diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/1872--status-garbage-output.md b/changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/1872--status-garbage-output.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76dd6afc49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/1872--status-garbage-output.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The status command no longer occasionally contains garbage keys when the VAST
+server is under high load.
diff --git a/libvast/vast/system/status.hpp b/libvast/vast/system/status.hpp
index 3bb277a3e73..a72348027aa 100644
--- a/libvast/vast/system/status.hpp
+++ b/libvast/vast/system/status.hpp
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ void collect_status(
   caf::settings& s, std::string_view key) {
   collect_status(
     rs, timeout, verbosity, responder,
-    [key, &s](caf::settings& response) {
-      put(s, std::string_view{key}, std::move(response));
+    [key = std::string{key}, &s](caf::settings& response) {
+      put(s, key, std::move(response));
     },
-    [self = rs->self, key, &s](const caf::error& err) {
+    [self = rs->self, key = std::string{key}, &s](const caf::error& err) {
       VAST_WARN("{} failed to retrieve status for the key {}: {}", *self, key,
                 err);
-      put(s, std::string_view{key}, fmt::to_string(err));
+      put(s, key, fmt::to_string(err));
     });
 }