diff --git a/frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx b/frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx
index d4f9ca8..111009e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx
@@ -462,7 +462,26 @@ export function MessageList({
                       )}
                     </>
                   )}
-                  {msg.outgoing && (msg.acked > 0 ? ` ✓${msg.acked > 1 ? msg.acked : ''}` : ' ?')}
+                  {msg.outgoing && (msg.acked > 0
+                    ? msg.paths && msg.paths.length > 0
+                      ? <span
+                          className="cursor-pointer hover:text-primary"
+                          onClick={(e) => {
+                            e.stopPropagation();
+                            setSelectedPath({
+                              paths: msg.paths!,
+                              senderInfo: {
+                                name: config?.name || 'Unknown',
+                                publicKeyOrPrefix: config?.public_key || '',
+                                lat: config?.lat ?? null,
+                                lon: config?.lon ?? null,
+                              },
+                            });
+                          }}
+                          title="View echo paths"
+                        >{` ✓${msg.acked > 1 ? msg.acked : ''}`}</span>
+                      : ` ✓${msg.acked > 1 ? msg.acked : ''}`
+                    : ' ?')}
                 </div>
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PathModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PathModal.tsx
index c0c1201..7f0b951 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PathModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PathModal.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { Button } from './ui/button';
 import {
   resolvePath,
+  parsePathHops,
   calculateDistance,
   isValidLocation,
   formatDistance,
@@ -60,6 +61,15 @@ export function PathModal({ open, onClose, paths, senderInfo, contacts, config }
         </DialogHeader>
 
         <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto py-2 space-y-4">
+          {/* Raw path summary */}
+          <div className="text-xs font-mono text-muted-foreground/70 pb-2 border-b border-border">
+            {paths.map((p, index) => {
+              const hops = parsePathHops(p.path);
+              const rawPath = hops.length > 0 ? hops.join('->') : 'direct';
+              return <div key={index}>{rawPath}</div>;
+            })}
+          </div>
+
           {resolvedPaths.map((pathData, index) => (
             <div key={index}>
               {!hasSinglePath && (