diff --git a/src/containers/Ledgers/LedgerMetrics.tsx b/src/containers/Ledgers/LedgerMetrics.tsx
index ff2cf7a9c..80c677930 100644
--- a/src/containers/Ledgers/LedgerMetrics.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/Ledgers/LedgerMetrics.tsx
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export const LedgerMetrics = ({
         content = renderXRP(data[key], language)
       } else if (key === 'ledger_interval' && data[key] !== '--') {
         content = `${data[key]} ${t('seconds_short')}`
-      } else if (key === 'nUnl' && data[key]?.length === 0) {
+      } else if (key === 'nUnl' && (!data[key] || data[key]?.length === 0)) {
         return null
       } else if (key === 'nUnl') {
         content = data[key]?.length
diff --git a/src/containers/Ledgers/Ledgers.tsx b/src/containers/Ledgers/Ledgers.tsx
index 48f1e1a1c..f60c08143 100644
--- a/src/containers/Ledgers/Ledgers.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/Ledgers/Ledgers.tsx
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ export const Ledgers = ({ paused }: { paused: boolean }) => {
     ledgers,
     paused,
   )
-  const isOnline = useIsOnline()
+  const { isOnline } = useIsOnline()
 
   return (
     <div className="ledgers">
-      {isOnline && ledgers ? (
+      {isOnline && Object.keys(ledgers).length > 0 ? (
         <>
           <Legend />
           <div className="control">
diff --git a/src/containers/Ledgers/test/LedgersPage.test.js b/src/containers/Ledgers/test/LedgersPage.test.js
index 3e946dea9..7645a5699 100644
--- a/src/containers/Ledgers/test/LedgersPage.test.js
+++ b/src/containers/Ledgers/test/LedgersPage.test.js
@@ -147,11 +147,12 @@ describe('Ledgers Page container', () => {
     expect(wrapper.find('.txn').length).toBe(0)
 
     server.send(prevLedgerMessage)
+    await sleep(260)
     wrapper.update()
     expect(wrapper.exists()).toBe(true)
     expect(wrapper.find('.ledgers').length).toBe(1)
     expect(wrapper.find('.ledger-list').length).toBe(1)
-    expect(wrapper.find('.ledger').length).toBe(1)
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ledger').length).toBe(2)
 
     server.send(validationMessage)
     // validation-messages are processed in batches every 200 ms
diff --git a/src/containers/Network/Validators.tsx b/src/containers/Network/Validators.tsx
index 5f2a10841..21d307bc2 100644
--- a/src/containers/Network/Validators.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/Network/Validators.tsx
@@ -36,42 +36,30 @@ export const ValidatorsData = () => {
   const [feeSettings, setFeeSettings] = useState<FeeSettings>()
 
   const merged = useMemo(() => {
+    const fromVHS = validatorsFromVHS ?? {}
+    const fromStream = validatorsFromValidations ?? {}
+
     if (
-      !validatorsFromVHS ||
-      !(
-        validatorsFromValidations &&
-        Object.keys(validatorsFromValidations).length
-      )
+      Object.keys(fromVHS).length === 0 &&
+      Object.keys(fromStream).length === 0
     ) {
       return []
     }
 
     const updated: Record<string, StreamValidator> = {}
-    const keys = new Set(
-      Object.keys(validatorsFromVHS).concat(
-        Object.keys(validatorsFromValidations),
-      ),
-    )
+    const keys = new Set(Object.keys(fromVHS).concat(Object.keys(fromStream)))
     keys.forEach((d: string) => {
-      const newData: StreamValidator =
-        validatorsFromVHS[d] || validatorsFromValidations[d]
+      const newData: StreamValidator = fromVHS[d] ?? fromStream[d]
       if (
         newData.ledger_index == null &&
-        validatorsFromValidations[d] &&
-        validatorsFromValidations[d].ledger_index
+        fromStream[d] &&
+        fromStream[d].ledger_index
       ) {
         // VHS uses `current_index` instead of `ledger_index`
         // If `ledger_index` isn't defined, then we're still using the VHS data,
         // instead of the Streams data
-        newData.ledger_index = validatorsFromValidations[d].ledger_index
-      }
-      if (newData.current_index == null) {
-        newData.signing_key = validatorsFromValidations[d].signing_key
-      }
-      // latest hash and time comes from the validations stream
-      if (validatorsFromValidations[d]) {
-        newData.time = validatorsFromValidations[d].time
-        newData.ledger_hash = validatorsFromValidations[d].ledger_hash
+        newData.ledger_index = fromStream[d].ledger_index
+        newData.ledger_hash = fromStream[d].ledger_hash
       }
 
       updated[d] = newData
diff --git a/src/containers/Network/test/validators.test.js b/src/containers/Network/test/validators.test.js
index 1a1d4e1b1..57c6c2d41 100644
--- a/src/containers/Network/test/validators.test.js
+++ b/src/containers/Network/test/validators.test.js
@@ -7,34 +7,29 @@ import i18n from '../../../i18n/testConfig'
 import mockValidators from './mockValidators.json'
 import validationMessage from './mockValidation.json'
 import SocketContext from '../../shared/SocketContext'
+import NetworkContext from '../../shared/NetworkContext'
 import MockWsClient from '../../test/mockWsClient'
 import { QuickHarness } from '../../test/utils'
 import { VALIDATORS_ROUTE } from '../../App/routes'
 import { Validators } from '../Validators'
-import { StreamsProvider } from '../../shared/components/Streams'
 import { queryClient } from '../../shared/QueryClient'
-import { VHSValidatorsProvider } from '../../shared/components/VHSValidators'
 
 const WS_URL = 'ws://localhost:1234'
 
 describe('Validators Tab container', () => {
   let server
   let client
+
   const createWrapper = () =>
     mount(
       <SocketContext.Provider value={client}>
-        <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
-          <VHSValidatorsProvider>
-            <StreamsProvider>
-              <QuickHarness
-                i18n={i18n}
-                initialEntries={['/network/validators']}
-              >
-                <Route path={VALIDATORS_ROUTE.path} element={<Validators />} />
-              </QuickHarness>
-            </StreamsProvider>
-          </VHSValidatorsProvider>
-        </QueryClientProvider>
+        <NetworkContext.Provider value="main">
+          <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
+            <QuickHarness i18n={i18n} initialEntries={['/network/validators']}>
+              <Route path={VALIDATORS_ROUTE.path} element={<Validators />} />
+            </QuickHarness>
+          </QueryClientProvider>
+        </NetworkContext.Provider>
       </SocketContext.Provider>,
     )
 
@@ -57,43 +52,75 @@ describe('Validators Tab container', () => {
     wrapper.unmount()
   })
 
-  it('receives live validation', async () => {
+  it('displays validators from VHS API', (done) => {
+    moxios.stubRequest(`${process.env.VITE_DATA_URL}/validators/main`, {
+      status: 200,
+      response: { validators: mockValidators },
+    })
+
     const wrapper = createWrapper()
 
+    moxios.wait(() => {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        wrapper.update()
+
+        // Should show 4 validators from VHS with 2 in UNL
+        expect(wrapper.find('.stat').text()).toEqual(
+          'validators_found: 4 (unl: 2)',
+        )
+
+        // Should render hexagons visualization
+        expect(wrapper.find('.hexagons').length).toBe(1)
+
+        wrapper.unmount()
+        done()
+      }, 100)
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('merges validators from both VHS API and WebSocket stream', (done) => {
+    // Mock the VHS API response with 4 validators
     moxios.stubRequest(`${process.env.VITE_DATA_URL}/validators/main`, {
       status: 200,
-      response: mockValidators,
+      response: { validators: mockValidators },
     })
 
-    expect(wrapper.find('.validators').length).toBe(1)
-    expect(wrapper.find('.stat').html()).toBe(
-      '<div class="stat"><span>validators_found: </span><span>0<i> (unl: )</i></span></div>',
-    )
-    expect(wrapper.find('.validators-table').length).toBe(1)
+    const wrapper = createWrapper()
 
+    // Send a live validation message via WebSocket
+    // This validator (n9KaxgJv69FucW5kkiaMhCqS6sAR1wUVxpZaZmLGVXxAcAse9YhR) is NOT in mockValidators
     server.send(validationMessage)
 
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      wrapper.update()
-      expect(wrapper.find('.stat').html()).toBe(
-        '<div class="stat"><span>validators_found: </span><span>4<i> (unl: 2)</i></span></div>',
-      )
-      expect(wrapper.find('.validators .tooltip').length).toBe(0)
-
-      wrapper.find('.validators .hexagon').first().simulate('mouseOver')
-      wrapper.update()
-      expect(wrapper.find('.validators-container .tooltip').length).toBe(1)
-      expect(
-        wrapper.find('.validators-container .tooltip .pubkey').html(),
-      ).toBe(
-        '<div class="pubkey">n9KaxgJv69FucW5kkiaMhCqS6sAR1wUVxpZaZmLGVXxAcAse9YhR</div>',
-      )
-      wrapper.find('.validators .hexagon').first().simulate('mouseLeave')
-      wrapper.update()
-      expect(wrapper.find('.validators-container .tooltip').length).toBe(0)
-      expect(wrapper.find('.validators .hexagons').length).toBe(1)
-      expect(wrapper.find('.validators-table table tr').length).toBe(5)
-      wrapper.unmount()
+    // Wait for both VHS API and WebSocket data to be processed
+    moxios.wait(() => {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        wrapper.update()
+
+        // Should show 5 validators total (4 from VHS + 1 new from WebSocket)
+        // Note: The validation_public_key in mockValidation.json is different from all signing_keys in mockValidators.json
+        expect(wrapper.find('.stat').text()).toEqual(
+          'validators_found: 5 (unl: 2)',
+        )
+
+        // Should render hexagons with merged data
+        expect(wrapper.find('.hexagons').length).toBe(1)
+
+        // Should render validators table
+        expect(wrapper.find('.validators-table').length).toBe(1)
+
+        // Check table has 5 data rows (4 from VHS + 1 from WebSocket)
+        const tableRows = wrapper.find('.validators-table table tbody tr')
+        expect(tableRows.length).toBe(5)
+
+        // Verify that the WebSocket validator is in the table
+        const tableText = wrapper.find('.validators-table').text()
+        expect(tableText).toContain(
+          'n9KaxgJv69FucW5kkiaMhCqS6sAR1wUVxpZaZmLGVXxAcAse9YhR',
+        )
+
+        wrapper.unmount()
+        done()
+      }, 100)
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/containers/shared/components/Streams/StreamsProvider.tsx b/src/containers/shared/components/Streams/StreamsProvider.tsx
index d675381b7..8367d439a 100644
--- a/src/containers/shared/components/Streams/StreamsProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/shared/components/Streams/StreamsProvider.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const truncateLedgers = (ledgers: Record<string, Ledger>, count) =>
 export const StreamsProvider: FC = ({ children }) => {
   // In custom mode we populate metrics from ledgers loaded into memory
   const useServerMetrics = process.env.VITE_ENVIRONMENT !== 'custom'
-  const [ledgers, setLedgers] = useState<Record<number, Ledger>>([])
+  const [ledgers, setLedgers] = useState<Record<number, Ledger>>({})
   const ledgersRef = useRef<Record<number, Ledger>>(ledgers)
   const firstLedgerRef = useRef<number>(0)
   const [validators, setValidators] = useState<Record<number, StreamValidator>>(
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ export const StreamsProvider: FC = ({ children }) => {
     { enabled: socket.getState().online },
   )
   const { data: serverRunningMetrics, refetch: refetchServerRunningMetrics } =
-    useQuery<string[]>('runningMetrics', () => fetchMetrics(), {
-      enabled: socket.getState().online,
-    })
+    useQuery<string[]>('runningMetrics', () => fetchMetrics())
 
   function addLedger(index: number | string) {
     // Only add new ledgers that are newer than the last one added.