diff --git a/src/components/Element/Complex/MapThreatInfoElement.tsx b/src/components/Element/Complex/MapThreatInfoElement.tsx
index b84aa0a..d924c09 100644
--- a/src/components/Element/Complex/MapThreatInfoElement.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Element/Complex/MapThreatInfoElement.tsx
@@ -26,23 +26,7 @@ const MapThreatInfoElement = ({ element, inGaze }: Props) => {
   }
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    // set its own expiration time in the beginning as soon as it is rendered
-    if (!collapsed && !element.expiration && element.expirationInterval) {
-      const expireAt = new Date();
-      expireAt.setMilliseconds(
-        expireAt.getMilliseconds() + element.expirationInterval,
-      );
-
-      dispatch(
-        updateElement(element.widgetId, {
-          ...element,
-          expiration: expireAt.toISOString(),
-        }),
-      );
-    }
-  }, [collapsed, element, dispatch]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
+    // react to deescalation
     if (deescalate) {
       dispatch(
         updateElement(element.widgetId!, {
diff --git a/src/components/Widget/MapWarningWidget.tsx b/src/components/Widget/MapWarningWidget.tsx
index 0714bce..d4311dc 100644
--- a/src/components/Widget/MapWarningWidget.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Widget/MapWarningWidget.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import type { MapWarningWidget as MapWarningWidgetType } from 'src/types/widget';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'src/redux/hooks';
 import { getElementsInGaze } from 'src/redux/slices/gazeSlice';
-import { updateElement } from 'src/redux/slices/minimapSlice';
+import {
+  updateElement,
+  updateElementExpiration,
+} from 'src/redux/slices/minimapSlice';
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import type {
   IconElement as IconElementType,
@@ -15,10 +18,6 @@ type MapWarningWidgetProps = {
 };
 
 const MapWarningWidget = ({ widget }: MapWarningWidgetProps) => {
-  /** We have made widgets too generic, I think. Severely restricts our ability to design different widgets differently.
-   * It would be very useful for different widgets types to specify in detail the number of elements they will have
-   * as well as the type of each of those elements - Jagjit.
-   */
   const [iconElement, threatInfoElement] = widget.elements;
 
   const elementsInGaze = useAppSelector(getElementsInGaze);
@@ -28,13 +27,19 @@ const MapWarningWidget = ({ widget }: MapWarningWidgetProps) => {
     (element) => element.id === iconElement.id,
   );
 
-  // show threat info element if icon element is in gaze
   useEffect(() => {
+    // show threat info element if icon element is in gaze
     if (inGaze && threatInfoElement.collapsed) {
       dispatch(
         updateElement(widget.id, { ...threatInfoElement, collapsed: false }),
       );
     }
+
+    if (inGaze && threatInfoElement.expirationIntervalMs) {
+      // update expiration even if only icon element is in gaze
+      // keep displaying threat info element while we hover over the icon
+      dispatch(updateElementExpiration(widget.id, threatInfoElement.id));
+    }
   }, [inGaze, dispatch, iconElement, threatInfoElement, widget.id]);
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/prototype/lpd/stress/highLPD.ts b/src/prototype/lpd/stress/highLPD.ts
index 485a456..71b0c76 100644
--- a/src/prototype/lpd/stress/highLPD.ts
+++ b/src/prototype/lpd/stress/highLPD.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const requestApprovalToAttackMessageHigh = (
       message,
       size: 'M', // size L when stress is low
       collapsed: true, // initially, the information elemnt is not displayed
-      expirationInterval: 3000,
+      expirationIntervalMs: 3000,
       onExpiration: 'deescalate',
       widgetId: minimapWidgetId1,
     } satisfies InformationElement,
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ const missileToOwnshipDetectedMessageHigh = (
       w: 128,
       widgetId: minimapWidgetId1,
       src: mapTargetTypeToWarningIcon('missile'),
-      expirationInterval: 5000,
+      expirationIntervalMs: 5000,
       onExpiration: 'escalate',
     } satisfies IconElement,
     {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ const missileToOwnshipDetectedMessageHigh = (
       message,
       size: 'M', // size L when stress is low
       collapsed: true, // initially, the information elemnt is not displayed
-      expirationInterval: 3000,
+      expirationIntervalMs: 3000,
       onExpiration: 'deescalate',
       widgetId: minimapWidgetId1,
     } satisfies InformationElement,
diff --git a/src/prototype/lpd/stress/lowLPD.ts b/src/prototype/lpd/stress/lowLPD.ts
index 43f5aeb..431522e 100644
--- a/src/prototype/lpd/stress/lowLPD.ts
+++ b/src/prototype/lpd/stress/lowLPD.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const requestApprovalToAttackMessageLow = (
       w: 80,
       widgetId: minimapWidgetId1,
       src: mapTargetTypeToWarningIcon(message.data.target.type),
-      expirationInterval: 3000,
+      expirationIntervalMs: 3000,
       onExpiration: 'escalate',
     } satisfies IconElement,
     {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const requestApprovalToAttackMessageLow = (
       message,
       size: 'L', // size L when stress is low
       collapsed: true, // initially, the information elemnt is not displayed
-      expirationInterval: 3000,
+      expirationIntervalMs: 3000,
       onExpiration: 'deescalate',
       widgetId: minimapWidgetId1,
     } satisfies InformationElement,
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ const missileToOwnshipDetectedMessageLow = (
       message,
       size: 'L', // size L when stress is low
       collapsed: true, // initially, the information elemnt is not displayed
-      expirationInterval: 3000,
+      expirationIntervalMs: 3000,
       onExpiration: 'deescalate',
       widgetId: minimapWidgetId1,
     } satisfies InformationElement,
diff --git a/src/prototype/lpd/stress/mediumLPD.ts b/src/prototype/lpd/stress/mediumLPD.ts
index 48a5181..a26dd64 100644
--- a/src/prototype/lpd/stress/mediumLPD.ts
+++ b/src/prototype/lpd/stress/mediumLPD.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const requestApprovalToAttackMessageMedium = (
       message,
       size: 'M', // size L when stress is low
       collapsed: true, // initially, the information elemnt is not displayed
-      expirationInterval: 3000,
+      expirationIntervalMs: 3000,
       onExpiration: 'deescalate',
       widgetId: minimapWidgetId1,
     } satisfies InformationElement,
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ const missileToOwnshipDetectedMessageMedium = (
       message,
       size: 'M', // size L when stress is medium
       collapsed: true, // initially, the information elemnt is not displayed
-      expirationInterval: 3000,
+      expirationIntervalMs: 3000,
       onExpiration: 'deescalate',
       widgetId: minimapWidgetId1,
     } satisfies InformationElement,
diff --git a/src/redux/slices/minimapSlice.ts b/src/redux/slices/minimapSlice.ts
index e784d4a..0a3e266 100644
--- a/src/redux/slices/minimapSlice.ts
+++ b/src/redux/slices/minimapSlice.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createSlice, createSelector } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import type { PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import type { Widget, VehicleWidget, WidgetMap } from 'src/types/widget';
-import type { Screen, WidgetChannel } from 'src/types/support-types';
+import type { Screen } from 'src/types/support-types';
 import type { Message } from 'src/types/schema-types';
 import type { Element, ElementMap } from 'src/types/element';
 import type { LinkedSectionWidget, Section } from 'src/types/support-types';
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ export type InitialMinimapState = {
   visualComplexity: number;
   audioComplexity: number;
 
-  // for sharing data between widgets
-  widgetChannels: {
-    [key in WidgetChannel]: any;
-  };
-
   // read-only
   ownship: VehicleWidget | null;
   drones: VehicleWidget[];
@@ -29,11 +24,6 @@ export type InitialMinimapState = {
 const initialState: InitialMinimapState = {
   visualComplexity: 0,
   audioComplexity: 0,
-  widgetChannels: {
-    'list-history': {
-      activeMessageId: '',
-    },
-  },
   ownship: null,
   drones: [],
   messages: [],
@@ -210,21 +200,26 @@ export const minimapSlice = createSlice({
 
         // if widget exists
         if (widget) {
-          const tempElements = state.widgets[widgetId].elements;
-          tempElements.forEach(function (element, elementIndex) {
-            if (element.id === elementId && element.expirationInterval) {
-              const newExpiration = new Date();
-              newExpiration.setSeconds(
-                newExpiration.getSeconds() + element.expirationInterval,
+          widget.elements.forEach((element) => {
+            if (element.id === elementId) {
+              // if element does not have an expiration interval, log an error
+              if (!element.expirationIntervalMs) {
+                console.error(
+                  `Element with id ${elementId} does not have an expiration interval`,
+                );
+                return;
+              }
+
+              const expiration = new Date();
+              expiration.setMilliseconds(
+                expiration.getMilliseconds() + element.expirationIntervalMs,
               );
-              tempElements[elementIndex].expiration =
-                newExpiration.toISOString();
+
+              element.expiration = expiration.toISOString();
             }
           });
-          state.widgets[widgetId] = {
-            ...widget,
-            elements: tempElements,
-          };
+
+          state.widgets[widgetId] = widget;
         } else {
           console.error(`Widget with id ${widgetId} not found`);
         }
@@ -495,7 +490,7 @@ export const {
   removeWidget,
   deleteElementFromWidget,
 
-  toggleElementInteraction,
+  // toggleElementInteraction,
 
   setStressLevel,
 } = minimapSlice.actions;
diff --git a/src/types/element.ts b/src/types/element.ts
index 107333d..d3204ab 100644
--- a/src/types/element.ts
+++ b/src/types/element.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export type BaseElement = {
   priority?: number;
   collapsed?: boolean;
 
-  expirationInterval?: number;
+  expirationIntervalMs?: number; // should be in ms
   expiration?: string;
   onExpiration?: 'delete' | 'escalate' | 'deescalate';
   escalate?: boolean;
diff --git a/src/utils/lpdHelper.ts b/src/utils/lpdHelper.ts
index a056da4..238c088 100644
--- a/src/utils/lpdHelper.ts
+++ b/src/utils/lpdHelper.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ const generateBaseElement = (
   priority?: number,
   widgetId?: string,
   collapsed?: boolean,
-  expirationInterval?: number,
+  expirationIntervalMs?: number,
   expiration?: string,
   onExpiration?: 'delete' | 'escalate' | 'deescalate',
   interacted?: boolean,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ const generateBaseElement = (
   widgetId,
   priority,
   collapsed,
-  expirationInterval,
+  expirationIntervalMs,
   expiration,
   onExpiration,
   interacted,