diff --git a/app/javascript/vue/projects/renderers/status.vue b/app/javascript/vue/projects/renderers/status.vue
index fb9ca5599..fbc587e25 100644
--- a/app/javascript/vue/projects/renderers/status.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/vue/projects/renderers/status.vue
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     :borderless="true"
     :optionRenderer="optionRenderer"
     :labelRenderer="optionRenderer"
+    :disabled="!params.data.urls.update"
   />
 </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/app/javascript/vue/shared/datatable/renderers/comments.vue b/app/javascript/vue/shared/datatable/renderers/comments.vue
index 786fafcb0..a7afc0df3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/vue/shared/datatable/renderers/comments.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/vue/shared/datatable/renderers/comments.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <div v-if="params.data.comments" class="w-9 flex justify-end items-center h-10">
-    <span v-if="!params.data.permissions.create_comments && params.data.comments.count === 0">0</span>
+    <span class="px-1" v-if="!params.data.permissions.create_comments && params.data.comments.count === 0">0</span>
     <a v-else
       href="#"
       class="open-comments-sidebar relative px-1 h-4 leading-4" tabindex=0 :id="'comment-count-' + params.data.id"
diff --git a/app/javascript/vue/shared/datatable/renderers/favorite.vue b/app/javascript/vue/shared/datatable/renderers/favorite.vue
index dab3302cb..ba7f8e67c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/vue/shared/datatable/renderers/favorite.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/vue/shared/datatable/renderers/favorite.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <div v-if="hasFavorite">
+  <div v-if="canFavorite">
     <button @click="updateFavorite(!favorite)"
             class="p-0 flex items-center w-full h-9 bg-transparent border-none cursor-pointer">
       <div v-if="favorite" class="sn-icon sn-icon-star-filled text-sn-alert-brittlebush"></div>
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ export default {
     this.favorite = this.params.data.favorite;
   },
   computed: {
-    hasFavorite() {
-      return this.params.data.favorite !== null;
+    canFavorite() {
+      return this.params.data.urls.favorite;
     }
   },
   methods: {
diff --git a/app/serializers/lists/project_and_folder_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/lists/project_and_folder_serializer.rb
index 5d0185c49..70805e5d4 100644
--- a/app/serializers/lists/project_and_folder_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/lists/project_and_folder_serializer.rb
@@ -124,13 +124,11 @@ module Lists
 
       urls_list[:show] = nil if project? && !can_read_project?(object)
 
-      urls_list[:update] = if project?
-                             project_path(object)
-                           else
-                             project_folder_path(object)
-                           end
+      if !project? || can_manage_project?(object)
+        urls_list[:update] = project? ? project_path(object) : project_folder_path(object)
+      end
 
-      if project?
+      if project? && can_read_project?(object)
         urls_list[:favorite] = favorite_project_url(object)
         urls_list[:unfavorite] = unfavorite_project_url(object)
       end
diff --git a/app/services/lists/projects_service.rb b/app/services/lists/projects_service.rb
index 6329f602b..088ca47ac 100644
--- a/app/services/lists/projects_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/lists/projects_service.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 module Lists
   class ProjectsService < BaseService
     include ActionView::Helpers::SanitizeHelper
+    include Canaid::Helpers::PermissionsHelper
 
     def initialize(team, user, folder, params)
       @team = team
@@ -167,13 +170,13 @@ module Lists
       when 'status_DESC'
         @records = @records.sort_by { |object| project_status(object, 'desc') }.reverse!
       when 'supervised_by_ASC'
-        @records = @records.sort_by { |object| project_supervised_by(object, 'asc') }
+        @records = @records.sort_by { |object| project_supervised_by(object) }
       when 'supervised_by_DESC'
-        @records = @records.sort_by { |object| project_supervised_by(object, 'desc') }.reverse!
+        @records = @records.sort_by { |object| project_supervised_by(object) }.reverse!
       when 'description_ASC'
-        @records = @records.sort_by { |object| project_description(object, 'asc') }
+        @records = @records.sort_by { |object| project_description(object) }
       when 'description_DESC'
-        @records = @records.sort_by { |object| project_description(object, 'desc') }.reverse!
+        @records = @records.sort_by { |object| project_description(object) }.reverse!
       end
     end
 
@@ -182,11 +185,15 @@ module Lists
     end
 
     def project_comments_count(object)
-      project?(object) ? object.comments.count : -1
+      return [0, 0, -1] unless project?(object)
+
+      [1, can_create_project_comments?(@user, object) ? 1 : 0, object.comments.count]
     end
 
     def project_users_count(object)
-      project?(object) ? object.users.count : -1
+      return [0, -1] unless project?(object)
+
+      [1, object.users.count]
     end
 
     def project_favorites(object)
@@ -221,28 +228,16 @@ module Lists
       statuses[object.status.to_sym]
     end
 
-    def project_supervised_by(object, direction)
-      no_value = direction == 'asc' ? 1 : 0
-      has_value = direction == 'asc' ? 0 : 1
+    def project_supervised_by(object)
+      return [1, '', 1] unless project?(object)
 
-      return [no_value, ''] unless project?(object)
-
-      if object.supervised_by
-        [has_value, object.supervised_by.name]
-      else
-        [no_value, '']
-      end
+      [object.supervised_by_id ? 0 : 1, object.supervised_by&.full_name || '', 0]
     end
 
-    def project_description(object, direction)
-      no_value = direction == 'asc' ? 1 : 0
-      has_value = direction == 'asc' ? 0 : 1
+    def project_description(object)
+      return [1, '', 1] unless project?(object)
 
-      if object.description.present?
-        [has_value, strip_tags(object.description)]
-      else
-        [no_value, '']
-      end
+      [object.description ? 0 : 1, strip_tags(object.description || ''), 0]
     end
 
     def project?(object)