diff --git a/node/components/bft/src/chonky_bft/proposal.rs b/node/components/bft/src/chonky_bft/proposal.rs
index d854adc3..7da6962c 100644
--- a/node/components/bft/src/chonky_bft/proposal.rs
+++ b/node/components/bft/src/chonky_bft/proposal.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ impl StateMachine {
 
         // Update the state machine.
         self.view_number = message.view().number;
-        metrics::METRICS.replica_view_number.set(self.view_number.0);
         self.phase = validator::Phase::Commit;
         self.high_vote = Some(commit_vote.clone());
         match &message.justification {
diff --git a/node/components/bft/src/chonky_bft/timeout.rs b/node/components/bft/src/chonky_bft/timeout.rs
index 4e6783da..43bb4919 100644
--- a/node/components/bft/src/chonky_bft/timeout.rs
+++ b/node/components/bft/src/chonky_bft/timeout.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use super::StateMachine;
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use crate::metrics;
+use std::{cmp::max, collections::HashSet};
 use zksync_concurrency::{ctx, error::Wrap, time};
 use zksync_consensus_network::io::ConsensusInputMessage;
 use zksync_consensus_roles::validator;
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ impl StateMachine {
                 .await
                 .wrap("process_commit_qc()")?;
         }
-        self.high_timeout_qc = self.high_timeout_qc.clone().max(Some(timeout_qc.clone()));
+        self.high_timeout_qc = max(Some(timeout_qc.clone()), self.high_timeout_qc.clone());
 
         // Start a new view.
         self.start_new_view(ctx, message.view.number.next()).await?;
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ impl StateMachine {
 
         // Log the event.
         tracing::info!("Timed out at view {}", self.view_number);
+        metrics::METRICS.replica_view_number.set(self.view_number.0);
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/node/components/bft/src/metrics.rs b/node/components/bft/src/metrics.rs
index abfa82e7..248b57c9 100644
--- a/node/components/bft/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/node/components/bft/src/metrics.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ProcessingLatencyLabels {
 #[metrics(prefix = "consensus")]
 pub(crate) struct ConsensusMetrics {
     /// Number of the current view of the replica.
+    #[metrics(unit = Unit::Seconds)]
     pub(crate) replica_view_number: Gauge<u64>,
     /// Number of the last finalized block observed by the node.
     pub(crate) finalized_block_number: Gauge<u64>,
diff --git a/node/libs/roles/src/validator/messages/leader_proposal.rs b/node/libs/roles/src/validator/messages/leader_proposal.rs
index 6e0b4983..e05c6668 100644
--- a/node/libs/roles/src/validator/messages/leader_proposal.rs
+++ b/node/libs/roles/src/validator/messages/leader_proposal.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl ProposalJustification {
                 .map_err(ProposalJustificationVerifyError::Commit),
             ProposalJustification::Timeout(qc) => qc
                 .verify(genesis)
-                .map_err(|err|ProposalJustificationVerifyError::Timeout(err,qc.clone())),
+                .map_err(ProposalJustificationVerifyError::Timeout),
         }
     }
 
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ impl ProposalJustification {
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ProposalJustificationVerifyError {
     /// Invalid timeout QC.
-    #[error("Invalid timeout QC: {0:#}: {1:?}")]
-    Timeout(TimeoutQCVerifyError,TimeoutQC),
+    #[error("Invalid timeout QC: {0:#}")]
+    Timeout(TimeoutQCVerifyError),
     /// Invalid commit QC.
     #[error("Invalid commit QC: {0:#}")]
     Commit(CommitQCVerifyError),