diff --git a/lib/teiserver/matchmaking.ex b/lib/teiserver/matchmaking.ex
index 76257e5f6..64415faeb 100644
--- a/lib/teiserver/matchmaking.ex
+++ b/lib/teiserver/matchmaking.ex
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Matchmaking do
 
   @type queue :: Matchmaking.QueueServer.queue()
   @type queue_id :: Matchmaking.QueueServer.id()
+  @type queue_ref :: {queue_id(), version :: String.t()}
   @type member :: Member.t()
   @type join_error :: Matchmaking.QueueServer.join_error()
   @type join_result :: Matchmaking.QueueServer.join_result()
diff --git a/lib/teiserver/party/server.ex b/lib/teiserver/party/server.ex
index 3fae2a7eb..e08f3a984 100644
--- a/lib/teiserver/party/server.ex
+++ b/lib/teiserver/party/server.ex
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Party.Server do
   interactions between parties and matchmaking by removing any potential of a
   party member already being in matchmaking outside the party.
   """
-  @spec join_queues(PT.Data.id(), [{Matchmaking.queue_id(), version :: String.t()}]) ::
+  @spec join_queues(PT.Data.id(), [Matchmaking.queue_ref()]) ::
           :ok | {:error, reason :: term()}
   def join_queues(party_id, queues) do
     via_tuple(party_id)
diff --git a/lib/teiserver/player/session.ex b/lib/teiserver/player/session.ex
index 1d99f824a..e86b4e0e9 100644
--- a/lib/teiserver/player/session.ex
+++ b/lib/teiserver/player/session.ex
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Session do
 
   @type conn_state :: :connected | :reconnecting | :disconnected
 
+  @typedoc """
+  the parts of the session state that go into a `user/self` event
+  """
+  @type self_state :: %{
+          party: PartyTypes.Overview.t() | nil,
+          invited_to_parties: [PartyTypes.Overview.t()],
+          current_lobby: TachyonLobby.id() | nil,
+          current_battle: PT.BattleState.t() | nil,
+          matchmaking: PT.Data.matchmaking_state()
+        }
+
   @connection_timeout :timer.seconds(30)
 
   def start_link({user_id, arg}) do
@@ -140,7 +151,7 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Session do
   @doc false
   def trigger_connection_timeout(pid), do: send(pid, :connection_timeout)
 
-  @spec join_queues(User.id(), [{Matchmaking.queue_id(), version :: String.t()}]) ::
+  @spec join_queues(User.id(), [Matchmaking.queue_ref()]) ::
           :ok | Matchmaking.join_error()
   def join_queues(user_id, queue_ids) do
     user_id |> via_tuple() |> GenServer.call({:matchmaking, {:join_queues, queue_ids}})
@@ -321,7 +332,7 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Session do
   connections.
   """
   @spec replace_connection(pid(), pid()) ::
-          {:ok, old_conn_pid :: pid() | nil, session_state :: %{party: PT.PartyState.t()}} | :died
+          {:ok, old_conn_pid :: pid() | nil, self_state()} | :died
   def replace_connection(sess_pid, new_conn_pid) do
     GenServer.call(sess_pid, {:replace, new_conn_pid})
   catch
@@ -422,7 +433,7 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Session do
 
   @spec party_notify_join_queues(
           User.id(),
-          [{Matchmaking.queue_id(), version :: String.t()}],
+          [Matchmaking.queue_ref()],
           PartyTypes.Overview.t()
         ) :: :ok
   def party_notify_join_queues(user_id, queues, %PartyTypes.Overview{} = party_state) do
@@ -688,13 +699,7 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Session do
 
     new_state = %{state | conn_pid: new_conn_pid, monitors: monitors, party: party_state}
 
-    # used to create the first user/self event
-    self_state = %{
-      party: current_party,
-      invited_to_parties: invited_to,
-      current_lobby: get_in(state.lobby.id),
-      current_battle: state.battle
-    }
+    self_state = build_self_state(state)
 
     {:reply, {:ok, original_conn_pid, self_state}, new_state}
   end
@@ -1351,7 +1356,8 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Session do
            paired_queue: paired_queue,
            room: room_pid,
            frozen_queues: other_queues,
-           readied?: false
+           readied?: false,
+           timeout_at: DateTime.utc_now() |> DateTime.shift(microsecond: {timeout_ms * 1000, 6})
          }}
 
       new_state =
@@ -1545,7 +1551,7 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Session do
   end
 
   def handle_cast({:user, {:role_updated, roles}}, %PT.Data{} = state) do
-    send_to_player!({:user, {:role_updated, roles}}, state)
+    send_to_player!({:user, {:role_updated, roles, build_self_state(state)}}, state)
     new_state = %{state | user: %{state.user | roles: roles}}
     {:noreply, new_state}
   end
@@ -1901,6 +1907,19 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Session do
     SessionRegistry.via_tuple(user_id)
   end
 
+  @spec build_self_state(PT.Data.t()) :: self_state()
+  defp build_self_state(%PT.Data{} = state) do
+    {current_party, invited_to} = get_party_states(state.party)
+
+    %{
+      party: current_party,
+      invited_to_parties: invited_to,
+      current_lobby: get_in(state.lobby.id),
+      current_battle: state.battle,
+      matchmaking: state.matchmaking
+    }
+  end
+
   # assume all checks have been done, and make the current player join
   # the specified queues, modifying the state accordingly and returning it
   defp join_matchmaking(queues, %PT.Data{} = state) do
@@ -1924,10 +1943,10 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Session do
           User.id(),
           Party.id() | nil,
           MC.t(),
-          [{Matchmaking.queue_id(), version :: String.t()}],
-          [{Matchmaking.queue_id(), version :: String.t()}]
+          [Matchmaking.queue_ref()],
+          [Matchmaking.queue_ref()]
         ) ::
-          {:ok, MC.t(), [Matchmaking.queue_id()]} | Matchmaking.join_error()
+          {:ok, MC.t(), [Matchmaking.queue_ref()]} | Matchmaking.join_error()
   defp join_all_queues(_user_id, _party_id, monitors, [], joined), do: {:ok, monitors, joined}
 
   defp join_all_queues(user_id, party_id, monitors, [to_join | rest], joined) do
diff --git a/lib/teiserver/player/tachyon_handler.ex b/lib/teiserver/player/tachyon_handler.ex
index 383fb05d9..707c1c1b2 100644
--- a/lib/teiserver/player/tachyon_handler.ex
+++ b/lib/teiserver/player/tachyon_handler.ex
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.TachyonHandler do
     {:event, "user/updated", event, state}
   end
 
-  def handle_info({:user, {:role_updated, roles}}, state) do
-    event = build_user_self_event(%{state.user | roles: roles}, state)
+  def handle_info({:user, {:role_updated, roles, sess_state}}, state) do
+    event = build_user_self_event(%{state.user | roles: roles}, sess_state)
     {:event, "user/self", event, state}
   end
 
@@ -1052,12 +1052,11 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.TachyonHandler do
         outgoingFriendRequest: outgoing,
         incomingFriendRequest: incoming,
         ignoreIds: [],
-        # TODO: see https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/teiserver/issues/1450
-        matchmaking: %{state: :no_matchmaking},
+        matchmaking: matchmaking_state_to_tachyon(sess_state.matchmaking),
         # TODO. For now it's just there so clients don't break on missing
         # required property
         clanInvites: [],
-        currentLobby: sess_state[:current_lobby],
+        currentLobby: sess_state.current_lobby,
         roles: roles_to_tachyon(user.roles)
       }
     }
@@ -1081,7 +1080,16 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.TachyonHandler do
     case SessionSupervisor.start_session(user) do
       {:ok, session_pid} ->
         {:ok, _pid} = Registry.register_and_kill_existing(user.id)
-        {:ok, session_pid, %{party: nil, invited_to_parties: [], current_battle: nil}}
+
+        self_state = %{
+          party: nil,
+          invited_to_parties: [],
+          current_lobby: nil,
+          current_battle: nil,
+          matchmaking: :no_matchmaking
+        }
+
+        {:ok, session_pid, self_state}
 
       {:error, {:already_started, pid}} ->
         case Session.replace_connection(pid, self()) do
@@ -1222,6 +1230,33 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.TachyonHandler do
     }
   end
 
+  defp matchmaking_state_to_tachyon(:no_matchmaking), do: %{state: :no_matchmaking}
+
+  defp matchmaking_state_to_tachyon({:searching, %PT.MmSearchingState{} = searching}) do
+    %{
+      state: :queuing,
+      queues: Enum.map(searching.joined_queues, &queue_ref_to_tachyon/1)
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp matchmaking_state_to_tachyon({:pairing, %PT.MmPairingState{} = pairing}) do
+    queue =
+      pairing.paired_queue
+      |> queue_ref_to_tachyon()
+      |> Map.merge(%{
+        timeoutAt: DateTime.to_unix(pairing.timeout_at, :microsecond),
+        hasAlreadyReadied: pairing.readied?
+      })
+
+    %{
+      state: :found,
+      queue: queue,
+      otherQueues: Enum.map(pairing.frozen_queues, &queue_ref_to_tachyon/1)
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp queue_ref_to_tachyon({queue_id, version}), do: %{id: queue_id, version: version}
+
   def battle_state_to_tachyon(nil), do: nil
 
   def battle_state_to_tachyon(%PT.BattleState{} = battle) do
diff --git a/lib/teiserver/player/types/mm_pairing_state.ex b/lib/teiserver/player/types/mm_pairing_state.ex
index f102079c9..cfdff9a49 100644
--- a/lib/teiserver/player/types/mm_pairing_state.ex
+++ b/lib/teiserver/player/types/mm_pairing_state.ex
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Types.MmPairingState do
 
   alias Teiserver.Matchmaking
 
-  @enforce_keys [:paired_queue, :room, :frozen_queues, :readied?]
-  defstruct [:paired_queue, :room, :frozen_queues, :readied?]
+  @enforce_keys [:paired_queue, :room, :frozen_queues, :readied?, :timeout_at]
+  defstruct [:paired_queue, :room, :frozen_queues, :readied?, :timeout_at]
 
   @type t :: %__MODULE__{
-          paired_queue: {Matchmaking.queue_id(), version :: String.t()},
+          paired_queue: Matchmaking.queue_ref(),
           room: pid(),
           # a list of the other queues to rejoin in case the pairing fails
-          frozen_queues: [{Matchmaking.queue_id(), version :: String.t()}],
-          readied?: boolean()
+          frozen_queues: [Matchmaking.queue_ref()],
+          readied?: boolean(),
+          timeout_at: DateTime.t()
         }
 end
diff --git a/lib/teiserver/player/types/mm_searching_state.ex b/lib/teiserver/player/types/mm_searching_state.ex
index 024feda66..12d7d4151 100644
--- a/lib/teiserver/player/types/mm_searching_state.ex
+++ b/lib/teiserver/player/types/mm_searching_state.ex
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Player.Types.MmSearchingState do
   defstruct [:joined_queues]
 
   @type t :: %__MODULE__{
-          joined_queues: nonempty_list(Matchmaking.queue_id())
+          joined_queues: nonempty_list(Matchmaking.queue_ref())
         }
 end
diff --git a/test/teiserver_web/tachyon/matchmaking_test.exs b/test/teiserver_web/tachyon/matchmaking_test.exs
index 54faaf667..8d644ef38 100644
--- a/test/teiserver_web/tachyon/matchmaking_test.exs
+++ b/test/teiserver_web/tachyon/matchmaking_test.exs
@@ -716,6 +716,108 @@ defmodule Teiserver.Tachyon.MatchmakingTest do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "state after reconnection" do
+    setup [:setup_queue, :setup_app]
+
+    defp reconnect_self_matchmaking(token) do
+      client = Tachyon.connect(token, swallow_first_event: false)
+
+      %{"commandId" => "user/self", "data" => %{"user" => user}} =
+        Tachyon.recv_message!(client)
+
+      user["matchmaking"]
+    end
+
+    test "no matchmaking", %{app: app} do
+      {:ok, %{client: client, token: token}} = setup_user(app)
+      Tachyon.abrupt_disconnect!(client)
+
+      assert %{"state" => "no_matchmaking"} = reconnect_self_matchmaking(token)
+    end
+
+    test "queuing", %{app: app, queue_id: queue_id, queue_version: version} do
+      {:ok, %{client: client, token: token}} = setup_user(app)
+
+      assert %{"status" => "success"} =
+               Tachyon.join_queues!(client, [%{id: queue_id, version: version}])
+
+      Tachyon.abrupt_disconnect!(client)
+
+      assert %{"state" => "queuing", "queues" => [%{"id" => ^queue_id, "version" => ^version}]} =
+               reconnect_self_matchmaking(token)
+    end
+
+    test "found", %{app: app, queue_id: queue_id, queue_pid: queue_pid, queue_version: version} do
+      [%{client: client, token: token} | _others] =
+        join_and_pair(app, %{id: queue_id, version: version}, queue_pid, 2)
+
+      Tachyon.abrupt_disconnect!(client)
+
+      assert %{
+               "state" => "found",
+               "queue" => %{
+                 "id" => ^queue_id,
+                 "version" => ^version,
+                 "hasAlreadyReadied" => false,
+                 "timeoutAt" => timeout_at
+               },
+               "otherQueues" => []
+             } = reconnect_self_matchmaking(token)
+
+      assert timeout_at > DateTime.utc_now() |> DateTime.to_unix(:microsecond)
+    end
+
+    test "found reports the queues left behind", %{
+      app: app,
+      queue_id: queue_id,
+      queue_pid: queue_pid,
+      queue_version: version
+    } do
+      {:ok, other} = setup_queue(1)
+      other_id = other[:queue_id]
+      other_version = other[:queue_version]
+
+      {:ok, %{client: client, token: token}} = setup_user(app)
+      {:ok, %{client: other_client}} = setup_user(app)
+
+      assert %{"status" => "success"} =
+               Tachyon.join_queues!(client, [
+                 %{id: queue_id, version: version},
+                 %{id: other_id, version: other_version}
+               ])
+
+      assert %{"status" => "success"} =
+               Tachyon.join_queues!(other_client, [%{id: queue_id, version: version}])
+
+      send(queue_pid, :tick)
+      assert {:ok, %{"commandId" => "matchmaking/found"}} = Tachyon.recv_message(client)
+
+      Tachyon.abrupt_disconnect!(client)
+
+      assert %{
+               "state" => "found",
+               "queue" => %{"id" => ^queue_id},
+               "otherQueues" => [%{"id" => ^other_id, "version" => ^other_version}]
+             } = reconnect_self_matchmaking(token)
+    end
+
+    test "found after readying up", %{
+      app: app,
+      queue_id: queue_id,
+      queue_pid: queue_pid,
+      queue_version: version
+    } do
+      [%{client: client, token: token} | _others] =
+        join_and_pair(app, %{id: queue_id, version: version}, queue_pid, 2)
+
+      assert %{"status" => "success"} = Tachyon.matchmaking_ready!(client)
+      Tachyon.abrupt_disconnect!(client)
+
+      assert %{"state" => "found", "queue" => %{"hasAlreadyReadied" => true}} =
+               reconnect_self_matchmaking(token)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "join with autohost" do
     setup [{Tachyon, :setup_client}, :setup_app, :setup_queue, {Tachyon, :setup_autohost}]
 
diff --git a/test/teiserver_web/tachyon/user_test.exs b/test/teiserver_web/tachyon/user_test.exs
index 8f3af3d0e..533dd2724 100644
--- a/test/teiserver_web/tachyon/user_test.exs
+++ b/test/teiserver_web/tachyon/user_test.exs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 defmodule TeiserverWeb.Tachyon.UserTest do
   alias Teiserver.Account
   alias Teiserver.Helpers.GeneralTestLib
+  alias Teiserver.Player
   alias Teiserver.Support.Tachyon
   use TeiserverWeb.ConnCase, async: false
 
@@ -55,6 +56,17 @@ defmodule TeiserverWeb.Tachyon.UserTest do
       assert userdata["username"] == user.name
       assert userdata["displayName"] == user.name
       assert userdata["status"] == "menu"
+      assert userdata["matchmaking"] == %{"state" => "no_matchmaking"}
+    end
+
+    test "sent when roles are updated", %{user: user, client: client} do
+      :ok = Player.update_user_roles(user.id, ["Contributor"])
+
+      assert %{"commandId" => "user/self", "data" => %{"user" => userdata}} =
+               Tachyon.recv_message!(client)
+
+      assert userdata["roles"] == ["contributor"]
+      assert userdata["matchmaking"] == %{"state" => "no_matchmaking"}
     end
 
     test "filters out unmappable roles in tachyon messages" do