/resources/templates/control/actor-details.hdb
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/resources/templates/control/actor-details.hdb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   {{> control/partials/nav}}
   <section>
   <h1>{{actor}}</h1>
+  <p>{{state-graph.description}}</p>
   {{> control/partials/actor-state-graph}}
   {{> control/partials/message-queue-table}}
   </section>
diff --git a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/resources/templates/control/partials/actors-table.hdb b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/resources/templates/control/partials/actors-table.hdb
index a09e16a4..fc6785e8 100644
--- a/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/resources/templates/control/partials/actors-table.hdb
+++ b/code/services-core/control-service/src/main/resources/templates/control/partials/actors-table.hdb
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     </tr>
     {{#each actors}}
     <tr>
-        <td><a href="/actors/{{name}}">{{name}}</a></td>
-        <td>{{stateIcon}}&nbsp;{{state}}</td>
+        <td title="{{actorDescription}}"><a href="/actors/{{name}}">{{name}}</a></td>
+        <td title="{{stateDescription}}">{{stateIcon}}&nbsp;{{state}}</td>
         <td>
             {{#unless terminal}}
                 <form id="toggle-{{name}}"