diff --git a/src/Aspire.Hosting/ConnectionStringBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Aspire.Hosting/ConnectionStringBuilderExtensions.cs
index a135223a919..d6ce9a2f5d2 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Hosting/ConnectionStringBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Hosting/ConnectionStringBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ public static IResourceBuilder<ConnectionStringResource> AddConnectionString(thi
                       {
                           ResourceType = KnownResourceTypes.ConnectionString,
                           State = KnownResourceStates.Waiting,
-                          // TODO: We'll hide this until we come up with a sane representation of these in the dashboard
-                          IsHidden = true,
                           Properties = []
                       });
     }
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Hosting/Orchestrator/ApplicationOrchestrator.cs b/src/Aspire.Hosting/Orchestrator/ApplicationOrchestrator.cs
index 153431f6b96..8447a69d31d 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Hosting/Orchestrator/ApplicationOrchestrator.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Hosting/Orchestrator/ApplicationOrchestrator.cs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ void InitializeConnectionString(ConnectionStringResource connectionStringResourc
                 await PublishConnectionStringAvailableEvent(connectionStringResource, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 await _notificationService.PublishUpdateAsync(connectionStringResource, s => s with
                 {
-                    State = new(KnownResourceStates.Active, KnownResourceStateStyles.Info),
+                    State = new(KnownResourceStates.Active, KnownResourceStateStyles.Success),
                 }).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }, cancellationToken);
         }
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Hosting/Orchestrator/ParameterProcessor.cs b/src/Aspire.Hosting/Orchestrator/ParameterProcessor.cs
index c8d285aaa74..40550fe85ba 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Hosting/Orchestrator/ParameterProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Hosting/Orchestrator/ParameterProcessor.cs
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ await notificationService.PublishUpdateAsync(parameterResource, s =>
                 return s with
                 {
                     State = new(stateText, KnownResourceStateStyles.Error),
-                    Properties = s.Properties.SetResourceProperty(KnownProperties.Parameter.Value, ex.Message),
-                    IsHidden = false
+                    Properties = s.Properties.SetResourceProperty(KnownProperties.Parameter.Value, ex.Message)
                 };
             })
             .ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Hosting/ParameterResourceBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Aspire.Hosting/ParameterResourceBuilderExtensions.cs
index 08fd709dc1c..4601b7357ec 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Hosting/ParameterResourceBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Hosting/ParameterResourceBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ internal static IResourceBuilder<T> AddParameter<T>(this IDistributedApplication
         var state = new CustomResourceSnapshot
         {
             ResourceType = KnownResourceTypes.Parameter,
-            // hide parameters by default
-            IsHidden = true,
             Properties = [
                 new("parameter.secret", resource.Secret.ToString()),
                 new(CustomResourceKnownProperties.Source, resource.ConfigurationKey)
diff --git a/tests/Aspire.Hosting.Tests/AddParameterTests.cs b/tests/Aspire.Hosting.Tests/AddParameterTests.cs
index 8922f2cf336..9d41478fbb2 100644
--- a/tests/Aspire.Hosting.Tests/AddParameterTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aspire.Hosting.Tests/AddParameterTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
+using Aspire.Dashboard.Model;
 using Aspire.Hosting.Publishing;
 using Aspire.Hosting.Utils;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.InternalTesting;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Aspire.Hosting.Tests;
 public class AddParameterTests
 {
     [Fact]
-    public void ParametersAreHiddenByDefault()
+    public void ParametersAreVisibleByDefault()
     {
         var appBuilder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder();
         appBuilder.Configuration["Parameters:pass"] = "pass1";
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ public void ParametersAreHiddenByDefault()
 
         var state = annotation.InitialSnapshot;
 
-        Assert.True(state.IsHidden);
+        Assert.False(state.IsHidden);
         Assert.Collection(state.Properties,
             prop =>
             {
@@ -360,4 +361,29 @@ public override void WriteToManifest(ManifestPublishingContext context)
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ConnectionStringsAreVisibleByDefault()
+    {
+        var appBuilder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder();
+        var endpoint = appBuilder.AddParameter("endpoint", "http://localhost:3452");
+        var key = appBuilder.AddParameter("key", "secretKey", secret: true);
+
+        appBuilder.AddConnectionString("testcs", ReferenceExpression.Create($"Endpoint={endpoint};Key={key}"));
+
+        using var app = appBuilder.Build();
+
+        var appModel = app.Services.GetRequiredService<DistributedApplicationModel>();
+
+        var connectionStringResource = Assert.Single(appModel.Resources.OfType<ConnectionStringResource>());
+        var annotation = connectionStringResource.Annotations.OfType<ResourceSnapshotAnnotation>().SingleOrDefault();
+
+        Assert.NotNull(annotation);
+
+        var state = annotation.InitialSnapshot;
+
+        Assert.False(state.IsHidden);
+        Assert.Equal(KnownResourceTypes.ConnectionString, state.ResourceType);
+        Assert.Equal(KnownResourceStates.Waiting, state.State?.Text);
+    }
 }