diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/sidebar-title-width.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/sidebar-title-width.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80f96dc68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/sidebar-title-width.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import type { Locator, Page, TestInfo } from "@playwright/test";
+import { expect, test } from "../support/fixtures";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "../support/helpers/app";
+import { seedWorkspace, type SeededWorkspace } from "../support/helpers/seed-client";
+import {
+  closeSidebarDisplayPreferences,
+  openMobileAgentSidebar,
+  openSidebarDisplayPage,
+  selectSidebarStatusGrouping,
+} from "../support/helpers/sidebar";
+
+const TITLE = "Linux desktop sandbox launch support";
+
+async function seedChangedWorkspace() {
+  const workspace = await seedWorkspace({
+    repoPrefix: "sidebar-title-",
+    title: TITLE,
+    repo: { withRemote: true },
+  });
+  try {
+    await rm(path.join(workspace.repoPath, "remote.git"), { recursive: true });
+    await workspace.client.renameProject(workspace.projectId, "Paseo");
+    await writeFile(path.join(workspace.repoPath, "README.md"), "Changed line\n".repeat(12345));
+    await workspace.client.checkoutRefresh(workspace.repoPath);
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => {
+        const { entries } = await workspace.client.fetchWorkspaces();
+        return entries.find((entry) => entry.id === workspace.workspaceId)?.diffStat?.additions;
+      })
+      .toBe(12345);
+    return workspace;
+  } catch (error) {
+    await workspace.cleanup();
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+function workspaceRow(page: Page) {
+  return page.getByRole("button", { name: new RegExp(TITLE) }).filter({ visible: true });
+}
+
+async function titleWidth(row: Locator) {
+  return row
+    .getByText(TITLE, { exact: true })
+    .evaluate((element) => element.getBoundingClientRect().width);
+}
+
+async function toggleTrailing(page: Page, label: "Diff stats" | "Last activity", touch = false) {
+  await openSidebarDisplayPage(page, "sidebar-display-show");
+  await page.getByRole("menuitem", { name: label, exact: true }).click();
+  if (touch) {
+    await page
+      .getByRole("button", { name: "Bottom sheet backdrop", exact: true })
+      .click({ position: { x: 5, y: 5 } });
+    await expect(
+      page.getByRole("button", { name: "Bottom sheet backdrop", exact: true }),
+    ).toHaveCount(0);
+  } else {
+    await closeSidebarDisplayPreferences(page);
+  }
+  await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+}
+
+async function expectTouchTitleWidth(page: Page) {
+  const row = workspaceRow(page);
+  const withDiff = await titleWidth(row);
+  await toggleTrailing(page, "Diff stats", true);
+  const withoutStats = await titleWidth(row);
+  expect(withDiff).toBeCloseTo(withoutStats, 0);
+  await toggleTrailing(page, "Last activity", true);
+  expect(await titleWidth(row)).toBeCloseTo(withoutStats, 0);
+  await toggleTrailing(page, "Diff stats", true);
+}
+
+let workspace: SeededWorkspace;
+test.beforeEach(async () => {
+  workspace = await seedChangedWorkspace();
+});
+test.afterEach(async () => {
+  await workspace?.cleanup();
+});
+
+async function openTouchWorkspaceList(page: Page, testInfo: TestInfo) {
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
+  await page.emulateMedia({ colorScheme: "dark" });
+  await gotoAppShell(page);
+  await openMobileAgentSidebar(page);
+  await expect(workspaceRow(page)).toBeVisible();
+  await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+  await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath("sidebar.png") });
+}
+
+async function pinWorkspaceForLayout(page: Page) {
+  await workspace.client.setWorkspacePinned(workspace.workspaceId, true);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("sidebar-pinned-section")).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+async function moveWorkspaceToStatusGrouping(page: Page) {
+  await workspace.client.setWorkspacePinned(workspace.workspaceId, false);
+  await selectSidebarStatusGrouping(page);
+}
+
+async function openDesktopWorkspaceList(page: Page) {
+  await gotoAppShell(page);
+  const row = workspaceRow(page);
+  await expect(row).toBeVisible();
+  await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+  await expect(row.getByText("+12.3k", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  return titleWidth(row);
+}
+
+async function expectHoverKeepsTitleWidth(page: Page, width: number, testInfo: TestInfo) {
+  const row = workspaceRow(page);
+  await row.hover();
+  await expect(row.getByLabel("Workspace actions", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  expect(await titleWidth(row)).toBeCloseTo(width, 0);
+  await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath("desktop-hover.png") });
+}
+
+async function expectShortcutHintsKeepTitleWidth(page: Page, width: number, testInfo: TestInfo) {
+  const row = workspaceRow(page);
+  await page.keyboard.down("Alt");
+  await expect(row.getByText("1", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  expect(await titleWidth(row)).toBeCloseTo(width, 0);
+  await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath("desktop-shortcuts.png") });
+  await page.keyboard.up("Alt");
+  await expect(row.getByText("1", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+}
+
+async function expectDisablingStatsExpandsTitle(page: Page, width: number) {
+  await toggleTrailing(page, "Diff stats");
+  expect(await titleWidth(workspaceRow(page))).toBeGreaterThan(width);
+}
+
+test("touch titles use the space occupied by hidden stats in every grouping", async ({
+  page,
+}, testInfo) => {
+  await openTouchWorkspaceList(page, testInfo);
+  await expectTouchTitleWidth(page);
+  await pinWorkspaceForLayout(page);
+  await expectTouchTitleWidth(page);
+  await moveWorkspaceToStatusGrouping(page);
+  await expectTouchTitleWidth(page);
+});
+
+test("desktop hover and shortcut hints preserve title width", async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+  const width = await openDesktopWorkspaceList(page);
+  await expectHoverKeepsTitleWidth(page, width, testInfo);
+  await expectShortcutHintsKeepTitleWidth(page, width, testInfo);
+  await expectDisablingStatsExpandsTitle(page, width);
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx
index 23e4292aeb..4275099cfd 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ function WorkspaceRowRightGroup({
   const trailing = useSidebarWorkspaceTrailing();
   const showShortcut = showShortcutBadge && shortcutNumber !== null;
   const {
-    showTrailing,
+    trailingPresentation,
     showKebab: showKebabInSlot,
     showScrim,
     renderSlot,
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ function WorkspaceRowRightGroup({
       ) : null}
       {renderSlot ? (
         <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionSlot reserveWidth={reserveSlotWidth}>
-          <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase visible={showTrailing}>
+          <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase presentation={trailingPresentation}>
             <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingContent workspace={workspace} trailing={trailing} />
           </SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase>
           <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionOverlay
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-status-list.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-status-list.tsx
index 550f2d0581..051121fd3f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-status-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-status-list.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import {
   SidebarWorkspaceRowFrame,
   SidebarWorkspaceRowContent,
   resolveTrailingActionVisibility,
+  type SidebarWorkspaceTrailingPresentation,
   SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase,
   SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionOverlay,
   SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionSlot,
@@ -828,7 +829,7 @@ function StatusWorkspaceRowInnerContent({
       {({ isHovered, contextMenuOpen, onContextMenuOpenChange, hoverHandlers }) => {
         const showShortcut = showShortcutBadge && shortcutNumber !== null;
         const {
-          showTrailing,
+          trailingPresentation,
           showKebab: showKebabInSlot,
           showScrim,
           renderSlot,
@@ -907,7 +908,7 @@ function StatusWorkspaceRowInnerContent({
                     workspace={workspace}
                     backdrop={backdrop}
                     trailing={trailing}
-                    showBase={showTrailing}
+                    trailingPresentation={trailingPresentation}
                     showKebab={showKebabInSlot}
                     showScrim={showScrim}
                     reserveSlotWidth={reserveSlotWidth}
@@ -938,7 +939,7 @@ function StatusWorkspaceActionSlot({
   workspace,
   backdrop,
   trailing,
-  showBase,
+  trailingPresentation,
   showKebab,
   showScrim,
   reserveSlotWidth,
@@ -958,7 +959,7 @@ function StatusWorkspaceActionSlot({
   workspace: SidebarWorkspaceEntry;
   backdrop: SidebarSurfaceBackdrop;
   trailing: SidebarWorkspaceTrailing;
-  showBase: boolean;
+  trailingPresentation: SidebarWorkspaceTrailingPresentation;
   showKebab: boolean;
   showScrim: boolean;
   reserveSlotWidth: boolean;
@@ -978,7 +979,7 @@ function StatusWorkspaceActionSlot({
   const kebab = useOpenKebabMenuVisibility(showKebab);
   return (
     <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionSlot reserveWidth={reserveSlotWidth}>
-      <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase visible={showBase}>
+      <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase presentation={trailingPresentation}>
         <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingContent workspace={workspace} trailing={trailing} />
       </SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase>
       <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionOverlay
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-workspace-row-content.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-workspace-row-content.tsx
index 2eeb6b043d..7b48f0dd6c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-workspace-row-content.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-workspace-row-content.tsx
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ export function SidebarWorkspaceShortcutBadge({ number }: { number: number }) {
   );
 }
 
+export type SidebarWorkspaceTrailingPresentation = "visible" | "hidden" | "absent";
+
 /**
  * What the trailing slot shows for a row. Derived in one place because three row renderers
  * share it: the two project-mode rows and the status-mode row. The rule used to be copied
@@ -368,7 +370,7 @@ export function resolveTrailingActionVisibility({
   isTouchPlatform: boolean;
   showShortcut: boolean;
 }): {
-  showTrailing: boolean;
+  trailingPresentation: SidebarWorkspaceTrailingPresentation;
   showKebab: boolean;
   showScrim: boolean;
   renderSlot: boolean;
@@ -376,9 +378,13 @@ export function resolveTrailingActionVisibility({
 } {
   const hasTrailing = hasSidebarWorkspaceTrailing({ workspace, trailing });
   const showKebab = Boolean(hasArchiveAction && (isHovered || isTouchPlatform)) && !showShortcut;
-  const showTrailing = hasTrailing && !showShortcut && (isHovered || !showKebab);
+  // Touch permanently replaces the stats with the menu. Only temporary shortcut hints
+  // conceal content while retaining its width, so desktop rows do not shift.
+  const hasContent = hasTrailing && !(hasArchiveAction && isTouchPlatform);
+  let trailingPresentation: SidebarWorkspaceTrailingPresentation = "absent";
+  if (hasContent) trailingPresentation = showShortcut ? "hidden" : "visible";
   return {
-    showTrailing,
+    trailingPresentation,
     showKebab,
     // The scrim paints the row's own hover background, so it can only be drawn on a hovered
     // row — over an unhovered one the gradient fades to the wrong color. That is also why
@@ -389,7 +395,7 @@ export function resolveTrailingActionVisibility({
     // does; the kebab only does on touch, where there is no hover for it to appear on and so
     // no scrim to let it overlay the title. Everywhere else the width goes back to the title
     // and the kebab fades in over its tail.
-    reserveSlotWidth: hasTrailing || (hasArchiveAction && isTouchPlatform),
+    reserveSlotWidth: hasContent || (hasArchiveAction && isTouchPlatform),
   };
 }
 
@@ -414,14 +420,18 @@ export function SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionSlot({
 }
 
 export function SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase({
-  visible,
+  presentation,
   children,
 }: {
-  visible: boolean;
+  presentation: SidebarWorkspaceTrailingPresentation;
   children: ReactNode;
 }) {
-  if (!children) return null;
-  return <View style={visible ? undefined : sidebarWorkspaceRowStyles.hidden}>{children}</View>;
+  if (presentation === "absent") return null;
+  return (
+    <View style={presentation === "hidden" ? sidebarWorkspaceRowStyles.hidden : undefined}>
+      {children}
+    </View>
+  );
 }
 
 export function SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionOverlay({
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-workspace-row.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-workspace-row.tsx
index f019158e97..f8dcdebaf5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-workspace-row.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-workspace-row.tsx
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ function WorkspaceRowTrailingActions({
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const showShortcut = showShortcutBadge && shortcutNumber !== null;
   const {
-    showTrailing,
+    trailingPresentation,
     showKebab: showKebabInSlot,
     showScrim,
     renderSlot,
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ function WorkspaceRowTrailingActions({
       ) : null}
       {renderSlot ? (
         <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionSlot reserveWidth={reserveSlotWidth}>
-          <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase visible={showTrailing}>
+          <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase presentation={trailingPresentation}>
             <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingContent workspace={workspace} trailing={trailing} />
           </SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionBase>
           <SidebarWorkspaceTrailingActionOverlay