We noticed that Confluence (no longer?) seems to display the status of JPD Smart Links in Confluence as is the case with Jira tickets.
I've contacted Atlassian support and they have confirmed that this is expected behavior. A change request was created, so I figured, if anyone else had noticed this or feels this is valuable, that they could head on over to [CONFCLOUD-78479] No status shows up along with JPD smart links on the confluence page - Create and track feature requests for Atlassian products. and upvote. :)