diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/remote_clusters/public/application/sections/remote_cluster_list/components/connection_status/connection_status.js b/x-pack/plugins/remote_clusters/public/application/sections/remote_cluster_list/components/connection_status/connection_status.js
index 5cdbfe596135f..1804bdd1385bb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/remote_clusters/public/application/sections/remote_cluster_list/components/connection_status/connection_status.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/remote_clusters/public/application/sections/remote_cluster_list/components/connection_status/connection_status.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 
-import { EuiBadge, EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem, EuiIconTip } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { EuiHealth, EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem, EuiIconTip } from '@elastic/eui';
 
 import { SNIFF_MODE, PROXY_MODE } from '../../../../../../common/constants';
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function ConnectionStatus({ isConnected, mode }) {
   return (
     <EuiFlexGroup gutterSize="s" alignItems="center">
       <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-        <EuiBadge
+        <EuiHealth
           color={isConnected ? 'success' : 'danger'}
           data-test-subj="remoteClusterConnectionStatusMessage"
         >
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function ConnectionStatus({ isConnected, mode }) {
             : i18n.translate('xpack.remoteClusters.connectedStatus.notConnectedAriaLabel', {
                 defaultMessage: 'Not connected',
               })}
-        </EuiBadge>
+        </EuiHealth>
       </EuiFlexItem>
 
       {!isConnected && mode === SNIFF_MODE && (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/remote_clusters/server/routes/api/get_route.ts b/x-pack/plugins/remote_clusters/server/routes/api/get_route.ts
index e4541414acfe2..96805e10357cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/remote_clusters/server/routes/api/get_route.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/remote_clusters/server/routes/api/get_route.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { get } from 'lodash';
+import { get, chunk, assign } from 'lodash';
 
-import type { IndicesResolveClusterResponse } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
 import { RequestHandler } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { deserializeCluster } from '../../../common/lib';
 import { API_BASE_PATH } from '../../../common/constants';
 import { licensePreRoutingFactory } from '../../lib/license_pre_routing_factory';
 import { RouteDependencies } from '../../types';
 
+const CLUSTER_STATUS_CHUNK_SIZE = 10;
+
 export const register = (deps: RouteDependencies): void => {
   const {
     router,
@@ -35,15 +36,32 @@ export const register = (deps: RouteDependencies): void => {
       const clustersByName = await clusterClient.asCurrentUser.cluster.remoteInfo();
       const clusterNames = (clustersByName && Object.keys(clustersByName)) || [];
 
-      // Retrieve the cluster information for all the configured remote clusters.
-      // _none is never a valid index/alias/data-stream name so that way we can avoid
-      // using * which could be computationally expensive.
-      let clustersStatus: IndicesResolveClusterResponse = {};
-      if (clusterNames.length > 0) {
-        clustersStatus = await clusterClient.asCurrentUser.indices.resolveCluster({
-          name: clusterNames.map((cluster) => `${cluster}:_none`),
-        });
-      }
+      const clusterNamesChunks = chunk(clusterNames, CLUSTER_STATUS_CHUNK_SIZE);
+      const promises = clusterNamesChunks.map(async (clustersChunk) => {
+        try {
+          return await clusterClient.asCurrentUser.indices.resolveCluster(
+            {
+              name: clustersChunk.map((cluster) => `${cluster}:*`),
+              filter_path: '*.connected',
+            },
+            {
+              // Set a longer timeout given that sometimes unresponsive clusters
+              // can take a while to respond.
+              // We should be able to be more aggresive with this timeout once
+              // https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/114020 is resolved.
+              requestTimeout: '60s',
+            }
+          );
+        } catch (error) {
+          return Promise.resolve(null);
+        }
+      });
+
+      const resolvedClusterStatus = await Promise.all(promises);
+      // Flatten the resolved cluster status and filter out any null values
+      const flattenedClusterStatus = resolvedClusterStatus.flat().filter(Boolean);
+      // Combine the resolved cluster status into a single object
+      const clusterStatus = assign({}, ...flattenedClusterStatus);
 
       const body = clusterNames.map((clusterName: string): any => {
         const cluster = clustersByName[clusterName];
@@ -70,9 +88,9 @@ export const register = (deps: RouteDependencies): void => {
             config.isCloudEnabled
           ),
           isConfiguredByNode,
-          // We prioritize the cluster status from the resolve cluster api, and fallback to
-          // the cluster connected status in case its not present.
-          isConnected: clustersStatus[clusterName]?.connected || cluster.connected,
+          // We prioritize the cluster status from the resolve cluster API, and fallback to
+          // the cluster connected status in case it's not present.
+          isConnected: clusterStatus[clusterName]?.connected || cluster.connected,
         };
       });