diff --git a/src/dispatch/case/flows.py b/src/dispatch/case/flows.py
index 0736474f4cfa..51dee63b5507 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/case/flows.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/case/flows.py
@@ -744,6 +744,15 @@ def common_escalate_flow(
         db_session.add(incident)
         db_session.commit()
 
+    # we run the incident create flow in a background task
+    incident = incident_flows.incident_create_flow(
+        incident_id=incident.id,
+        organization_slug=organization_slug,
+        db_session=db_session,
+        case_id=case.id,
+    )
+
+    # we link the case to the incident
     case.incidents.append(incident)
     db_session.add(case)
     db_session.commit()
@@ -755,14 +764,6 @@ def common_escalate_flow(
         case_id=case.id,
     )
 
-    # we run the incident create flow in a background task
-    incident = incident_flows.incident_create_flow(
-        incident_id=incident.id,
-        organization_slug=organization_slug,
-        db_session=db_session,
-        case_id=case.id,
-    )
-
     # we add the case participants to the incident
     for participant in case.participants:
         # check to see if already a participant in the incident
diff --git a/src/dispatch/database/service.py b/src/dispatch/database/service.py
index 39dd25144cd0..ba326ff4edea 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/database/service.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/database/service.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def search_filter_sort_paginate(
     db_session,
     model,
     query_str: str = None,
-    filter_spec: str = None,
+    filter_spec: str | dict | None = None,
     page: int = 1,
     items_per_page: int = 5,
     sort_by: List[str] = None,
@@ -558,7 +558,10 @@ def search_filter_sort_paginate(
 
         tag_all_filters = []
         if filter_spec:
-            filter_spec = json.loads(filter_spec)
+            # some functions pass filter_spec as dictionary such as auth/views.py/get_users
+            # but most come from API as seraialized JSON
+            if isinstance(filter_spec, str):
+                filter_spec = json.loads(filter_spec)
             query = apply_filter_specific_joins(model_cls, filter_spec, query)
             # if the filter_spec has the TagAll filter, we need to split the query up
             # and intersect all of the results
diff --git a/src/dispatch/plugins/dispatch_slack/case/messages.py b/src/dispatch/plugins/dispatch_slack/case/messages.py
index 2281476d5e4d..554b0f717068 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/plugins/dispatch_slack/case/messages.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/plugins/dispatch_slack/case/messages.py
@@ -270,17 +270,19 @@ def create_action_buttons_message(
             )
         )
 
-    elements.append(
-        Button(
-            text="💤 Snooze Alert",
-            action_id=SignalNotificationActions.snooze,
-            value=button_metadata,
-        ),
-        Button(
-            text="👤 User MFA Challenge",
-            action_id=CaseNotificationActions.user_mfa,
-            value=button_metadata,
-        ),
+    elements.extend(
+        [
+            Button(
+                text="💤 Snooze Alert",
+                action_id=SignalNotificationActions.snooze,
+                value=button_metadata,
+            ),
+            Button(
+                text="👤 User MFA Challenge",
+                action_id=CaseNotificationActions.user_mfa,
+                value=button_metadata,
+            ),
+        ]
     )
 
     # we create the signal metadata blocks
diff --git a/src/dispatch/signal/service.py b/src/dispatch/signal/service.py
index 751201594093..eff71818ccef 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/signal/service.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/signal/service.py
@@ -536,14 +536,6 @@ def update(*, db_session: Session, signal: Signal, signal_in: SignalUpdate) -> S
     return signal
 
 
-def delete(*, db_session: Session, signal_id: int):
-    """Deletes a signal definition."""
-    signal = db_session.query(Signal).filter(Signal.id == signal_id).one()
-    db_session.delete(signal)
-    db_session.commit()
-    return signal_id
-
-
 def is_valid_uuid(val):
     try:
         uuid.UUID(str(val), version=4)
diff --git a/src/dispatch/signal/views.py b/src/dispatch/signal/views.py
index e8dab18aabe7..74202f39e4a8 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/signal/views.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/signal/views.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     create,
     create_signal_engagement,
     create_signal_filter,
-    delete,
     delete_signal_filter,
     get,
     get_by_primary_or_external_id,
@@ -330,19 +329,3 @@ def update_signal(
         ) from None
 
     return signal
-
-
-@router.delete(
-    "/{signal_id}",
-    response_model=None,
-    dependencies=[Depends(PermissionsDependency([SensitiveProjectActionPermission]))],
-)
-def delete_signal(db_session: DbSession, signal_id: Union[str, PrimaryKey]):
-    """Deletes a signal."""
-    signal = get_by_primary_or_external_id(db_session=db_session, signal_id=signal_id)
-    if not signal:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
-            detail=[{"msg": "A signal with this id does not exist."}],
-        )
-    delete(db_session=db_session, signal_id=signal.id)
diff --git a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/CaseStatusSelectGroup.vue b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/CaseStatusSelectGroup.vue
index d4b76226f2b2..dd26008c21d3 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/CaseStatusSelectGroup.vue
+++ b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/CaseStatusSelectGroup.vue
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ const changeStatus = async (newStatus) => {
 }
 
 const openDialog = (newStatus) => {
-  if (newStatus == "Escalated") {
+  if (newStatus == "Escalated" && !isActiveStatus("Escalated")) {
     const caseDetails = store.state.case_management.selected
     store.dispatch("case_management/showEscalateDialog", caseDetails)
     return
diff --git a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/EscalateDialog.vue b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/EscalateDialog.vue
index 689a7be27478..30723c48a1c8 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/EscalateDialog.vue
+++ b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/EscalateDialog.vue
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export default {
         this.incidentDescription = this.caseDescription
         this.incidentTitle = this.caseTitle
         this.incidentProject = this.caseProject ? this.caseProject : null
-        this.incidentType = this.caseType.incident_type ? this.caseType.incident_type : null
+        this.incidentType = this.caseType?.incident_type ? this.caseType.incident_type : null
       }
     )
   },
diff --git a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/store.js b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/store.js
index 85a76d13e1c2..2da9c36e84a5 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/store.js
+++ b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/case/store.js
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ const actions = {
     commit("SET_DIALOG_ESCALATE", false)
     commit("RESET_SELECTED")
     commit("incident/RESET_SELECTED", null, { root: true })
+    // force page reload to pick up the change to status
+    window.location.reload()
   },
   showHandoffDialog({ commit }, value) {
     commit("SET_DIALOG_SHOW_HANDOFF", true)
diff --git a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/incident/TimelineReportTab.vue b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/incident/TimelineReportTab.vue
index 0518f1480ef0..adae8685783a 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/incident/TimelineReportTab.vue
+++ b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/incident/TimelineReportTab.vue
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
               <v-card-title class="text-subtitle-1">Needs</v-card-title>
               <v-card-text>{{ event.details.needs }}</v-card-text>
             </v-card>
-            <div class="text-caption">
-              {{ event.source }}
-            </div>
           </v-col>
           <v-col class="text-right" cols="4">
             <v-tooltip location="bottom">
diff --git a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/signal/DeleteDialog.vue b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/signal/DeleteDialog.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 7036ee81151d..000000000000
--- a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/signal/DeleteDialog.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <v-dialog v-model="showRemove" persistent max-width="800px">
-    <v-card>
-      <v-card-title>
-        <span class="text-h5">Delete Signal Definition?</span>
-      </v-card-title>
-      <v-card-text>
-        <v-container> Are you sure you would like to delete this Signal Definition? </v-container>
-      </v-card-text>
-      <v-card-actions>
-        <v-spacer />
-        <v-btn color="blue en-1" variant="text" @click="closeRemove()"> Cancel </v-btn>
-        <v-btn color="red en-1" variant="text" @click="remove()"> Delete </v-btn>
-      </v-card-actions>
-    </v-card>
-  </v-dialog>
-</template>
-
-<script>
-import { mapActions } from "vuex"
-import { mapFields } from "vuex-map-fields"
-export default {
-  name: "SignalDefinitionDeleteDialog",
-  data() {
-    return {}
-  },
-  computed: {
-    ...mapFields("signal", ["dialogs.showRemove"]),
-  },
-
-  methods: {
-    ...mapActions("signal", ["remove", "closeRemove"]),
-  },
-}
-</script>
diff --git a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/signal/Table.vue b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/signal/Table.vue
index 7b7a5fb1116f..0a438ba65f49 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/signal/Table.vue
+++ b/src/dispatch/static/dispatch/src/signal/Table.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <v-container fluid>
     <new-edit-dialog />
-    <delete-dialog />
     <v-row no-gutters>
       <v-col>
         <v-alert closable icon="mdi-school" prominent text type="info">
@@ -88,9 +87,6 @@
                   <v-list-item @click="createEditShow(item)">
                     <v-list-item-title>View / Edit</v-list-item-title>
                   </v-list-item>
-                  <v-list-item @click="removeShow(item)">
-                    <v-list-item-title>Delete</v-list-item-title>
-                  </v-list-item>
                 </v-list>
               </v-menu>
             </template>
@@ -104,12 +100,12 @@
 <script>
 import { mapFields } from "vuex-map-fields"
 import { mapActions } from "vuex"
+
 import NewEditDialog from "@/signal/NewEditDialog.vue"
-import DeleteDialog from "@/signal/DeleteDialog.vue"
 
 export default {
   name: "SignalTable",
-  components: { NewEditDialog, DeleteDialog },
+  components: { NewEditDialog },
   props: {
     name: {
       type: String,
diff --git a/tests/signal/test_signal_service.py b/tests/signal/test_signal_service.py
index b1e301d42d07..820b90cc86a4 100644
--- a/tests/signal/test_signal_service.py
+++ b/tests/signal/test_signal_service.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_update(session, project, signal):
 
 
 def test_update__add_filter(session, signal, signal_filter):
-    from dispatch.signal.models import SignalUpdate, SignalFilterRead
+    from dispatch.signal.models import SignalFilterRead, SignalUpdate
     from dispatch.signal.service import update
 
     signal_filter.project = signal.project
@@ -91,21 +91,15 @@ def test_update__delete_filter(session, signal, signal_filter):
     assert len(signal.filters) == 0
 
 
-def test_delete(session, signal):
-    from dispatch.signal.service import delete, get
-
-    delete(db_session=session, signal_id=signal.id)
-    assert not get(db_session=session, signal_id=signal.id)
-
-
 def test_filter_actions_default_deduplicate(session, signal, project):
-    from dispatch.signal.models import SignalInstance, SignalFilterAction
-    from dispatch.signal.service import filter_signal
-    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
+    from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+    from dispatch.case.models import Case
     from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
+    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
     from dispatch.enums import Visibility
-    from dispatch.case.models import Case
-    from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+    from dispatch.signal.models import SignalFilterAction, SignalInstance
+    from dispatch.signal.service import filter_signal
 
     entity_type = EntityType(
         name="default_dedupe",
@@ -163,14 +157,14 @@ def test_filter_actions_default_deduplicate(session, signal, project):
 
 
 def test_filter_actions_deduplicate_different_entities(session, signal, project):
+    from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
+    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
     from dispatch.signal.models import (
         SignalFilter,
-        SignalInstance,
         SignalFilterAction,
+        SignalInstance,
     )
     from dispatch.signal.service import filter_signal
-    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
-    from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
 
     entity_type_0 = EntityType(
         name="dedupe2-0",
@@ -216,14 +210,14 @@ def test_filter_actions_deduplicate_different_entities(session, signal, project)
 
 
 def test_filter_actions_deduplicate_different_entities_types(session, signal, project):
+    from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
+    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
     from dispatch.signal.models import (
         SignalFilter,
-        SignalInstance,
         SignalFilterAction,
+        SignalInstance,
     )
     from dispatch.signal.service import filter_signal
-    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
-    from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
 
     entity_type_0 = EntityType(
         name="dedupe0-0",
@@ -274,14 +268,14 @@ def test_filter_actions_deduplicate_different_entities_types(session, signal, pr
 
 
 def test_filter_actions_deduplicate(session, signal, project):
+    from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
+    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
     from dispatch.signal.models import (
         SignalFilter,
-        SignalInstance,
         SignalFilterAction,
+        SignalInstance,
     )
     from dispatch.signal.service import filter_signal
-    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
-    from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
 
     entity_type = EntityType(
         name="dedupe1",
@@ -325,14 +319,15 @@ def test_filter_actions_deduplicate(session, signal, project):
 
 def test_filter_action_with_dedupe_and_snooze(session, signal, project):
     from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+    from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
+    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
     from dispatch.signal.models import (
         SignalFilter,
-        SignalInstance,
         SignalFilterAction,
+        SignalInstance,
     )
     from dispatch.signal.service import filter_signal
-    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
-    from dispatch.entity.models import Entity
 
     entity_type = EntityType(
         name="dedupe1+snooze",
@@ -386,13 +381,14 @@ def test_filter_action_with_dedupe_and_snooze(session, signal, project):
 
 def test_filter_actions_snooze(session, entity, signal, project):
     from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
     from dispatch.signal.models import (
         SignalFilter,
-        SignalInstance,
         SignalFilterAction,
+        SignalInstance,
     )
     from dispatch.signal.service import filter_signal
-    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
 
     entity_type = EntityType(
         name="test",
@@ -430,13 +426,14 @@ def test_filter_actions_snooze(session, entity, signal, project):
 
 def test_filter_actions_snooze_expired(session, entity, signal, project):
     from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
     from dispatch.signal.models import (
         SignalFilter,
-        SignalInstance,
         SignalFilterAction,
+        SignalInstance,
     )
     from dispatch.signal.service import filter_signal
-    from dispatch.entity_type.models import EntityType
 
     entity_type = EntityType(
         name="test",