diff --git a/src/Core/Update.php b/src/Core/Update.php
index 7c3f508037..f93de8298a 100644
--- a/src/Core/Update.php
+++ b/src/Core/Update.php
@@ -24,6 +24,44 @@ class Update
 
 	const NEW_TABLE_STRUCTURE_VERSION = 1288;
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the status of the current update
+	 *
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	public static function getStatus(): int
+	{
+		return (int)DI::config()->get('system', 'update') ?? static::SUCCESS;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the latest Version of the Friendica git repository and null, if this node doesn't check updates automatically
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function getAvailableVersion(): ?string
+	{
+		return DI::keyValue()->get('git_friendica_version') ?? null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns true, if there's a new update and null if this node doesn't check updates automatically
+	 *
+	 * @return bool|null
+	 */
+	public static function isAvailable(): ?bool
+	{
+		if (DI::config()->get('system', 'check_new_version_url', 'none') != 'none') {
+			if (version_compare(App::VERSION, static::getAvailableVersion()) < 0) {
+				return true;
+			} else {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Function to check if the Database structure needs an update.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Database/DBStructure.php b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
index f9be27da10..65a9f450ea 100644
--- a/src/Database/DBStructure.php
+++ b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
@@ -188,6 +188,16 @@ class DBStructure
 		return $status;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current status of the Update
+	 *
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	public static function getUpdateStatus(): int
+	{
+		return (int)DI::config()->get('system', 'dbupdate') ?? static::UPDATE_NOT_CHECKED;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Updates DB structure from the installation and returns eventual errors messages
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php b/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php
index 16e376faf1..bb2d28ee83 100644
--- a/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php
+++ b/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php
@@ -64,23 +64,19 @@ class Summary extends BaseAdmin
 
 		// Check if github.com/friendica/stable/VERSION is higher then
 		// the local version of Friendica. Check is opt-in, source may be stable or develop branch
-		if (DI::config()->get('system', 'check_new_version_url', 'none') != 'none') {
-			$gitversion = DI::keyValue()->get('git_friendica_version') ?? '';
-
-			if (version_compare(App::VERSION, $gitversion) < 0) {
-				$warningtext[] = DI::l10n()->t('There is a new version of Friendica available for download. Your current version is %1$s, upstream version is %2$s', App::VERSION, $gitversion);
-			}
+		if (Update::isAvailable()) {
+			$warningtext[] = DI::l10n()->t('There is a new version of Friendica available for download. Your current version is %1$s, upstream version is %2$s', App::VERSION, Update::getAvailableVersion());
 		}
 
-		if (DI::config()->get('system', 'dbupdate', DBStructure::UPDATE_NOT_CHECKED) == DBStructure::UPDATE_NOT_CHECKED) {
+		if (DBStructure::getUpdateStatus() == DBStructure::UPDATE_NOT_CHECKED) {
 			DBStructure::performUpdate();
 		}
 
-		if (DI::config()->get('system', 'dbupdate') == DBStructure::UPDATE_FAILED) {
+		if (DBStructure::getUpdateStatus() == DBStructure::UPDATE_FAILED) {
 			$warningtext[] = DI::l10n()->t('The database update failed. Please run "php bin/console.php dbstructure update" from the command line and have a look at the errors that might appear.');
 		}
 
-		if (DI::config()->get('system', 'update') == Update::FAILED) {
+		if (Update::getStatus() == Update::FAILED) {
 			$warningtext[] = DI::l10n()->t('The last update failed. Please run "php bin/console.php dbstructure update" from the command line and have a look at the errors that might appear. (Some of the errors are possibly inside the logfile.)');
 		}
 
@@ -160,9 +156,6 @@ class Summary extends BaseAdmin
 		// We can do better, but this is a quick queue status
 		$queues = ['label' => DI::l10n()->t('Message queues'), 'deferred' => $deferred, 'workerq' => $workerqueue];
 
-		$variables = DBA::toArray(DBA::p('SHOW variables LIKE "max_allowed_packet"'));
-		$max_allowed_packet = $variables ? $variables[0]['Value'] : 0;
-
 		$server_settings = [
 			'label' => DI::l10n()->t('Server Settings'),
 			'php'   => [
@@ -173,7 +166,7 @@ class Summary extends BaseAdmin
 				'memory_limit'        => ini_get('memory_limit')
 			],
 			'mysql' => [
-				'max_allowed_packet' => $max_allowed_packet
+				'max_allowed_packet' => DBA::getVariable('max_allowed_packet'),
 			]
 		];
 
diff --git a/src/Module/Stats.php b/src/Module/Stats.php
index 9778d979a5..d675aa80ee 100644
--- a/src/Module/Stats.php
+++ b/src/Module/Stats.php
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
 use Friendica\Core\KeyValueStorage\Capability\IManageKeyValuePairs;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
+use Friendica\Core\Update;
 use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\Database;
+use Friendica\Database\DBA;
+use Friendica\Database\DBStructure;
 use Friendica\Model\Register;
 use Friendica\Moderation\Entity\Report;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
@@ -23,6 +26,10 @@ use Friendica\Util\Profiler;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 
+/**
+ * Returns statistics of the current node for administration use
+ * Like for monitoring
+ */
 class Stats extends BaseModule
 {
 	/** @var IManageConfigValues */
@@ -129,7 +136,25 @@ class Stats extends BaseModule
 				],
 				'open'   => $this->dba->count('report', ['status' => Report::STATUS_OPEN]),
 				'closed' => $this->dba->count('report', ['status' => Report::STATUS_CLOSED]),
-			]
+			],
+			'update' => [
+				'available' 		=> Update::isAvailable(),
+				'available_version' => Update::getAvailableVersion(),
+				'status'            => Update::getStatus(),
+				'db_status'			=> DBStructure::getUpdateStatus(),
+			],
+			'server' => [
+				'version'  => App::VERSION,
+				'php'      => [
+					'version'             => phpversion(),
+					'upload_max_filesize' => ini_get('upload_max_filesize'),
+					'post_max_size'       => ini_get('post_max_size'),
+					'memory_limit'        => ini_get('memory_limit'),
+				],
+				'database' => [
+					'max_allowed_packet' => DBA::getVariable('max_allowed_packet'),
+				],
+			],
 		];
 
 		if (Addon::isEnabled('bluesky')) {