diff --git a/config_app/config_endpoints/api/kubeconfig.py b/config_app/config_endpoints/api/kubeconfig.py
index e63c3d99e..556e36504 100644
--- a/config_app/config_endpoints/api/kubeconfig.py
+++ b/config_app/config_endpoints/api/kubeconfig.py
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ class QEDeploymentRolloutStatus(ApiResource):
   @kubernetes_only
   @nickname('scGetDeploymentRolloutStatus')
   def get(self, deployment):
-    return KubernetesAccessorSingleton.get_instance().get_deployment_rollout_status(deployment).to_dict()
+    deployment_rollout_status = KubernetesAccessorSingleton.get_instance().get_deployment_rollout_status(deployment)
+    return {
+      'status': deployment_rollout_status.status,
+      'message': deployment_rollout_status.message,
+    }
 
 
 @resource('/v1/superuser/config/kubernetes')
diff --git a/config_app/config_util/k8saccessor.py b/config_app/config_util/k8saccessor.py
index 0ce67953d..90597adfd 100644
--- a/config_app/config_util/k8saccessor.py
+++ b/config_app/config_util/k8saccessor.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import datetime
 import os
 
 from requests import Request, Session
+from collections import namedtuple
 from util.config.validator import EXTRA_CA_DIRECTORY, EXTRA_CA_DIRECTORY_PREFIX
 
 from config_app.config_util.k8sconfig import KubernetesConfig
@@ -12,22 +13,74 @@ from config_app.config_util.k8sconfig import KubernetesConfig
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 QE_DEPLOYMENT_LABEL = 'quay-enterprise-component'
+QE_CONTAINER_NAME = 'quay-enterprise-app'
 
-class _DeploymentRolloutStatus:
-  """
-  Class containing response of the deployment rollout status method.
-  status is one of: 'failed' | 'progressing' | 'available'
-  message is any string describing the state.
-  """
-  def __init__(self, status, message):
-    self.status = status
-    self.message = message
 
-  def to_dict(self):
-    return {
-      'status': self.status,
-      'message': self.message
-    }
+# Tuple containing response of the deployment rollout status method.
+# status is one of: 'failed' | 'progressing' | 'available'
+# message is any string describing the state.
+DeploymentRolloutStatus = namedtuple('DeploymentRolloutStatus', ['status', 'message'])
+
+
+def _deployment_rollout_status_message(deployment, deployment_name):
+  """
+  Gets the friendly human readable message of the current state of the deployment rollout
+  :param deployment: python dict matching: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.11/#deployment-v1-apps
+  :param deployment_name: string
+  :return: DeploymentRolloutStatus
+  """
+  # Logic for rollout status pulled from the `kubectl rollout status` command:
+  # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/d9ba19c751709c8608e09a0537eea98973f3a796/pkg/kubectl/rollout_status.go#L62
+  if deployment['metadata']['generation'] <= deployment['status']['observedGeneration']:
+    for cond in deployment['status']['conditions']:
+      if cond['type'] == 'Progressing' and cond['reason'] == 'ProgressDeadlineExceeded':
+        return DeploymentRolloutStatus(
+          status='failed',
+          message="Deployment %s's rollout failed. Please try again later." % deployment_name
+        )
+
+    desired_replicas = deployment['spec']['replicas']
+    current_replicas = deployment['status'].get('replicas', 0)
+    if current_replicas == 0:
+      return DeploymentRolloutStatus(
+        status='available',
+        message='Deployment %s updated (no replicas, so nothing to roll out)' % deployment_name
+      )
+
+    # Some fields are optional in the spec, so if they're omitted, replace with defaults that won't indicate a wrong status
+    available_replicas = deployment['status'].get('availableReplicas', 0)
+    updated_replicas = deployment['status'].get('updatedReplicas', 0)
+
+    if updated_replicas < desired_replicas:
+      return DeploymentRolloutStatus(
+        status='progressing',
+        message='Waiting for rollout to finish: %d out of %d new replicas have been updated...' % (
+        updated_replicas, desired_replicas)
+      )
+
+    if current_replicas > updated_replicas:
+      return DeploymentRolloutStatus(
+        status='progressing',
+        message='Waiting for rollout to finish: %d old replicas are pending termination...' % (
+              current_replicas - updated_replicas)
+      )
+
+    if available_replicas < updated_replicas:
+      return DeploymentRolloutStatus(
+        status='progressing',
+        message='Waiting for rollout to finish: %d of %d updated replicas are available...' % (
+        available_replicas, updated_replicas)
+      )
+
+    return DeploymentRolloutStatus(
+      status='available',
+      message='Deployment %s successfully rolled out.' % deployment_name
+    )
+
+  return DeploymentRolloutStatus(
+    status='progressing',
+    message='Waiting for deployment spec to be updated...'
+  )
 
 
 class KubernetesAccessorSingleton(object):
@@ -123,55 +176,11 @@ class KubernetesAccessorSingleton(object):
 
     response = self._execute_k8s_api('GET', deployment_selector_url, api_prefix='apis/apps/v1')
     if response.status_code != 200:
-      return _DeploymentRolloutStatus('failed', 'Could not get deployment. Please check that the deployment exists')
+      return DeploymentRolloutStatus('failed', 'Could not get deployment. Please check that the deployment exists')
+
     deployment = json.loads(response.text)
 
-    # Logic for rollout status pulled from the `kubectl rollout status` command:
-    # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/d9ba19c751709c8608e09a0537eea98973f3a796/pkg/kubectl/rollout_status.go#L62
-    if deployment['metadata']['generation'] <= deployment['status']['observedGeneration']:
-      for cond in deployment['status']['conditions']:
-        if cond['type'] == 'Progressing' and cond['reason'] == 'ProgressDeadlineExceeded':
-          return _DeploymentRolloutStatus(
-            'failed',
-            'Deployment %s\'s rollout failed. Please try again later.' % deployment_name
-          )
-
-      desired_replicas = deployment['spec']['replicas']
-      current_replicas = deployment['status'].get('replicas', 0)
-      if current_replicas == 0:
-        return _DeploymentRolloutStatus(
-          'available',
-          'Deployment %s updated (no replicas, so nothing to roll out)'
-        )
-      # Some fields are optional in the spec, so if they're omitted, replace with defaults that won't indicate a wrong status
-      available_replicas = deployment['status'].get('availableReplicas', 0)
-      updated_replicas = deployment['status'].get('updatedReplicas', 0)
-
-      if updated_replicas < desired_replicas:
-        return _DeploymentRolloutStatus(
-          'progressing',
-          'Waiting for rollout to finish: %d out of %d new replicas have been updated...' % (updated_replicas, desired_replicas)
-        )
-      if current_replicas > updated_replicas:
-        return _DeploymentRolloutStatus(
-          'progressing',
-          'Waiting for rollout to finish: %d old replicas are pending termination...' % (current_replicas - updated_replicas)
-        )
-      if available_replicas < updated_replicas:
-        return _DeploymentRolloutStatus(
-          'progressing',
-          'Waiting for rollout to finish: %d of %d updated replicas are available...' % (available_replicas, updated_replicas)
-        )
-
-      return _DeploymentRolloutStatus(
-        'available',
-        'Deployment %s successfully rolled out.' % deployment_name
-      )
-
-    return _DeploymentRolloutStatus(
-      'progressing',
-      'Waiting for deployment spec to be updated...'
-    )
+    return _deployment_rollout_status_message(deployment, deployment_name)
 
   def get_qe_deployments(self):
     """"
@@ -205,7 +214,7 @@ class KubernetesAccessorSingleton(object):
               'containers': [{
                 # Note: this name MUST match the deployment template's pod template
                 # (e.g. <template>.spec.template.spec.containers[0] == 'quay-enterprise-app')
-                'name': 'quay-enterprise-app',
+                'name': QE_CONTAINER_NAME,
                 'env': [{
                   'name': 'RESTART_TIME',
                   'value': str(datetime.datetime.now())
diff --git a/config_app/config_util/test/test_k8saccessor.py b/config_app/config_util/test/test_k8saccessor.py
index cf18cc286..9cf817064 100644
--- a/config_app/config_util/test/test_k8saccessor.py
+++ b/config_app/config_util/test/test_k8saccessor.py
@@ -2,10 +2,58 @@ import pytest
 
 from httmock import urlmatch, HTTMock, response
 
-from config_app.config_util.k8saccessor import KubernetesAccessorSingleton
+from config_app.config_util.k8saccessor import KubernetesAccessorSingleton, _deployment_rollout_status_message
 from config_app.config_util.k8sconfig import KubernetesConfig
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('deployment_object, expected_status, expected_message', [
+  ({'metadata': {'generation': 1},
+    'status': {'observedGeneration': 0, 'conditions': []},
+    'spec': {'replicas': 0}},
+   'progressing',
+   'Waiting for deployment spec to be updated...'),
+  ({'metadata': {'generation': 0},
+    'status': {'observedGeneration': 0, 'conditions': [{'type': 'Progressing', 'reason': 'ProgressDeadlineExceeded'}]},
+    'spec': {'replicas': 0}},
+   'failed',
+   "Deployment my-deployment's rollout failed. Please try again later."),
+  ({'metadata': {'generation': 0},
+    'status': {'observedGeneration': 0, 'conditions': []},
+    'spec': {'replicas': 0}},
+   'available',
+   'Deployment my-deployment updated (no replicas, so nothing to roll out)'),
+  ({'metadata': {'generation': 0},
+    'status': {'observedGeneration': 0, 'conditions': [], 'replicas': 1},
+    'spec': {'replicas': 2}},
+   'progressing',
+   'Waiting for rollout to finish: 0 out of 2 new replicas have been updated...'),
+  ({'metadata': {'generation': 0},
+    'status': {'observedGeneration': 0, 'conditions': [], 'replicas': 1, 'updatedReplicas': 1},
+    'spec': {'replicas': 2}},
+   'progressing',
+   'Waiting for rollout to finish: 1 out of 2 new replicas have been updated...'),
+  ({'metadata': {'generation': 0},
+    'status': {'observedGeneration': 0, 'conditions': [], 'replicas': 2, 'updatedReplicas': 1},
+    'spec': {'replicas': 1}},
+   'progressing',
+   'Waiting for rollout to finish: 1 old replicas are pending termination...'),
+  ({'metadata': {'generation': 0},
+    'status': {'observedGeneration': 0, 'conditions': [], 'replicas': 1, 'updatedReplicas': 2, 'availableReplicas': 0},
+    'spec': {'replicas': 0}},
+   'progressing',
+   'Waiting for rollout to finish: 0 of 2 updated replicas are available...'),
+  ({'metadata': {'generation': 0},
+    'status': {'observedGeneration': 0, 'conditions': [], 'replicas': 1, 'updatedReplicas': 2, 'availableReplicas': 2},
+    'spec': {'replicas': 0}},
+   'available',
+   'Deployment my-deployment successfully rolled out.'),
+])
+def test_deployment_rollout_status_message(deployment_object, expected_status, expected_message):
+  deployment_status = _deployment_rollout_status_message(deployment_object, 'my-deployment')
+  assert deployment_status.status == expected_status
+  assert deployment_status.message == expected_message
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('kube_config, expected_api, expected_query', [
   ({'api_host': 'www.customhost.com'},
    '/apis/extensions/v1beta1/namespaces/quay-enterprise/deployments', 'labelSelector=quay-enterprise-component%3Dapp'),
diff --git a/config_app/js/components/kube-deploy-modal/kube-deploy-modal.component.ts b/config_app/js/components/kube-deploy-modal/kube-deploy-modal.component.ts
index e1f8ffdae..35c513d4f 100644
--- a/config_app/js/components/kube-deploy-modal/kube-deploy-modal.component.ts
+++ b/config_app/js/components/kube-deploy-modal/kube-deploy-modal.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Component, EventEmitter, Inject, OnDestroy } from 'ng-metadata/core';
+import {Component, Inject, OnDestroy } from 'ng-metadata/core';
 import {AngularPollChannel, PollHandle} from "../../services/services.types";
 const templateUrl = require('./kube-deploy-modal.component.html');
 const styleUrl = require('./kube-deploy-modal.css');
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ type DeploymentStatus = {
     pollHandler?: PollHandle,
 }
 
+const DEPLOYMENT_POLL_SLEEPTIME = 5000; /* 5 seconds */
+
 @Component({
     selector: 'kube-deploy-modal',
     templateUrl,
@@ -78,12 +80,13 @@ export class KubeDeployModalComponent implements OnDestroy {
 
     watchDeployments(): void {
         this.deploymentsStatus.forEach(deployment => {
-            this.AngularPollChannel.create( {
+            const pollChannel = this.AngularPollChannel.create( {
                 // Have to mock the scope object for the poll channel since we're calling into angular1 code
                 // We register the onDestroy function to be called later when this object is destroyed
                 '$on': (_, onDestruction) => { this.onDestroyListeners.push(onDestruction) }
-            }, this.getDeploymentStatus(deployment), 5000 /* 5 seconds */)
-                .start();
+            }, this.getDeploymentStatus(deployment), DEPLOYMENT_POLL_SLEEPTIME);
+
+            pollChannel.start();
         });
     }
 
@@ -116,6 +119,7 @@ export class KubeDeployModalComponent implements OnDestroy {
                 continue_callback(false);
                 this.state = 'error';
                 this.errorMessage = `Could not cycle the deployments with the new configuration. Error: ${err.toString()}`;
+                this.offerRollback = true;
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/config_app/js/services/services.types.ts b/config_app/js/services/services.types.ts
index cf2eeb2e5..217824f6b 100644
--- a/config_app/js/services/services.types.ts
+++ b/config_app/js/services/services.types.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 export interface AngularPollChannel {
-    create(scope: { '$on': Function },
-           requester: (boolean) => void, // function that receives a callback to continue or halt polling
-           opt_sleeptime?: number
-    ): PollHandle,
+    create: PollConstructor
 }
 
+type PollConstructor = (scope: MockAngularScope, requester: ShouldContinueCallback, opt_sleeptime?: number) => PollHandle;
+type MockAngularScope = {
+    '$on': Function
+};
+type ShouldContinueCallback = (boolean) => void;
+
 export interface PollHandle {
     start(opt_skipFirstCall?: boolean): void,
     stop(): void,